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A look back at our 2019 highlights...

8/1/2020

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We expanded our trips offering two new opportunities to travel to Nepal
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We were thrilled to partner with Fernwood Tuggeranong, a female gym and health club in Canberra, to run a trip in March. We ran our first Women Empowering Women trip with nine women from across Australia. These trips provide valuable funding for critical care for survivors of trafficking and abuse, but they also are an opportunity for our community to gain an understanding of Nepal and the complexities facing women and girls through meeting Nepali community leaders, artisans and entrepreneurs. Travel with us in 2020! Read more about our trips over on our blog & sign up below to be the first to know about this year's trip.
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We continued our strong partnerships in Nepal
We're proud to mark 5 years in our partnership with Asha Nepal. We supported the development of the growth of the women-led catering program with new women undertaking training. The women also landed a catering booking for a 5-day local government training session for over 30 people! Both our women's trips to Nepal enjoyed cooking alongside the women in their homes. 

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Women empowering women

4/12/2019

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It’s been a week since we waved goodbye to these 9 brilliant women who joined us on our women empowering women trip, making it the 7th trip we’ve taken to Nepal. 
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We’re grateful that they chose to travel this way. Through the trip's contribution to our work in Nepal and through the women-led organisations we support through our tourism, the trip opens opportunities for women and girls, who have experienced adversity, discrimination, trafficking and violence. 

But who is empowering who? It is our intention that it goes both ways, that the trips are a shared learning experience.

​You can think of it a bit like Nepal’s roads where everything and everyone is going all directions (with the occasional cow added into the mix!). Despite the different destinations, the shared journey is the fun bit! 


Emerging unscathed from the Nepali traffic, here's what we learnt on our most recent trip. 

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Female, fantastic, Fernwood in Nepal!

9/4/2019

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“Amazing”, “spectacular,” and “sensational” were just a few of the words our Fernwood Tuggeranong trekking group used to describe their recent trip to Nepal with us.
 
Seeing Everest, learning to cook a traditional Nepali dinner and experiencing first hand the work being done to support survivors of trafficking and abuse were just some highlights.
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We were blessed with perfect weather and the adventure kicked off with a trek along the first leg of the Everest Base Camp trek where the group got a taste of village life in remote areas of Nepal, spent a day in the traditional Sherpa trading centre of Namche Bazaar, and saw spectacular views of the Himalayas, including Everest and Lhotse.

Most had never travelled to Nepal and many hadn’t trekked, overcoming personal challenges they never thought possible, such as a fear of flying in small planes (we flew into Lukla to start the trek), walking along suspension bridges and completing a relatively challenging trek.  
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Back in Kathmandu the group spent time at our local partner, learning about the issues of trafficking and abuse in Nepal and the work being done to support survivors.  We were also treated to a traditional Nepali lunch prepared by the team at our partner. Delicious!
 
The following day the group learnt how to cook a traditional Nepali dinner of dahl baht and vegetable curry in our partner's family based care homes, small family units for children who have survived trafficking or abuse with a mother who is a survivor herself. The cooking class is a recent Project Didi initiative to provide income generation opportunities for the mothers. A visit to the home also allowed the group to see first hand the positive impact family based care has for survivors. Read more about our family based care.
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Other highlights included tours of the UNESCO World heritage Bouddhanath, Durbar Square and the Ason Tole markets in Kathmandu.
 
The tour was a huge success and judging by the feedback enjoyed by all - so much so that plans are already underway for another Fernwood Tuggeranong tour next year!
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We would like to thank Fernwood Tuggeranong and the participants for making the trip so enjoyable and memorable, enabling us to raised funds to continue our work in Nepal and most importantly raise awareness of the issue of  trafficking.
Come to Nepal with us in November!
Words & images: Leonie Keogh, Project Didi co-founder and Board Member
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  • ABOUT
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
    • Blog
  • WHAT WE DO
    • UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES >
      • GENDER INEQUALITY
      • SEX TRAFFICKING
      • INSTITUTIONAL CARE
      • ACCESS TO EDUCATION
      • LEARN MORE
    • OUR PARTNERS
    • FAMILY BASED CARE
    • YOUTH TO YOUTH PROGRAMS
    • EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS & TRAINING
    • OUR IMPACT
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Travel With Us
  • Something For Slavery
    • Tea Party Resources
  • DONATE
    • Phones for girls' education
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