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![A milestone: The first Back to Life hospital](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Mugu-Birendranagar-Krankenhaus-18-3b4c63cf5f79c0a6efbe1fb1df50c205.jpg)
A milestone: The first Back to Life hospital
Posted in Fresh news, Health Care
![The first heart clinic in Karnali](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/BTL-01-00369-4428b82ce31273a2c809b90531c3cc23.jpg)
The first heart clinic in Karnali
Posted in Fresh news, Health Care
![Home at last!](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Deaf-Hostel-June-2023-03-scaled-21c2a796ab90919974b61f1cb62a61da.jpg)
Home at last!
Posted in Fresh news, School and education, Sponsorship
![Killer in the Kitchen](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/DSC7539-e1651315920498-80ecba243c5776529e1c8847a6653c01.jpg)
Killer in the Kitchen
Posted in Environmental protection, Fresh news, Health Care
![Birthcenters for Mugu Nepal](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/IMG_2229-e1655127247842-701ce4b8f14dafed1a5912ab1f688792.jpg)
Birthcenters for Mugu Nepal
Posted in Birth houses, Fresh news
![Mangal Rokaya reinvents himself](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Mangal-17-scaled-882431dd8da26966bc1ca1cb8b21cc0b.jpg)
Mangal Rokaya reinvents himself
Posted in Income generation, Individual fates
A self-determined life despite polio thanks to income generation
Mangal was born healthy. He started walking when he was 12 months old. Now 26 years old, Mangal comes from a family that works as day laborers in agriculture high up in the mountains of Mugu [...].
![Good and cheap solution – the clay oven](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/IMG_5159-e1620771809858-7d7e6bd97ebab8e55b38e77cf7b9439f.jpg)
Good and cheap solution – the clay oven
Posted in Environmental protection
![In conversation with Rup from Mugu](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Agrarexperten-für-MuguAgrarexperten-für-Mugu-9-low_res-scale-2_00x-073b1c692fe4f04410c1922c7fe2e049.jpg)
In conversation with Rup from Mugu
Posted in Income generation
![The future on four legs](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Back-to-Life-Landwirtschaft-im-Himalaya-39-scaled-e1620683892452-668095c7dff0dcf4f30d2823b8cd95c6.jpg)
The future on four legs
Posted in Income generation
![Never dangerous again](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/IMG_0435-scaled-e1620341477531-5b635a68cdd3ad62aca3d52f69eacd48.jpg)
Never dangerous again
Posted in Emergency Help, Reconstruction in Kimri
![Kimri on fire](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Kimri-handover-038-scaled-e1620340514571-d9c5a60dd5dc50a4cb781ad882cd5045.jpg)
Kimri on fire
Posted in Emergency Help, Reconstruction in Kimri
![COVID-19: the current situation in Nepal](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Aktuelle-corona-lage-scaled-b4fef483894d7574ca22ae593af80d29.jpg)
COVID-19: the current situation in Nepal
Posted in Emergency Help, Engagement against Covid-19
![Dreams come true – lessons up to high school graduation](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Thakaltar-second-school-Building-August-2019-01-scaled-e1613263985619-0bd2374e817c1c8219d2849aafa06377.jpg)
Dreams come true – lessons up to high school graduation
Posted in School and education
![Expanded – the path is free up to 8th grade](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Dhamili-School-expansion-05-scaled-c9a008cdd53142a6d1a91eb962fcd031.jpg)
Expanded – the path is free up to 8th grade
Posted in School and education
![School clothes make the man](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Schulkleider-machen-Leute-1-scaled-9fd2f67d720017064793cf5bf43ff5b3.jpg)
School clothes make the man
Posted in School and education
![How to wash properly has to be learned – our baby bath training](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Geburtshaus-hygiene-waschtraining-8-39757839296df316b022614a05d90b00.jpg)
How to wash properly has to be learned – our baby bath training
Posted in Birth houses
![Solar lighting systems for 520 households](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/20170105_Mugu_Gamtha_Solar-setup-122-scaled-942a98422fa3373e7eb356551ab5f13c.jpg)
Solar lighting systems for 520 households
Posted in Environmental protection
![High school graduates](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Rita-Syangtan1-scaled-e1612463966703-6441212a12f6869765fd6c454284e17b.jpg)
High school graduates
Posted in School and education
Our first high school graduates - we are very proud of you!
Standing on their own two feet and financing themselves is the goal of Rita and Sarita from Chitwan - and they are well on the way [...]
![Protecting the environment through the hands of children: interacting child clubs](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/IMG_1018-scaled-8410eb4570a22ef1f5d370658606e9b8.jpg)
Protecting the environment through the hands of children: interacting child clubs
Posted in School and education
![The magic of letters](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Literacy-Mugu-2019-16-scaled-e1612478171522-823e8090eef5ae6984b3ea1612973225.jpg)
The magic of letters
Posted in School and education
![With us, teachers also go to school – further education](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/ChitwanTeachersTraining_08_2018-21-gigapixel-inst-scale-2x-scaled-2427cb11bed32726d5210a168ba7839f.jpg)
With us, teachers also go to school – further education
Posted in School and education
![Because it can happen again and again – earthquake safety training for teachers](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Lehrer-Erdbebensicherheit-1-e1612481252651-35ccc63cee1cb642a8ec54e8dd68c36e.jpg)
Because it can happen again and again – earthquake safety training for teachers
Posted in School and education
![Olympic champion with a heart](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/FABIAN_HAMBUCHEN-1-scaled-e1612481621765-5531166a3de226608d52ce157f00cc9e.jpg)
Olympic champion with a heart
Posted in Emergency Help, School and education
![Understanding the world in a playful way – our preschools](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Spielerisch-die-Welt-begreifen-1-scaled-cc1bf80a2397aab5ba99f2650f64395d.jpg)
Understanding the world in a playful way – our preschools
Posted in School and education
![Child marriage prevented!](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Kinderehe-Sirjana-Rakshya-6-scaled-e1612544848405-c108d329f09afd38612f6831bd047f2e.jpg)
Child marriage prevented!
Posted in School and education
![Reading time](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/bildung-schule-buecherei-5-scaled-e1612547451537-a822fbef6a1a327e3ef7d447a5af217e.jpg)
Reading time
Posted in School and education
![Cook cleanly with sunlight](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Umweltschutz-solarkocher-f1f9c0be9b36d7d4d92112769fbd46db.jpg)
Cook cleanly with sunlight
Posted in Environmental protection
![For people and nature](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Einkommensfoerderung-apfel-1-scaled-e1612549514800-656a73ec1d7f8256697fe071231148f5.jpg)
For people and nature
Posted in Environmental protection
![Micro hydropower plant – light and future for a village](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Hydro-chitwan-69-gigapixel-inst-scale-4x-scaled-e1612550681370-e3ad0d8cd732e1d293562472740d52b5.jpg)
Micro hydropower plant – light and future for a village
Posted in Environmental protection
![Sher Singh, on two legs into the future](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Sher-Singh-01-scaled-e1612554583363-01f44c04b55e7eb71ae2d99c0cfc9dd7.jpg)
Sher Singh, on two legs into the future
Posted in Individual fates
![A real growth industry: Nuwakot’s greenhouses](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Einkommensfoerderung-Gewaechshaeuser-Nuwakot-2018-2-scaled-e1612555368995-14b21f4e176d35195d89455c5b4bc4d3.jpg)
A real growth industry: Nuwakot’s greenhouses
Posted in Income generation
![The chances grow with the plants](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Einkommensfoerderung-Gewaechshaeuser-Chitwan-2019-5-e1612556035445-8243787d07332b3b4100a915b3cb4f5b.jpg)
The chances grow with the plants
Posted in Income generation
![Fate decides](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Bindas-Rawal-5-scaled-df89d5ecb7f294874c3a0d0c3b7b6cbb.jpg)
Fate decides
Posted in Individual fates
From Stella Deetjen
"We didn't really have any hope that he would survive. When he was born, he was as small as a mouse. And so thin. But things got really bad when his mother died on the 15th day after delivery," Jhupri Rawal, the infant's grandmother, tells our team in Mugu [...]
![Living with an umbilical hernia – Dinesh is saved](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/20232408_10156556118923677_2101695569401586189_o-dca9b340cde2288f5b99948a032a8d17.jpg)
Living with an umbilical hernia – Dinesh is saved
Posted in Individual fates
![The long way to happiness](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Jay-7-scaled-e1612574366691-7cbad494435d96d9c9634a87de6becbc.jpg)
The long way to happiness
Posted in Individual fates
From Stella Deetjen
The screams of the desperate mother tore the silence of the freezing winter night in the Mugu mountains. In no time the neighbors ran together and gathered in front of the Karkis house. What had happened [...]
![Saruli – unconditional will to live](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Einzelschicksale-saruli-6-scaled-4052ebc3da081ae150ed609609983faf.jpg)
Saruli – unconditional will to live
Posted in Individual fates
![Goodbye, Mugu – the new life of Khushi](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Basantapur-With-Khusi-48-of-65-scaled-98a32d78e79057b19ae37b936ed33923.jpg)
Goodbye, Mugu – the new life of Khushi
Posted in Fresh news, Individual fates
![Cut off from the rest of the world – no salvation](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Jaukala-9-a8272432945e2cdd0a7910b167aa54e3.jpg)
Cut off from the rest of the world – no salvation
Posted in Birth houses
![Proximity creates security – our baby massage courses](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Geburtshaus-baby-massage-2-d279155e9fe3916b4c8f14490a88381c.jpg)
Proximity creates security – our baby massage courses
Posted in Birth houses
![So that you get bigger and stronger – our nutritional advice](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Geburtshaus-Ernaehrungsberatung-2-e1612833834266-6746b117b5a6107c0b9c874c4c4db804.jpg)
So that you get bigger and stronger – our nutritional advice
Posted in Birth houses
![Family planning is not magic](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Familienplanung-5-scaled-e1612834107359-a509552643c982d85565b1495fae0f54.jpg)
Family planning is not magic
Posted in Birth houses
![Why a birth house in the mountains is vital](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Reisebericht-Wolfgang-Langenkamp-4-scaled-8e394815250696b1abb3e1d4add48ec4.jpg)
Why a birth house in the mountains is vital
Posted in Birth houses
![Saving lives – twice as much!](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/SHARMILA_TWINS_16MARCH-11-scaled-b1f263e4782a571724e79cf22cafe4ff.jpg)
Saving lives – twice as much!
Posted in Birth houses
![6x TWINS](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/MG_2724-scaled-e1612837903641-35972d4b07df6d90a39c7ae5b8bb10b5.jpg)
6x TWINS
Posted in Birth houses
![The 1500. Back to Life baby is here!](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Samrita_1500th-BC-baby-14-scaled-bc69ff29a4cdf95348428a81fb8ae261.jpg)
The 1500. Back to Life baby is here!
Posted in Birth houses
![Rainy season](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Regenzeit-1-cc0db51bd0a83003633d899583be7f6c.jpg)
Rainy season
Posted in Country, culture, people
![Nuwakot after the earthquake. We never give up hope](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Nuwakot-nach-dem-Erdbeben-4-1-scaled-28b02b7018c0670a047ddc4fe83058f7.jpg)
Nuwakot after the earthquake. We never give up hope
Posted in 2015 earthquake, Emergency Help
![Dhamili in Chitwan. A village that no longer surrenders to “fate”](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Dhamili-heute-scaled-e1612902438443-9d458be6b8b52a8f833dcf9e8628fae3.jpg)
Dhamili in Chitwan. A village that no longer surrenders to “fate”
Posted in Country, culture, people
![In conversation with Harikrishna Upadhyaya, teacher in Mugu](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Mugu-heute-scaled-e1612908593258-9d85360236d6bec98a206103ad1610c2.jpg)
In conversation with Harikrishna Upadhyaya, teacher in Mugu
Posted in Travel Diaries
![Mugu – Standstill in the snow](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Rara_Winter_19-7-b00cf49c9b8b33563a09133f6f65906c.jpg)
Mugu – Standstill in the snow
Posted in Country, culture, people
![A look back and ahead. Loharbada in the Mugu Mountains.](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Loharbada-now-1-scaled-78fb82bdd69285c51dc2bda4388dd718.jpg)
A look back and ahead. Loharbada in the Mugu Mountains.
Posted in Country, culture, people
![Sheep farming in Mugu](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Schafzucht-in-Mugu-6-scaled-9b18fdec7d484d47c7b7ac21d1a700dc.jpg)
Sheep farming in Mugu
Posted in Country, culture, people
![Keepers of balance – the shamans of Nepal](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/land-kultur-menschen-schamanen-4-scaled-e1612991401762-86d1873372aa8e9ce3b6ee26b9dbf05e.jpg)
Keepers of balance – the shamans of Nepal
Posted in Country, culture, people
![The life of the Tharu – the “people of the forest”](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/das-leben-der-tharu-1-968b4aa8708af1819bff6599a0739331.jpg)
The life of the Tharu – the “people of the forest”
Posted in Country, culture, people
![In conversation with Sun Bahadur Moktan](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/DSC_5130-scaled-5bc0eed40ad23f3dfe5147ac5b8ed1d5.jpg)
In conversation with Sun Bahadur Moktan
Posted in School and education
![The Chepang](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/land-kultur-menschen-chepang-2-scaled-e1613076860234-e858c98b4c93a7487559a6d642c8de52.jpg)
The Chepang
Posted in Country, culture, people
![The Tamang](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/15-In-tradtitional-costume-scaled-e1613078732445-d5640e7937dccef814d3b5980037bf38.jpg)
The Tamang
Posted in Country, culture, people
![Nepal in profile](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Nepal-im-profil-scaled-e1613081844705-1f10cd5c844f348b40bde04c97c22ea3.jpg)
Nepal in profile
Posted in Country, culture, people
![Burned down – a new beginning for a family](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Dhanamaya-Chepang-13-nothilfe-e1613084763339-261f6672637dde646520acbaf41565b2.jpg)
Burned down – a new beginning for a family
Posted in Emergency Help
![Aarati – a twelve-year-old confronts the corona virus](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Aakriti-Chepang_won_corona-06-scaled-e1613087239112-a204107ed27489a345a4c0c630cb33ff.jpg)
Aarati – a twelve-year-old confronts the corona virus
Posted in Emergency Help, Engagement against Covid-19
![Books & colored pencils on tour](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Diwas-Chepang-with-Jhalak-Moktan-2-scaled-521d82d58ca93299bd962dd320ee947e.jpg)
Books & colored pencils on tour
Posted in Emergency Help, Engagement against Covid-19
![In conversation with midwife Janaki Karki](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Hebamme-Janaki-Karki-1-scaled-578ab9bf34a6601a829fd41a5976675e.jpg)
In conversation with midwife Janaki Karki
Posted in Emergency Help, Engagement against Covid-19
![With persistence to success](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Mit-Beharrlichkeit-zum-Erfolg-1-scaled-e1613091821885-f93a96b66b34d684a70c113ff9c6f7ee.jpg)
With persistence to success
Posted in Emergency Help
![How the mountain villages protect themselves from Corona](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Bergdörfer-sich-vor-Corona-schützen-1-scaled-75ff394bedfac7e1d893c2004dbfc9c9.jpg)
How the mountain villages protect themselves from Corona
Posted in Emergency Help, Engagement against Covid-19
![Covid-19 prevention – only those who are informed can protect themselves!](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Covid-19-Pravention-3-scaled-e1613149159189-0b5884d7fdb7d3da41f5a7006873a500.jpg)
Covid-19 prevention – only those who are informed can protect themselves!
Posted in Emergency Help, Engagement against Covid-19
![A day in the life of the Alimaya](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Alimaya_More-Pictures-of-personal-life-19-scaled-d11412999ba606b3eddefd90e55075e0.jpg)
A day in the life of the Alimaya
Posted in Country, culture, people
![Growing up without parents – we help Bibek](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/wir-helfen-Bibek-2-scaled-42b6104ece57cf9e2c8525eeb7ee4a41.jpg)
Growing up without parents – we help Bibek
Posted in Sponsorship
![From unhappiness to happiness](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Bhupendra-26-scaled-07af026671afe34c0e15b82f3c853db7.jpg)
From unhappiness to happiness
Posted in Sponsorship
![Bill Ramsey is our honorary sponsor](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/ramsey-swings-9ef8be5f8ab171a5a27b0a24d35326bc.jpg)
Bill Ramsey is our honorary sponsor
Posted in Sponsorship
![Shadow and light](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Schatten-und-Licht-Stella-scaled-e1613160301792-c547fc1460612e29902121e2dbb0e911.jpg)
Shadow and light
Posted in Sponsorship
From Stella Deetjen
When I visited the Sansari Devi School in Nuwakot for several days in 2018, which we rebuilt after the earthquake, I noticed a little six-year-old girl who had a perky face but seemed to be surrounded by a great heaviness [...]
![Susanne Fröhlich on site](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Susanne-Frohlich-vor-Ort-1-scaled-e1613163476454-88338877d7d78165850c5273395020b6.jpg)
Susanne Fröhlich on site
Posted in Travel Diaries
![Extended family time](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Grosfamilienzeit-8-scaled-e1613170119583-2cdbe6523c17ee2c2bbce643b9f2221a.jpg)
Extended family time
Posted in Travel Diaries
![Open your eyes – for the children of Nepal with a mobile eye clinic through the mountains](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Augenklinik-Schule-6-efb55378af3adb1159e91e722b123d0c.jpg)
Open your eyes – for the children of Nepal with a mobile eye clinic through the mountains
Posted in Health Care, School and education
![Hansa Devi – strong, courageous and undeterred](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/hansa-devi-1-scaled-e1613174611688-a595c8d5916e01fbbc6fbbeee95a1103.jpg)
Hansa Devi – strong, courageous and undeterred
Posted in Individual fates
![Last minute rescue](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Geburtshaus-notfall-shwangere-7-scaled-e1613242388144-d56afb945282a055a788de18994af4d3.jpg)
Last minute rescue
Posted in Emergency Help
![Help for those who don’t get help](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Healthcamp_2018-253-scaled-e1613252810983-231087b869f8cb54b166686543873e6f.jpg)
Help for those who don’t get help
Posted in Health Care
![Month after month – becoming a woman shouldn’t be torture](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Geburtshaus-menstruation-hygiene-2-scaled-e1613256901914-c269c1a0a8434e20ffc3a0de5d19d548.jpg)
Month after month – becoming a woman shouldn’t be torture
Posted in Health Care
![Biogas – active environmental protection that improves life](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Umweltschutz-biogasanlage-2-scaled-e1619896343141-4e50e46d6d298f1163a48196f7e4ebaf.jpg)
Biogas – active environmental protection that improves life
Posted in Environmental protection
![The end of the water shortage: 11 new taps for Bhaduwar](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Wasserversorgung-brunnenbau-bhaduwar-14-scaled-e1613265924998-933c495755a248bee3b9a06c4cbadec9.jpg)
The end of the water shortage: 11 new taps for Bhaduwar
Posted in Drinking water
![Well construction](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Brunnenbau-1-scaled-e1613267480610-3fdbd9f34c675e209c63e9c5872938ef.jpg)
Well construction
Posted in Drinking water
![From woman to woman: our midwives help directly](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Geburtshauser-von-frau-zu-frau-1-scaled-0c944dab1728af268336845e51590617.jpg)
From woman to woman: our midwives help directly
Posted in Birth houses
![Proper hand washing needs to be practiced – Global Handwashing Day](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/handwashing-3-scaled-e1613172142511-6876506afcfaf03ad8c15a177707da8c.jpg)
Proper hand washing needs to be practiced – Global Handwashing Day
Posted in School and education
![Better now than never – adult literacy](/wp-content/plugins/widgetkit/cache/Erwachsenenalphabetisierung-11-scaled-e1613259696877-972bc2794685bb738638056a4af4ab68.jpg)
Better now than never – adult literacy
Posted in School and education