… is in great demand, especially at small markets. This is also a test run to see which products are accepted and how.
The aim is to find ‘fans’ for the organic products, who can also be supplied directly by the co-operative in future.
In future, products will also be sold via the website www.solusisters.org.
Many thanks to Fair Styria for supporting this important project.
… the girls at the hostel received a surprise visit from Robin Schöck, Managing Director of the Schöck Family Foundation. This was of course very exciting, as they were allowed to proudly show off their house and garden immediately after their final exams. Of course they also harvested and cooked for the guests.
Many thanks to Schoeck Family Foundation for supporting the hostel.
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… we are all delighted with the success of the first tree nursery. As there had never been a tree nursery of this kind before, it was an experiment and also a risk. But the grafted trees are developing well and soon fruit will also be available on the family farms. This will enrich the children’s diet in particular.
In the future, these fruit trees can also be sold and thus generate income for the women of the co-operative.
We are delighted and would like to thank Schoeck Family Foundation for supporting this project.
in Ghunsa is exemplary run by the farm manager. The mixed crops are now cultivated largely independently, new seeds are constantly being trialled and plants grown.
An essential part of this is also the use of the compost toilets and thus the perfect compost.
Many thanks to Schoeck Family Foundation for supporting the initiative.
… of the girls at the hostel was a storage box where they could keep their personal belongings. Previously these were only in bags, there are no boxes in the hostel.
These were made in Kathmandu and brought to Sallerie together with seat cushions.
We are delighted for the girls and thank Schoeck Family Foundation for supporting the hostel.
… is the idea of processing pumpkins. Until now, some of them were eaten but most were fed to the animals. They grow everywhere, even on slopes that cannot be used for other vegetables. Now they are collected from all the villages and processed in Ghunsa.
Dried and possibly as flour, they can be used for soups, curries, but also bread and cakes. The market for these long-life products is to be developed, especially in the accommodation centres on trekking routes and in Kathmandu.
Many thanks to Fair Styria, which supports the marketing of the products.
… the girls not only received the self-made school dresses but also rucksacks and umbrellas. The umbrellas were particularly popular. They are valuable not only against the rain and sometimes the sun, but also as a “defence” against leeches that fall from the trees during the rainy season.
Many thanks to our sponsors, whose contribution provides the girls with everything they need to go to school. The results, which are improving every year, show what the girls are capable of. We wish them all the best for the future.
… 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.
… 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 co-operative and its model farms.
… 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.
