4. Follow-up Study4.1 Objectives
Although destitute women nominated by Mahila ko Haat participate in the training program in order to improve their situation, conditions in villages and districts are often such that they are unable to find jobs or even begin their own small businesses after they have completed the course. However, we cannot let the skills and knowledge acquired during training go to waste. This report was prepared by Mahila ko Haat with the objective of discovering what kinds of programs could be created to make use of the women’s skills.
This study is also important because it helps us to understand what programs of Mahila ko Haat should be continued/discontinued; what kinds of new policies are necessary; how trainees can be helped to start working after the training and to recognize what additional trainings are required by the ones involved in this field study.
4.2 Selection of the participants
Among the 26 women who have participated in the training, 19 have returned to their homes. In this report we present the case studies of seven of those women, who are from the Jhapa, Kathmandu, Dolakha and Tanahu districts. They have been selected on various grounds: some belong to indigenous and scheduled castes, while others have been orphaned, physically impaired and victims of conflict.
4.3 Methodology
1) Collect and summarize the information available about the former participants from Navajyoti and Mahila ko Haat;
2) Collect further information from civil society organizations, NGOs or DDCs that referred the participants;
3) Inquire about the activities of the selected participants with their relatives or a distinguished person from their locality;
4) Interview the selected participants to get suitable suggestions.
Although destitute women nominated by Mahila ko Haat participate in the training program in order to improve their situation, conditions in villages and districts are often such that they are unable to find jobs or even begin their own small businesses after they have completed the course. However, we cannot let the skills and knowledge acquired during training go to waste. This report was prepared by Mahila ko Haat with the objective of discovering what kinds of programs could be created to make use of the women’s skills.
This study is also important because it helps us to understand what programs of Mahila ko Haat should be continued/discontinued; what kinds of new policies are necessary; how trainees can be helped to start working after the training and to recognize what additional trainings are required by the ones involved in this field study.
4.2 Selection of the participants
Among the 26 women who have participated in the training, 19 have returned to their homes. In this report we present the case studies of seven of those women, who are from the Jhapa, Kathmandu, Dolakha and Tanahu districts. They have been selected on various grounds: some belong to indigenous and scheduled castes, while others have been orphaned, physically impaired and victims of conflict.
4.3 Methodology
1) Collect and summarize the information available about the former participants from Navajyoti and Mahila ko Haat;
2) Collect further information from civil society organizations, NGOs or DDCs that referred the participants;
3) Inquire about the activities of the selected participants with their relatives or a distinguished person from their locality;
4) Interview the selected participants to get suitable suggestions.