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A Harmful Tradition Which Turns Girls And Women Into Untouchables / About “pureness” and believes
Today we want to touch a topic of delicate nature. A topic which needs to be addressed. If we like it or not, still these days in some places of Nepal girls and women when having their periods are treated as “dirty“, “impure“ and “contaminating“!?? This is the reason why often they are expelled from…
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Meet Eike the Designer of our Logo
Today we are very excited to introduce you to Eike Silvester Wiemann the creator of our logo. A design that reflects our mission:building up after the earthquake, step by step creating something “solid”, a new home, a new life for children and hopefully if possible in the future a new beginning with their parents, a…
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Child Marriage – 37% of girls are under the age of 18 / Facts about Nepal
Today we would like to share some facts about the delicate topic of child marriage with you. According to information from Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Nepal and estimated 37% of girls marry before the age of 18 despite the fact that the minimum age to legally marry under Nepali law is 20 years (!!) of age. UNICEF data…
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Office Puja & Worshipping Goddess”Laxmi”
Today we would like to share our office Puja activity with you that happened 19th of October. We follow an ancient tradition and celebrated it in our Kathmandu office. So to speak our first one which we are very excited about. What is all about? Goddess Laxmi is believed to be the goddess of good…
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Status Quo & Our Way forward
The purpose of my last trip was to check in on the orphanage and discuss with Laxmi and the team our joined way forward. By now we do have an NGO in Nepal (BBUN) which we are very excited about. All the paperwork is done and our status is officially approved. Its great to see…
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Welcome our new Family Member: Pooja
I want to share something with you, something this is close to my heart. You may know we had 11 children in the orphanage. Laxmi received a call to check in a little girl. The girl you see is 8 years old and a new member of the team. She went to the rural area called…
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Our First Picnic / A School Year Ending
We are very excited to have been able to contribute to this years picnic events for Laxmi´s kids. You should know that it is one of the popular trends that are practised in Nepal since a long time. Every school, college, campus, institution or organisation has always a plan of going picnic once a year.…
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The beginning of the NGO / Nepal
Our plan is progressing. The NGO in Nepal is taking shape. Paper work is in the makes and we do have an official office. It wasn´t easy for Madan to get a place, a challenge after the Earth Quake. The building is new and the rent is paid for a year with the option to…
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Celebration / Maghe Sanktanti
It was a delight to see the kids celebrating Maghe Sanktani – 14th of January – which is bringing an end to the ill-omened month of Poush when all religious ceremonies are forbidden in Mithilda and Tharuhat plains of Madhesh. On this day so the believe the sun ☀️ leaves the southernmost position and begins…
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Memory – First time ever / “He is the winner” 🙂
It was my last evening before I had to leave Nepal in November. One of my gifts was a memory game I made for the kids. The game featured Rabbit who by now is a well know part of the team and who travels the world with me: USA, Nepal, Spain, France, UK, Irland, Hungary,…
