Daniel Roig – Page 20 – Amics del Nepal

Happy Dashain 2077

From the whole team in Kathmandu and Barcelona we wish you a happy Dashain 2077, a very special time for Nepalese families. Despite the pandemic and the limitations that this entails, Nepal has already begun to celebrate the most important festival of the year. During…

22/10/2020

A school year without the external examinations SEE

Secondary Education Examination (SEE) is also considered to be “the iron gate” to higher education in Nepal. This year, the SEE was postponed right before the day of the examination as it was very unsafe to conduct it due to the global pandemic, COVID-19. With…

11/10/2020

Amics Kathmandu Activity Center Renovation

Amics Kathmandu staff wisely used the pandemic period for the renovation of the entire Activity Center. As the activity center is always occupied throughout the day followed by various activities, due to the lockdown the center was unoccupied so we grasped this time for the…

27/09/2020

Batuli, in Balmandir they make a short film

Schools have been closed in Nepal since March, and it doesn’t look like they will open anytime soon. At the end of June they lowered the restrictions of a lockdown that did a lot of damage to the families’ economy, but due to the increase…

03/09/2020

Teej 2077

Teej is an Hindu festival widely celebrated by Nepalese women. This day is celebrated with songs, dances and prayers dedicated to the goddess Parvati, and her union with Shiva. Many married women fast on this day to wish their husband a long life. And many…

31/08/2020

Rakshya Bandhan at Patan Children’s Home

On August 3rd our children celebrated the Rakshya Bandhan at Patan Children’s Home. It is a festival to keep celebrating the relationship between brothers and sisters. As a symbol of love, sisters put special bracelets to their brothers. Priests also put another kind of bracelet…

24/08/2020

COVID-19, July Relief Materials Support

The world is going through a crucial moment of global pandemic COVID-19 and amidst the situation of nationwide lockdown, many people especially the daily wage earners have been directly affected worldwide. On July 21, the Government of Nepal announced the decision to end the nationwide…

21/08/2020

Lockdown eased

Though the COVID_19 cases in Nepal are still increasing, specially in Kathmandu, the lockdown has been eased again from 21st July: – From 21st July, all the private vehicles are allowed and the government offices will operate normally – From 30th July, Restaurants for packing…

19/08/2020

Saune Sankranti in Balmandir

The first day of the Nepali month of Shrawan (around 15th July) Hindu devotees celebrate the festival of Saune Sankranti, a day to worship Lord Shiva. From this day, during the whole month, women wear green bangles and decorate their palms with beautiful designs of…

16/08/2020

Education in Bhimphedi Balmandir not affected by Corona

Since last march the schools in Nepal have been closed and still there is no date for opening them with the covid19 pandemic out of control, the government is scared of taking risks. With this situation it is taking more importance the homeschooling activities going…

13/08/2020