Bandana Gharti is a female resident at Ghartigaun, Rolpa District. She was born into a poor family. Though they have a small plot of land for farming, they used the traditional method of cultivating. So, they couldn’t nurture enough food as per the requirement of their family.
She used to operate a small grocery shop. The income generated from the shop was not enough to maintain all the expenditure. She was thoughtful in doing something immense that could generate more income. So she discussed this matter with her husband to establish own business enterprise. She along with other six women registered and inaugurated “Hariyali Samudayik Mahila Kastha Udhyog” with the investment of NPR 1.000,000. She has provided job opportunities for 7 people each with a monthly remuneration of NPR 15,000.
She heard about business management training to women. She was very interested in joining the training. She requested permission from her husband for participation. She got the opportunity to join the training which was conducted at Kohalpur for 5 days. In the training, she got the opportunity to enhance her capacity, her confidence and self-determination. She implemented the gains from the training to her furniture shop. Her furniture deals in the production of beds, tables, sofas, cupboards etc. She also provides the facility of home delivery system to the customers. From this enterprise, she maintains the expenses of the family. She has admitted her children to boarding school too.
They have become an example in society, as seven members are getting benefit from one enterprise. They have distributed the responsibilities and work equally among themselves for proper coordination. Social respect has increased and sentiments have been at most. In every 15 days, they perform a review of their work. They are planning to expand and deliver their products outside the Rolpa district. They try hard to maintain the quality of the products and use local resources as far as possible. They have maintained daily records of the raw materials; the number of materials prepared and sold out. Because of these women participation, development works have been increased. Society has started giving the vital posts to female, respecting their thoughts and involving them in every aspect.
Bandana said “Not only me, but we all including our family members also are very happy and we all feel proud of being entrepreneurs. Heartily, we would like to thank AEPC, UNDP/RERL who believed in women and thought about the women capacity enhancement. Other women are also empowered. Male members started respecting women though our society is male-dominated. Group work has also been an example to others.”
