Our partnership with Nepal Youth Foundation

In Nepal, over 40% of people live on less than $3.50 per day and the majority of kids don’t make it past the 10th grade. Young Nepalese often times find themselves leaving their families to work as cheap construction or domestic laborers in The Persian Gulf and India, where they are subject to intense exploitation or worse. In 2015, of the 500,000 people who migrated to work abroad, 1,000 died in dangerous work scenarios. Nepal is in dire need of skilled labor, and Vocational Education could provide the skills for necessary employment while keeping families together and workers safe. Past results have shown that Vocational school graduates can earn as much as $5,000 annually – a great amount by Nepalese standards.

One Day’s Wages partnered with the Nepal Youth Foundation to provide scholarships at the Olgapuri Vocational School in order to aid young Nepalese people with employable skills in electrical and plumbing work. In addition, the Nepal Youth Foundation staff helped students through aptitude assessments and career counseling to help secure employment upon graduation.