Visiting politicians

Our office was recently visited by Gagan Thapa, an MP from the Congress Party. He spent a surprising amount of time with us and seemed genuinely interested in our work at many levels. He was fascinated by the polymer work and was very encouraging about our advocacy, legal and income generation projects.  He even thought he had seen our khursani mala (chilli necklace) in Germany!The ladies introduced themselves and were able to talk about issues that were important to them. They were so confident and empowered to speak and spoke so clearly and well to him.  This is the first time that a politician has visited our office.  He was amazed at what we were doing and commented on how different it was from other NGOs.Kopila spoke to him about our desires and plans to educate the women about sexual health issues and she was very impressed by his understanding of the issues and his awareness that a very positive action was to train mothers.  He mentioned that he was a guest at the inauguration of a sexual health program in Kathmandu.We were very encouraged by his interest and his visit.