When it started raining, the farmers in the village would get excited and start farming. I would start worrying when it rained. Water would enter the house, and all the belongings and grains would get submerged in the water. It would not even be possible to cook food. Then, throughout the rainy season, I would go to the houses of my neighbors and relatives and wait for my turn to cook food.

The people in the neighbor's house would eat the food. And then it would be my turn to cook. I would wait for my turn and never be able to eat on time. I would keep wondering when I would finish cooking while others were eating. When I remember the moments when I was waiting for my turn to cook, my heart is heavy.

I earn my living by working as a laborer. I was afraid to go to work when it rained. I was worried that my children would suffer if my house was flooded while I was at work. I had heard that there is a God for those who have no one, but I was not in a position to believe it. One day, the Rural Women's Upliftment Center came to my house like God with a house construction plan.

The leaking and flooded house was replaced with a new house. The people I used to go to other people's houses to work as laborers now started working in their own houses. I built my own house and also got paid for my labor. This was an unexpected and unexpected job for me. I spent the strength of my arm that I had spent on building other people's houses on my own house. In short, my new solid house was built.

The Rural Women's Upliftment Center built my house under the program to strengthen women's families through safe housing and awareness of women's ownership of land. The organization invested 425 thousand rupees and the rural municipality invested 150 thousand rupees. In short, my life was filled with happiness, and the house was handed over to me with a grand ceremony. I danced happily and shared moments of happiness with everyone.

I have a house in Rajpur-2 Gaira. I am a mother of five children. I am now 40 years old. I have also become a grandmother now. My husband Dinguru Prasad Chaudhary drowned in the Rapti River while fishing five years ago. Then the entire burden of the house fell on my shoulders.

My husband was a house builder. I also worked as a labourer following my husband. Even though we worked on building other people's houses, we were not able to build our own house. The wages we earned were only enough to cover our daily expenses. We were not able to earn enough to build a house.

After the house was built with the help of the organization, I found it difficult to believe in myself. My eldest daughter Manisha got married and gave birth to a daughter. My sister Parvati is also married. Sayli Ashu is 14 years old and is studying in 8th grade. My younger sister Anisha is 9 years old and my son Ashish is 11 years old. Now I have two daughters and a son.

I have not yet finished my labour. I have to go far away to work. I earn 500 rupees a day. I get about 25 days of work a month. I earn 12,000 rupees a month, but I can buy rice, salt, oil, soap, syrup, coffee, books and medicine. Sometimes I borrow money to cover my expenses. I work and pay. There is no such thing as saving money. It is only to survive.

Festivals should also be celebrated in moderation. When festivals are celebrated, people start thinking about what to eat. During festivals, children ask for sweets. I have to make a little bit of sweet and savory food. If you think that you will celebrate festivals for many days, you will worry about what to eat. After missing many days of festivals without going to work, you will not have money to eat. That is why festivals should also be celebrated in moderation.

Earlier, when I went to work, I was worried about how my children would be at home . Sometimes, when I returned home, water would enter the house and my children would be crying . I would also sit and cry together and then go to my neighbor's house . Now those difficult days are over . I have my own safe house .

How would I have built a house ? I couldn't even think of building a house by earning money . When I didn't have enough to eat, building a house was even more distant . I never thought that someone would build a house like this . Now the days of having to wait for someone else's turn to cook food are over . Now that I have a safe place to live, I am only worried about earning money, eating, and my children's education .