Bethanchowk: A Koseli Ghar has been brought into operation in the Bethanchowk Rural Municipality, Kavre. The Koseli Ghar was started under the Women Empowerment Programme as a partnership of the Social Development Ministry of Bagmati Province and Bethanchowk Rural Municipality.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Social Development Minister of Bagmati Province, Kanchanchandra Bade, inaugurated the Koseli Ghar amid a function on Sunday and pledged further assistance for proper management of the facility. He expressed confidence that the operation of Koseli Ghar would contribute to entrepreneurship development as well as the economic prosperity of the beneficiaries. The province government plans to extend its support for the marketing of local goods by collaborating with the local government.
Support will be provided for entrepreneurship training, seed money distribution, purchase of local goods produced by women entrepreneurs groups, and the operation of Koseli Ghar. So far, 110 women have received entrepreneurship training and formed two women entrepreneurs groups, each receiving Rs 100,000 as seed money.
Chairperson of Bethanchowk Rural Municipality, Bhagawan Adhikari, stated that the Koseli Ghar was introduced as part of a women empowerment initiative aimed at achieving economic prosperity through entrepreneurship development. The Koseli Ghar has received various locally produced items, including soaps, flour from local grains, apples, paper plates, mats, bamboo goods, and more.