by Prabritti Nepal | Apr 7, 2015 | Program, Blog, Event
Post by: Prabritti Nepal and Harinee Suthakar The Rukmini Foundation Didi (elder sister) Program held another monthly program on Saturday, April 4, 2015. This was an exciting event for all Rukmini scholars and Didis. Scholars – new and old – were in attendance and...
by Prabritti Nepal | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog, Awareness, Program
A Day of Reflection, Fun, and Empowerment This mentoring session covered a lot of serious topics like HIV/AIDS, Slavery, and Violence Against Girls/Women The 6th of December was a warm winter morning when we, the Didis (Nepali for elder sisters and what the girls call...
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 | Blog, Event, Awareness
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....
