by admin | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog, News, Newsletter
A Day to Celebrate Graduating Scholars It wasn’t long ago that we had a scholarship ceremony for the first 10 girls, and now after 3 years, we are so proud to be able to hand 8 of them a certificate saying that they have passed the SLC Exams and are now...
by Nabin Aryal | Jun 24, 2014 | Program, Blog, Event, Collaboration
Eight Rukmini Scholars Take the Big Exam As you may have read from our previous emails and posts on Social Media, 8 of our scholars recently took the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) Examinations. SLC is the National level Board Exam and passing this exam is the only...
by Laxmi Aryal | Jun 24, 2014 | Fundraising, Event, Blog
On Monday, June 16, we held a very different type of fundraising event than we have ever done before. We served Nepali food at a local Pittsburgh restaurant called Bar Marco. The event was known as No Menu Monday, which is a great concept of Bobby Fry the owner of the...
by Laxmi Aryal | Jun 15, 2014 | Blog, General, Awareness
My Father the Pioneer As we celebrate Father’s Day in the US, I wanted to talk about Nepali fathers, especially my own Father Kedar Nath Acharya. While Nepali people celebrate Father’s Day on a different day, called Kushe Aausi or Pitritarpani Aausi, our family...
by Prabritti Nepal | Jun 9, 2014 | Awareness, Blog, Program
The Day we Stood for Nigerian Girls and Ourselves 17th May 2014 was more than any ordinary Saturday for Rukmini Scholars and their mentors (Didis) because on that day us Didis and Bahinis (little sisters) of Rukmini Foundation got together for another mentoring (Didi)...