The residents of Chyangsar have finally got money from the government to rebuild their own homes after the earthquake in 2015 (!). That’s why they’ve agreed with Roots for Life to put off the final work on the farm[…]
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My Book Buddy Project
It has been 1 year already that Shree Janabika’s Secondary School has been provided with age-appropriate books as part of the My Book Buddy project by Soroptimist International of Europe. Carola Gosch worked together with[…]
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Group of scholarship holders is growing
Aruna is now the 15th girl from Chyangsar, whom we support with a scholarship. Her father left the family some time ago to work abroad. But so far he has not sent any money to[…]
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No Toilet, no bride – No loo, no “I do”
“They would go before sunrise or hold it in until darkness fell once again to avoid being seen. Or they would walk out to the fields and endure embarrassment. They don’t want their daughters to[…]
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Newsletter July
The temperatures are rising, for many, the holidays start soon. A good opportunity to stay in the shade with a cool lemonade and read the July newsletter. Enjoy! Read now. You are not receiving the newsletter[…]
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Roots for Life at the FairStyria-Days
Like last year, we were again represented by our chairwoman Carola Gosch at the FairStyria days. Together with more than twenty Styrian initiatives, we presented our projects here. Especially many students were very interested. Also[…]
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Vernissage
Photographer Tomás Martínez accompanied Carola Gosch on a project trip and took many beautiful pictures. The paintings on display are made using an old cyanotype photographic printing process. The used paper comes from Nepal and[…]
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Roots for Life at the Networker for Humanity-Day
Carola Gosch presented the village development project of Roots for Life in Chyangsar to 1,700 interested visitors at the Networker for Humanity Day in Fellbach near Stuttgart. The training hall, which was largely financed by[…]
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Start of an Austrian-Nepali-Network
At a meeting at the Social Work Institute, the project managers shared their experiences and challenges. With Javier and Tomás Martinez, an exchange of knowledge emerged, but this was only the beginning of an Austrian-Nepali-Network![…]
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The trainings already take place in the new hall
Talking to the women and gathering information before starting the project in Chyangsar, it quickly became clear what women wanted: among other things, it was important for them to learn to write and read. They[…]
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