With the establishment of a sewing workshop in 2020 for the production of masks as protection against Covid-19 infections, the women of Meranding were included in the cooperative Sagarmatha Milijuli Sana Kishan. In the meantime, the procedure is well known, there is a sub-organization with its own account, the village is represented in the board of the cooperative and uses the already existing knowledge about economic management of the cooperative.
Kunikhop village is closer to the trekking routes than the other supported villages, and offers easier access to work for the men (depending on the resurgence of trekking tourism after the 2015 earthquake and the Covid 19 pandemic). However, there is still no road, no community building, hardly any greenhouses and thus a very strong interest of the women to build something together here.
Therefore, the initiative model farm and certification of women for organic vegetable production will start here in 2021.
.. the last mask workshop went into operation in Kunikhop. The good cohesion in the cooperative made it possible to extend the activities to this village as well. The women are trained by women from Chyangsar and Ghunsa. What was unimaginable a few years ago now works like clockwork. Knowledge transfer and information exchange among the women, use of synergies across village and project boundaries.
We are very proud of the learning process of the women, who for a long time were used to fighting only for themselves.
Many thanks to the state of Vorarlberg and to Chay-ya Austria for their support.
