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’...
by Nabin Aryal | Aug 31, 2021 | Updates, Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter
Oxygen for the Community As we talked about in a previous post, the pandemic has caused a lot of damage and destruction in Nepal and overwhelmed the hospital system, especially when it comes to life-saving resources like oxygen. As part of our emergency support, the...
by Nabin Aryal | May 30, 2021 | Newsletter, Updates, Awareness, Blog, News
What is the current situation of COVID infection in Nepal? Text(Graph: courtesy Reuters May 27) Although the daily cases have been declining for the past few days, Nepal still records more than 7,800 covid cases and over a 150 deaths daily. The prohibitory order has...
by Nabin Aryal | Apr 29, 2021 | Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter, Updates
What is the present situation? For the past few weeks, COVID infection is rapidly increasing in Nepal, especially in Kathmandu and other big cities. The first wave of infections peaked in October 2020 and since then it “decreased” dramatically. Starting in February of...