On April 2nd we left again for our beloved Nepal. This time we had 3 main goals:
Source beautiful, handmade Nepali products made by women for our corporate gifts campaign and the Royal Christmas Fair.
Find the right partner to set up an entity for our Soap Studio.
Find a dedicated Operations Manager for our Soap Studio.
For our Soap Studio, we are currently looking for an Operations Manager to run the daily operations. The Soap Studio is in its start-up phase and there are currently five women working producing soap.
Read MoreEvonne (36 years old) was born and raised in the sunny island city state of Singapore, as she states it. She wanted to volunteer in Nepal and came across 6 Degrees’ website. “The commitment and sustainable activities that the organisation supports left a significant impression on me and before I knew it, I was having an online chat with Debbie and Gita,” says Evonne, who recently gave a marketing training to the women of the soap project.
Read More6° Network for Women is evolving. With help from the Nieuwe Gevers platform, 6°’s strategy was revisited and refined. The most important question is always: how do we, as a social enterprise, create the most impact for women in Nepal?
Read More6 Degrees is supporting a Barista training programme with 10 women that was initiated by our partner SVSI with the mutual cooperation of Mirakunja Bufferzone and Riksja Travel.
Read More6 Degrees recently welcomed a new volunteer, Yvette Feeke. Currently, she is still in Nepal, where she is enjoying her sabatical and also lending her expertise to various organisations. She recently quit her job as a manager at Ikea, where she led complex projects. She is currently in-between jobs.
Read MoreAt the end of September 2023, we left again for our beloved Nepal. Normally we go for 12 days and have a full programme. This time we included a 4-days trekking to our trip.
Read MoreGillian and Bard Dolmans (daughter and father) achieved a great result with the Mt. Everest Marathon Run. With this fantastic challenge they also raised money for 6 Degrees. A total of 4000 Euros was raised.
Our annual report 2022 has been published.
Read MoreOratory competition held for young women on International Women’s Day.
Read MoreGillian and Bard will participate in the Mount Everest Marathon on May 29 and raise funds for 6 Degrees.
Read MoreGita and Debbie will be present at the ASH Spring Bazaar on 13 May.
Read MoreReview our annual 2022 wrap-up in this video.
Read MoreDuring Debbie and Gita’s recent visit to Nepal in January 2023, the current candidates and graduates of 6° programmes joined them on a field trip to learn about each other’s work. Find out more in the full story.
Read MoreDebbie and Gita met their partners Jamarko and Trikaya to evaluate the Christmas Fair 2022.
Read MoreJoin us a the Royal Christmas Fair, which will be held from 8-23 December in The Hague. Read on to find out more.
Read MoreWe are very happy to announce our new board member Amrit Thapa.
Read MoreOur 2021 annual report is now available to view online.
Read MoreGita and Debbie went to Nepal from 28 March – 8 April 2022. They started in Kathmandu where they had meetings with a potential training partner for the economic empowerment programme and the construction team for the soap factory.
Read MoreSushila, our local project manager and Kusumi, one of the leading ladies of the Musahar community, went to a 14-days permaculture design course in Kathmandu.
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