Report by Mrs. Anita Magar Teacher Adult Education Program Background: The Nepal Human Development Report estimates around 48% of women in Nepal lives below poverty line. The percentage of women living with extreme poverty is proportionally high in the villages and Jhapa is one of these districts. Poverty is not gender neutral in Nepal. Women are...

Nature of programme and objective (for detail report, click here): The program is aimed to honour “single ladies” who had been engaged in service to the refugee community for more than a decade. At the same time, the program is intended to empower the identified vulnerable women (through a camp based survey). BRAIN team trained and...

Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Dhakal, Executive/Founding Director of the Punya Foundation discussed about the Foundation’s program with resettled Bhutanese in the United States of America.   Three consecutive meetings are organised with the resettled Bhutanese in Lancaster, Pittsburgh and Ohio. The participants appreciated the programs of the Punya Foundation and expressed their support. Also, the registration of...

Dear everybody, It is our pleasure to bring our second annual report for your kind appraisal. Two years ago we started the journey of Justice Seeking through Education and Empowerment. Today, we are proud that we are walking together and we will continue this for many years to come, with many more well-wishers. This makes...

The Punya Foundation receives donations in three ways: Deposits in Australian dollars in the Foundation bank account in Australia. Donations in US dollars (USD) through PayPal. In the table, the amounts shown reflect conversion to Australian dollars (AUD) corresponding to the exchange rate on the day of donation. Cash (Australian currency) deposited either in the Foundation...

Program: Empowerment program for women victims of rape and other forms of gender based violence (GBV)-Kenya, Africa. Report: Qaabata Boru Contribution: Lakshmi Prasad Dhakal Sponsor: Punya Foundation Implementing Partner: KANERE media, Refugee Free Press, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Turkana District, Kenya Venue: Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kakuma, Kenya. Date: 20th October 2012 Background: Kakuma refugee camp located in Kenya,...