Art for Social Change
The challenges we faced while implementing the project in 2020 were due to the Covid-19, but despite the constraints, our local trainers have shown their motivation and willingness to keep working to bring changes in their community. You can read the details of the evaluation of the 2020 Rato Baltin Project, the focus, the results, […]
In response to the consequences of the spread of the SARS-COV-2 infection, in early 2020, we initiated projects to distribute reusable masks, soap and information, and food for vulnerable women. We explain how it went. The first case of Covid-19 took place in the Chinese province of Hubei, in December 2019. In Nepal, the first […]
2020 has been like a parenthesis, but work hasn’t stopped! If we look back to the last twenty years, Nepal has ratified the Beijing Platform for Action, and the Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. The Nepalese women literacy rate has passed from the 25% in 1991 to the 57% […]
For John Ruskin, “mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural landscapes”. And that’s how Plan Himalaya understands it, a local agency in Nepal characterized by creating customized travel experiences: adventure, trekking, sports, circuits and routes in motorcycle, bicycle, or even paragliding!, itineraries all surrounded by the wonderful natural landscape of Nepal, Tibet, […]
There are areas with difficult accessibility that only organizations like ROKPA have been able to reach. Since its founding in 1980, Rokpa (A Tibetan word meaning ‘help’ and ‘friend’) is present today in Nepal, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Rokpa was also established in the Tibetan areas of China from 1990 to 2016 and provided education, […]
Be artsy to participate in this event with MacEwan University, University of the Fraser Valley and the Asia Task Force Against Domestic Violence. The areas that the webinar will cover, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, are experiences of domestic violence among South Asian Communities in Boston, USA, human trafficking […]
When we think about a coach, the first thing that comes to mind is that of a sports coach who will help us change our attitude in order to achieve our personal goals; of course, through discipline and effort, values that elite athletes know very well. And, from this passion for coaching and sports, is […]
Dambara Budha has been collaborating in the Rato Baltin project as a trainer for over two years. She was born in the Dhungachalna village, a very remote area far from the urban centre of Dhakari, in the Achham district, with a terrible telephone signal, located in the western part of Nepal. Before participating in the […]
Chhaupadi: a particular form of hard violence against women. International Day to eliminate violence against women: panel discussion online and presentation with international guests who speak about women and menstruation in Nepal, entry by contributing €5 to the project. In the United Nations message for the International Day to eliminate violence against women, the General […]
The menstrual cups have arrived to give us a great lesson in sustainability in comparison with traditional products used during menstruation, which many times end up in some dumpsite or in the sea. For that reason, Ruby Cup was born with the mission of providing sustainable menstrual care, thanks to its cups made of medical […]