In January 2020, Usthi beneficiaries complete vocational trainings and pupils win school awards.

On 17 January 2020, 272 young men and women received their certificate of vocational training courses in Hyderabad. After completion of their of the computer, tailoring, beautician, electrical and welding courses, almost all graduates find a job with fair pay immediately after graduation. Since the start of the project in 2008, Usthi and its partners have established a good network in Hyderabad and our skills training have an excellent reputation. Thus, companies meet all our graduates and recruit directly from our campus.

We are proud that a young girl from the discriminated indigenous group “Banjara”, who is a Usthi Back-to-School beneficiary, has been awarded as the best student of the year in her school. After the death of her father, the mother had difficulties to cover basic livelihood costs and could no longer pay the school fees. With the support of Usthi, the young girl could go back to school and achieved excellent academic and extracurricular results.

Usthi wishes skill training graduates all the best for the future and looks forward sharing more successful stories throughout the year.

Usthi Foundation is launching a new educational project in Nepal.

Last December, Executive Director, Tanja Lirgg, travelled to Nepal to finalise the planning for the project with the local team and to start the project in 2020. Usthi is now supporting a school in the Dhading district in order to provide education for children who are socially or economically marginalised.

In a first step, the completion of the infrastructure will be realized, which has not yet been rebuilt due to lack of financing after devastating earthquakes in 2015. With the reconstruction of the laboratory in the next two months, the infrastructure will be back to its original state.

Children from the nearby informal settlements of the quarry day labourers and children from Chepang, one of the most marginalised ethnic groups in Nepal, are supported. For 150 children per year, school sponsorships will provide access to education and a safe environment for learning, playing and growing up for three years. The parents and the entire community also receive assistance in generating income with the goal of being able to finance school education by themselves in the future. In addition, the school organizes medical check-ups and regular deworming to keep the school children healthy and to promote learning success.

With this new project, Usthi gives more young people the chance of a dignified and self-determined life.