New Head Representative of AWO International for South Asia

Since 1st of January 2013 Mr. Felix Neuhaus acts as the new Head Representative of AWO International for South Asia and leads the Regional Office,...

AWO International’s South Asian partners visit Germany

It has been a hectic but very rewarding time for AWO International’s South Asian partners during their one-week visit cum work programme to Germany....

AWO International starts new partner project in Bangladesh

After intense planning and deliberations on 18th of October 2012 a Contract of Cooperation for a joint project to be implemented in Bangladesh was...

'Sowing Seeds for a Life in Dignity’ – Vocational Education for Youth in the SPACE project

Youth are the driving force of a family, society and also the nation. The latter’s well-being therefore depends on a good foundation for young people...

‚Every Drop makes an ocean’ – Small-scale sponsorship for the Bhimeshwhory women cooperative in Nepal’s Sindhupalchowk District

‘Every drop makes an ocean’ – this is the motto of the Bhimeshwory women cooperative in Bhimtar Village Development Committee (VDC) of Nepal’s...

‚Give us land for our survival’ – AWO International Partner MSS organises public hearing for landless Musahar in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Almost 80% of the population of Uttar Pradesh lives in rural areas, spread over nearly 100.000 villages. Land (and agriculture) is therefore the...

Sahamati-RDP celebrates the International Youth Day 2012

In 2012 again, SAHAMATI, AWO International’s implementing local partner in the Rural Youth Development Programme (RDP) in Nepal’s Nawalparasi...

SMKP Musahar small producer outlet: Linking small Musahar producers to the market

The Seva Musahar Krishi Product Private Limited (SMKP) is a producer run company but also a social initiative aimed at enhancing the social and...

Relaunch of our Website

Dear followers of AWO International Regional Office South Asia,

you may wonder why there have been no mor recent news items posted on our website....

Breaking the vicious circle: Musahar children joining school beyond primary level

Manav Seva Sansthan (MSS), one of AWO International’s Indian partners, works with Musahar communities in the Maharajgunj District of north-eastern...

‘A Whole Village Going Organic'

Bhatel, a small village of 50 households, is located 5kms away from the block head quarter of M. Rampur in Kalahandi District of Odisha in India. The...

Farewell and Welcome, Friends of Sankhu!

AWO Internati onal’s long-term partnership with the Nepalese NGO ‘Friends of Sankhu’ (FOS) ended in December 2011. To bid farewell officially, a...

Former AWO International partner Maharashtra Arogya Mandal receives prestigious award for its health work

AWO International’s long-term Indian partner Maharashtra Arogya Mandal (MAM) received the prestigious ‘Dr. Aanadibai Joshi’ award from the government...

Article on AWO International's Nepal engagement

You may not expect it from the title of the magazine, but in one of the recent issues of the Nepalese weekly 'the corporate', which runs a series on...

Sahamati receives award from Nawalparasi’s District Development Committee

On the occasion of the 20th District Council, AWO International’s Nepalese partner organisation Sahamati was awarded a Certificate of Recognition...

AWO International Partners Sahamati and SPACE celebrate International Women’s Day

The 8th of March was the day. As in previous years, to celebrate International Women’s Day, AWO International’s partner Sahamati supported and...

First Social Audit in the SPACE Project (Community Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihood)

The ‘Society for Participatory and Cultural Education’ (SPACE), one of AWO International’s local partner organizations in Nepal, is implementing the...

Publication on Nepal’s Informal Economy

In 2011, the Political Science graduate Florian Sigmund spent 4 mont  hs at AWO International’s Regional Office South Asia. Among other tasks,...

AWO International South Asia Newsletter 2011

For highlights from our projects in Nepal and India in 2011 please have a look at our AWO International South Asia Newsletter 2011 (low resolution...

AWO International South Asia team visits Berlin Head Office

From 6th to 12th of an incredibly mild November the local staff of AWO International’s Kathmandu office as well as its two Pune-based local finance...