Agricultural Entrepreneurship Development and Open School Education for Women and Youth with SCLC – Project 018
Project 018 / 2024 – 2028
In response to critical issues in Nepal, our project tackles gender disparity in education and employment, lack of access to education and jobs for rural youth, and insufficient support for farmers. Building on our successful 2019-2023 project with Shikharapur Community Learning Centre (SCLC), we aim to enhance and expand our impact. The current project emphasizes sustainable agriculture, organic farming, and entrepreneurship, contributing to economic growth and self-sufficiency.
- Key objectives: The project's core objectives include providing education and skills development for rural youth, creating women entrepreneurs' groups, raising awareness about women's rights, and promoting learning opportunities for students. By addressing gender inequality, limited access to education, and inadequate agricultural resources, we aim to empower communities, create self-employment opportunities, and foster lasting social and economic transformation.
- The project's main activities include providing education and skills development for rural women and youth through strategic residential facilities. Practical training covers agriculture, entrepreneurship, and project management, with free admission for at least 20 youth. The project also establishes women entrepreneur groups in neighboring villages, replicating successful efforts and recruiting agricultural experts. It aims to raise awareness of women's rights through non-formal education programs and promotes learning opportunities for students.
Project details
€ 87 074
The project aims to directly benefit more than 1,000 people:
- young people in rural areas
- farmers
- women.
The specific objectives include support for ‘open’ school education, i.e. without fees, no age limit and adapted to different profiles thanks to adapted timetables. This support is aimed at :
- training 300 farmers,
- the creation of 2 additional groups of farmer-entrepreneurs
- residential support for 12+ students.
The Shikharapur Community Learning Centre (SCLC) is a Nepalese community organisation founded in 2006 in the Dakshinkali region, south of Kathmandu. Its mission is to make education accessible to all and to promote sustainable improvements in living conditions through lifelong learning. The centre operates primarily in four areas: community education, local employment and community development.
SCLC offers programmes in literacy, formal and non-formal education, back-to-school schemes and vocational training. Its open school enables young people and adults who have dropped out of school to resume their studies, whilst its programmes for women enhance their access to education and their independence. Some of these educational methods were first trialled in Pharping before being adopted in other districts of Nepal.
The organisation also runs training programmes in sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship and income-generating activities. Its agricultural learning centre, which grew out of the ‘Bottle House’, welcomes over 1,000 visitors a year and offers farmers and young people in rural areas opportunities for training, experimentation and support. A family literacy programme has also benefited more than 240 mothers and children from six villages.
By mobilising women, farmers, young people and local groups, SCLC seeks to strengthen communities’ capacity to devise their own solutions to build greater resilience.
The project is taking place in Dakshinkali Municipality, Ward No. 5, Pharping, with an extended scope to Dakshinkali Municipality of Kathmandu and Indrasarowar Rural Municipality of Makwanpur District.
Training
Decent work
Sustainability
Equal opportunities
SGD 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
SGD 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
SGD 8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
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