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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.

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…
Monowara going to CCC-with Juthi
23 May 2024
Monowara is 35 years old and lives in a small village on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh. She has two sons and two daughters, the youngest of wh…
Ayna and Shuvo smiling
15 September 2023
Ayna Moti lives near Dhaka, Bangladesh and cares for her teenage grandson who has cerebral palsy. Shuvo was left with her when his father’s family co…
a mother and her daughter
27 June 2023
Popy is the sole carer for her daughter Munira, who has Cerebral Palsy. Popy and Munira live in in the neighbourhood of Taltola, just outside Dhaka…
Mum making her son laugh
12 December 2022
Fatema lives in a small village in Savar sub-district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh She cares fulltime for her son Ridoy who has Down…

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.