The sky was starry, the rivers roared, and paddy fields stretched endlessly. Barichaur, Syangja is situated right in the middle of beautiful nature. It is a small village of Magar, which is ethnolinguistic and indigenous group. The Magars are welcoming and have strong faith in their language and cultural heritage.

Laligurans Aama Samuha – a mother group is getting into community homestay business, which is going to be an entirely a new business for them. Mrs. Goma Thapa is the acting president. The group has already commenced horticulture in a half acre land, which makes up the ambience of the homestay and converts it into a beautiful garden. There are also many other groups in different part of the village, namely, Aarukharka, Bardada, Dapche, Fedi, Guthi etc.

‘We are not meeting regularly. The president has gone to Butwal sub-metropolitan city for an emergency treatment. The health system is not good in the area,’ Mrs. Rama Thapa – the acting treasurer of the group stated. ‘We have to rely on big city for the medical treatment,’ she added. ‘Some members stay in Pokhara, and hardly visit the village,’ she elaborated.
The group received a subsidy of rupees 200K for the construction of community building from rural municipality to cover the cost of building. The building is still under construction. ‘We have loan obligation to pay, which is above rupees 550K for construction and hardware related materials. The rural municipality has denied to meet the cost of the building. The hardware supplier has been calling our group members over and over again,’ the president stated over the telephone. The mother group is going through a hard time.
Earlier, the members received different kind of trainings, from manufacture of pickle and soap to knitting, weaving and animal husbandry. The group was also imparted a training by an entity from Kathmandu that mostly aimed at streamlining governance and management related practices of the homestay,’ Mrs. Goma Thapa said.