Women Hub – Page 5 – Amics del Nepal

“Sempre a punt!”, my friend Toni

On January 14 died in Kathmandu Toni Aguilar, a Catalan resident who 20 years ago left the computer programming work he was doing here, to move to Nepal and create an entity with which he wanted to contribute by improving the lives of disadvantaged people.…

09/02/2020

Teej Celebration in Activity Centre

Teej is one of the greatest festivals of Nepali women. It is celebrated throughout the country in the month of September. On this occasion, women take a long day fasting for marital happiness, well being of spouse and children and purification of one’s own body…

16/10/2019

WLP Mahendranagar – June 2019: Closing Event

On 30th November, a six month literacy program was started in Katan and Haldukhal of Mahendranagar. Altogether there were 26 participants in each group who joined the classes. With the completion of the course, a closing event was organized on 14th June in both these…

30/07/2019

WLP EXCURSION 2019: “Lele Manakamana Temple”

Since 2017, Amics has been organizing yearly excursions to the women of the literacy project as a recreational activity. So far our women have visited four temples. As the Nepali calendar was about to end, we decided to close this program by going to Lele…

15/05/2019

Teej

Teej is the fasting festival of women in Nepal, the festival is celebrated by Hindu women throughout the country. The married women visit their parents’ home and celebrate it with their mothers, sisters, and friends. Married women take a full day of fasting even without…

04/10/2018

Closing of the course at Katan and Khairbatti

On March 15th, the Women’s Literacy course began in two different locations: Katan and Khairbatti. The courses lasted for three months, so on June 7th the Kathmandu team travelled to Mahendranagar to make the closing of the completion of the courses. On June 9th we…

24/07/2018

Start of two new courses at Aithpur

After two successful WLP sessions in four different cities in Mahendranagar, we opened another three-month WLP course in two new places in Aithpur. After the closing of Katan programme on 9th June, we then organised the opening of these new courses. We distributed the books…

24/07/2018

New book: Literacy of women

The Literacy of Women Program started again in Kathmandu, after a break of two years because of lack of resources, in 2013. This program has been helping to enhance women’s education in Nepal. Most of the women over 70, for instance, have joined this lesson.…

22/06/2018

Women Literacy Program 2018 in Mahendranagar

It’s been a month and a half since we started the new WLP classes in Mahendranagar and the workings and assistance of women are good. We have two groups of 24 students each. Due to the harvest, to which women could not miss, the classes…

11/05/2018

New course of women literacy

The Women Literacy Program has been not only beneficial to the beneficiaries of the courses, but also has given the opportunity to employ some women (coordinators, teachers, etc.). This program has helped to raise the standard of women within their community. This kind of program…

11/04/2018