Baitadi, Nov. 18 -- When Kamala Luhar of Dasarathchand Municipality Ward No.2 in Baitadi became a mother for the first time, there was no one to tell her how to give the best care to her baby, and herself.

She was doing all the household chores, was not resting enough and not eating enough nutritious food during her pregnancy, she says. The same was the case when her second child was born.

But when she gave birth to her third child, things were different, she says. This time around, she was able to provide better care for her child. And her third child, a daughter who is now a year and a half, is healthy and happy, like Luhar.

This became possible only after she was introduced to a mothers' group named Niglasaini Mothers' Group in her ...