Newsletters
Not sure what to put in your Easter Basket?
Spring has sprung. Easter is here. Renewal is all about us. I sit writing to share what we just completed for a village in Nepal. We gifted 50 additional goats on March 26th! to the same Kavrepalanchok Village we gifted during my recent visit. Now all 50 women have the same opportunities to create better lives financially with the…
ALERT – R STAR SERVES AGAIN !!
R Star gifted 50 additional goats on March 26th to the Kavrepalanchok Village, less than 4 weeks since returning to the USA. We gifted the same village, different women of course, 50 goats during my recent visit. All 50 rural village women have the same opportunities to create better lives financially with the program R…
Update on Rosalind’s Trip To Nepal
We Are LUCKY Our focus is always on how we can uplift the lives of people in Nepal’s rural Kavre villages. Here’s what we accomplished on our recent trip: Spreading Awareness – We were honored to be interviewed on TV and radio, giving us a platform to share our mission across Nepal. National Recognition – Our initiatives were…
ON HER WAY…
Greetings of the Season to you as in Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah with a grand 2025 to each of you! R Star Foundation’s Founder/Director Rosalind Russell embarks on another six-week journey to support the women and children in need as she has done since 2003. Rosalind remains dedicated and will carry out the mission…
End of Summer / Labor Day Newsletter
Namaste to you from R Star. We trust your summer has been delightful for you and yours. We have Labor Day Weekend to celebrate the end of summer, the entrance of Fall and school having resumed. We are enormously excited to share the news to help educate children is coming to fruition because of the…
Rotary Foundation awards $60,210 to Monarch Beach Sunrise Rotary and Patan South Rotary Clubs for Nepal water grant
Monarch Beach Sunrise Rotary Club (MSBR) just received a global grant from the Rotary Foundation for $60,210 to build a water well and sanitation station in the village of Kapuradhunga, outside Kathmandu in Nepal. This village is known as the Single Women’s Village since it is where many single women live. These women walk for…
Boo !! Happy Halloween from R Star
BOO! Fall has arrived officially and all sorts of Ghoulish things are arriving for Halloween fun. We have great things to share with you right here! Nothing scary at all, just the sweetness of candy. We are indeed, excited! As you recall, we began the Personal Pad Solution kit project nearly 2 years back. We ran into a…
Soroptimists Laguna Beach Gifts R Star Foundation $1,000 – Third Year In A Row
R Star Foundation $1,000 for third year in a row For the third year in a row, the R Star Foundation has been awarded $1000 by the Soroptimists. The mission of the R Star Foundation, “Women Helping Women & Children in Nepal…therefore the world” serves and educates the isolated and disempowered women and children of…
Sweater Weather…More In November? | Fall Newsletter
Greetings as we head into the beautiful time of Fall following our delightful summer of pretty great weather to enjoy. The weather in Nepal has become more pleasant with the monsoon season coming to conclusion as fall arrives. Nepal is entering their long festive holiday season. They just celebrated Teej, a celebration women honor together, sans men. There…
The Lazy Days of Summer Continue Sweetly
As stated in last month’s brief newsletter, we do have delightful updates to share with you in this update on our progress for our villagers. Another rural village Tinghare, has a working well! Further, the pipes have arrived to deliver water to their homes from the reservoir. This is the last step before each home, 60 different…