Blog August 31, 2018

Trusting more on private pharmacy

Where do you go when you fall sick? I asked a Chatapat seller (street vendor). “That Talukhuile Doctor” was what she replied with a smile, referring to the Auxiliary Health Worker (AHW) in a nearby pharmacy.Dipendra Malla As ...
Blog August 29, 2018

TB Tobacco: The Way Forward

“It is very difficult to counsel teenage TB patients,” said Ms. Anita Khadayat, Nursing In charge at DOTS Clinic of Friends of Shanta Bhawan, Lalitpur. “When we talk about their smoking habits during the ...
Blog August 17, 2018

My test in the pretest

A gloomy monsoon morning in Kathmandu, the first day of methodologies’ pretesting of CARAN project at Chandragiri Municipality. We were to start early, as agreed with the participants from the community so as not to disturb their ...
Blog July 19, 2018

Fogo Process in Locally-led Developments

What is Fogo process? How does it contribute to local level developments? I have been talking about participatory video since my first blog. In this blog, lets talk about its inception and how it has changed development ...
Blog July 5, 2018

So why is CARAN important?

HERD International is currently implementing CARAN (Community Arts against Antibiotic Resistance in Nepal) project. It is an important project because antibiotic resistance is a growing issue in both Nepal and Worldwide.  The ...
Blog July 5, 2018

Journey from Camera to CARAN

“What? You want to study film making?” was the first reaction from my father when eight years ago I told him I wanted a career in filmmaking. My father gave me a very good lesson that day on choosing my future ...