Conscious Connections Foundation

Schedule O:

“Part 1, Line 10 a. Girls and Womens Menstrual Hygiene Education- $64482 b. Skills Development/Leadership Training-$17701 c. Keeping Marginalized Children in School- $12752 d. Disaster Relief-$7280. See details below. Part 1, line 16 Other expenses-$2111 a. Administrative-$145 b. Promotion- $679 c. Bank Fees-$1287. Part ll Line 22A: Breakdown of funds-$148575 a.Restricted funds-$36113 i. Funds donated only for operation of the Baseri Clinic- $8266 ii. Baseri Disaster Relief-$11975, iii. General Disaster Relief-$15771, iv. Girls Higher education fund-$101. b. Non Restricted General Funds-$112463. CCFs three largest programs are: Line 28: Program #1: Women and Girls Menstrual Hygiene Education (MHE) and supplies: $26749 CCF works to educate Nepali women about menstruation to help remove barriers for womens participation in school and work. Our trainings provide reusable menstrual hygiene kits, menstrual hygiene educational materials and educate women about the process of menstruation and how to care for their bodies. We also instruct women on how to sew their own cloth pads. Grant #1: Reusable cloth menstrual kit production-$7643 Grantee Kesang Yudron, CCF Program manager in Nepal Address Bhagwang Bahal, Thamel-29, PO Box 10452 Kathmandu, Nepal, phone 9851020531. CCF funds MH trainings and we provide enough reusable menstrual kits for distribution to women who attend the trainings. In 2024 we paid to have 870 kits made. The kit includes: 3 liners, 5 napkins, 1 soap, 2 underwear and a cloth carrying bag plus instructions for care and use. The sewing of these kits employs 1 women in Kathmandu. Grant #2: Multi Day Menstrual Hygiene Trainings across Nepal-$19106. Grantee: Kesang Yudron, Program manager in Nepal for distribution and oversight of grants. Address and phone (see above). Kesang Yudron vets communities interested in MH trainings, helps manage those trainings, receives the funds, disburses them and reports back to the CCF board. In 2024 she organized 50+ past MH trainees from throughout Nepal and conducted a comprehensive 3 day Train the Trainers program. This in depth training increased their understanding of the menstrual process and taught them the skills to return to their communities to teach. CCF funded multiple spin off trainings from this TOT program. These included: ACP-Kathmandu, (40 women) Nepalgunj (70 women), Gorkha (55 women), Tosknyi Gechak Tibetan Nunnery (350 women and 420 kits), Nepal Disabled Womens association (27 women), Mithini Nepal (30 women). In addition 60 kits were distributed to flood victims in the Kathmandu Valley. 755 women impacted. Program #2: Skills Development/Leadership Training-$17701. Line 29 Grant #1: Nilam Poudel Skills Development Training for underserved communities. Grantee: Kesang Yudron, CCF Program Manager in Nepal. Address and phone (see above). CCF has found that when marginalized communities have marketable skills, the more they are accepted by society. Nilam Poudal, a social worker in Nepal and skilled make-up artist requested funds from CCF to provide marginalized individuals with professional training in makeup application, a skill that Nepali society finds respectable and which can provide a good income. CCF funded 2 ten day programs impacting 77 individuals. Each trainee received a professional makeup kit and certificate of completion. The goal is to develop a model of job training and community building that can help marginalized communities find meaningful work. Line 29: Program #2 Leadership Development-$5000. Grantee: Kesang Yudron. Address and phone (see above). Kesang has volunteered for CCF for many years and has been instrumental to our work there. She has gained skills in talking with, recruiting, analyzing and interviewing prospective partners. Without Kesangs tireless work CCF would not have the robust programing and impact that it does today. In 2024 the CCF board decided to compensate her for some of this work. Line 29: Program #3: Funds to help create a Nep”