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There has been significant migration from rural to urban areas in Nepal, including in Pokhara.Most such migrants live in slum settlements, mostly on the banks of rivers, with poor housing, and unhealthy living conditions. Mostly, they have no ownership of their dwellings; in fact, the settlements are often illegal.
Women in these settlements commonly do not work outside the home; if they are engaged in a work activity, it is often relatively unsafe such as picking stone from river beds.
The women have little or no access to social organization. They lack sufficient education to gain useful employment, and are often illiterate. Women who are married are economically dependent. Abuse is common. Essentially, there is tremendous gender inequality.
Under this project, over a 3 month period, 130 interested and selected women from the chosen Pokhara slum settlements are to be trained to work in the local hospitality industry, or to produce weaving products for sale.
Women trained in weaving who choose to work from home will receive business management and marketing training.
The main objective is to promote female empowerment through skill development in an identified disadvantaged sector of the population, and promote self-sustainability and growth for these women.
Both training partners are local, and already used to training the type of disadvantaged candidates this grant project seeks to empower.
Project funds will be used for the training.
Host Rotarians will oversee the project and liaise with the training organizations. They will disburse funds as needed and oversee all of the measurements for success.
International Rotarians have already visited the Host Club and the proposed training facilities. International Rotarians are fundraising and will undertake further travel to Nepal in November, 2025 to document the successes and bring information back to supporting clubs.
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