… for the first food festival in Kathmandu was great fun for everyone and the cooperation between the women from all the villages worked well. The aim was to publicise traditional dishes with local products from Solukhumbu in Kathmandu.
Representatives from organisations that want to promote organic farming or have access to the relevant market segment were also invited.
Many thanks to Fair Styria for supporting the cooperative’s marketing activities.
… all 4 presidents of the Kids Clubs in the villages gave a speech in English at the food festival in Chyangsar. Well prepared and proudly delivered, it was a highlight of the festival. In addition to the speeches, the girls also danced. Everyone was very proud of their girls.
The girls who are studying in Kathmandu also came to the festival.
Many thanks to all the sponsors who have been supporting these girls for years.
… of the cooperative is already being taken over independently by the leadership team from all 4 villages. For the third time, the team accompanied the strategy days together with Carola Gosch. Achievements are proudly presented, experiences are exchanged and possibilities for the future are discussed.
We are very proud of the good co-operation between the women and are sure that the cooperative will continue to work well in the future.
Many thanks to the Schöck Family Foundation for its long-term support of the farms and the cooperative.
… and cooking together are an essential part of all celebrations. It starts the day before, everyone brings something, we cut, cook, laugh and gossip together.
This exchange is important in order to master difficult situations together.
Many thanks to Fair Styria for supporting this project.
… could be exchanged during the visit on site. In the meantime, all of the girls’ beds are already producing good yields, radiators have been purchased for the winter and experiences and challenges have been openly discussed.
The official sign has also been installed.
Many thanks to the Schöck Family Foundation for giving the girls this opportunity.
… to all sponsors … and if you are not yet a sponsor, please send a short email to office@rootsforlife.info – and you’re in. You can find the latest newsletter about our scholarship holders project at https://www.rootsforlife.info/downloads
Merry Christmas and a great 2025!
… were exchanged in Kathmandu for warm jackets with the Oportunity Village (OVN). Synergies and added value are important to us, so the girls in Pokhara were able to earn money by sewing the hair bands, which are now being distributed to the women in the villages. 30 warm jackets were handed over for the girls in Pokhara.
We are delighted about the synergy between the projects and would like to thank the sponsors for their many years of support.
… of a special kind we learnt in Kunikhop. With organically grown maize, the inside of the dried stalks tastes sweet. It wasn’t just us who enjoyed the snack, the goats and cows enjoyed it too.
It’s great to see how independently the women are already running their farms and how the family menu always includes vegetables.
Many thanks to Schoeck Family Foundation for supporting the model farms in Solukhumbu.
… to our scolarship holder Binu for winning the Popsicle Bridge Competition with her collegueas! We are proud and happy and thank our supporters who make such successes possible for our girls!
… to the great team in Nepal and the good time we had with the women and girls we were able to work with.
It wasn’t easy this year, especially due to the difficult road conditions; it took us over 22 hours to cover the 300 kilometres to the village.
