by Laxmi Aryal | Jun 24, 2014 | Fundraising, Event, Blog
On Monday, June 16, we held a very different type of fundraising event than we have ever done before. We served Nepali food at a local Pittsburgh restaurant called Bar Marco. The event was known as No Menu Monday, which is a great concept of Bobby Fry the owner of the...
by Laxmi Aryal | Jun 15, 2014 | Blog, General, Awareness
My Father the Pioneer As we celebrate Father’s Day in the US, I wanted to talk about Nepali fathers, especially my own Father Kedar Nath Acharya. While Nepali people celebrate Father’s Day on a different day, called Kushe Aausi or Pitritarpani Aausi, our family...
by Laxmi Aryal | May 29, 2014 | Fundraising, Event, Blog
This month we had the privilege of attending an event organized by high school girls at Swickley Academy when they put together a fundraising dinner to support the girls of Rukmini Foundation. I was so amazed how these girls were involved in global issues...
by Laxmi Aryal | Jun 4, 2013 | Collaboration, Event, Blog
You may recall that our Program Manager, Nabin wrote an article about a great program called SAYS (South Asia Youth Summit), which is a USAID supported program where students from South Asian countries like Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal get an opportunity to visit...
by Laxmi Aryal | May 9, 2013 | Blog, Event
Today is Mothers’ Day in Nepal. You may be wondering if we are a little early with this post, but In Nepal this celebration falls on the last day of the dark fortnight in the month of Baishakh which falls in April-May. The actual day changes according to US...
