Women Program – Amics del Nepal

Literacy exam, the first time in an exam hall

Since the pandemic started we launched a literacy class for three of the women staff of Bhimphedi Balmandir. The classes have been quite productive and effective for these women. At the beginning of the classes, the women had minimal literacy skills and were only able…

14/10/2020

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

Women Literacy Classes in Bhimphedi Balmandir

The Women Literacy Project (WLP) has been ongoing for many years now at the Kathmandu Activity Centre. The project envisions dignified and well-informed lives for women leading to their well-being. The project further enables women to be proactive and has plans to promote self-sustainability empowering…

02/08/2020

Namuna Bari’s new equipment

One of the primary aims of our Namuna Bari kitchen garden has been to make the Balmandir in Bhimphedi as sustainable as possible. This has proven crucial during these last three months of lockdown imposed nationwide because of the Coronavirus. With this in mind, we…

29/07/2020

June ‘20 Relief Materials Distribution

In this crucial moment of global pandemic – COVID-19 (Corona Virus) and amidst the situation of nationwide lockdown, many people have been directly affected especially those who are daily wage earners. Since the lockdown has been extending for the past three months and counting, people…

03/07/2020

Third mushroom plantation in Bhimphedi, Balmandir

The third mushroom cultivation was also carried out successfully and was launched on 18th February 2020 in Bhimphedi, Balmandir. Once all the raw materials were received the plantation was carried out. This time the implementation of straw sterilization wasn’t carried out in Balmandir. The mushroom…

28/04/2020

Women International Day 2020

This week, in Amics del Nepal, we have partaken in several events, both in Catalonia and in Nepal, to celebrate the International Women’s Day and to claim women’s rights. Music by Scandinavian composers at the Barcelona Municipal Conservatory of Music. Within the program of the…

08/03/2020

“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

Cartoon vegetable activity at Balmandir

On 12th of December a vegetable activity was conducted in Balmandir with the children. All the vegetables and fruits were formed in cartoon form to make the activity more interesting. Each of these fruits and vegetables characters said some sentences about their properties, their care,…

15/01/2020

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