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Basic Female Trekking Guide Training - August

On the 19th of August, EWN started the basic female trekking guide training, there are in total 44 girls from 15 different districts of Nepal. For the first time we welcome two participants from Rukum district. From the new trainees eight are staying at the EWN hostel.

Girls Get Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Skills

Aug 17, 2018: EWN initiated second STEM project in a government school- Shree Mahendra Secondary School. First STEM project was given to 270 girls of three government schools in 2015. A total of 104 underprivileged girls from grades 6, 7, 8 and 9 were selected and they will be engaging, hands on...

Annual General Meeting and Convention of Empowering Women of Nepal

The 16th Annual General Meeting and 7th Convention of Empowering Women of Nepal (EWN) were held on 9th August 2018 with chairmanship of Ms. Dicky Karki Chhetri. Mr. Padamraj Pahari, President was NGO Federation, Kaski of Nepal was the Chief Guest of the meeting. Along with them, the Chairperson o...

STEM ToT Training

EWN successfully conducted the two days on 3rd and 4th August 2018, ToT on STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) for Shree Mahendra Secondary School’s teachers. All participant teachers were excited and eager to learn. They are looking forward to sharing their experience to their stu...

3 Sisters’ Mission to Transform Nepal’s Mountain Guide Industry

In the Nepalese Himalayas, the Chhetri sisters are empowering local women and revolutionizing the trekking industry—one female guide at a time.

In the early 1990s, following the death of their father, Lucky, Dicky and Nicky Chhetri moved from India to Nepal. In the central Nepales...