Consumer Awareness and Financial Empowerment (CAFE Initiative) training is intended to promote financial literacy among mother groups to enhance and empower their financial capabilities, leading to improved economic conditions and financial independence. This training is intended to promote financial literacy among mother groups to enhance and empower their financial capabilities, leading to improved economic conditions and financial independence. The objective of the CAFE Initiative is to improve the well-being of low-income individuals by enhancing their financial capabilities and self-confidence in selecting and using financial services that cater to their needs.

SVSI aims to empower women to become more independent by training them in hospitality – driving lessons, English lessons and more. Independance starts with a job. As a result of the success of our first joint project, we launched a second project together in November 2019 to train 20 disadvantaged women how to become drivers. This project is also supported by Kalika and Ratnanagar Municipality. Besides the driver’s training the programme includes hospitality training, English languages classes, legal awareness, vehicle maintenance and first aid course.

Sapana Village Social Impact has been working for promoting quality education for the most marginalized community children. We have built school buildings, computer labs, and library, provided stationary to students, provided scholarships and installed ECA materials in different schools. After doing so many things to improve the quality of education we came to realize that major reason for drop out and less attendance in schools in the rural areas is due to lack of food in their home. So, SVSI started lunch at school programs in 5 different schools of Ratnanagar Municipality and Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality in Chitwan Nepal in collaboration with the local government.

The wildlife guide training for ladies has been successfully accomplished. Sapana Village Social Impact in collaboration with 6 degree academy for women has trained 19 ladies to be guide out of which 16 appeared in the final exam taken by National Trust for Nature Conservation(NTNC) and 16 are certified as nature guide by National park after they passed the exam taken by NTNC. All women are not only provided the nature guide training but also other trainings such as hospitality, English language, self defense, emergency health care, culture and history of chitwan and Nepal were provided.

SVSI provides microfinance loans to small businesses in the Chitwan Area of Nepal and to the Women Skill Development project.

Microfinance is providing small scale loans to local people to set up small businesses. Sapana Village Lodge has already given microfinance support to Sapana Women Skill Development Project, two candle factories and some small local businesses like a tailor, a fruit and vegetable shop, a constructor and a carpenter.

Tobang lies in Ward no.2 of Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality in the mid-hills of Mahabharat range where water resources are scarce. People faced numerous challenges to collect water for their daily needs. Due to lack of resources near their houses, they had to travel long distances to fetch water, which was an arduous task. This resulted in people spending significant amounts of time and energy collecting their water rather than engaging in other productive activities. On the other hand, the water sources in these areas were not clean, which led to waterborne illnesses and other health issues.

Sapana Village Social Impact’s latest project is a Tharu homestay. SVSI with Riksja Travel are giving micro finance loans to the Tharu Women. Sapana Village Social Impact’s latest project is a Tharu homestay. Sapana Lodge helped start this initiative together with Riksja Travel in the Netherlands by giving the women of the Pragatishil Tharu Women Group a loan. These women from the village of Narkatiya built and furbished a new building in traditional Tharu style. The aim of this project is to help the women and their families become independent by giving them an opportunity to earn their own money. At the same time, by hosting and engaging with foreigners, the locals will learn more about the world and expand their horizons, while teaching their guests about their culture, heritage and way of life.