Durga Devi Silwal

May 2023 Time flies. It has already been 16 months since I became a member of the WAWCAS group. Before I had no idea what would happen in the group and how it would go. Now I feel how much I have learned and how much my life has changed. My level of confidence is […]

April 2023 We are seven sisters and one brother. My parents wanted to have a son and therefore after seven sisters, we had one brother. Unfortunately, he is physically weak. Since we are so many children, my parents could not afford to send us to school. My father passed away when we were children, and

March 2023 In our communities, talking about sex is a social taboo. When Pabitra discussed HIV/Aids we were not comfortable. We looked at each other’s faces but Pabitra continued and asked us if we were feeling uncomfortable discussing these issues.  HIV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). It can also be spread by contact with

February 2023 After the IBT training, Pabitra informed us that she will come to our houses and conduct PSRP1. I have learned many things through IBT (Issue-Based Training). My life has changed a lot and very honestly speaking it was not easy for me. When I look back over the past months, I am not

January 2023     I was dying to go to school, but I did not get that chance when I was a child. I can only write my name – that’s it – I cannot read and write. But our training in WAWCAS is so meaningful and it goes directly to my heart. I received

December 2022 Our trainer Pabitra started a session with a game by dividing us into two groups with equal members. She informed us that one group should act like a male would do and another should act as a woman.  The atmosphere was full of fun, and we are asking many questions. Before the game

November 2022 Training started with a review of the previous day’s session, which started with Nutrition. Pabitra asked, why we eat food. We eat food for survival or eat food to eat, and then everybody laughed. However, we agreed that we eat food for survival. Pabitra was very happy listening to our responses, and she

October 2022 I was thinking about launching a new additional business. We have actually received training on additional businesses through the business training, but to be very honest, I still have to learn more about the extra cases. Pabitra came to visit my place and I discussed with her more details about my additional business.

September 2022 During the rainy season most people completed the threshing paddy. But not me. My big worry was how to get time to thresh the paddy. However, I had confidence that I would discuss this during the meeting next day and therefore I felt relaxed and slept well. Early in the morning I completed

August 2022 With the speed of time, it has been eight months since we joined the WAWCAS program. Time flies so fast – I can’t believe it. During these periods I have been through all ups and downs and succeeded to come across challenges. But it is not easy to overcome the problems and without