Karnali Province

With erratic rain and snowfall, Humla struggles to adapt to a changing climate 

In the warmth of the December sun, little children run around dusty alleys while elderly women, scarlet-shawled and bedecked in heavy brass ornaments, lazily smoke out of wooden chillums. The school is closed for the winter, so the children get to stay home for two months, and the elderly women have little else to do but bask in the sun while it is still warm outside. The water has not frozen yet, so the younger women wash clothes and bathe at the village communal tap. Early in the morning, tendrils of smoke rise from small stone-and-mud houses.
Marissa Taylor
Published at : January 5, 2019
Updated at : June 25, 2019 13:26


Marissa Taylor

Marissa Taylor is a Kathmandu-based journalist. She mostly writes on environment, biodiversity conservation and public health.



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