Project Name
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & EMPLOYMENT (E&E)
Project Details
Assist struggling families improve their economic conditions through entrepreneurship and employment creation in partnership with local governmental economic development and cooperation agenda.
Project Duration
June 2026 – May 2027 (12 months)
Funded By
Benficiaries
Women and youth, mainly from marginalized Tharu (indigenous) communities
Local Economic Development (LED) has remained largely overlooked, especially at the local government level. Youth outmigration is increasing rapidly due to weak job markets and limited entrepreneurship support by the government. COMMITTED has supported Tikapur and Janaki Rural Municipality since 2019 in developing LED policies, strategies and plans under the Nepal Subnational Governance Program funded by the Government of Australia. This project builds on that foundation by shifting from planning into implementation.
Activities
O1: Entrepreneurship Education (50 Participants) Identify eager entrepreneurs in both municipalities
– Provide business initiation training: Legal requirements—registration, taxes, reporting, renewals
– Provide business management training: inventory, sales, bookkeeping, marketing, business plans, growth
– Assist in partnering with nationally recognized programs for expert trainers and resources
O2: Business Initiation Support (10–20 Entrepreneurs) Launch call for entrepreneurship assistance
– Collect simple form-based business plans
– Select up to 10 high-potential plans for registration/initiation support – Expected businesses: eateries, mobile repair, stationery/supplies, photography, etc.
– Provide mentoring and follow-up support
O3: Women-Led Enterprise Upscaling (5 Groups)
– Support at least 5 all-women groups
a) Homestays: hospitality, sanitation, food hygiene, gardening, cultural performance management
b) Leaf plates & bowls (Duna Tapari): machinery expansion, maintenance linkage, marketing, business strengthening
c) Bamboo cane furniture, homemade pickle enterprise
– All groups participate in O1 and O2
Community Members Interested (COMMITTED), Nepal was conceptualized and created by Mr. Jayjeev Hada in the year 2004 in Virginia USA, as a 501 3(c), a not for profit company; with a goal to help Nepali communities living in the US and Nepal.