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REAP Tansen Outstanding 5
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REAP Tilottama Outstanding
5 EntrepreneursDaayitwa Nepal Rural Entrepreneur Acceleration Programme enables the rural entrepreneurs to create business strategy plan and aims to accelerate the establishment and growth of rural enterprises in Nepal.
For An Enterprising Nepal
Faces Of Change
Breaking Shackles, Building Aspirations
RAJ KHAREL
Have you ever experienced a feeling where hearing a piece of single news completely drains you out of energy and makes you think ‘WHY’? I felt that way when I read about this 16-year-old girl who was found hanging on a tree one day after her wedding, just because she had fallen in love with and had married an (also underaged) boy from an ‘upper’ caste. I know this incident isn’t unique and is not even the worst among tragic stories that we find every day in our newspapers, but there was something about thi..
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Prelude: Beginning a Journey as Daayitwa Public Policy Fellow
MANISH JUNG PULAMI
Many of us have seen the difficulties and shortcomings of society. And, we know that the emotions of a person are stirred more quickly than a person’s intelligence. I think my journey also starts like such. My grandfather used to tell me, "Being a human, the true essence of life is in altruism, and only simple creatures aim to survive… there is more than surviving". But I used to question myself, is helping the needy is the permanent solution? But the proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that difficulties in human life ..
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Taking One Step at a Time at Daayitwa
SMRITI JOSHI
The question about who I am has always bothered me. My life has always been revolving around fulfilling the roles and titles that other people have given me. Perhaps, it is because nobody asked what I wanted, and I complied and did what I was told to do. I thought to be obedient would assure my conformity in society, but the vicious circle of expectation never stopped. I get questioned, get patronized about my choices and dreams. This feeling of being trapped changed something inside me. For the first time, I want to devise social constructs and follow my heart. I wanted ..
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DAAYITWA as NGO which works as grassroots, government and glocal levels to promote rural youth entrepreneurs and evidence-based policies for an enterprising Nepal
Rural Enterprise Acceleration Program
Leveraging community-based resources to support rural entrepreneurs to advance in value-chain
Civic Engagement Program
Conducting research and collaborating with government on policy reforms
Governance and Research
Growing leadership capability of enterprise stakeholders and nurturing an enterprising mindset
Our People
Our team comprises of glocally trained Nepali professionals with expertise in entrepreneurship, governance, and leadership. The Board of Advisors comprises private, public and social sector leaders including senior bureaucrats (eg. former Chief Secretary, former National Planning Commission Vice-Chair), CEOs (eg. Mercantile) and Harvard professors Marshall Ganz and Ron Heifetz.
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In November 2008, 55 young leaders came together to brainstorm critical challenges in Nepal and identify ways to collaborate at national and global levels. They noted political instability, lack of opportunities and apathy for change as three pivotal issues and in addressing them launched a platform called Nepal Ko Yuwa (translated as ‘Nepal’s youth’ in English). For the next 3 years, NKY supported local and diasporic youth to share ideas and support each other in their Nepal-based community projects. Major activities included national youth forums in the US and Nepal to cross-pollinate ideas and mobilize volunteers for community service.
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Our Work
Daayitwa executes three programs. The Rural Enterprise Acceleration Program (REAP) supports rural high-growth entrepreneurs to accelerate their businesses, create jobs and incubate other local entrepreneurs. In linking the grassroots and government level engagements, the Yuwa Aaja! Program supports civic innovators to run social campaigns and nurture enterprising mindset in Nepal. The Daayitwa Abhiyaan also comprises two other entities, Nepal Leadership Academy and Governance Lab.
Leveraging the grassroots enterprise learning, the Daayitwa Public Service Fellowship (DNPSF) Program supports policy entrepreneurs to collaborate with the government, conduct economic policy research, and promote evidence-based policy decisions. The fellowship program has supported 99 policy entrepreneurs from 28 countries to collaborate with 28 ministries and public agencies as well as 24 parliamentarians and conduct 99 research projects. With a key motive of “My Government, My Responsibility,” for the last five years, the Government of Nepal and Daayitwa have been partnering to identify and apply innovative methods of conducting research to find evidence for promoting entrepreneurship and strengthening governance.
In order to strengthen policy implementation, government and youth need to reflect, recognize and respect their self and shared responsibilities. Daayitwa, through Yuwa Aaja! Campaign, has been bolstering trust and interdependence between the government and the youth to tackle domestic youth unemployment issues together. As part of the DFID-funded Skills for Employment Programme (SEP), this project supports the technical assistance provided by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
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