-By Nabina BasnetName: Sujana Subedi Dahal and Nil Hari Dahal Address: Gaiyatar, Kamalamai Municipality 5, Sindhuli, Family Members: 4 (Husband and wife, 1 son and 1 daughter)Summary: After years of trying different jobs, Sujana and Nilhari Dahal have finally found stability in running a cow farm in Gaiyatar, Sindhuli, where they’ve been working for the past nine years....
-By Shahira ThapaName: Hem Kumari Devkota Address: Kamalamai, SindhuliFamily Members: 5 Photo: Hem Kumari Devkota with a beautiful smile.Summary: Hem Kumari Devkota, a resilient dairy farmer from Tallo Rajpani, Sindhuli has turned her life around with the help of two Korean Holstein cows from the Milky Way Project. Amid her family's financial struggles, Hem Kumari's relentless care...
-By Dolma GhaleName: Samjhana DahalAddress: Gaiyatar, Kamalamai Municipality 5, SindhuliFamily Members: 4 (Husband and wife, 1 son and 1 daughter) Photo: Samjhana Dahal and her Holstein cow.Summary: During the lockdown, Samjhana Dahal, who once aspired to be a teacher, discovered a newfound passion in cow farming. Despite facing skepticism, she embraced this path with determination, leveraging her...
-By Nabina BasnetName: Rukmani Adhikari Address: Gaiyatar, Kamalamai Municipality 5, Sindhuli, Family Members: 5; (husband and wife and 3 children)Photo: Rukmani Adhikari infront of her cow farm.Summary: Despite having no formal education, Rukmani Adhikari has become a successful entrepreneur, running a small cow farm in Sindhuli that sustains her family of five. After losing her farm and chickens...
-By Shahira ThapaName: Kabita Neupane Address: Rajpani, Kamalamai Municipality, Sindhuli Family Members: 6; (Husband and wife, 3 daughters, and 1 son) Photo: Kabita Neupane smiling proudly in front of Neupane Dairy Farm.Summary: Kabita Neupane’s journey from starting with just two cows to running “Neupane Dairy Farm” with 16 cows is a deeply inspiring story of resilience and transformation. Despite...
-By Dolma GhaleName: Sarita Kumari Bakhrel Address: Gaiyatar, Kamalamai Municipality 5, SindhuliFamily Members: 4 (husband and wife and 2 sons) Photo: Sarita standing in front of her cowshed.Summary: After returning to Sindhuli, Sarita faced heartbreaking challenges, including the loss of a cow and painful kidney stone surgery that left her unable to care for her cows. Despite her...
-By Nabina BasnetName: Birendra Khatiwada & Yashoda Khatiwada Address: Gaiyatar, Kamalamai Municipality 5, SindhuliFamily Members: 4 (Husband and wife, 1 son, 1 daughter) Photo: Khatiwada couple proudly standing in front of their farmSummary: Last year, when a tragic accident left Birendra unable to care for their cows, Yashoda made the difficult decision to close her grocery store and...
-By Dolma GhaleName: Anita Adhikari and Surotam Adhikari Family: Anita Adhikari and Surotam Adhikari (husband and wife, 1 son, 1 daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law) Address: Gaiyatar, Kamalamai Municipality 5, Sindhuli Photo: Anita Adhikari and Surotam Adhikari (couple), standing in front of their cowshed.Summary: Surotam and Anita started with just four cows, pouring their hearts into their farm to support their...
- By Balgopal SigdelWhile astronomers in NASA are using high-tech telescopes to explore the vastness of the Milky Way, a different kind of technological revolution is taking place in Kamalamai Municipality, Nepal. Here, smallholder farmers involved in the Milky Way Project are embracing a different technological marvel—electric milking machines.The single-bucket, single-cluster electric milking machine promises...
