Giving continuity to support the Australian Bhutanese Interstate Soccer Championship, Mr. Tilchand Sapkota, Vice Country Head of the Punya Foundation attended the fourth soccer tournament in Albury. 16 teams from across Australia participated in the tournament. Mr. Ram Khanal, the project coordinator of the tournament expressed utmost satisfaction that the tournament went as planned without any gaps. He...
Background: The Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal (2011) estimates 57.4% as the female literacy rate; this in contrast to 75.1% among males. The report also highlights that the female literacy rate in rural parts of Nepal is very low as women living below the poverty line is proportionally higher in villages. In an attempt to help...
Jana Kalyan Yuwa Samuha (JKYS) is a non-profit organization established in 1991. Operating in Jhapa district, eastern Nepal; its office is located at Birtamod. Since its inception, JKYS has been providing small-scale social services at local and community level. As of date, JKYS has been engaging in local activities through the contribution made by its...
Empowerment of women is one of the objectives of the Punya Foundation. Giving continuity to the last year’s women empowerment program, this year the Foundation has in collaboration with the Kanere News started empowerment of rape victims and other forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV) through development of life skills. Background: In the Kakuma refugee camps,...
In an attempt to assist in the integration process, the Foundation has been doing some activities targeting the resettled Bhutanese community. The Foundation organized a martyr salvation program bringing Bhutanese together in Atlanta and Seattle Washington in 2010, it organized poem recitation and invited Bhutanese to express their views through write ups in 2009 and...
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...