Relief rebuilding to 25 communities in Nepal

With an aim to empower women working through informal groups or within an organization, Tewa introduced Mentorship Program back in January 2019. The major objective of this program is to strengthen grantee partner's organizations while ensuring shared leadership and organizational development. Through monthly mentoring sessions led by the mentors, the mentees (members of the organization/group) are groomed to work as a formal establishment and enhance their leadership skills. The first Mentorship meet-up was organized by Tewa on January 2020, after a year of the program implementation. A fresh concept, introduced to the core programs of Tewa, Mentorship program still functions as a pilot project. The annual meet-up provides a platform to the mentors, mentee and especially Tewa team, to understand the implication of this organic program and craft the journey ahead. A total of 38 participants, including eight mentors, partook in the annual meet-up on January 28-30, 2020 at Tewa. Mentees from ten different districts came together to share their experiences so far and participated in intense sessions to learn about organizational development and leadership. This program helped our mentees to learn about organizational development and ensure sustainability of our organization. Through mentoring sessions between mentee and mentor, this program helped to grow us individually and develop our leadership skills. It’s a program that provides platform to learn about women's rights through monthly sessions. In an individual level, this program has allowed our partners to introduce their organization, its objectives and its members at community level. The members have learned and are encouraged to take their organization to new heights. The members have learned the importance of organization's sustainability and are willing to ensure it. An idea like monthly saving has facilitated the members to collect and contribute few sums for the organization. Increased coordination with local government and stakeholders has aided in organization's smooth operation. Members are more confident to put forward their opinion and work collectively as a group. They are also aware of their respective roles and responsibilities within the organization/group. The official documentation process is a matter of concern and the members are working to develop strong records in days to come. The sessions have encouraged the members to pull active members in their committee and lose inactive/discouraging members. At the end of the training, the mentors and mentees jointly prepared a way forward plan which was further described in terms of timeline, resources to be used, skills available and its impact on personal/organizational development. The current plan included focusing in maximization of local resources, support mentees to engage and work with local stakeholders, prepare necessary guidelines for the organization, support each member to actively participate in organizational activities, contribute in developing strategic plan of an organization etc.