Technical Training and Employment under SABAL Project

Project : Technical Training and Employment under SABAL Project

Client / Donor : SABAL Save the Children In Joint Venture partnership with:   F-SKILL Pvt. Ltd TRACE Pvt. Ltd.

Time Duration : 12 months ( Nov/2016 – Dec/2017)

Project Description : Save the Children together with its partners is implementing the Sabal Program in six central and eastern districts of Nepal: Makwanpur, Sindhuli, Ramechhap, Khotang, Okhaldhunga, and Udayapur, and is funded by USAID 2014-19. It aims to increase resilience for targeted vulnerable communities in Nepal, and is being implemented in close coordination with the Government of Nepal Ministry of Agriculture Development, Ministry of Health and Population, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development and other relevant line ministries, district level line agencies and local NGO partners. The first year was marked by devastating earthquakes in April and May 2015, followed by numerous aftershocks, landslides and avalanches, severely impacting 24 of Nepal’s 75 districts, including 4 of the 6 Sabal districts.  Recognizing the necessity to respond to the disaster as well recover from the shock, USAID/Food For Peace expanded the Sabal program into five additional districts heavily impacted by the earthquakes (Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Kavrepalanchowk, Sindhupalchok and Dolakha), with the mandate to contribute in a major way to community recovery from the disaster using the Sabal development modalities approved under the Cooperative Agreement.

Major Achievements : Provide Technical skills training and employment to 1049 participants from Makwanpur, Udayapur and Khotang district

Value of Contract : NRs 8,98,12,570/-