by Prakriti Nepal | Jun 21, 2016 | Program, News, Collaboration, GLOW Club
LitClub Nepal with the support of Rukmini Foundation has been creating a platform to not only bring girls together in LitClubs, but also to improve the LitClub sessions by working closely with partnership schools. For these LitClub sessions to run smoothly each...
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 | Blog, Organization, News, Success Stories
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 | Success Stories, Blog, Event, News, Collaboration
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...
by Sangya Gyawali | Mar 21, 2016 | Awareness, Blog, Event, News
Field Report by: Amit Lama Post by: Sangya Gyawali In a world that’s constantly trying to achieve more and fight against social inequality, it’s crucial to stop and recognize past achievements and success. Otherwise, it’s easy to lose momentum in this race towards...
by Eri Taniguchi | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, News, Awareness
Throughout the year, there are many International Days. Do you know for what February 6 is dedicated for? Photo courtesy of UNICEF-Ethiopia The answer: February 6 is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Elimination (FGM). You may wonder why this...