Art for a cause
More than 1,500 children in Nepal are diagnosed every year with some form of cancer. Many of them are treatable, but because...
cancer
Polluted politics
Along with poor quality of education, unaffordable healthcare, lack of safe drinking water, crumbling infrastructure, Nepalis have learnt not to expect anything...
Nepal’s other pandemic: cancer
It started with persistent skin allergy for 15-year-old Uma Kumari Sah. She got a checkup at a leprosy hospital in Dhanusa, and later in...
Living with cancer during the coronavirus
It hit me like a shock wave. The world stopped, leaving me completely alone and lost.It was the morning of the 15 June,...
Air pollution is more dangerous than smoking
Despite public awareness and relentless media coverage, Kathmandu’s air quality has worsened in the past two years. But public outrage does not...
Bad Air
A public perception survey among Kathmandu Valley residents conducted last year shows near unanimous agreement that pollution levels are bad and getting worse. The...
Green sticker = green light to pollute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Sv3a2LjxoVehicle owners in Kathmandu need to pass an annual emission test, but many just buy Green Stickers over the counter while some...
Solution to pollution
Air quality across Nepal has been deteriorating over the years. The average PM2.5 (concentration of particles smaller than 2.5 microns) in Kathmandu...
One Atmosphere
When we reduce air pollution, we reduce the impact of climate change
Toxic bubble
Kathmandu is the centre of everything in Nepal: power, administration, public education, tourism, hospitals. Till the late 1970s, the Valley’s built-up areas...
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