what is SABAH NEPAL

SABAH Nepal is a community based social-business organization which works towards strengthening the livelihoods of financially deprived and marginalized home based workers (HBW) of the informal sector in Nepal.

SABAH Nepal identifies and brings together local HBWs/artisans in a group and empowers them through intensive skill enhancement trainings, leadership trainings, exposure visits, market awareness and other capacity building programs. They are also provided with a whole range of business development inputs ranging from market readiness, market linkages, market intelligence, quality standardization, R&D to product development.

Who are Home Based Workers

Home-based workers are those who produce goods or provide services from in or around their own home, including in a structure attached to their home. The term home-based workers refers to two types of workers who carry out paid work in or around their homes

Our Outreach

Districts

CFCs

Clusters

1000

HBW Members

WHAT WE DO

Organizing HBWs

SABAH Nepal organizes the dispersed HBWS into various clusters or groups so that their voices are hard and have more bargaining power.
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Skill enhancement

SABAH Nepal provides skill development and upgradation training on both technical and soft skills. Till date SABAH has provided trainings on more than 150 skill sets.

Product Design & Development

SABAH’s product development & design interventions enable HBWs to make standardized market oriented products.

Business Development Support

SABAH facilitates HBWs to start their own bankable sustainable enterprise by identifying business opportunities at various nodes of the value chain.

Branding & Marketing

SABAH provides a permanent marketing service through its own retail network, Haat-bazaar, shop-in-shops and online portals.

Value Chain Development

SABAH Nepal takes the market-driven approach that supports HBWs to make various quality market-oriented products through interventions at various nodes of the value chain.

What HBWs Say About Us

HBW Testimonials

“I am very happy that the indigenous skills I’ve inherited have become my means of livelihood and identity in my district, Sankhuwasabha. I feel proud to be acknowledged as women entrepreneur and women HBW’s leader. Thank you SABAH!"

Krishna Kumari KulungSankhuwasabha

“I have transormed myself from a shy home-based worker to a community leader. I have been able to organize HBWs in three different clusters and currently providing them support for regular business.”

Man Kumari RaiCluster Leader

“Organizing women HBWs of my community to run a collective business under SABAH was a rewarding task for me. I am grateful to SABAH who empowered me and supported to lead the process.”

Apsara DangolApsara Dangol, CFC Leader, Khokana