by Sirjana Waiba | May 30, 2022 | Updates, Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter
Mata Tirtha Aausi is known as Nepali Mother’s Day. The origin of this day dates back to the rule of cowherds in Nepal. According to the legend, after losing his mother, a shepherd became depressed. He started searching for some signs of his mother in temples and...
by Nabin Aryal | Jan 30, 2022 | News, Updates, Awareness, Blog, Newsletter
Like other countries of the world, COVID-19’s Omicron variant is spreading rapidly across Nepal. Latest figures (January 24) show that Nepal recorded close to 9,000 cases of COVID infection (this number does not include positive cases through Antigen tests). Because...
by Anup Aryal | Nov 30, 2021 | Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter, Updates
The late former President of France, Charles De Gaulle is credited with the line “The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” Perhaps it is an indictment of humankind, but we can also look at it as a credit to an animal that is often called our...
by Laxmi Aryal | Nov 30, 2021 | Awareness, General, Blog, Newsletter, Didi Program
The foundation’s mentoring program (Didi Program) provides opportunities for our scholars (Bahinis) to engage with Didis (Mentors). Didis inspire Bahinis through stories about their experiences and are role models for our scholars. Since the pandemic began in...
by Nabin Aryal | Sep 29, 2021 | News, Updates, Awareness, Blog, Newsletter
Authorities of Kathmandu District Administrative Office and Dakshinkali Municipality decided to restart in-person classes in all schools of the district from September 6. The schools were mostly shut down from April 2020 (the schools were briefly opened from March 1...
by Laxmi Aryal | Aug 31, 2021 | General, Blog, Newsletter, Didi Program, Awareness
Special Didi Program Girl trafficking is a very severe problem in Nepal. Poverty, illiteracy, and lack of employment opportunities in the country enable the traffickers to exploit young girls. Here are just a few examples and statistics from the United Nations’...
