Nepal - Dhading - The Chepang community

A young woman and boy, members of the Chepang community high up in the mountains in Dhading district. The Chepangs is an ethnic group which used to be nomadic. Only recently have the settled and their settlements are high up in the mountains. Only a few years ago they did not have any running water and had to bring up water from below but with the help pf Restless Development and their partner NGO Prayash Nepal they now have running clean water from springs diverted into resovoirs and the connected to taps inther settlement. This not only give them clean water to drink, it also improve hygiene dramatiaclly and improve health and it saves precious time for the women who now spend the 4 hours it used to take getting water growing healhty vegetables.

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A young woman and boy, members of the Chepang community high up in the mountains in Dhading district. The Chepangs is an ethnic group which used to be nomadic. Only recently have the settled and their settlements are high up in the mountains. Only a few years ago they did not have any running water and had to bring up water from below but with the help pf Restless Development and their partner NGO Prayash Nepal they now have running clean water from springs diverted into resovoirs and the connected to taps inther settlement. This not only give them clean water to drink, it also improve hygiene dramatiaclly and improve health and it saves precious time for the women who now spend the 4 hours it used to take getting water growing healhty vegetables.