Aloi ले यस कार्यक्रममा दुई पाङ्ग्रे सवारीमा महिलाहरुलाई सशक्त बनाउने उद्देश्य राखेको छ। यसमा महिला सहभागीहरुलाई आवश्यक सीप र रोजगारीको अवसरहरू प्रदान गर्नका साथै सहुलियत ब्याजदरमा SAJILO  कर्जा उपलब्ध गराउँछौं। कार्यक्रमका विवरण र मापदण्डहरू निम्न छन्। यदि तपाईलाई हाम्रो कार्यक्रम बुझ्नमा कुनै समस्या भएमा, कृपया हामीलाई सम्पर्क गर्नुहोला: +९७७ ९७०४५५४२१६ 

महिला सवारी कार्यक्रममा को-को सहभागी हुन सक्छन्?

• रोजगारीमा जान चाहने तर सवारी चलाउन नजान्ने वा पूँजीको पहुँच नभएका महिला
• NGO जस्ता संग्स्था मा आबद्ध भएका महिला
• यातायात जस्ता क्षेत्रमा व्यवसाय सुरु गर्न इच्छुक महिला, जहाँ सवारी चलाउने सीप र पूँजी आवश्यक हुन्छ
• पढाई र तालिममा संलग्न महिलाहरू
• मार्केटिङ र सेल्स जस्तामा करियर अघि बढाउन चाहने महिला

कार्यक्रम तीन चरणमा विभाजित छ:

पहिलो चरण: तालिम कर्जा

पहिलो चरणमा, हामी इच्छुक महिलाहरुलाई उहाहारूको ड्राइभिङ तालिम, लाइसेन्सको खर्च, र ट्रायल खर्चका लागि कर्जा प्रदान गर्न वित्तीय संस्थाहरूसँग जोड्नेछौं।

पहिलो दुई महिना अनुग्रह अवधि हुनेछ, जहाँ ऋणीले ब्याजको रकम मात्र भुक्तानी गर्नुपर्नेछ। पूर्ण कर्जाको भुक्तानी भने रोजगार सुरु गरेको दुई महिना पछि सुरु हुनेछ। कर्जाको भुक्तानी अवधि १ वर्षको लागि मान्य हुनेछ, र उनीहरूको सुविधाअनुसार दैनिक, साप्ताहिक वा मासिक आधारमा भुक्तानी गर्न सकिन्छ।

पहिलो चरणको तालिममा यी कुराहरू समावेश छन :

• लिखित र ट्रायल परीक्षाको तयारी
• गियर, र ट्राफिक नियम सम्बन्धी तालिम
• सवारी साधनको मर्मत सम्बन्धी तालिम
• सडकमा तालिम
• ट्रायल परीक्षाहरू बीच सवारी तालिम
• ज्ञान परीक्षण

दोस्रो चरण: भाडामा लिने र रोजगार

तालिम प्राप्त महिलाले लाइसेन्स पाएपछि, सहभागीहरूले Aloi वा हाम्रा पार्टनर कम्पनी हरु जस्तै (Niu, Segway, Komaki, Yadea, Super Soco, Ryan Energy आदि) बाट इलेक्ट्रिक स्कूटर भाडामा लिन सक्छन्। उनीहरूले हाम्रा पार्टनर लजिस्टिक्स कम्पनीहरू (Foodmandu, BhojDeals, Upaya, Pick N Drop, Khaanpin, आदि) मा स्थिर तलबमा काम गर्न सक्नेछन्, र अतिरिक्त आम्दानीका लागि राइड-शेयरिङ पनि गर्न सक्नेछन्। यस चरणमा, हामी महिलाहरूलाई आफ्नै स्कूटर किन्नको लागि डाउन पेमेण्ट बचत गर्न प्रोत्साहित गर्छौं। हामी आत्मनिर्भर महिलाहरूलाई आफ्नै स्थिर आम्दानीसहित देख्न चाहन्छौं।

तेस्रो चरण: इलेक्ट्रिक सवारी (EV) कर्जामा पहुँच

डाउन पेमेंट बचत गरेपछि, Aloi सहभागीहरुलाई बैंकहरूबाट इलेक्ट्रिक स्कूटर खरीद गर्न कर्जा प्राप्त गर्न मद्दत गर्नेछ। Aloi ले सहभागीहरुलाई इलेक्ट्रिक सवारी साधनहरूमा ठूलो प्रावधान दिनेछ

महिला सवारी तालिम कार्यक्रमबाट के अपेक्षा गर्न सकिन्छ?

• इलेक्ट्रिक दुई पाङ्ग्रे सवारीको लागि सवारी तालिम प्राप्त गर्ने महिलाहरूलाई यी सवारी साधनहरू सञ्चालन गर्न आवश्यक सीप प्राप्त हुनेछ, जसले उनीहरूको सवारी स्वतन्त्रता बढाउनेछ।
• कर्जा सुविधामा पहुँचले महिलाहरूलाई आफ्नै इलेक्ट्रिक स्कूटर किन्न सक्षम बनाउनेछ, जसले उनीहरूलाई आवतजावत गर्न र आम्दानी गर्न सहयोग गर्नेछ, र आर्थिक सशक्तिकरण प्राप्त गर्नेछ।
• इलेक्ट्रिक स्कूटरको प्रवर्द्धनले कार्बन उत्सर्जन र वायु प्रदूषण घटाउनेछ, जसले दिगो यातायात प्रणालीलाई सहयोग गर्नेछ।
• लजिस्टिक्समा महिला सहभागिताको वृद्धि हुनु भनेको महिलाले यस क्षेत्रमा पनि उत्कृष्ट गर्न सक्छन् भन्ने प्रमाणित गर्नु हो, साथै इलेक्ट्रिक सवारी साधनको स्वीकृतिलाई प्रवर्द्धन गरेर, लजिस्टिक्स कम्पनीहरूलाई लागत घटाउन र स्वस्थ वातावरणलाई समर्थन गर्न मद्दत गर्नेछ।

थप जानकारीको लागि, कृपया संपर्क गर्नुहोस्: सुरभि मिश्रा (surbhi@aloi.global) या +९७७ ९७०४५५४२१६/ +९७७ ९८१८०५०६६२

Aloi has organized Women Mobility program, a two-wheeler program focusing on empowering women by creating a supportive ecosystem providing essential skills and job opportunities. In this program, we provide credit at a very low interest rate under understandable circumstances to train and guide the participants. Following are the criteria and details of the program. If you have any trouble understanding our program, please feel free to contact us.

Who can participate in our women mobility program? 

• Women who want to join the workforce but don’t know how to drive or lack access to capital
• Women supported by associations or NGOs
• Women interested in starting businesses in sectors like transportation, where driving and capital are crucial
• Young women pursuing education or vocational training aiming to enter fields requiring driving skills and capital
• Women looking for career advancement in roles like marketing and sales

The program is divided into three phases:

Phase 1: Training Loans

In the first phase, we will connect interested women to financial institutions that can provide loans to cover their training, licensing costs, and multiple trials if needed.

The first two months will be considered as a grace period where the borrower only needs to repay the interest amount. The full repayment of the loan starts two months after beginning the job. The repayment period is valid for 1 year and, also could be repaid on a daily/ weekly or monthly basis as per their convenience.

Our first phase of training includes:

• Preparation for written and trial exams
• Training on gear, traffic rules, and fall management
• Basic vehicle maintenance guidance
• Provision of protective gear (helmet, gloves)
• Up to 2 hours of extra road training
• 30 days of daily half-hour driving training
• Up to 2 trial attempts
• Driving training between trial attempts
• Testing knowledge on trial grounds

Phase 2: Leasing and Employment 

After the trained women obtain their licenses, participants can lease electric scooters from Aloi or our rental partners (Niu, Segway, Komaki, Yadea, Super Soco, etc.). They can work in our partnered logistics companies (Bhoj, Upaya, Pick N Drop, Khaanpin, etc.) with a stable salary and can also do ride-sharing for extra income. During this phase, we expect the women to save for the down payment to buy their own scooters. We would love to see empowered women with their own stable income.

Phase 3: Access to EV financing 

Once the down payment is saved, Aloi will help participants get financing from banks to purchase their own electric scooters. Aloi will also connect participants with EV vendors offering heavy discounts.

What to expect from our women mobility training program?

● Women who receive driving training for electric 2-wheelers will get the necessary skills

to operate these vehicles, thereby increasing their mobility and independence.

● Access to credit facilities will enable women to buy electric scooters on their own, allowing them to commute and earn income, achieving financial empowerment.

● Promoting electric scooters will reduce carbon emissions and air pollution, contributing to a sustainable transportation system.

● Increased female participation in logistics will prove women can excel in this industry, and boosting the adoption of electric vehicles, helping logistics companies reduce costs and support a healthier climate.

For more inquiries, please contact: Surbhi Mishra at surbhi@aloi.global or +977 9704554216/ +977 9818050662

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Once upon a time, Nepal had the leading zero carbon emission public electric-vehicle industry. Yes, that’s a fairy tale now because the amount of carbon emissions by vehicles in Nepal doesn’t tell us we are even near contributing to the zero carbon emission. Safa-tempo started in the mid-1990s and was booming and blooming. It was locally manufactured but not anymore which shows how economical it would have been. At the time when safa-tempo was introduced, it required two sets of 12 acid- batteries which needed to be imported from California. This was one of the drawbacks along with harsh government policies in support of diesel micro-buses that were imported at that time. Once a world-leading commercial electric vehicle, safa-tempo was facing its downfall.

According to the safa-tempo association, there are a total of 714 safa-tempos in the valley right now. Some safa-tempos are still running and some are in the garage rusting. Due to government regulations, safa-tempo owners are currently facing an unanticipated crisis where they are required to pay eight years of income tax at once and if seen running without the proper renewed document then they are being fined for that too. The government denied providing any discounts on the taxes. In addition to that, custom duty was increased from 10 to 40 percent and the excise duty was fixed at the highest rate i.e. 80 percent during the budget for the Fiscal Year 2077/78. But recently, after a meeting of the Council of Ministers, the Cabinet decided to reduce the taxes by between 25% to 80% depending on the capacity of the vehicles, although the VAT and excise tax have been retained. Despite his own government’s commitment two years ago to make 20% of vehicles electric-powered by 2020, in his annual budget speech in May, Khatiwada increased the excise tax of only 10% on battery cars to 40%-60%, and another 60% customs duty. These fluctuations and lack of support from government policies have discouraged a lot of micro-entrepreneurs of the electric vehicle industry.

Present might seem difficult for safa-tempos but there is a possibility that it can turn around the current situation into a positive one in the near future. Aloi as a digital token loan service provider is trying to coordinate with the safa-tempo association helping safa tempo drivers have easy access to finance via digital token, build their capacity and help build multiple models of income. More companies like us and the government itself must invest in electric vehicles like safa-tempo. Electric vehicle industry like safa-tempo needs supports from the government more than ever now just to exist. Once we were able to manufacture safa-tempo so why not do it again! Why not manufacture the batteries locally which are required to run the safa-tempo? Why not make once a pioneering country in the commercial public electric vehicle industry, a pioneer again?

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COVID-19/Lockdown Impact

The lockdown imposed in Nepal due to COVID-19 is affecting everyone’s livelihoods. The daily-wage workers like the safa-tempo drivers are the ones most affected by this lockdown. We interviewed some of the daily wage workers we work with through our product BijuliPower. It has been over 80 days now since the lockdown was imposed with a strict rule of social distancing and complete stop on public transportation. This impacted our safa tempo drivers adversely with no means of income. They don’t have any income sources to pay their loans, rather they are struggling to survive in Kathmandu with basic food supply and rent issues, as many are from areas outside of the Kathmandu Valley.

Some women drivers were able to go back to their villages which saved them a lot of money. Unfortunately, some couldn’t go back due to the sudden nature of the lockdown. One safa tempo driver that went back home felt like she didn’t fit in with the village lifestyle as she is used to living in the city. When they decided to come back to the city, her landlord wouldn’t allow her due to worries about covid transmission. This is sad for the safa tempo driver but it’s also a measure of precaution that the landlord had to take.

As we talked more, they shared with us their concern for their child’s education as everything is now online but without a daily wage, she couldn’t afford the internet fees. With so many urgent priorities, they don’t want to have to worry about education, but this is still causing a lot of stress. Regarding their business in the safa tempo industry, most women were hesitant and anxious because so far the public transportation business seems risky even once the lockdown lifts.

One woman driver shared she had to take responsibilities for 3 families with zero savings and solely with the income from safa tempo. Her husband has three wives including her and he is currently jobless. Right now, their sole income source is gone. This is the reason why this safa tempo driver says she would hesitate to take a future loan for upgrading the battery of her tempo. An increase in the Electric Vehicle taxes by the Nepal government has the safa tempo drivers worried about their future in this industry also.

To help these women in crisis Aloi launched a crowd funding campaign for 55 families of safa tempo drivers who were struggling for basic food supplies. We successfully surpassed the targeted number of families and have helped 196 families with 301 food packages distributed so far. We hope to help these families in this crucial situation brought by COVID-19.

Our BijuliPower campaign was successfully launched at the third iteration of OWN IT conference of Woman Lead Nepal on February 29, 2020. Through our transportation partnership with the conference, we had a great kick start to BijuliPower which provides private hire services for events like this. As OWN It conference is there to fill the gaps between the female leaders and the aspiring young women leaders, there wouldn’t have been any better summit than this for us because we believe in uplifting women leaders and microentrepreneurs like our Safa Tempo women drivers.

We were overwhelmed by the participation of more than 200 young leaders from different fields. The participants included our well-known female leaders like Miss Nepal 2002 and entrepreneur, Malvika Subba. As our campaign focuses on promoting clean and green transportation services she quoted:

“if you use the electric-powered vehicle like Safa Tempo, you will be supporting a clean green environment”

–Malvika Subba

Likewise, the executive director of Woman Lead Nepal Hima Bista, herself encouraged our campaign by saying BijuliPower sets an example through the change we’re trying to bring from the grass-root level by empowering women drivers and advocating a clean green environment. Kudos to the team of Woman Lead Nepal on conducting an impactful event like OWN IT conference, we were honoured to be a part of it.

Thank you to Women LEAD Nepal for hosting a very successful OWN IT conference on 29 February 2020. We were honoured to be there to launch our BijuliPower product that helps events, individuals, and offices hire private safa tempos to provide transportation services. Here are some photos from the event:

GEM, through BijuliPower, will be providing clean and green transportation before and after the conference.

On Saturday, February 29, 2020, Women LEAD Nepal will hold OWN IT Nepal, a one-day leadership summit for young women. OWN IT Nepal seeks to bridge the gap between female leaders of the 21st century and the young women who admire them by producing accessible events for young women of all demographics—not just those who can afford to pay their way.Through OWN IT Nepal, we aim to change the narratives around what it means to be a woman in Nepali society, promote and discuss intersectional feminist values, and ultimately to bring together young women who are eager to change Nepal through art, business, journalism, politics, public service and more.The first OWN IT Summit was held at Georgetown University in 2014. 2020 OWN IT would mark the summit’s third iteration in Nepal.We had over 200 young women and men, between the ages of 18 to 26 years, participate in OWN IT Nepal last year. OWN IT Nepal saw the youth come together to celebrate women’s leadership and to learn from current female leaders. This year too, we will have amazing speakers who inspire to change.

Date: Saturday, Feb 29, 2020
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Venue: Ageno: The Hestia, Dhobighat, LalitpurIf you have any queries, please contact ownit@women-lead.org!