Menstrual health & women’s empowerment
be artsy has received a €6,000 grant from Dipsalut for the project Rato Baltin – Promoting menstrual health in Western Nepal. Stop menstrual evictions. The project achieved a very high score according to the call’s evaluation criteria, recognising its quality and impact on promoting menstrual health and dignity in rural areas of Western Nepal. At […]
This year, we are strengthening our impact with three major university partnerships. Eco-Friendly Powder Soap with Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS) Together with IQS, we are researching the use of soap nuts (Riita in Nepali). These nuts release saponin, a natural component that can be used to make soap. Our goal is to develop a […]
We want to start this message with a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this year’s candle campaign. Together, we’ve raised €1,058 for the Rato Baltin project! Of this amount, €528 came from online and phone orders, and €530 was raised during the days our candle stand was at Jocs L’Escala. A special […]
Chhaupadi promotes violence against women by isolating them, making them vulnerable to abuse, and reinforcing inequality by labelling them as impure during menstruation. On the occasion of November 25th — International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women — we want to call for this issue not to be forgotten Unfortunately, compiling a complete […]
We are pleased to announce that the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD) has granted us a subsidy of 19,165 euros to strengthen our communication strategies and attract new members. This aid represents a significant step towards ensuring the continuity and growth of our project, particularly within the Rato Baltin program in Nepal. With these […]
What are we asking for? The idea is to bring menstrual health to all menstruating people on this planet, do we agree on that? But we cannot forget about this planet! Asking for accessible menstrual products and not specifying that they should be reusable and environmentally friendly is to forget that we are part of […]
This years follow up trip with the girls was really different to last year. Firstly, as planned, we decided to do all of the menstrual cup donations and trainings during the first trip to Achham in the Spring. We wanted to use the September trip solely for the “follow ups”, with more time for the menstrual cup users to identify any […]
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’ […]
Kalagaun is a beautiful place. Green and peaceful. When we arrived everyone was very curious about us – especially the boys and girls! As usual, we were working with class 6-10. The teachers had prepared the hall for our program but everything felt like a race against time. The children were at school for just […]