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Travel log – #RatoBaltin at the Chilkhaya school
Read more: Travel log – #RatoBaltin at the Chilkhaya school20-7-17 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…
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Malnourishment in West Nepal
Read more: Malnourishment in West NepalOne 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…
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Travel Log – Chilkhaya
Read more: Travel Log – Chilkhaya10-6-17. 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…
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Periodically untouchable
Read more: Periodically untouchableWe publish the translation, in our web, of the following article – by Aditi Lamichhane, published 2017-07-05 at The Kathmandu Post– because we consider it is important for our…
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Human trafficking in Nepal. #RatoBaltin #WorldDayAgainstTraffickinginPersons
Read more: Human trafficking in Nepal. #RatoBaltin #WorldDayAgainstTraffickinginPersonsToday is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. As such, we feel it is an important time to highlight the extent of this practice in Nepal. After…
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Child marriage and young mothers in West Nepal. #RatoBaltin
Read more: Child marriage and young mothers in West Nepal. #RatoBaltinAnother of the problems that we are facing during our Rato Baltin workshops is seeing 13 years girls who are married and with children. Everybody (some may not agree)…
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Travel log – Chhaupadi in Rachuli – Kalikot – Karnali Zone – Nepal
Read more: Travel log – Chhaupadi in Rachuli – Kalikot – Karnali Zone – NepalPhotographies made by the students of the participatory photography workshop #breakthesilence © of each student. 7-6-2017 We have not yet found in Kalikot anybody referring to the tradition…
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Travel Log – Ruby cup training at Rachuli. Once again, total success!
Read more: Travel Log – Ruby cup training at Rachuli. Once again, total success!4-6-2017 The menstruation cup training that we have set at Rachuli, exceeded all expectations. We have spent, so far, 10 days in town, talking with the ladies and…
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Life experience
Read more: Life experienceWriting and Photos © por Alba Parrado Puente, Spanish Nurse and Midwife, Volunteer of be artsy in Achcham. From one of the most chaotic Indian cities (Varanasí) to…
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Travel log – We just started #BreakTheSilence – Participatory Photography
Read more: Travel log – We just started #BreakTheSilence – Participatory Photography31-5-2017. We already have the first results form our participatory photography workshops. Seeing how girls start freeing themselves and start explaining things through photography is exciting. The first…
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Travel Log – The day the children of Rachuli learned how to speak Buffalese!
Read more: Travel Log – The day the children of Rachuli learned how to speak Buffalese!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…
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Travel log – First conversation with a group of women in Rachuli (Kalikot)
Read more: Travel log – First conversation with a group of women in Rachuli (Kalikot)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…