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R Star Foundation vowing to rekindle Hope in Nepal
Published November 27, 2015, by STUNEWS “Listen to Mustn’ts, child, listen to the Don’ts. Listen to the Shouldn’ts, the Impossibles, the Won’ts. Listen to the Never Haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child, Anything can be.” ~Shel Silverstein Hope for the women and children living in “The land of earthquakes” looks…
Note from Rosalind Russell CEO of Rstar foundation
“Hi, I am Rosalind Russell, Founder and CEO of R Star Foundation, our focus is “Women Helping Women and children in Nepal”. We’ve been working in Nepal for 12 years providing 2 pregnant goats to rural, agricultural women in groups of 25, in all casts or social stratification system, 51 goats total including one breeder,…
Rotary club support for Rstar
From Rotary E-Club of the West website: Meet Rosalind Russell, member of the Rotary E-Club of the West and founder of R Star foundation. Rosalind has been working for many years to help the women and children of rural Nepali villages, she says it best herself: “Briefly, I am just an ordinary person with a…
Nepal’s New Humanitarian Crisis realized a month later
Wojethar village children making bricks for their eventual home We all have been highly concerned with the earthquakes of Nepal for six months with over 10,000 people killed, 70,000 homes not livable, around 17,000 homes in our 48 villages lost. How can things be worse when they are already horrific? Without getting…
Update from Rosalind Russell on trip to Nepal:
Namaste! Before departing my intention was to give an update. This is not the update I expected to give you. Around September 21st, an informal embargo was imposed on Nepal by India who is not shipping fuels, cooking and transportation fuels, across the border to Nepal. Nepal is a ‘land locked’ country, dependent upon goods…
Successful Fundraiser! Now on to Nepal trip.
We had a great fundraiser event at Ileana’s tea party last weekend. Rosalind Russell is getting ready to venture to Nepal to meet with R Star villages! Here’s some pictures with Rosalind, Betsy, Tessa, Kaylee and Anna.
Nepal Ileana Tea September 20, 2015
Please donate here: https://fundraiser.processdonation.org/Fundraiser/donate.aspx?fid=9I4HE6375C Detail invite of our 9th Annual Ileana Poolside Tea Nepal Fundraiser:
R Star Foundation awarded grant from Lacewings
R Star Foundation has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Lacewings Foundation, founded by Laguna’s own Mary Williams, to support the efforts of R Star during the Nepal crisis, nearing two months now. “We are so pleased to partner with the Lacewings Foundation to continue with support for women and children, all villagers of…
What is R Star? Back to the roots
R Star Foundation began by a happenstance meeting in Durber Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, between an 11-year-old boy, Rabin, and Rosalind Russell in 1988. They stayed in touch over the years, and met again 15 years later at which time the R Star Foundation began its journey and mission of ‘women helping women and children in…