by Dipa Kuikel-Pudasaini | Sep 29, 2024 | Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter, Didi Program
Background This year, the topic of self-defense, child safety and girls and women protecting themselves has been a priority for us. One thing that we had been thinking of doing, but had not been able to do so far was to involve local law enforcement into our program....
by Dipa Kuikel-Pudasaini | Aug 30, 2024 | Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter, Didi Program
Reported by: Dipa Kuikel and Sirjana Waiba Successful people can inspire others by setting a very good example of what is possible. We have been using this method to inspire our bahinis (girls in our program). We often bring guest speakers who come from similar...
by Dipa Kuikel-Pudasaini | Jun 29, 2024 | Didi Program, Newsletter, Awareness, Blog, News
Personal Background Sanjita Balami’s journey began in the small, close-knit town of Hundu, where she grew up in a supportive family environment. Her father was a dedicated teacher, and her mother managed the household, instilling in Sanjita the values of...
by Dipa Kuikel-Pudasaini | Mar 28, 2024 | Awareness, Blog, Organization, News, Newsletter
On the 9th of March, the Nepal Team was looking forward to our regular bi-weekly meeting between our staff in Nepal and the US Advisors. The major difference about this meeting was that we were going to meet a few of the US colleagues that we only got to see on our...
by Dipa Kuikel-Pudasaini | Feb 27, 2024 | Blog, News, Newsletter, Didi Program, Awareness
We know how important mentoring is to our program, and the quality of mentors makes the program so effective and valuable for our girls. For our most recent mentoring event, we invited a Didi (elder sister), Sanju Maharjan, who considers herself a self-defense coach....
