Badi Community's Plight

When the natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and landslides strike the country, it is the poor and the marginalised who suffer the most. Entrenched social discriminations and economic inequality have forced them into penury for centuries. As the calamities befall them, their situation turns worse from bad. This is what exactly happened to the Badi community living in Jajarakot district. Last year’s earthquake knocked down their homes in the Ramidanda area of Barekot Rural Municipality-1, further exacerbating their problems. The government provided a grant of Rs. 25,000 to each family for temporary housing.