// FOCUS FUTURE PROJECTS //

Hey, you all :) 
We are working on several exciting
projects
and collabs for the time being, 
so would love to tell you all about it
here on the blog,
but you have to wait
until fall..

Meanwhile we are taking a break from
blogging,
to focus on the future projects,
but feel free to follow us on


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WE WISH YOU ALL A SUPER SUMMER :) 

Slow Fashion love
from
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS //

We are kicking off 2016
with this super-inspiring guy.

( If you have ever traveled in
Nepal you know very well that
getting around, even
without
a wheelchair (!) may be 
challenging due to all the rocky, 
unpaved roads, 
if you are even 
lucky enough to travel by road, 
that is. ) 

Hats off to Mr. Yatri
and here is what he 
shared with Stories of Nepal: 

"I have travelled to 71 out of the 75 

districts and 

all the way from Mechi to

 Mahakali, 

alone in my wheelchair,

 to raise my voice for equal rights

 for 

people with disabilities in 

the new constitution."

 (Surya Bahadur Ranabhat Yatri,
from Pokhara)

What do you want to fight 
for in 2016? 

Getting a more

meaningful life, usually starts with

creating more meaningful tasks 

in your life.

Good luck to you whatever or however you

find your path. 

More stories
at
www.storiesofnepal.com

// NO MORE BUYING DRINKING WATER //

Great report from 1 of the 5
#coolkidsneedcleanwater
schools in the Kathmandu Valley;

You can read the whole study here: 

http://smartpaani.com/case-studies/smartpaani-
coolkidsneedcleanwater-campaign-ii
-rainwater-harvesting-and-water-filtration-
systems-at-schools/

// MOVIETIME // COOL KIDS KATHMANDU //

On our P(ART)Y FOR NEPAL here in Oslo
 on Thursday
we showed a short'n sweet movie
from one of
the
live graffiti stunts
we
have had in Kathmandu.

The artists are our Nepali friends
Aditya and Shraddha,
aka
 @saadhux and @deadline

Now you can watch it too:

https://vimeo.com/134711047

Weeeeeeee!

Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// #COOL KIDS NEED CLEAN WATER //

Thanks to you, 

dearest customers & supporters,

these cool kids are some of the pupils in 

Nepal

 that now has

the 

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER

a rainwater harvesting & biofilter

 system, that provides clean 

drinking water,

installed at their school.

4 schools down,

2 i progress.

Many more to come!

Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// P(ART)Y for NEPAL in OSLO //

This guy is coming to Oslo
tomorrow morning!!
Aditya is our artist friend and one of
our collaboratorators 
for  
the A/BARENESS
 Give Back Project: 

#coolkidsneedcleanwater 

There will be live art performance
&
 you can buy one of his urban art pieces to
support Nepal!

This week at Youngstorvet, Oslo

check out our Facebook- event
for details:

www.facebook.com/events/849607108426832/

PSST! As we want to 
focus on our Give Back Project
 AND
enjoy summer a bit,
 blogging will be less in 
July & August. 

Slow Fashion Love 

Anne-Marthe & Karoline

// TASTE OF NEPAL //

Follow this link to see plenty
of reasons you
have to go to Nepal at least once
in your lifetime:

https://vimeo.com/128578009

Some of the scenes are the most
beautiful shots of Nepal
I have ever seen.

I can almost "taste" Nepal
when I'm watching it.

Miss Nepal and the Nepali
people so much.

(Not to mention the food!!
I might have to cook some Nepali 
style food one day ) 

Karoline

// PARTY FOR NEPAL //

PSSST!!!
 
Are you in Oslo Thursday 9th of July?
Come and party for Nepal with us
at Kulturhuset ? //
More details coming up next week!
Happy weekend ya'll //

Slow Fashion Love
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// SMILES OF NEPAL //

Jay Poudal, the photographer behind
http://www.storiesofnepal.com/
kept making faces at these kids,
no wonder he got so good smiles
in return (: 
(Bakhumtar, Paachkhal 10, Kavre,Nepal)

Love it! 

// FAV SPOTS IN NEPAL //

This is my favorite
buddhist temple in Kathmandu,
the Boudhanat Stupa.

And as you can see sunset it's
a magical
hour!

Don't have a lot of
time for blogging these days,
but gonna keep on
 posting pics of our
 favorite
places & things
to do when
in Nepal.

Despite the devastating
earthquake Kathmandu
is more or less back to normal
and many districts
in Nepal were not affected,
so it still one
of the most beautiful countries
with the
most beautiful people
in the world.


Miss a lot.

Karoline

// EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE //

"I appeared for SLC this year.
But I have heard that they are going
to cancel the results.
 I don’t know how true it is.
 But there are other things that I hear too.
 About new earthquakes. I am afraid.
I hope they will publish the SLC results.
 But I have heard that they are going to cancel
 all results.
 I did good in all the subjects
and
was waiting for the results to come out
and go back to study.
I always came 1st division in my class.
 I want to become a maths teacher.
But the school has come down.
I don’t know how they are going to teach
the students now."

(Sarada Thapa, Shyamsadhu,
Ghumtang 7, Sindhupalchowk)

See more stories from 
Nepal here:
http://storiesofnepal.com/

*** NEPAL IN OUR HEARTS *** 

// I FEEL LIKE A BODY WITHOUT A SOUL //

It's almost 3 weeks since the
 first earthquake hit Nepal.
I, Karoline was in Kathmandu 
when it striked
and I was there for 6 days
 before I returned to
Norway as planned the 30th of April.
It's  the most horrible, 
terrifying thing that has ever
happened in my life.
And now I'm here in Norway.
Safe and "sound",
but worried about my Nepali family
and friends,
for Nepali people in general
and as a country.
I feel really sad and frustrated,
And I am here... 
in safe, little Norway.
I didn't loose my family,
my house or my future 
and still I
feel empty in a way I have 
never felt before.
When people ask me how I am, my honest answer 
would
be that I don't really know
 how I feel.
Leaving Nepal this time is one of the most
difficult things I have ever done.
Rather than feeling relieved
 to go home and be safe,
I felt I was leaving my close ones 
and
 my second home behind.

The frustration I have felt earlier about
 all the unfairness
in this world is just feeling a lot
 heavier than before,
and when I came back to Norway I was
physically exhausted 
in a way I've never been before...

And I am one of the lucky ones!!!

So when I'm feeling like this,
I somehow understand
 Jhalak Bahadur
and 
that after returning to his no 
longer existing village
 he now feels like 
a 
body without soul :(

Nepal needs us to continue to
support with money for 
rebuilding
peoples lives
and
 to get help to deal with
their post traumatic stress
after going trough a crisis like this!

Watch the BBC video here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32694947

Please help us #rebuild Nepal
by continuing to buy the
A/BARENESS 
designs in our webshop 
or at various retailers here:
www.abareness.com

Or if in Norway
send a text to: