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The Kathmandu Post - How masks in this Covid world have now become a necessity

Rewati Gurung, the owner of Kokroma, believes the demand for masks is one reason she is being able to sustain her business and help her workers. Kokroma is a company that makes infant clothing, bu...

Rachna Foundation - Covid19 Nepal - Rewati Gurung

Together with our team in Nepal we (Rachna Foundation) have distributed thousands of masks produced by local social enterprises like Kokroma. We have created a donation collection point at Timro C...

The Nepali Times - Kokroma creates jobs during lockdown

For Gurung, the lockdown provided an opportunity to take time to assess the potential impact on her business. Well stocked with raw material from the prison, and already in the planning stages of ...

Tech Times - Kokroma

In 2015, Gurung attended a summer school in Finland, during which she learned about the impacts of ‘Finnish Baby Box‘, a cradle along with a package of clothes uniquely designed for newly born infa...

OnLine Khabar - How Rewati Gurung was inspired to start Kokroma

Diwakar Pyakurel's article in OnLine Khabar from December, 2019 "Rewati Gurung was well-exposed to the western world during her formative years. She studied English literature in her master’s firs...