About Us
SKILL is an abbreviation for Skill & Know-how Imparted at Local Level. SKILL is a non-government, non-profit making social organization established in July 1992 in close collaboration with Helvetas/Nepal. Based on the prevailing situation, SKILL initiated a unique training program with a development vision to provide equal opportunities to the unemployed and underprivileged rural youth to improve their standard of living through mobile training approach.
SKILL has been primarily focusing on organizing self-employment oriented, short term technical and vocational training in marketable trade at the local level. Much emphasis is being given in the upgrading of occupational trade and breaking the unhealthy tradition of gender stereotyping in different professions. SKILL-Nepal has provided 248 training events in 52 districts, producing 3473 skilled manpower (as of Dec 2005).
Since July 2005, SKILL has been operating independently and it has diversified its services in three units i.e. Skill for Employment in Rural Areas (SERA), Franchising (FU) and Fee Basis (FBU). Each of these units cater services for different partners at the various areas viz a viz rural, semi-urban and urban. Our recent tracer study (June 2005) reveals that 75% of trained graduates by SKILL are employed. Out of the employed, 30% earn less than Rs. 1,000, 24% earn Rs. 1,000-2,000, 18% earn Rs. 2,000-3,000, 10% earn Rs. 3,000-4,000 and 10% earn above Rs. 5,000/-month. Electronics graduate at her workshop,Bhaktapur