by Priti Bhattarai | Jun 25, 2016 | News, Success Stories, Blog
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 Prakriti Nepal | May 9, 2016 | Blog, Event, Collaboration
It has been weeks since we came back from New York, yet still the days of Global summit and the memories are fresh in my mind. The learning, mentorship, networking with friends from all around the world, spreading love and kindness, and expressing thoughts and feeling...
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...
by Harinee Suthakar | Apr 26, 2016 | Organization, News, Success Stories, Blog
Connecting the Local & Global: Thank you, Rukmini Foundation In August 2014, I entered my third year at the University of Pittsburgh when I found out about Rukmini Foundation through the Global Switchboard. Rukmini Foundation took an integrative approach that...
by Laxmi Aryal | Mar 27, 2016 | Event, News, Collaboration, Success Stories, Blog
Village girls of Nepal shine at New York Summit A few months ago, we heard some fantastic news from our partner organization and friends at LitWorld about our Rukmini scholars. Smriti Shrestha, Krisha Shrestha and Reekita Basnet from our village Pharping, Jasmine...