“Increasing vulnerability due to climate change puts exhausting pressure on women. In many places, they need to walk hours at a time to fetch water, and they bear the physical and psychological burden of fallow farmland.”
On Feb. 17, I went there to monitor the status of a water resource conservation project that was originally implemented in 2013 by theThe region had repeatedly experienced extreme droughts that left the communities scrabbling for a few buckets of water. To help formulate the region’s local adaptation action plan, the foundation consulted local residents to help them with planting, water tank construction, and the distribution of taps.
But now, after eight years, the trees were barely standing. The tank had water flowing into it for the moment, but unmanaged wastewater had turned the place into a shabby wasteland. Moving around, I was careful not to step my foot in in areas with poor drainage. While the tank provided clean drinking water to 200 locals, they seemed unconcerned about its maintenance.
When I was in Chisapani, a little Majhi girl came by and fetched a bucket of water from the tap. The Mahji people make up the majority of the village’s population. They are one ofin the country, and live near rivers across Nepal. This little girl was one of the beneficiaries of the water system’s ripple effects.
“If we hadn’t built this tank in time, girls could have missed schooling because they would be carrying water all day long from the river,” said Ram Bahadur Majhi, a community member. The effects of climate change have rocked this village, like so many others in Nepal. But, while girls like the one I saw at the tap may be some of the most affected by the unpredictable rains, and even wildfires, they are left on the sidelines of working toward possible solutions.
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