Rajina and her coworker, Keshav were supposed to meet with my husband. Unfortunately, it did not go according to the plan because my husband was busy working. I did not lose hope, because Rajina assured me that she would talk to my husband – and I trust her that she will do her best. I […]
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Everyone pays attention to me. I stand in the middle of the room only with a piece of paper in my hands. My hands begin to shake and my heart is beating faster and faster, like it is pounding out of my chest. I cover my mouth with my scarf in an attempt to hide.
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Who am I? This morning my eyes were wide open earlier than ever before. I woke up with a feeling I could not recognize. My toes tingled, my head spinned. I closed my eyes trying to block out the few rays of sun peeking through the hole in the brick wall. The sun filled me
Namaste, I did not introduce myself properly last time we talked. I am Chija Pariyar and I live in the Handetar Village. I was married when I was 17 years old and my marriage has lasted 19 years. My marriage has blessed me with two sons and one daughter. I am very blessed that I
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Follow Sita and Chija, who have just started in the WAWCAS program. During the next 16 months we will post a brief story from the two WAWCAS-women Sita and Chija. We will follow them through the entire 16 months training they participate in. The women will tell their story and their experiences as they progress
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I never really considered myself poor. How do we measure poverty? Do we count the money one have in the wallet or the land they own? Do we count the richness of a person’s life in joyful moments? I personally do not know how to define such thing. I am not starving but on the
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The day I met Mamata on my way to the local market, I was just a nobody. I had totally forgotten the 16-year old version of my self, all her dreams and positive view on life. Mamata’s tellings about WAWCAS woke me up from my stagnant situation and gave me the courage to become the
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At the last board meeting, we discussed the board financial figures for 2015, and it was a very positive experience. When we view the WAWCAS program as a whole, we had a total revenue in 2015 of 2,274,000 dkr which is 909,000 dkr more than the 1,365,000 dkr we received in 2014.
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48 WAWCAS women met in Dhulikel for 3 days of training, learning and reflexions.
Women in need are leaving their villages for the first time in their life, going 7 hours to Dhulikel where they stay at a beautiful resort. Do they dare to do that?
WAWCAS workshop for 48 WAWCAS women 14-16 march 2016 Read More »
Obviously, it may be found quite provocative to make a statement like that, when you are the person responsible for raising more than 1.5 million kr. a year for WAWCAS, but I have just visited Nepal for a couple of days, where I met 25 strong women, who had just finished their 16 months of training.
Funding – how difficult is it really? Read More »