North End Studios & Sherpa Foods to host Nepalese dinner to benefit Empower1's "Women Empowerment Project - Soap Project" in Nepal.

Inspired by the success of our previous project "Women Empowerment Project - Goat Project" where we donated 20 goats to 10 women in rural village of Nepal to help women become independent, we are very excited about launching our next project "Women Empowerment Project - Soap Project." The "WEP - Soap Project" project aims to build a soap factory in Dhading, a rural village in Nepal, and to train and empower women in the village to have an environment for income generation which helps the self- sustainability of women and help improve their families livelyhood.

Why Soap?

Majority of Nepalese house hold (60 - 70%) in Nepal do not own a washing machine or dishwasher for various reasons, financial being the top reasoon. The clothes are washed by hand with soap which is why there is a big market for soap in Nepal. Empower1 (501 c 3 non-profit based in US- https://www.facebook.com/empower1org) and Peace4People (Non-profit based in Nepal) are partnering to help build a soap factory and train local women to make soaps which can be sold in markets to generate income for them and their families. Currently, due to low literacy rate among women in the village, they are limited to house and farm work and dependent on their male figure of the household. Once trained, the women in the village will be able to generate income by selling soaps, be independent and help improve their families livelyhood.

The Nepalese Dinner will include an array of traditional Nepalese foods that will accommodate vegetarian and gluten-free diets. Beef and vegetable Momos (Nepalese dumplings), Himalayan style chicken curry with rice, lentils with rice, and mango lassi will be the featured dishes served at the event. The chefs of this dinner will be friends and family of Sherpa Foods (https://www.facebook.com/Sherpafoods), with additional help from local Nepalese volunteers.

Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door (Half price for children under 10). Attendees can go to http://www.northendstudios.org/ to purchase tickets in advance.

If you would like to donate to this project, you can donate at https://www.gofundme.com/Empower1WEP

Please visit the facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/172778026721530/ to let us know if you are coming :).

Thank you.