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Australian Ambassador visits Didi Nepal

by admin | Apr 18, 2018 | Women's Centre

Didi extended a warm welcome to His Excellency Peter Budd, Australian Ambassador to Nepal when he visited the Didi Headquarters on 12 April to see the work being done by our organisation to empower women. Mayor Krishna Hari Thapa was also present to support this momentous day.

His Excellency met with women who are engaged in a range of vocational training programs. He visited the sewing workshop where women make re-usable sanitary pads that Didi distributes to school girls and to women in need, as part of their welfare program. Didi Nepal also showcased their social enterprise business that manufactures aprons and bags that are sold on the open market. H.E.also paid a visit to Mulpani where construction continues on building the new Didi Headquarters.

Jan Pryor, Founder said: “We are honoured that H.E. Pete gave up his valuable time to visit Didi Foundation and for his appreciation of the tireless work done by the Didi Nepal team to support underprivileged women.”

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Didi HQ building update

by admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Didi HQ Building

The first floor slab was poured last week and once the concrete has cured, the brickwork will commence for the first floor. It’s very exciting to watch the building grow and I look forward to posting more pictures very soon.

$22,000 to go

My thanks to these kind people who have supported our building appeal

Carolyn’s $150.00 purchased 600 bricks
Tracey who purchased 2,000 bricks
Cararoo Foundation that contributed $3,000 towards windows

Would you like to donate TAX DEDUCTIBLE Bricks?

$20 (80 bricks), would be more than appreciated.

MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION

Your continued support is such a blessing. Jan

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Packed to the rafters, but still getting it right

by admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Women's Centre

Our small cramped space at Didi Headquarters of three rooms and a small kitchen is a hive of activity with up 70 women attending classes every day. Empowering women through vocational education ensures sustainable futures especially for young women.

Didi can boast some really good statistics

From all of our courses: Sewing, numeracy and literacy, computers and government initiated projects our statistics prove that we are doing the right thing.

835 women have graduated from vocational courses at Didi Headquarters
85% success rate of women gaining employment by attending a sewing course, computer course or government initiated projects.
64% of women have established their own businesses. This incorporates women graduating from the literacy and numeracy program and sewing school

Everyone is looking forward to having a new Didi Headquarters so we can expand our courses and train more women.

UNSW students became Didi Aid Assistants

by admin | Dec 18, 2017 | Didi Aid Tours

Student on Day 3

Twenty two students from the University of New South Wales took part in a Didi Aid Tour in November, contributing hugely to the education, health and wellbeing of disadvantaged children in Nepal.

In the eight-day visit they experienced family life in Kathmandu, through a homestay and worked at our sponsored school near Bhuktapur. At this school they did practice English, computer lessons, did health checks and also had fun time with movies. Then our Didi Angels were off for the long and windy trip to a remote part of Eastern Nepal where they once again went ‘above and beyond’ working at another disadvantaged boarding school. Everywhere they went they left a positive foot print and promoted equality in education.

Through crowd-funding, the students were able to contribute to the work of Didi Nepal. Our Didi Angels purchased three new computers and had the internet connected and funded for a year at one school, and they also funded a badminton court, distributed lots of warm clothing, carried out medical check-ups and took part in a school beautification project.

Everywhere our Didi Angels went they sprinkled bucket loads of their magical stardust on the lives of so many disadvantaged children.

Health checks for children

We were so lucky to have Dr Helen join the Didi Aid team in November. With the support of the Didi Angels, Dr Helen was able to run basic medical check-ups on children at two of our outreach schools. The team documented their findings and have compiled a report for future investigation. For many children this was the first time they had ever seen a medical professional. The Medical team carried out basic hearing tests on the children at the deaf school, with some interesting results. Stay tuned as our medical journey unfolds.

A huge thank you goes to Veronica and the UNSW Didi Aid Team. You were awesome plus. Also thanks for such positive evaluations at the end of the Didi Aid experience.

Follow their journey…

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