Collaboration Makes a Difference: MacEwan University

Collaboration Makes a Difference: MacEwan University

The experience related to the collaborative workshops developed with MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has been rewarding for each of us. Through the Riipen platform, we unite around our academic and practical interests in defending the rights of children and women in Nepal. Nursing students from the Community Mental Health: High Priority Population class […]

Training in Sahara Children Home (Dhulikhel)

Training in Sahara Children Home (Dhulikhel)

Before we left to Achham for the Project follow up, we spent a day in a children’s home in Dhulikhel conducting a full puberty curriculum, sexual education, and menstrual health management training. We had been asked to do an intensive training, with a special focus in empowering the girls in self love for their womens’ […]

Malnourishment in West Nepal

Malnourishment in West Nepal

One significant problem that we have seen in our travels throughout West Nepal is the extent of childhood malnourishment. Sometimes this can be associated with very young mothers with little nutritional information support, but in other cases cannot. Though there are some nutritional programs that run throughout West Nepal, it can be difficult for mothers […]