rootsforlife – Roots for Life

“Strengthen your abilities and new possibilities knock at your door”

Thursday July 2nd, 2020 rootsforlifeTrainingsfarm

…Asmita Magar from Chyangsar writes to us. She is now 23 years old and has taken every opportunity to get further education. Whether it was commercial matters such as bookkeeping for the cooperative, growing vegetables[…]

Already more than 30 women

Tuesday June 30th, 2020Monday June 29th, 2020 rootsforlifeGhunsa

…are happy to be part of the PGS organic certification process in Ghunsa. All details about the women have been carefully recorded and evaluated. We would like to introduce two of them briefly here. Cheki[…]

Right now

Wednesday June 24th, 2020Monday June 29th, 2020 rootsforlifeOpportunity Village

…the greenhouse is especially important to the girls at OVN’s orphanage in Pokhara. Unfortunately some of them went to the villages during the holidays, here we don’t really know how they are doing. Especially in[…]

More space

Thursday June 18th, 2020Thursday June 18th, 2020 rootsforlifeGhunsa

…could now be rented in Ghunsa This was necessary because some beds were used as building ground for the new training hall, but the women’s cooperative still wanted to maintain its high vegetable production. The[…]

The parents couldn’t find work anymore

Wednesday June 17th, 2020Monday June 29th, 2020 rootsforlifeIndividuelles Stipendium

…because as day labourers it is impossible to work in the Corona period in Kathmandu. The small jobs, as porters for example, are simply no longer there, the whole city is more or less at[…]

To establish the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) in the villages

Thursday June 11th, 2020Thursday June 18th, 2020 rootsforlifeGhunsa

…our partner HASERA proceeds systematically. Through the PGS, the private farms in #Chyangsar and #Ghunsa are now also to receive certification in organic farming. Each year there will be a 5-day introduction in Chyangsar and[…]

Empowering women is essential for families

Wednesday June 10th, 2020Monday June 29th, 2020 rootsforlifeGhunsa

…and whole villages, as is particularly evident at this time. Many men who used to work in the trekking business as porters or abroad are now at home and unemployed. In addition, the lockdown has[…]

The selection of women

Thursday June 4th, 2020Monday June 29th, 2020 rootsforlifeGhunsa

…for the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) for organic certification is based on certain criteria. Basically, this project is organized by the cooperative and is therefore only accessible to the members of the cooperative (over 90%[…]

They’re professionals

Tuesday June 2nd, 2020Wednesday May 20th, 2020 rootsforlifeTrainingsfarm

…already, the men and women who build sturdy greenhouses. They have learned how to procure the material, how to measure accurately and how to build good wooden constructions. The old greenhouses had a bamboo construction[…]

When it comes to organic certification

Thursday May 28th, 2020Friday May 22nd, 2020 rootsforlifeTrainingsfarm

…of the private farms of the women in Chyangsar, we decided together with project partner HASERA and the Social Work Institute to go for the “PGS” certification process: The Participatory Guarantee System. PGS is characterized[…]