by Kopila Basnet | Apr 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Our readers know that we make polymer clay beads and use them to make beautiful necklaces. But we do not make the clasps for the necklaces or the silver hooks for our earrings. We buy these from the lovely people at Fozia Creative Centre. Our friends there are so...
by Kopila Basnet | Apr 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
When the ladies from this year’s Colourful Journey came to visit us, we gave them a polymer clay lesson and sold them some jewellery. We will write more about their visit later. One of the things that made us so happy was that we raised enough money from...
by Kopila Basnet | Apr 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Kathmandu is a long way east of Birtamod. Some of the ladies have never been. To get to Kathmandu we have to catch a bus for 20 hours. We start in the afternoon and arrive the next day. The bus is crowded and some of us get travel sick. But we like to go and to...
by Kopila Basnet | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
We always want to do what we do better and we wanted to improve our packaging and presentation of our products that we send to Friends of Samunnat for fundraising. Recently we bought some beautiful bags made from lokta paper which is the bark of the daphne bush. These...
by Kopila Basnet | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Kopila continues: It was a really interesting time talking to the girls about their periods. Just over half of the girls were sometimes using ready made pads from the shop (when they had to go out or to school) and folded sari fabric the rest of the time. The other...
by Kopila Basnet | Apr 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
The busier we are, the fewer blogs we write! But now we will have #7daysofsamunnatblogs!! Recently I (Kopila) met with 27 girls of ages 11-19. I was invited to speak by a Womens’s Cooperative to a group of school girls and some others in Surunga which is 15km...
