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20 May

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Our second week in Janalibandali was quieter than the first

On Sunday we trained the women’s group how to use the menstrual cup. Many young married girls came to the training, but not with the profile we really wanted to target: poor girls that could not go to school because of poverty or being married. There are two reasons why this group may not have […]

01 May

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Travel log: First week in Janalibandali (Mangalsen 6, Achham)

The first week in Janalibandali has been very intense, even too much. On arrival, we had several meetings with local liders, the nurse and the teachers. On Saturday they organized traditional dances and music, the lyrics of which was (like in Basti) absolutely against the Chhaupadi. We have been making groups of boys and girls […]

20 Mar

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2017 RATO BALTIN PROJECT FINANCIAL REPORT

This would not be possible without you, that is why we want to thank each a every one of the people who made our work possible in Nepal during the 2017. To continue empowering the girls and women in the remote areas of West Nepal, the raising of awareness and educating in menstrual and sexual […]

03 Jan

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2017- Rato Baltin Pilot Project Impact Evaluation

We hope 2018 has begun with joy and harmony. The whole be artsy team has started the year with great enthusiasm, as we have been working hard over the last few months to analyze the data collected during our last trip to assess the impact of the 2017 Rato Baltin project. We have been encouraged […]

27 Nov

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Travel log – Preparation of the follow-up trip: holidays do not exist…

By the end of June, after our trip back from Kalikot, I was impatient, for September to arrive and go back to Achham and Kalikot to check on the results. Each time we return to the villages, the accumulated tiredness there, and all the things I have seen and experienced do take their toll. Many […]

23 Sep

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Travel log – Women’s group in Chilkhaya

21-8-17. Because in as Rachuli we couldn’t work with the group of women, here, in chilkhaya I didn’t accepted a no as answer, and i propose to do it, even if it was only for 2 days and at the the time that they wanted, and they accepted. It was not very numerous, because it was […]

18 Sep

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Travel log – Group of girls and Ruby cup training in Chilkhaya (Kalikot)

If at all anywhere, we had a list of girls who wanted menstrual cups, from way back, it has been in Chilkhaya. As we explained in the last article, the classes were a minimum of 70 participants, the majority of these being girls. In this case though, each day we had a minimum of 100 […]

17 Sep

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Travel log – #RatoBaltin at the Chilkhaya school

20-7-17 During the 10 days we have been in Chilkhaya, what has surprised us most is the number of students attending the secondary school (from class 6 to 10). We attended classes with 70 students, “luckily” missing 70 or 80 more. That is, the list of students for these classes was up to 140, 150. […]

02 Sep

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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 […]

22 Aug

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Travel Log – Chilkhaya

10-6-17. Moving 4 personal rucksacks, 2 suitcases full of materials, 1 bag of cameras and 23 metallic buckets from one village to another in these remote areas can be really complicated! From Rachuli to Cnilkhaya, according to Googlemaps, there are just 9 km. and a slope of 400 m. First we had to get somebody […]