Causes: International, International Development
Mission: “We embrace social responsibility and commitments to empower single women by engaging them in revenue-generating activities to gain better financial independence, invest in improving local education opportunities, and transform their lives. ”
Results: We launched our pilot program in Kot, Bhojpur in eastern Nepal in July, 2013 to great success. In less than a year, it is on track to becoming self-sustainable. We employ 4 single women who work 5 hours a day 5 days a week for five times their previous wage. We have donated 5000 books to the local school where 1200 students are benefitting from these books, established two scholarships for underprivileged girls, and we are raising funds to establish computer labs. Since its inception we have achieved following goals: 22 →Number of single women who have generated sustainable income through various projects that were implemented by Yang-Ward Foundation. 250 --→ Number of people who have obtained access to information technology through our laptop donations to school. 1780-→ Number of school children who have gained access to improved quality of education (we provided library books, teaching materials, and sports materials to local schools). 4-→ Number of scholarships provided to underprivileged girls with the profits generated from cash crop production. 266 households -→ 266 households were provided immediate aid relief materials such as tents, food, medicine, etc when 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25,2015, killing thousands of people and demolishing more than half a million homes.
Target demographics: Empowerment of Single Women in Rural Areas.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 4 single women full time job, donated 5000 books to local school, set up two scholarship for underprivileged girls.
Geographic areas served: Nepal
Programs: engage single women in reveune generating activities such as cash crop production, and animal husbandry.
Mission: “We embrace social responsibility and commitments to empower single women by engaging them in revenue-generating activities to gain better financial independence, invest in improving local education opportunities, and transform their lives. ”
Results: We launched our pilot program in Kot, Bhojpur in eastern Nepal in July, 2013 to great success. In less than a year, it is on track to becoming self-sustainable. We employ 4 single women who work 5 hours a day 5 days a week for five times their previous wage. We have donated 5000 books to the local school where 1200 students are benefitting from these books, established two scholarships for underprivileged girls, and we are raising funds to establish computer labs. Since its inception we have achieved following goals: 22 →Number of single women who have generated sustainable income through various projects that were implemented by Yang-Ward Foundation. 250 --→ Number of people who have obtained access to information technology through our laptop donations to school. 1780-→ Number of school children who have gained access to improved quality of education (we provided library books, teaching materials, and sports materials to local schools). 4-→ Number of scholarships provided to underprivileged girls with the profits generated from cash crop production. 266 households -→ 266 households were provided immediate aid relief materials such as tents, food, medicine, etc when 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25,2015, killing thousands of people and demolishing more than half a million homes.
Target demographics: Empowerment of Single Women in Rural Areas.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 4 single women full time job, donated 5000 books to local school, set up two scholarship for underprivileged girls.
Geographic areas served: Nepal
Programs: engage single women in reveune generating activities such as cash crop production, and animal husbandry.
contact@yangward.org
100 W Briarwood Ln, Columbia, MO 65203
International
Columbia
