Art for Social Change
Manisha Kumari Nath is from Kuntibandali, a small town in the Achham region of western Nepal. She lives with her father, mother and two little sisters in the house. As like most rural areas of Nepal, her family is very humble, her mother sells vegetables and thus can pay for the education of her daughters. […]
After Janalibandali we travelled to Kunti Bandali, where nothing was really new. We were only there teaching for four days. The first time we came here we taught two classes at the end of 2073 (it is now the beginning of 2075). This time we taught classes 6 and 7, as well as a school […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]