ABSTRACT
In 1998, Sthir Basti,1 a squatter community located in open fields on the edge of Kathmandu, faced several challenges. The children lacked access to education. They were located on land they did not own and feared eviction. They had a limited sense of being part of a community, measured in terms of people within the settlement knowing each other. They had low incomes with few financial resources beyond subsistence living.
