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INTRODUCTION
Spiny Babbler was established in 1991 as a journal publishing English poetry in Nepal. Its first edition featured established, new, as well as marginalized poets from Asia, America, Africa, and Europe.
Applauded nationally and welcomed internationally, the journal set up a reading and exhibition base where poets and artists could share their work. This space was formalized as the Spiny Babbler Art Gallery in 1996. As the organization worked with leading personalities and institutions and their audiences, it recognized the need for making the arts relevant to people who need help.
Parternships were setup with shelter homes for girls at risk, children from the street, the differently abled, and children of prison inmates. Hospitals providing services to women, children, and the psycologically troubled signed TORs with Spiny Babbler as did more than a 100 schools. Writing, editing, and art related communication services was provided to international development organizations working in Nepal including the United Nations, ActionAid, Save the Children, German Technical Assistance and many others.
Since this work required the support of technology, Spiny Babbler researched, stayed abreast, and led at the national level in areas such as web, networking, application development, and 3d technology. Engineers, doctors, computer programmers, development professionals, administrators, educators and accountants became a part of the arts organization. ILO, UNDP-GEF, World Vision, ICIMOD, ARD-USAID partnered with Spiny Babbler in projects that impacted human lives positively. Spiny Babbler has proven its capacity to work in rural areas as well as across continents.
It has brought together the creative content of Nepalese people from the most remote of areas in publications such as Welcome to the World. It has worked worldwide in efforts such as the Young Minds of Twenty Nations, Modern Poets of Europe, and Anthology of Australasian Stories involving advisory committees made up of representatives at the national policy level to at the grassroots, such as small farmers. Leading actors, writers, musicians, technical experts, prime ministers, among others have praised the organization’s contribution to the arts.
THE NAME
The Spiny Babbler bird was considered extinct for 106 years. It was rediscovered in Nepal by S. Dillon Ripley and is now believed to be endemic to this country.
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LOGO
A dwarf makes music (note the conch shell) to herald the coming of gods and goddesses. It is carved in stone at the fourth century (AD) religious site of Gum Bihar. Kings Man Dev in the fifth and Amsuvarma in the seventh century offered worship there. |
