Case Study 4: Pano Devi Mukhiya, Bokraha-1, Siraha

Pano Devi Mukhiya, 35, resident of Bhokraha Village Development Committee ward no. 1, is an extremely poor woman. Her husband added insult to injury when he divorced Pano Devi and married another woman. She needed a company in order to ward off social stigma and increased vulnerability. Out of compulsion, then 25 years old Pano Devi chose to marry a 65-year-old man. The old man had 0.5 hectare of land. 

Case Study 3: Mr. Bamdev Chaudhari (40), Chailahi-5, Dang

Mr. Chaudhari became landless as his 7 kattha of land was flooded by Rapti River in 2002. He had an interest in vegetable farming earlier,