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A few women…
… per village who can produce enough and want to market it together were selected. They receive intensive support to help them get started in marketing. Until now, they have only sold individually in the village or perhaps once at a local market. Doing this together is a completely new form for the women and we hope that they will be able to generate more income together in the future. Many thanks to the Schöck Familienstiftung, which makes the operation of the model farms and the support possible, and to Fair Styria, which supports the project for marketing.
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News …
… from the model farm in Kunikhop. The fence is finished and protects the vegetable fields from the hungry bears, which in this area mainly prey on the maize fields but also pass by the vegetables. The women continue to receive training in the field and in theory on how best to prepare the different types of vegetables and grow them in the field. Many thanks to the Schöck Family Foundation for supporting this project.
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Independently …
… the co-operative’s managers can now generate and print out important lists and documents on their computers. Each model farm was given a computer and a printer for this purpose. The managers meet regularly and familiarise themselves with the work together. It’s also more fun 🙂 It is not easy for the women to make friends with the medium, but it helps them to take over the management of the cooperative themselves. Harvests can be recorded for marketing purposes, applications can be made to the authorities and the accounts can be kept. We are proud of the great results and thank Schöck Family Foundation for the financial support of the…
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Settled in well …
… our scholarship holder Binu from Changsar has settled in well at the technical university. She is the first girl from our 4 villages in Solukhumbu to make it this far. Her dream is to improve the infrastructure of her country as a civil engineer. We wish her continued success and thank the Club SI Wien Vivata for their great support.
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Sustainably supported …
… the high-yielding kiwis on the model farm in Chyangsar. The original structure was too weak. With hard wood and ‘feet’ treated according to old methods, the new scaffolding should be able to hold the abundant harvest well. Many thanks to the team for finding a good solution and to the co-operative for their work. We are proud of the independent solutions that are gradually emerging.
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Unexpectedly …
… a piece of land was added to the model farm in Merangding. Most of the grafted fruit trees come from Ghunsa, and the resulting wood can be used for fencing and other work on the model farm. We are delighted with the village about the first mixed orchard and hope that it will flourish Many thanks to the Schöck Family Foundation for their generous financial support.
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Strengthening …
… local skills and opportunities means training the women so that they can sew the girls’ school dresses themselves in future. After the compulsory part, there is also training for other women’s clothing, which they are of course particularly pleased about. For the first time, the school dresses for our approximately 140 girls will be sewn by the women of the cooperative. This creates another opportunity to generate income but also to sew for the family. Each model farm has a sewing workshop that is available to the women. We would like to congratulate and thank our sponsors for supporting the girls and their mothers.
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Grafting …
… fruit trees are now also being grafted at the Ghunsa tree nursery. Almonds, apples and walnut trees are grafted onto local rootstocks. This is completely new for the women, it doesn’t always work, but the first successes can be celebrated. The trees for the new orchard in Mergangding have already been provided by Ghunsa. Many thanks to the Schoeck Family Foundation and the private sponsors who made this possible.
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Living and learning …
… the girls from the villages can now live and learn in the new hostel in Sallerie. It is important to us that they not only finish school, but also learn other important skills. Cohesion, organisation, vegetable growing, cooking with regional vegetables according to old recipes and much more. They have now planted fields to grow their own vegetables. We wish you a good harvest 🙂 Many thanks to the Schoeck Family Foundation for making it possible to run the hostel.
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Care …
… the girls not only receive the materials they need to go to school, but also people who are there for them. Last year, Lena Kremser’s friends knitted bonnets and socks as well as small “knitted worms” as toys. These have now accompanied our girls through the winter and shown them that we care about them. Many thanks to Lena and her knitting club as well as to all the other sponsors who believe in the girls and give them the strength to learn for school.
