by Preeti Khanal | Jul 25, 2024 | Aayush, Updates, Blog, News, Newsletter
The World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently reported on a harrowing reality: around 120 million girls and women under the age of 20 have endured forced sexual contact worldwide. Yet, this alarming statistic may be vastly...
by Dipa Kuikel-Pudasaini | Feb 27, 2024 | Didi Program, Awareness, Blog, News, Newsletter
We know how important mentoring is to our program, and the quality of mentors makes the program so effective and valuable for our girls. For our most recent mentoring event, we invited a Didi (elder sister), Sanju Maharjan, who considers herself a self-defense coach....
by Pallavi Gyawali | Mar 29, 2019 | Updates
My parents often tell me that as a child, I was impossible to keep still when there was music. I was known to make center stage of wherever I was, and I danced everywhere I could. Rukmini Scholars dance to their own beat. A decade and four continents away from...
by Johanna Whitman | Oct 12, 2015 | Awareness, Blog, Success Stories
Interviewer: Aryashree Aryal “There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women” – Kofi Annan The central focus of Rukmini Foundation is provide educational opportunity to girls, specifically in Nepal. Yet this is not just to learn...