Some
of the skills training programs that BPW
Nepal has implemented and their milestones
include:
- Training
on Capacity Building under the project
‘Capacity-Building on Income
Creating Measures for Women’
was conducted from January 2006
to February 2007 to women displaced
by conflict.. The training was funded
by Eco Himal, an Austrian Development
Corporation. It was designed to
motivate participants, guide them
in the selection of appropriate
opportunities and make them economically
independent. Trainees were coached
on self esteem, gender, leadership,
community development, micro credit
and entrepreneurship development
followed by practical training on
bakery and sewing skills.
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- BPW Nepal
has undertaken poverty reduction
through socio-economic activities
since 2002 supported by the Leager
Foundation, Canada. This project
has been implemented in villages
of three different districts of
Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur.
A package of activities has been
designed to uplift the socio-economic
conditions of the target group.
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- Training
the Trainer (TOT) on functional
literacy, agriculture and small
enterprise and social development
and several capacity building, leadership,
confidence development and gender
awareness programs under the same
project.
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- A micro-credit
program has been implemented by
BPW Kathmandu and BPW Patan chapters,
which is running smoothly. Many
village women have benefited from
the program. They are able to conduct
small business by taking out loans
and also earning from running their
business.
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- Women cooperatives
have been operating and of course,
focusing on rural and urban women.
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