SCBNL donates Rs 5 million to Shequal Foundation

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 3: Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited (SCBNL) has contributed Rs 5 million to Shequal Foundation’s ‘Silpa: Shaping the Future project’. "The contribution aims to create a lasting impact in the lives of young women from underprivileged backgrounds in Nepal, equipping them with essential skills and opportunities for personal and professional growth," the press release states.

 
The project is focused on empowering female school or higher secondary school
dropouts from Bagmati and Koshi Province with certified blue-collar job skills. This is an extension of ‘Project KISHORI’, also supported by the Bank, aimed at providing these women foundational, financial, digital, and life skills.

"Project KISHORI will provide girls with the necessary transferable and life skills, while Project Silpa will equip a few shortlisted females from the previous cohort with
necessary training on industry-driven jobs. The idea is to make them financially stable in the long run so that they can afford their education.

The two projects, targeting more than 200 higher-secondary female students, will be implemented in more than 10 public colleges across the seven provinces in the country.