Birgit arrived in Kathmandu this Saturday. Purpose for this trip is to meet old partners like Rainbow Volunteer Club, make new connections like for example with a school and we met with Kindernothilfe Nepal. And as our cooperation with BBUN ended we are also collecting office equipments items such as computers, camera etc. to handContinue reading “Kathmandu / Update”
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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 groundContinue reading “2018 review / what we did so far :)”
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 fromContinue reading “A Harmful Tradition Which Turns Girls And Women Into Untouchables / About “pureness” and believes”
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 dataContinue reading “Child Marriage – 37% of girls are under the age of 18 / Facts about Nepal”