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[email protected] Acknowledgements This research report was made possible with the advice and contributions of many people and organizations. Inputs were received from Action Aid Nepal (Suresh Thapa), BBC Media Action (Christian Clack), Care Nepal (Santosh Sharma), Dan Church Aid (Govinda Neupane), Equal Access (Hemant Pathak), Lutheran World Federation (Krishna Pathak, Gopal Dahal), Mercy Corps (Nabin Lammichane), Oxfam ( Prabin Man Singh), Practical Action (Gehendra Gurung, Dinanath Bhandari), Save the Children (Dhurba Devekota) United Nations Development Programme (Man Thapa) United Nations Children’s Fund (Rajendra Shakya), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Yadav K.