Awasuka – Amics del Nepal

Awareness cinema: Nepal after the earthquake

On December 19, Tarannà and Eventos con Alma organized a new Cinema of Consciousness. This time the Girona cinema was packed of people to listen about Nepal, the 2015 earthquake and the work done by Awasuka. The event consisted of the projection of the music…

05/01/2020

Bhimphedi’s historic buildings

One of the actions Awasuka started about a year ago is the awareness about the preservation of Bhimphedi’s historic buildings. In this place there are three different types of architecture: Rana, Newar and Tamang, all three very interesting in terms of their historical value and…

10/11/2019

Awasuka appears in Practical Action’s Video about Clean Cooking Solutions

During the last six months Awasuka Program, developped by Amics del Nepal, base-A, CCD-UPC and Rotary Club of Kantipur, has been collaborating with Practical Action on the chimney-hood installation in Bhimphedi Gaupalika (Makwanpur District). Together we have installed 300 chimneys that will improve the health…

07/10/2019

Awasuka attends Practical Action’s workshop “Clean Cooking Solutions For All”

Last Friday, September 27, the AWASUKA Program was invited to the Closing Workshop “Clean Cooking Solutions For All” organized by PRACTICAL ACTION in Kathmandu. We had the opportunity to meet many other entities that also work on this topic with which we could exchange views.…

30/09/2019

Chimney hood construction & water awareness

In May 18th two important events happened in Bhimphedi: the presentation of Awasuka’s Awareness Song “Block, Wood or Stone” in Bhimphedi – conducted by Monica Sans, Nirmal Lama (Bhimphedi Guys) and Hareram Pudassaini – and the start of chimney-hood construction by Bhume Lama – a…

25/09/2019

The beginning of Awasuka Program

AWASUKA program began this way in 2015. This video was shot during the fall of 2015 between Nepal and Barcelona, by journalist Sara Barrera. Later on some additional images were added, shot by Juan Carlos Lausín in Barcelona. For several reasons it has not been…

25/09/2019

Awasuka Program in the magazine of Rotary Club of Kantipur

The Awasuka program – focused on building safe and healthy homes – started in 2015 and since 2016, we’ve been collaborating with Rotary Club of Kantipur in Kathmandu. Rotary is an international NGO that was founded in Chicago in 1905 by lawyer and attorney Paul…

03/08/2019

Block, Wood or Stone – a Song for Social Awareness

One of the objectives of Awasuka Program (*) is to convey its knowledge to as many people as possible. Sometimes this means inventing new communication strategies outside the traditional channels. That’s why Awasuka team has decided to make a musical awareness video to transmit knowledge about safe…

24/05/2019

The construction of 120 chimneys starts in Bhimphedi

February 4th 2019, the Awasuka volunteers who carried out the Retrofitting works leave Bhimphedi, but Awasuka continues to work from Barcelona. Amongst many other tasks, Monica works on the editing of a video for chimney-hood awareness: Manisha Gurung contributes to this video on the English…

19/05/2019

The Historical Heritage of Bhimphedi

.AWASUKA Program (written by Mònica Sans) …Monika, eklai? Lately, this is the question I’ve heard the most in the village: “…Monica, are you coming alone?” Yes, this time I am totally alone at Bhimphedi, without any other volunteers from Awasuka or Balmandir. I am the…

08/04/2019