Education for Income Generation (EIG)
EIG provided quality training to improve literacy, numeracy, life skills, and peace-building skills, resulting in creating employment opportunities, on-farm & off-farm, for marginalized, Dalit, Janjati minorities and conflict-affected youths aged between 16 and 30-35 years to build a productive livelihood. Vocational skill training or agricultural productivity and enterprise training have boosted their capability.
| Donor | USAID/Winrock International |
| Start date | February 2008 |
| End date | September 2011 |
| Project Districts | Rolpa, Salyan, Dailekh, Jajarkot, Rukum, Dang, Pyuthan, Banke, Bardiya, Surkhet |
| Achievements | A total of 25,144 targeted youths trained for 9 months with three different modules: Literacy and numeracy, life skills and entrepreneurship development. Graduates were either facilitated for skills training or for enterprise development. |