by Priti Bhattarai | Sep 28, 2016 | Updates, Program, Blog, Event
The concept of a comprehensive parents-teacher meeting is still very rare in Nepal, especially in government and community schools in the villages. Schools that do follow this practice tend do it in a more casual fashion, where parents drop by the school to pick up...
by Priti Bhattarai | Aug 9, 2016 | Awareness, Program, Blog, News
State of Confusion: Education Reform in Nepal The month of June brought about what could be great changes to the educational system in Nepal, as the country ended the 10 year schooling system that had been in practice for the last 80 years. The government had hoped to...
by Priti Bhattarai | Jun 25, 2016 | Blog, News, Success Stories
Every year 10th grade students and their families wait nervously as the results of the national examinations, known as the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) are published. It was that time of the year again earlier in June. With no specific date given for when the...
by Priti Bhattarai | May 28, 2016 | Blog, Event, Collaboration
Earlier this year, our wonderful partners, LitWorld and Global G.L.O.W. hosted the first ever Global HerStory Summit, bringing together over 50 young women and mentors from around the world and across the United States for story-sharing workshops and mentorship...
by Priti Bhattarai | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog, News
April 25th 2016 marked the one-year anniversary of the disaster that devastated our tiny Himalayan nation. On that day, a violent 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal—followed weeks later by a 7.3-magnitude aftershock—and we lost almost countless lives, thousands of...