WE COACH NEPAL
The WE Coach Nepal project uses football as a platform to empower young women to become leaders and active participants in their local communities. To date, 38 young women have gained valuable skills and knowledge related to coaching and women’s empowerment and provided football training sessions to over 700 girls in Surkhet, Dhangadi, Sunsari, Morang and Kathmandu districts. This work has been supported by the European Union in Nepal, the American Embassy, and Australian Aid.
Coaches-in-Training are supported to approach a local school to form a girls’ football team in their community. Coaches-in-Training lead football training sessions and prepare their teams to compete in a final regional tournament. Throughout all activities, WE United also runs a dynamic social and traditional media campaign to promote the visibility of these coaches and encourage communities around Nepal to re-picture women.
The overall goal of WE Coach Nepal is to contribute to a future in Nepal where empowered women and girls can participate in different aspects of sports at all levels with support and recognition from their communities.
Throughout the WE Coach program, the coaches-in-training demonstrate leadership skills and confidence as well as collective problem-solving skills.
The WE United Project’s dynamic curriculum includes sessions on gender equality, women’s empowerment through sports, safe spaces, sports(wo)manship, menstruation awareness and leadership. Participants learn how to implement community projects and engage other young women in sports activities.
