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FIGHTING CHHAUPADI, THE TABOO THAT IS LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF YOUNG GIRLS.
2021 - Fifth year of Rato Baltin: A project that restores dignity to Nepalese girls, even during the pandemic.
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With the Rato Baltin Project we empower women, give them an education and a job, and help them to make a better life for themselves.
😷 The 2021 Project incorporates anti-Covid measures to ensure the health of everyone who participates. Before arriving, local women will sew cloth masks for everyone. This is how we work and protect ourselves.
📆 Fifth Year of Rato Baltin (Red Bucket): A program of participatory photography, sex education and menstrual cups to eradicate Chhaupadi in Nepal, a tradition that exiles girls and women while they menstruate, exposing them to a deadly environment.
What can we do with your help? 🙏🏽
- 10€ we can pay a menstrual health kit (With translated books + transportation+teaching cost)
- 60€ can pay a month salary for a mentor to work as social mobiliser against Chhaupadi
- € 80 will help for a month to a widow, giving her the base salary, which can be increased by working in our Happy Women training center.
- 100€ provide one day training of a full class about heath and sex ed.
- 140€ for a month Salary for a local trainer to work against Chhaupadi
- 1960€ for a year salary for a local trainer to work against Chhaupadi
🔴 What's the Problem: Chhaupadi.
In Nepal, placing menstruating girls and women in sheds or huts is a centuries-old tradition called chhaupadi.
During their periods, women are considered impure, dirty, contaminated and bad luck. They can’t touch their husbands, other family members, water sources, fruit trees, or cattle, among a host of other things. They may only eat rice.
The belief that menstruation is impure is so deep-seated that families overlook extreme risks involved in the practice.
Extreme temperatures expose them to health problems including pneumonia, diarrhoea, chest and respiratory tract infection. Every year 3 or 4 women die during this banishment, because of asphyxiation, hypothermia, snakebites or other wild animal attacks, and nobody knows the true numbers of how many are raped.
The practice is supported by community elders, husbands, mothers-in-law, traditional healers, and priests who have a profound influence in the community. Villagers believe that letting menstruating women inside the family house will infuriate the gods, which will have serious consequences for both families and the entire community.
💡Our Solution: The Rato Baltin Project,Sex Education, participatory photography and Menstrual Cups.
The Rato Baltin Project is a Menstrual Health Management and sexual education program that aims to eradicate this practice. 2021 is our fifth year working with community health workers, teachers, political leaders and local NGOs to this end. The Project is for girls, boys, women and their communities. We think that education is the only way to change these deeply held beliefs. With participative photography we invite them to speak about their menstruation, with an important part of the project being the distribution of a healthy and environmentally friendly solution: the menstrual cup.
📍The highlight of this year is that we will do a sex ed workshop for boys only! Let's see if this way respect for women grows !!! ... and that we are setting up a training centre and a small business to help widowed women earn a salary!
🥳 We have already distributed more than 2200 menstrual cups to girls in remote villages. Each girl received a cup and training on how to use it. They are also given a metal bucket (baltin) to have clean water and somewhere to boil the cup.
🎯Our goal is to destigmatize menstruation as a normal biological function, reduce the prevalence of Chhaupadi, and mitigate its consequences. Through these ends, girls and women are also empowered with the confidence to continue to attend school and be active in public spaces.
💜How you can help: Donate, Become a member, Share, Volunteer.
If you want to become a regular donor, or if you have a company that is interested in being a sponsor, your generosity will be reciprocated with regular updates and a mention of the company (logo) on our website.
Please contact us at https://beartsy.org/contact or become a partner at https://beartsy.org/associate
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🙏🏽 Thank you very much from the be artsy team.
Important numbers of Rato Baltin from the beginning:
- Beneficiaries: 27,099
- Menstrual cup users: more than 2,263
- Acceptance of the menstrual cup: 96%
be artsy es una organización sin ánimo de lucro dedicada a promover la expresión creativa como herramienta de comunicación y transformación social. Su misión es proporcionar un espacio inclusivo donde las personas puedan comunicarse sin palabras, utilizando el arte como medio de expresión. A través de diversos proyectos e iniciativas, be artsy busca abordar temas sociales importantes, fomentar la conciencia y generar un impacto positivo en las comunidades.
Uno de sus proyectos destacados es "Rato Baltin", que se centra en la distribución de copas menstruales a mujeres y niñas en Nepal. Esta iniciativa no solo aborda cuestiones de salud menstrual e higiene, sino que también empodera a las beneficiarias en su capacidad para gestionar su bienestar. Además, Rato Baltin busca educar y sensibilizar sobre la importancia de la salud menstrual, contribuyendo así a la desestigmatización de este tema en la sociedad nepalí. Con esta acción, be artsy promueve la sostenibilidad y la autonomía de las mujeres, al mismo tiempo que fomenta la igualdad de género y la salud pública.
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be artsy és una organització sense ànim de lucre dedicada a promoure l'expressió creativa com a eina de comunicació i transformació social. La seva missió és proporcionar un espai inclusiu on les persones puguin comunicar-se sense paraules, utilitzant l'art com a mitjà d'expressió. A través de diversos projectes i iniciatives, be artsy busca abordar temes socials importants, fomentar la consciència i generar un impacte positiu a les comunitats.
Un dels seus projectes destacats és "Rato Baltin", que se centra en la distribució de copes menstruals a dones i nenes a Nepal. Aquesta iniciativa no només aborda qüestions de salut menstrual i higiene, sinó que també empodera les beneficiàries en la seva capacitat de gestionar el seu benestar. A més, Rato Baltin busca educar i sensibilitzar sobre la importància de la salut menstrual, contribuint així a la desestigmatització d'aquest tema en la societat nepalí. Amb aquesta acció, be artsy promou la sostenibilitat i l'autonomia de les dones, alhora que fomenta la igualtat de gènere i la salut pública.
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be artsy is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting creative expression as a tool for communication and social transformation. Its mission is to provide an inclusive space where individuals can communicate without words, using art as a means of expression. Through various projects and initiatives, be artsy aims to address important social issues, raise awareness, and generate a positive impact in communities.
One of its prominent projects is "Rato Baltin," which focuses on distributing menstrual cups to women and girls in Nepal. This initiative not only addresses issues of menstrual health and hygiene, but also empowers beneficiaries in their ability to manage their well-being. Additionally, Rato Baltin seeks to educate and raise awareness about the importance of menstrual health, thereby contributing to the destigmatization of this topic in Nepalese society. Through this action, be artsy promotes sustainability and women's autonomy while fostering gender equality and public health.
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Meritxell
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Glòria
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Comments (12)
Glòria
Sé que es una buena causa, porque lo explicastéis en persona y mostrastéis imágenes de lo degradante que puede ser una cultura que no respeta la naturaleza tal como es y las personas. Además ofrecer copas menstruales promueve un respeto para el entorno ambiental muy necesario. Se cumplen así varias funciones. Gracias por estar ahí!
Anna Firinu
gracias por lo que haces
Rosa
Gràcies per la feina que feu. He sabut del vostre projecte gràcies al congrés Menstruita Power i la xerrada de la Beatriz San Román. Una abraçada i molta força en la vostra empresa!
be artsy
Moltes gràcies, Rosa! Si et vols fer sòcia de l'associació, ens aniria molt bé! Necessitem associades per poder fer una previsió d'on podem arribar, i ara ja som ONGD i les donacions desgraven. Si et ve de gust, a partir de 70 euros a l'any ja ets sòcia! https://beartsy.org/ca/associat/ o escriu-me a info@beartsy.org
Moltes gràcies!!
Salutacions des del Nepal!
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Clara
Identidad Acuatro SL
Somos Sara y Marisa de Los Placeres de Lola. Ojalá el año que viene podamos volver a apoyar vuestro proyecto. Muchas gracias por vuestra labor!! Un abrazo
be artsy
¡Gracias Sara y Marisa! :) Encantadas de poder contar con la colaboración de "los placeres de Lola"
¡¡Muchas gracias!! ¡Abrazos enormes desde Nepal!
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Clara
Dolors
Endavant Clara!! Molts ànims pel Nepal, Ajuda molt, però cuide't molt tu també!
be artsy
Gràcies Dolors!!! Cuideu-vos molt també vosaltres!! <3
laura
Estais haciendo un gran trabajo!! Bravo!!
be artsy
¡Gracias por tu ayuda, Laura! ¡Sin vosotras no podríamos!
Laia Rodriguez Puig
Gràcies Gràcies Gràcies!!Namaskar
be artsy
Gràcies a tu Laia! Sense la vostra ajuda no podríem!
Ramon i Joana
Endavant filla! Molta sort amb el projecte! Ajudeu a moltes dones i nenes!
Això és la quota de socis, de part del pare i la mare! <3
be artsy
Moltes gràcies! <3 Cuideu-vos molt!!