The Zithobeni community is disadvantaged in terms of social and economic life.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

One positive development: In 1999, government passed a new anti-monopoly law, which provides for a business supervisory commission to help ensure a level playing field, a move that theoretically helps the disadvantaged and largely punchless community of small businesses.

CNN: Big Little Problems

One important trend in the 1990s has been an increase in the number of students who volunteer time for community service, such as tutoring disadvantaged pupils or visiting in retirement homes.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

According to the aforementioned studies, the CLRC programme has made significant contributions to individual and community development in Nepal in general and more specifically, to the socially disadvantaged and marginalised members of society.

UNESCO: Community Library and Resource Centres