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New female entrepreneurs …
… are once again in Pokhara this year. The girls are going through a mentoring programme, learning professions (e.g. dressmaker, beautician, …). Some of them get a job, others want to start their own business and are supported by our partner Opportunity Village Nepal. We also visit the girls who started a few years ago every year. They are particularly pleased when they can try out what they have learnt with Carola Gosch 🙂. It’s great to see that this project is making such a lasting difference to the lives of young women.
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Dried pumpkin …
… will be one of the cooperative’s first products to be sold. Whether finely chopped for vegetable stews or as flour for many other recipes, including pumpkin chai latte 🙂. Many women who previously fed the pumpkin mainly to the animals benefit from the joint production and sale. Now everyone is working feverishly on marketing so that customers are enthusiastic about buying the products. Many thanks to Fair Styria for supporting us in our marketing activities.
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A highlight …
… of the agricultural year is always the “food festival”. Here in Merangding, many new certificates were again distributed for the successful completion of the PGS organic vegetable growing training programme. A total of 180 of the approximately 240 women from the 4 villages are now certified. This should not only increase food security, but also prevent the use of non-biodegradable fertilisers and pesticides. We would like to thank the Schoeck Family Foundation for their financial support.
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Hair bands connect …
… now also the projects in Solukhumbu and Pokhara. Some girls from the OVN project are learning tailoring. They produce hair bands from leftover fabric. We bought these from them and distributed them to the women and girls in the villages. It was a lot of fun and good business for the seamstresses 🙂
