Skip to main content

Impact Stories

Meet the remarkable unpaid family carers we support across South Asia. These inspiring stories showcase the daily challenges faced by those caring for loved ones, and the transformative impact that targeted support can have on their lives. Discover how small interventions can create lasting change for carers, their families, and entire communities.

Click the Storis of Care button below for the powerful portraits and personal stories of some of the unpaid carers we support in Nepal, captured through our collaboration with Stories of Nepal.

Group of women sitting outside on the floor in a circle talking
11 February 2026
For thousands of unpaid family carers, caring for a loved one with a mental illness is a daily act of love, but it often comes with isolation, financ…
Group of women and sitting in a circle with their children sitting on their laps
06 August 2025
Rina lives on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and cares for her niece, Anu, who has an intellectual disability. As Anu’s full-time…
Two girls sitting on the floor, surrounded by open books, engaged in reading and sharing ideas.
07 April 2025
Kohinoor, a 24-year-old mother from Savar Union, Dhaka, Bangladesh, faced immense challenges in raising her daughter, Farea, who has autism. The lack…
2 People with some goats
13 November 2024
Sadhona is from Bangladesh and cares for her daughter Sikha, who has cerebral palsy.
Susila and Sethu
18 July 2024
In 2023, we partnered with WORD in Tamil Nadu and launched our first project together "To Empower Carers Through Awareness and Alternative Livelihood…
Two people stadning next to a cow.
09 July 2024
This story is a testament to the transformative impact of our project’s work in the lives of unpaid family carers facing immense challenges. Mangala…

Stories of care

Our collaboration with Stories of Nepal featured unpaid family carers we support through our local charity partner in the country, Self-help Group for Cerebral Palsy.

The powerful portraits and personal stories captured through this collaboration, give insight into unpaid carers’ daily struggles, resilience, dedication and the profound bonds they share with their disabled loved ones. They capture the essence of caregiving in Nepal.