by Dipa Kuikel-Pudasaini | Feb 27, 2024 | Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter, Didi Program
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....
by Anup Aryal | May 30, 2023 | Updates, Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter, Aayush
Post by Anup Aryal & Report by Dipa Kuikel Health is your greatest wealth is one of the most used cliches when it comes to how we view our well-being. However, one of the many side effects of living in an underdeveloped/rural part of the world is that people are...
by Laxmi Aryal | Nov 30, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter, Didi Program, General, Awareness
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 Laxmi Aryal | Aug 31, 2021 | Awareness, General, Blog, Newsletter, Didi Program
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 Pallavi Gyawali | Apr 4, 2021 | Updates, Program, Blog, Event, Newsletter
“Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” ― Marie Shear At Rukmini Foundation (RF), our goal has always been to challenge double standards of patriarchy through education and empowerment of the women of our nation. Consequently, we celebrated the 111th...
by Pallavi Gyawali | Mar 30, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter, Didi Program, General
“Little girls with dreams become women with vision.” – Anonymous The global society today is embroiled with news about attacks on women; violation of women’s freedom, civil rights and human rights. In such a maelstrom of conflict and abuse towards women, the...
