Develop Women Savings & Credit Cooperative, Nepal

From May 2 to May 4, 2008 WACN carried out a 3-day training on Cooperative Education, which was held at the training hall of the Community Forestry Building for the members of Nari Chetana Milijuli Saving and Credit Cooperative from the Hatia Village Development Committee (VDC). Altogether 35 women participated in this training. The main objective of this training was to make the group members understand the importance of cooperatives, its rules, regulation and working mechanism.

WACN began the training by sharing a historic background of cooperative and its origin and importance in Nepal. Following this session, WACN discussed about the importance of saving and its different forms of savings, important function of a cooperative, process of group formation and the role and responsibility of each cooperative member.

On the second day, sessions carried out were about the different types of cooperative, the principle of cooperative society and the role of members to advance the cooperative.

Finally, WACN offered training on the cooperative's social and economic role and its linkages with small groups of women. WACN emphasized that even after a cooperative has been registered it is important to continue to maintain a solid group foundation, which helps to make the cooperative strong. On the same day, WACN discussed about emerging challenges that could come up throughout this process. During the feedback session participants expressed that the training was very useful to lead the cooperative in the right track. From May 6 to May 8, 2008, a similar training on cooperative education was conducted for the members of Nari Chetana Agarbatti Utpadak Sahakari Ltd., another cooperative located from the Chucchakhol VDC. Altogether 29 women participated in the training. Field Coordinator Sakuntala Giri and Program Officer Srijana Poudel facilitated this training.