Consumer Awareness and Financial Education (CAFE) was started with the motto of “Self-Esteem and Confidence with Financial Empowerment”.

Focused on behavioral change, CAFE provides education in money management and business skills to empower low-income women and the financially excluded.

With the collaboration between Good Return Foundation & FEMI Foundation, SVSI is continuously providing the CAFE training to the women`s who have low income & poor money management.

Nanu Dhakal is an inspirational young woman whose journey of Enterprenurship started with Sapana Village social impact with the launch of the "Ladies in a front Seat" project in a partnership with 6 Degree Network for Women.
Currently, she works as a driver and utilizes her knowledge to sell vegetables grown in her own backyard.
Her story serves as a reminder of the transformative effect of our support, leading her and her family away from despair and towards hope and sustainable livelihoods.

Tilu Praja is finally realizing his dream project "Community Chepang Home Stay" in Kaule of Ichchhakamana through the help of Sapana Village and its' partner organization, Riksja Travels Netherlands.
Hopefully, we all can support his Dream by visiting the beautiful place or sending guests through our contacts.

Sanju Tamang is a female representative of local government in Kalika Ward no. 10, formally Siddhi VDC. She is a high school graduate and a farmer as her main occupation. She is also a mother of two children and active member in her community. Sanju Tamang has been an exemplary person for all the women living in her area. At first, she was one of the beneficiaries of our 3-year project launched at Siddhi.

Tilu Praja is from Tobang, a beautiful Chepang Village situated at height of 1400 meters from sea level where there was little to no access to water. During monsoon, villagers used to collect water from nearer sources but in other seasons they had to walk for hours to reach a nearer source. Tilu came to Sapana Village Lodge with his dream to provide easy access of water to his village. He applied for waiter post at our sister organization Sapana Village Lodge. During interview with Tilu by Chairman of SVSI and founder of Sapana Village Lodge Mr. Dhruba Giri, he shared his dream to bring drinking water to his village.

Meet Raj Chepang, a 1-year-old boy residing in Siddhi in a place called Jhinglau where there is little to no-access of water to houses. The place is situated on the top of a steep mountain and there are no traces of infrastructures like road, mobile networks, electricity, and so on. People lack proper personal hygiene, health awareness, balanced diet and clean drinking water.

Yuyash Chepang, a year-old boy, suffering from Hydrocele at such a young age, had an encounter with SVSI and Medical Checkup for Children during our "Free Pediatric Health Camp" in Siddhi. Then together with MCC Netherlands, SVSI took a step ahead to give free medical treatment covering up all the medical and transportation expenses as well. After a couple of weeks of regular follow-up in the hospital and to the child, Yuyash finally healed and recovered from the infection.

Nisha Bhandari had an unbelievable and unpredictable story of childhood. She used to live with her father and mother at Kumroj Village of Khairahani Municipality 13. Her mother was demented by the news that her dad married another woman when Nisha was just 3 years old in 2014. This shocking news result the madness of Nisha’s mother. At the mid night, Nisha’s mother flamed the fire on Nisha pouring kerosene and she ran away. Immediately, her grandmother shut the burning fire however she was already half burned.

Prasixya Chepang, a 3-year old girl, had her encounter with SVSI during our "Free Pediatric Health Camp" in Kaule. She was found with critical health conditions when SVSI and MCC met her. After a couple of months of counselling her parents on why further serious treatment was necessary, we were able to send her to Ishaan Children and Women Hospital situated in Basundhara, Kathmandu where she was diagnosed with five different diseases altering her entire body to swell and caused fever along with traces of pneumonia in her lungs and infection in her liver. She was kept in ICU for 2 weeks and treated in normal ward with oxygen for 2 weeks. After a month of treatment, she was discharged and got home in healthy condition.