RTI, the missing turbo accountability tool

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The 9th of July is Right to Information Day. The right to information, RTI is a fundamental tool to bring transparency and a culture of openness in the society. Much more could be done to harness its real powers.

Surviving Contradictions

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We live in a world where every 'yes' has a 'no' and every 'pro' has a 'con'. Yet we say we live in a free environment. We are aware of reality around us however we distance ourselves and sometimes also deny it.

Promoting Volunteerism in Nepal : Why we need a National Volunteering Agency ( Part I)

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It is high time to focus on strengthening the volunteering sector through a volunteering infrastructure capable of including and highlighting both the informal and formal dimensions. The former is extremely important for a context like Nepal with such a great variety of traditional knowledge and expertise at grassroots level.

Are you a traditional player? Then Impact first, Sustainability later

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How to deal with the financial imperative affecting most of the traditional NGOs? Is there really a paradigm change towards revenue models? Are all destined to become social enterprises? Is financial viability so important? Is there a middle path? Sustainability should be encouraged but be careful…

Partnering-What More Can We Do?

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A recent meeting led me to think further about how to develop partnerships. All one needs is a bit of will and others who want to help move issues forward

One 1 million Volunteer: another false start or what?

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Can the Goverment of Nepal really mobilize 1 million volunteers? The target is really ambitious but if there is a WILL, there is a way. Also to promote volunteerism in the country.

Welcome to the Blind Rocks Youth Club

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And today, 28th of June at the Hallo of Thames College, Old Baneshor, another memorable  event got added in our list as we successfully inaugurated our 'Blind Rocks Youth Club' under the chairmanship of our chief guest 'Madan Krishna Shrestha' and other honourable dignitaries.Major attraction of the program,Blind Race was itself a demo of inclusion,trust and co operation.We hope motivational seminar by respectable mentor Raman Nepali proved real useful to all the participants.

Inclusive Volunteering For All

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Here Sushil Adhikari and Bharat 'Tiger" Karki explain how persons living with disabilities can be examples of active citizenship through volunteerism. When being a person with disabilities does necessarily mean you are always at the "receiving" hands

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