Building Rukmini Part 3: Social Challenges

A life of difficult manual labor is the norm for most rural girls. School is but a dream.

This is Part Three of a 4-part series in which Bibhuti Aryal of the Rukmini Foundation shares his insider’s perspective on building an organization designed to create positive and enduring social change. Managing Social Challenges We have listed a host of challenges the Rukmini Foundation faces in our effort to establish the foundation, communicate with members and deliver [...]

Building Rukmini Part 2: Infrastructure Challenges

Learning English is very important to a Nepali student because all Science and most Math coursebooks are written in English.

This is Part Two of a 4-part series in which Bibhuti Aryal of the Rukmini Foundation shares his insider’s perspective on building an organization designed to create positive and enduring social change. Managing Infrastructure Challenges The Rukmini Foundation  has a great team in the US and in Nepal.  We have a liaison that can translate things well for [...]

Building Rukmini Part 1: Organization Challenges

When parents cannot afford to send their daughters to school, they are likely to marry them off. This teenage mom with two kids was married at the age of 14.

This is Part One of a 4-part series in which Bibhuti Aryal of the Rukmini Foundation shares his insider’s perspective on building an organization designed to create positive and enduring social change. Managing Organizational Challenges The Learning Curve Knowing what we wanted to achieve at the Rukmini Foundation was a good start, but never having established [...]

Mastering the University Business Plan Competition

Business plan presentation - The Team by Lance Shields flikr

Does this image seem familiar?  If you are a student who has competed in a business plan competition, it probably does.  It does to me; I’ve been there.  And at the time, I really struggled with the idea of committing my plan to paper and with how to share the grand vision I had in [...]

The Challenges of Creating Positive and Enduring Social Change: An Insider’s Perspective

Students rallying against injustice

. Last fall, I wrote a post as part of The Girl Effect blog campaign.  The response was great and resulted in my meeting (virtually, at least) several amazing people whose work is dedicated to improving the lives of young girls around the world. One such person, whose post – and nonprofit organization – was [...]