by Katie Brown | Nov 5, 2014 | Program, Blog, Collaboration
Namaste! Celebrating Tihar (Nepali festival of lights) with Tika (blessings placed upon my forehead) My name is Katie Brown and I’m a student, social worker, Rukmini volunteer, native Pittsburgh-er, and current resident of Nepal. I graduated from Mt. Lebanon High...
by Prabritti Nepal | Aug 30, 2014 | Program, Blog
One of the key aims of the Didi Program is to show Rukmini scholars that girls and females can do many different things. In our last program it was Laurisa Osti who served as that example. Laurisa Didi is a renowned Radio Jockey (RJ) of Kantipur FM, a national FM...
by Nabin Aryal | Jul 2, 2014 | Event, Awareness, Blog
Special Didi Program: The hero lies in you Visit of CNN Hero, Pushpa Basnet “I feel a little awkward distributing these Certificate of Completion to the Rukmini Scholars because I myself did not pass School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams!” was the first thing Ms....
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 Prabritti Nepal | Jun 9, 2014 | Program, Blog, Awareness
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)...