April’s earthquake in Nepal has upset us all. The center of the earthquake is close to Lamjung – an area where WAWCAS supports many women and their families. Unfortunately, WAWCAS has not been able to get in touch with our employees from Lamjung We are continuously trying to reach them and hope that it will […]
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After arriving in Denmark after a busy and inspiring month in Nepal filled with positive experiences, International Program Director Nina Schriver speaks about the strength she finds in the women who participate in WAWCAS. Starting your own business. Saying no to violence. Sending your children to school. Gaining confidence in your own resources and ability
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Rama founded her vegetable farm in 2013, and within the subsequent year she had paid off her loan to WAWCAS. She quickly expanded her vegetable farm to a chicken farm. A farm that she is now working hard to reconstruct these months after a massive rainfall washed it away. On the tenth of August 2014,
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Interview with Program Director and co-founder Sangeeta Shrestha. Sangeeta is the Program Director and co-founder of WAWCAS in Nepal. She knows that WAWCAS makes a difference every day. Sangeeta Shrestha is a woman experienced in the area of development. For almost thirty years, she has worked purposefully to improve the conditions for women and children
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Fontana Foundation visits WAWCAS In March, Walter Zahnd, a consultant and representative of the Swiss foundation, Fontana Foundation, paid a visit to WAWCAS. The Fontana Foundation was established in November 2008 by Mario Fontana. Like WAWCAS, its purpose is to help poor people through education or by providing financing to start a small business. The
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Jørgen Fogh Hansen, WAWCAS volunteer In March, Jørgen Fogh Hansen and Christine Thorsen went on a journey to Nepal. Their goal was to establish a new system for collecting data. It was a journey of meetings, a lot of input and clarification. WAWCAS will be getting a new database system which will underpin the positive
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Walter Zahnd, Fontana Foundation In early March my wife and I had the opportunity to visit the Lamjung area for two days together with Nina Billenstein Schriver and Sangeeta Shrestha. During our stay in the area we visited the cooperative goat- and pig-farms and attended meetings with women groups. We were very impressed by what
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Gita Chilwals is a woman in her thirties from Lamjung. She belongs to the Bramin cast, and she is among the poorest people in the society. She has been a member of WAWCAS for 14 months, and recently she paid back the loan, which she got from WAWCAS to start up her own business, a
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Shanta Gurung, aged 32, lives at Dhamelikuwa-2 with her husband and 4 children. She studied up to the 5th standard but could not continue because of poor family conditions. Due to her limited education, she was only able to get a very low-paid job as a helper in one of the government schools. Her husband
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Meera Rai, chairperson of the newly formed group from Kapan, was very happy after the completion of the 7 Days Training. She shared that she is very happy to learn many useful things, which has boosted her confidence to start up the business. The training was conducted from 12th to 18th of December 2014. Meera
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