Every year, the projects in India and Nepal are visited and evaluated. The gained insights help to shape the further development of the projects. The experiences show what impact the projects have in the short and long term.
For four weeks, the Usthi team travelled through India and Nepal to visit the projects. Exchanging ideas with the people and partners on site, seeing how young people are allowed to complete their professional skills trainings and witnessing the commitment with which the staff drive the projects forward is motivating and inspiring.
The experiences during the project visit also confirm how the work of the foundation is described by the Usthi team in an interview with Brigitte Schweiz Magazine.
“India needs educated youth so that they can solve their problems locally.”
Quotation from the article “Education helps” in Brigitte Schweiz
On the project trip, the Usthi Team visited former students of the Penthakata School. They opened their own school in the village of Penthakata. Until the Penthakata school was built in 1992, the children had no access to education. With the new school, the women enable more children to attend school and contribute to improving the educational situation in India.
“The culture is different, but especially girls and young women can create independence for themselves with education, financially and morally.”
Quotation from the article “Education helps” in Brigitte Schweiz
Attended by the Usthi team and the Board of Trustees, 219 graduates received their certificates for successfully completing a professional skills training. The course paves the way for them to enter the formal labour market. At the same time, it creates new self-confidence for the young women and men.
“Doors are opened, in education, by agriculture, in health care.”
Quotation from the article “Education helps” in Brigitte Schweiz
The exchange with the staff of the Usthi projects allows the successes to become tangible. One of the health workers in the indigenous area reports on the changes she has observed in her 27 years of work in the villages. Education about medicine or small preventive measures such as the use of mosquito nets contribute to the steady improvement of the health situation in the jungle region.
The insight into the impact of the projects is of great value to the Usthi Team and the Usthi Board of Trustees. It enables us to work closely and purposefully with our local partners and ensures the long-term success of our commitment.
