Fighting Poverty Through Rural Development in the Sagarmatha Region in Eastern Nepal (Southern Solu Khumbu and Northern Khotang District)

Following from the analysis of the quantitative survey and the accompanying observations, two topics emerge as areas for a further development project:1)Investments in the local infrastructure: Building trails and bridges; improving the water supply; building communal mills; construction of toilets and ovens; improving the physical plant of existing schools; improving and installing local sub-health posts. 2) Education, schooling and training measures: Improving the overall educational level, increasing the degree of literacy; improving the hygienic and sanitary situation; improving the conditions of agricultural production; creating options for income generation in addition to the existing subsistence structure by providing assistance to already existing trades.