Funded by Land Vorarlberg, UDAAN V is a 24-months project dedicated to improving access to quality education for out-of-school adolescent girls aged 10-14 from poor and marginalized communities in Siraha District and expanding livelihood opportunities for out-of-school adolescent girls aged 15-19. The project fosters enabling environment within families and local communities, improve governance in community schools, and promotes child-friendly spaces.
Additionally, it also supports UDAAN graduates, helping them strengthen their learning and leadership skills to improve school retention. This project contributes towards achieving equality and girls’ empowerment through increased opportunities for education, and livelihoods development through entrepreneurship trainings, vocational skills, access to finance and business startup. In Siraha, schoolgirls, including these UDAAN graduates, receive remedial learning support to prevent dropout. To address social norms and strengthen parental involvement in education, parents participate in transformational dialogues on parenting roles and intergenerational communication.
To economically empower out-of-school girls, weekly Entrepreneurship Learning Centre (ELC) sessions have been introduced to build entrepreneurship skills. The ELC graduates receive incubation support, including business plan development, vocational training through Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT), and access to micro-enterprise networks.
CARE Nepal also facilitates financial literacy training, seed funding, and linkages with high-performing microfinance institutions to support these young entrepreneurs in launching their microenterprises.
