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2018 review / what we did so far 🙂
2018 has been an interesting and active year for us and BBUN Nepal. Before anything: thanks for all of your support and your trust in us. And yes it was a year of new beginnings, new ways, new partnerships, new Buddys. It is fair to say, that we used the year to establish legal ground…
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Insights and Facts about Nepals Education Sector – education is key.
“The world is more educated than ever before, with the average number of years spent in school increasing every year. A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED) found that 85% of young adults aged 25-34 years have attained upper secondary education, wich typically starts at around 15 or 16 years…
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Decoration & Rainbow 🌈 in the House
First thing after Birgits arrival was of course to go to our office and drop off our “things” as well as to prepare for the meeting with Rainbow Volunteer Club. Before everything else we decorated the room s bit and recorded all equipment B.B.U.N. has so far: 3 Laptops, 1 digital Camera and one phone.…
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On the road again / dream team
As agreed 6 month ago the follow up trip to Kathmandu started. Main goal is to finalize agreements and prepare all necessary next steps to start our program. As there is no direct flight from Berlin, a stop over via Istanbul is a good option.We arrived safely in Kathmandu and so did our luggage and…
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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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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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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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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…
