be artsy

About Us

be artsy is a non-profit organisation developing creativity projects with the aim of providing different experiences and training oportunities to communities which would otherwise not be able to access them. We do not aim to only teach art just for the sake of art itself, but we also intend to provide communities with the tools to improve communication and effect the changes within they deem necessary. In a nutshell, we wish to empower local communities through art with a special emphasis on women. Hence, our current emphasis on the topic of menstruation and hygienic care through the Chhaupadi project in Nepal.

Jun, 18

Travel Log – The day the children of Rachuli learned how to speak Buffalese!

18/06/2017 by Josep V. Marin

Written by Clara Go. Photos done with FUJIFILM X-Pro1 © Clara Go Translated to English by Alba Miquel 28-5-2017. 7 days after leaving Kathmandu we were able to start teaching at the school. Our first school day at Rachuli’s school had cracking-up moments. We started with 10th grade, which means some of the students were […]
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Jun, 16

Travel log – First conversation with a group of women in Rachuli (Kalikot)

16/06/2017 by Josep V. Marin

Written by Clara Go. Photos done with FUJIFILM X-Pro1 © Clara Go Translated to English by Regla Maria López / Alba Miquel 26-5-2017. Our contact people in the area (all male) told us that here there was no Chhaupadi unlike in Achcham: that there are no special huts for women on their period, that they […]
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Jun, 15

Travel log – The way to Rachuli (Kalikot)

15/06/2017 by Josep V. Marin

Written by Clara Go. Photos done with FUJIFILM X-Pro1 © Clara Go Translated to English by Regla Maria López / Alba Miquel May 25, 2017. Getting to Rachuli (pronounced RAH-chuli) took us 5 days. At the moment of writing this, I can’t imagine having to leave this place. The ways to get up here are […]
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May, 17

Travel log – Kunti Bandali – Mangalsen Municipality – Achcham

17/05/2017 by Clara GO

We had it very clear that getting out from Basti wasn’t going to be easy, the descent we did the day we arrived had as all quite scared. On my side, I found a walking stick and decided not to follow the same path we used to go down; following the blood track left by […]
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May, 7

Online Supportive group for Nepal #sintabumenstrual

07/05/2017 by Josep V. Marin

Written by Clara Go. Translate to english by Tere Salinero A few days before returning to Nepal, I participated in a women’s group organized by Mila Torró (From Círculo Afrodita) together with Vivian Parra, to help us gather funds for the Rato Baltin Project. For me it was a very special day, the last one I […]
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May, 5

Financial update and Thanks.

05/05/2017 by Clara GO

Thanks to everyone who has helped us so far. Many thanks for the wonderful response our project has received too. We are very satisfied with the impacti it has had both amongst friends and acquaintances as well as organisations and media.In the process, we have learned several things: Having a nurse for only 2 or […]
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May, 4

Kunti Bandali. Trodden path.

04/05/2017 by Josep V. Marin

Written by Alba Maria Campos, Spanish volunteer nurse, specialised in family and community health Translate to english by Tere Salinero corrections by Alba Miquel Photo done for Kamal Bhattarai with X-pro1 © Clara Go “I have learnt to think like I was taught to and I even got to believe that it is me who […]
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Apr, 23

Travel log – Basti – Achcham

23/04/2017 by Clara GO

Whenever one gets to a town in such remote areas – in spite of their beauty – the first thing coming to mind after seeing the life conditions waiting for us for the next few days is: I would go away right now. Basti was no different. Despite being aware such hard conditions were awaiting, […]
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Apr, 11

Women empowerment in Basti. Chhaupadi: yes or no? You choose.

11/04/2017 by Clara GO

Written by Alba Maria Campos, Spanish volunteer nurse, specialised in family and community health Translate to english by Alba Miquel Photos from X-pro1 © Clara Go – Phone Pic form Alba Mª Campos. Menstruation is not a passive experience, it is not something that “our body produces for us”; it is something in which we […]
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Apr, 4

Travel log: On our way to Nepal’s Far West

04/04/2017 by Clara GO

We set off Kathmandu on February 26th at 3pm: Kamal, our Nepalese project manager; Susmila, the nurse we hired to deliver the Ruby Cup and menstrual hygiene trainings, and I (Clara GO). After getting the 40 buckets and suitcases full of material we were carrying on the bus, we set out to Dhangadhi, feeling both […]
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