… 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.
… 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.
… 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.
… some things can already be sold on the model farm in Ghunsa, which the president keeps a detailed record of. In addition to the production of dried vegetables, the mill and the sale of processed almond, nut and apple trees are the main sources of income ?
Many thanks to Schoeck Family Foundation for making the operation of the farms possible and to Fair Styria, whose support makes marketing activities possible.
… 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.
… 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 ?
… was completed this year by some women from the agricultural co-operative in Kathmandu. Bookkeeping, co-operative management and financial statements. Unfamiliar and difficult topics for the women. After the training, they were accompanied monthly in the village throughout the year.
This enabled them to prepare the audit of the cooperative independently for the first time in 2023.
We would like to congratulate and thank Fair Styria for their support.
