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17 May

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Travel log – Kunti Bandali – Mangalsen Municipality – Achcham

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 […]

07 May

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Online Supportive group for Nepal #sintabumenstrual

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 […]

05 May

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Financial update and Thanks.

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 […]

04 May

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Kunti Bandali. Trodden path.

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 […]

23 Apr

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Travel log – Basti – Achcham

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, […]

11 Apr

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

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 […]

04 Apr

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

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 […]

24 Mar

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#RatoBaltin’s First stage has been a total success

All the photos in this mail were made by the girls during the Participatory Photography workshop #BreakTheSilence #MaunataTodau. Soon we will put them on sale, and the money will be for the authors. We have not been in touch for a while, but time flies and work has been pressing, both in Nepal and in […]

11 Mar

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International Women’s Day in Basti: recap after of our first week of workshops

After one week in Basti, 50 hours of workshops, 25 menstrual cups handed to women in town and lots of emotional conversations with women of all ages, on March 8th we were invited to be part of the celebrations on occasion of International Women’s Day. For the second year in Basti there is a big […]

08 Feb

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Finishing touches to the Project – In Nepal everything is unforseeable!

Namaste! 6 days left to go to Nepal, and the project is ever more outlined and clear. However, difficulties are also fast approaching. The original idea was to go West by the end of February to be there during March until mid-April. We had to change the plan (as usual in Nepal) and adapt to […]