by Sangya Gyawali | Dec 22, 2016 | Awareness, Program, Blog, Updates
One of the highlights of the Didi Program is a monthly event where a role model Didi (elder sister) from various fields is invited to lead the mentoring session. Our scholars have always been enthusiastic about these events. The main goal of this type of program is to...
by Prakriti Nepal | Nov 25, 2016 | Updates, Program, Blog
For our recent Didi Program, we invited Ms. Deepa Shakya who is a gender and social inclusion expert who works with the Nepal government on various projects as well as being a Faculty Member at Kathmandu University. She came to not only share with the scholars about...
by Priti Bhattarai | Oct 29, 2016 | Updates, Program, Blog, Organization, News
It was 5 years ago that two brothers, Bibhuti and Nabin Aryal, embarked upon what seemed like — at the time — a simple idea. Knowing that a family’s economic condition was one of the key reasons why many girls in rural areas of Nepal were missing out...
by Niroj Shrestha | Oct 26, 2016 | Event, Collaboration, Success Stories, Updates, Program, Blog
Report by Niroj Shrestha Earlier this month, we celebrated a very important day for Rukmini Foundation and its partner organizations in Nepal. Not only were we celebrating the important festival of During a Dashain, we also held a Greetings Exchange Event organized by...
by Sangya Gyawali | Sep 29, 2016 | Event, Updates, Program, Blog
The Didi program has been inviting female leaders to empower scholars by showing them how women are capable, if they are provided with opportunity. On Sept. 17, Rukmini held a session for the scholars to show how empowerment changes the lives of women. The theme of...
by Priti Bhattarai | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog, Event, Updates, Program
The concept of a comprehensive parents-teacher meeting is still very rare in Nepal, especially in government and community schools in the villages. Schools that do follow this practice tend do it in a more casual fashion, where parents drop by the school to pick up...
