Empowering women guides to become entrepreneur

After the completion of 4 weeks basic female trekking guide training held on July 24^th 2022 with 30 participations from 10 different district of Nepal, the girls were then provided with the job opportunity (on the job training program) to work as a female assistant in the Himalaya.

Many girls from the remote areas of Nepal are physically fit and are familiar with the local lifestyle of the remote Nepalese. However, due to the trekking in a various elevation, walking in a higher altitude, facing the unpredictable weather conditions is a challenging factor.

From the September 2022 – January 2023, the 30 female girls experience working as an assistant and 20 girls continued working with the 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking as an assistant in various region of Annapurna trek.

In the initial phase of their guiding profession, the 12 girls from rural areas were provided with the living expenses at the EWN hostel for 6 months and trekking clothing and the hiking boots were provided to them for a comfortable trekking.

Links:

• This is the official website of EWN and 3 Sisters Adventure Trek

Empowering Women of Nepal has started four-week intensive Basic Female trekking guide training (FTG) on July 24 during trekking off-season to empower underprivileged young girls and women through adventure tourism from different parts of Nepal.  This time the training has total 30 participants from 10 different districts in which 12 participants are only from Mid-Western Region of Nepal which is considered as one of the most geographically remote regions in Nepal.

Along with the knowledge and skills on becoming a trekking a Trekking guide, FTG also provides life skills training for the participants. During this training, the most important lessons and classes are instructed and facilitated by our own senior trekking guides. These important classes comprise the topic like First Aid-Training, Backpacking, Basic etiquettes of a trekking guides, Flora and Fauna and Experience sharing. Thus, helping our senior guides to amplify their own skills and transfer the knowledge and experiences to young upcoming female trekking guides.

Inn addition to this, recently, EWN organized a workshop on ‘Communication’ with an objective to strengthen the communication skills of our guides which plays a vital role in delivering the success in any field. This workshop was more focused on story telling and as well to present oneself without fear. We had a total of 24 participants in this workshop and is grateful to our instructor  who is a communication consultant and Journalist. 

To conclude, EWN is looking forward to empower young girls and women through adventure tourism and make them self-reliant by providing with employment opportunities as well as entrepreneurship skills through various upcoming trainings. 

Links:

• https://empoweringwomenofnepal.wordpress.com/