… 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.
… 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.
… 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.
… 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.
… a strategy day was held with those responsible from all 4 villages. In addition to the presentation of last year’s work, the plans for the coming year and much discussion, there was also an opportunity for informal dialogue.
It is great to see how self-confidence is growing and how the women are getting involved.
The whole team of Social Work Institute, HASERA and Carola Gosch worked intensively for 2 days.
Many thanks to all who support this co-operative: Schoeck Family Foundation, Fair Styria and private sponsors.
… to the second girl from Chyangsar who did the internship for agricultural training at HASERA. She worked so well that she even got a job offer and we hope that she will use it to continue working in this field. We wish her all the best.
This will build important capacities for organic farming in Nepal and the initiative will have a lasting effect.
Many thanks to HASERA for this valuable training and to our sponsors who have been supporting this girl, among others, for 9 years.
… for a good harvest are in full swing in Chyangsar. Some new PGS farmers are getting the plastic for the greenhouse, the compost is being spread, the last winter vegetables are being harvested and, above all, a new kiwi construction should provide good support for the abundant harvest in the coming years.
Many thanks to our farm manager and the team for their great work and to Schoeck Family Foundation, whose support makes these activities possible.
… on the computer are an important experience for the girls in Sallerie. All the girls from the hostel are taking part in the course and are also learning the 10-finger system to be able to type quickly.
We wish them lots of fun and thank the Schoeck Family Foundation for supporting the girls in the hostel.
… 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.
… 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 ?
