Laxmi Chaudhary is a member of the Janachetana community group which is located in Bardiya district in South West Nepal. Like Laxmi, most of the group members of this community are landless, whose main source of income is daily wages for agricultural labour in their area.
Ramdulari Rana, 15, from Kanchanpur district of Province 7 had to drop her dream of getting educated after completing grade 5, but she became able to resume her studies thanks to the FEST approach of Sahakarmi Samaj.
Foreign employment has become a central of attraction for many youths of rural Nepal; but there are many examples where people are making more income than foreign employment at their own place. Surya Bahadur Roka, 41, from Saigha-7 Dang also chased the dream of going abroad for the livelihood of his family as he did not get good employment opportunity back home.
Broken dream hurts more than everything and this implies to Yamsari Pun, 18, of Saigha-9, Dang who had to drop her studies due to poor economic condition. She got frustrated as she could not continue her education and become independent by being involved in some enterprise.
Phulmaya Gadharva, like many Gandharva, used to limit herself within the four walls of her house and spend a miserable life as she did not have any information about what was going outside, but now she is leading the transformation process of her society.