Training programs

The Vocational Training for Nepalese Rural Women Program is a training initiative operated by The Women’s Foundation Nepal and funded by Marie-Schlei Verein (German Association). The program is designed to empower women in five rural districts in Nepal. The programmes focus on leadership, gender equality, micro-credits & savings and provide vocational education (in the areas of animal rearing, veterinary practices, animal healthcare, vegetable farming and shop management). This specific program has been running since 2010 and was expanded in December 2013 for the next two years, enabling hundreds of women to improve their lives.

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15 women are attending the ongoing sewing training at the Women’s Foundation Nepal. Congratulations to the women for successfully participating in and completing the training. We heartily want to thank PILE et FACE for supporting this course and therefore realizing skill development for the participants. This training started end of 2019.

With the support of the Rotary Club of Healesville – Australia, the Women’s Foundation organized a three-month shoe-making training for women which was aimed at increasing women’s access to skills for improving their financial independence, expanding their employment opportunities and boosting their quality of life.

Women developed the following skills:

• Cutting and pasting the materials
• Making the upper part of the shoe
• Fixing the golden lace for the border of the shoe
• Sewing the borders of the shoes
• Measuring, cutting and pasting the sole
• Fixing the heel of shoes
• Making plain shoes with golden lace
• Embroidering for designed shoes

This training helped empower women economically because it shaped women’s choices of occupations, jobs and places of work. It began in mid-2019.

This training imparts knowledge and skills with screen printing technology. The Screen Print Training builds a lasting solution to poverty and unemployment by securing economic sustainability for Nepalese women. This training helps women become independent and self-sustained to make their future better. This project’s key success is its development of a new generation of women with better opportunities for sustaining their lives.

This project was realized and organized through a supportive co-operation with the GLS Future Foundation for Development in Germany and started beginning of 2019.

The first phase of PSW training began on 1^st January 2022 and was successfully completed on 31^st March 2022. The second phase of training began on 30^th April 2023 and ran for three months. 10 participants from each of the locations (Kathmandu and Sunsari District) participated in the training in the first phase and 15 participants from each of the locations participated in the second phase.

With the help of volunteer Kate Williams, we first established a partnership with Global Women Project (GWP). With their financial support, we were able to train women in electricity. We got in touch with the directors of an electrical company for the training and organized a six-week course.

The project taught students to be able to work effectively with low current (up to 50A) and low voltage electrical (up to 2230V) and electronic assembly work. After the training, students were linked with work opportunities and business training in order to create their own business start-ups.

The project began in January 2014.