by Cherry Mawson | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorised
Dillisara lives in a remote village in Jumla, a poor mountainous district in western Nepal. Married at the age of sixteen, she became a widow when she was only twenty-four years old, after her husband was killed in a bike accident. She was left with three young...
by Cherry Mawson | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorised
Since the devastating earthquakes of 2015, INF Australia has supported the rebuilding of inclusive and resilient communities, with particular support for people with disabilities. Through the GRACE [Gorkha Rehabilitation and Community Empowerment] project, INF has...
by Cherry Mawson | Jan 24, 2019 | Uncategorised
This World Leprosy Day, we pause to celebrate the achievements of our past while also strengthening our resolve to see an end to leprosy, once and for all. To achieve zero leprosy, we need to achieve zero transmissions, zero disabilities as a result of the disease,...
by Alex Barwick | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorised
Sita Nepali has lived in poverty her entire life. She is now in her early thirties and slowly she is beginning to make real change working with one of INF’s grassroots partner organisations. Sita’s father died when she was very young. The family regularly went without...
by Alex Barwick | Oct 22, 2018 | Uncategorised
Sarsawati Budha left school at the age of 15 to get married. Local customs in her village did not allow her to continue her education after her marriage. She now has two children who are at school and she helps provide for her family by running a small retail shop. In...
