Coffee Farmer Bharat Rai is feeling good about his coffee production and growing income! Collective coffee processing will be happening for the first time in December 2023! CLN’s earliest coffee bushes are mature and thousands more are just beginning to produce...
New farmers receiving macadamia seedlings from the nursery. The secret is out! Farmers all around Sankhuwasabha District have heard about macadamia nuts, and they want to plant trees. This year CLN had planned to add 150 new farmers to the project–and we actually...
Community Education session with a village group to raise awareness about womens’ rights and legal protections against gender-based violence. Our Women’s Safe House, Samridhi Ghar, is providing women and children with safety, shelter, and so much more. We have...
Raising awareness about gender-based violence and women’s rights through Community Based Education including with this local women’s group. We’re delighted with CLN's progress in Nepal this year and have exciting news to share! Our macadamia nut...
Deana and Nancy kicked off 2022 with a hike together on the central California coast! We’re doing great, and we hope you are too! Updates on all our folks below, and we are full of love and appreciation for your support. Wishing you joy and abundance through the...
Macadamia farmer Bindu Darji has a big smile because she just sold 22 lbs of freshly harvested nuts for nearly $100, and in rural Nepal that’s good earnings! Bindu Darji wins! She and her family of five have three mature macadamia trees, which produced 62 lbs. of nuts...
Coffee Farmer Prem Kumari Gautam Prem Kumari Gautam is 64 years old, and she has 300 coffee bushes and a family of 7 living at home. Not all of her coffee plants are producing yet, but she earned $160 from harvest at the beginning of this year (a 25% increase on...
Change is coming to our children’s home, but all our kids are healthy and continue to move forward through their studies and into being young adults. We’re so proud of them! During the last 3 years, our local partner TEAM Nepal has faced so many challenges. It has not...
This is the Safe House team supporting the women we serve: (from left) Chandra (support), Tulasi (manager), Muna (counselor), & Rita (security). To protect the dignity and privacy of the women we serve, we do not publish their photos or their real names. As our...
SODEC Director Parshu Dahal with Macadamia farmer Bhesh Raj Basnet…and his tall macadamia trees! Farmer demand for our macadamia seedlings is at an all-time high…and going up!! Why? Because after waiting patiently for 5-6 years to see how our first saplings would do,...
As CLN Nepali partner Neel recently said, “Daily life is back to normal and everyone looks happy!” Our programs and our friends in Nepal are all doing well, and things are finally (mostly) getting back to normal. Sharing highlights from CLN’s work in 2022, with full...
Parshu (second from left) bringing together local officials to sign written, policy-level agreements, helping to ensure local support and long-term sustainability of the Women’s Safe House. Dear Donors and Friends,One thing we’ve learned over decades of work in Nepal...
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