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BUSINESS INFO
Founded on March 8, 2012
Mission
Prevent a Lost Generation of Women in Nepal
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About
Social business venture accelerating New Media, ICT and STEM based education + enterprise for young women in Nepal using basic consumer technology
Awards
1st Runner Up - World Bank Violence Against Women Hackathon
Products
Lassi, Coffee, Tea, Eggs, Toast
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STORY
Providing a solution for girls in crisis: Beyond the Four Walls is aimed at creating an endowment fund to support the higher education of women in rural Nepal.
We provide training and tools to girls for starting companies and getting ahead before it's too late for them. It costs a girl $5 per month to join the hub- You can sponsor a girl for automatically tiwth paypal for $5 per month: http://bey...ondthefourwalls.org/
Description
A hackerspace and fund for young women in Nepal based in Bhaktapur, Nepal
We're building a nationwide initiative providing applicants ICT training for girls who are motivated, intelligent, who are likely to face forced marriage without education or a job. Simultaneously the contest is an ongoing quarterly opportunity for women led startups in Nepal to get funding, training, and office/Lab space.
An online + brick and mortar hub that serves as a base for startups to learn and work. with ongoing crowdfunding campaigns that are promoted by the growing "hacker" collective of women. The storefront office space is located beside a top engineering college in the country.
The end result is an active, creative opportunity that can easily be known of by all Nepali people. The fund will a a pillar of social change for making families understand the value of existing and future girl children. We aim to have every family raise girl children to be accepted for B4w funding.
Global internet access Spaces for women Listing:
https://safespaces.crowdmap.com/reports/view/71
VentureBeat article
http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/23/beyond-the-four-walls-is-building-cyber-cafes-in-rural-nepal-run-entirely-by-women/
Metro Silicon Valley article:
http://www.metroactive.com/features/tech-solutions-combat-poverty-illiteracy3.html See More
We provide training and tools to girls for starting companies and getting ahead before it's too late for them. It costs a girl $5 per month to join the hub- You can sponsor a girl for automatically tiwth paypal for $5 per month: http://bey...ondthefourwalls.org/
Description
A hackerspace and fund for young women in Nepal based in Bhaktapur, Nepal
We're building a nationwide initiative providing applicants ICT training for girls who are motivated, intelligent, who are likely to face forced marriage without education or a job. Simultaneously the contest is an ongoing quarterly opportunity for women led startups in Nepal to get funding, training, and office/Lab space.
An online + brick and mortar hub that serves as a base for startups to learn and work. with ongoing crowdfunding campaigns that are promoted by the growing "hacker" collective of women. The storefront office space is located beside a top engineering college in the country.
The end result is an active, creative opportunity that can easily be known of by all Nepali people. The fund will a a pillar of social change for making families understand the value of existing and future girl children. We aim to have every family raise girl children to be accepted for B4w funding.
Global internet access Spaces for women Listing:
https://safespaces.crowdmap.com/reports/view/71
VentureBeat article
http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/23/beyond-the-four-walls-is-building-cyber-cafes-in-rural-nepal-run-entirely-by-women/
Metro Silicon Valley article:
http://www.metroactive.com/features/tech-solutions-combat-poverty-illiteracy3.html See More
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