Art for Social Change
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photographies 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 using this name, they call it “Chuii” “Chuiigoath” or “Chuiighar”. But as to existing, it does exist the same. Maybe the conditions seem better (in Rachuli, so […]
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 girls, teachers of both sexes, and trying to reach out to the men. to talk with the men… The girls were asked to talk with their parents […]
Writing 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 one of the most peaceful little villages in Nepal there are around 800 km. and a four days journey by local bus, a bus as hellish as […]
31-5-2017. 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 thing that surprised us was that most of them are convinced to follow the tradition. There are few Chhaupadi huts here, most girls sleep in the cowshed […]
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 10th grade, which means some of the students were 17 years old, only 3 years younger than the two nurses we hired. Being so close in age […]
May 25, 2017. Getting to Rachuli (pronounced RAH-chuli) took us 5 days. At the moment of writing this, I can’t imagine having to leave this place. The ways to get up here are mountain roads with very few paved parts. There are lots of rocks all around, landslides everywhere, heavy rocks in the middle of […]