Posts Tagged ‘The Women’s Foundation Nepal’
Nepal earthquake beneficiary builds 400th home!
We are excited to announce that your support of Gurkha Welfare Trust has helped complete 400 homes! As they say on their website, "That’s 400 veterans or their widows who now have somewhere safe to live after last year’s devastating earthquakes reduced their old homes to rubble." In fact, we are now one-third of the…
Read MoreFBB celebrates six years of work toward equality
March is Women's History Month and March 8 is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievement of women, and a day to serve as a call to action for acceleration toward gender parity. Foundation Beyond Belief believes everyone has a right to live a full and equal life of dignity regardless…
Read MoreThird Nepal beneficiary announced
Announcing a third beneficiary–Gurkha Welfare Trust–which will receive approximately $30,000 raised in 2015 by the humanist community of FBB for the Nepal earthquake recovery efforts. On April 25, 2015, Nepal was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake caused an avalanche on Mt. Everest, created mudslides, and destroyed more than half a million homes. As…
Read MoreHDR Nepal drive wrap-up
Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Disaster Recovery Drive (HDR Drive) benefitting Nepal wrapped up collecting donations last week. On April 25th, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the small nation of Nepal. The earthquake caused an avalanche on Mt. Everest, mudslides, and numerous strong aftershocks. This initial earthquake was followed by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake on May 12th, which…
Read MoreSecular Woman Endorses Drive to Fund The Women’s Foundation Nepal
Foundation Beyond Belief is happy to announce that Secular Woman, an educational non-profit organization whose mission is to amplify the voice, presence, and influence of non-religious women, has endorsed Women's Foundation Nepal, the first beneficiary of our Nepal drive. The group released a press release this morning explaining the decision. From the press release: "Secular Woman, an…
Read MoreA Gendered Perspective of Disaster Recovery
Men and women are both impacted by disaster, but there is evidence to suggest that the way each gender experiences disasters, specifically response and recovery, may differ in some ways. Related to response, the numbers suggest that overall more women die and suffer injuries in disasters compared to men. Reasons for these statistics vary by…
Read MoreAnnouncing our first Nepal beneficiary, The Women’s Foundation Nepal
We have chosen The Women’s Foundation Nepal as our first beneficiary of the money raised through the Humanist Disaster Recovery Drive. The Women’s Foundation Nepal was founded in 1988 by a group of Nepalese women and has continued to be a locally run organization. In non-emergency times, they support women and children who are victims of violence…
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