The primary focus of Kriayt Social Business is developing sustainable education and employment programs for women in Nepal. This project was launched in August 2013 with 6 women being trained in sewing and crochet and subsequently employed in the manufacture of Kriayt products utilising these skills.  It was to be a 6 month project but the program grew to train 22 women per month in many areas of handicraft and life skills. The women followed on with business & job skills if they chose for job placement within their communities.

To date in 2019 we have trained nearly 2000 women in Nepal.

In April 2015 a devastating earthquake hit Nepal killing nearly 9,000 people and over 22,000 were injured. Kriayt Community Leaders were able to take action within hours of the quake. Fundraising happened on a My Cause page and profits from the Kriayt Handicraft group started immediate buying of Food, cooking pots, tarpaulins, ropes and blankets. Our stored clothes were packed up and 4WD vehicles were sent to remote villages every few days. Some of the villages we touched have not received Earthquake aid besides us to this day. We are proud to report that the cleaning and rebuilding happened with a community spirit of helping each other one by one.

Once emergency action had been taken our 2^nd action after the Earthquake in Nepal was to provide temporary shelter to people needing to rebuild their homes. We worked with company in Kathmandu called Portal Shelter who supplied materials and instruction on building temporary shelters. Kriayt raised funding to buy the Porta shelters and local group EnterNepal US transported them to remote forgotten villages and helped with the building of them onsite. At that point in time it was not safe for women to travel on their own, so teamwork with EnterNepal a group of local young men was vital. We help a sponsorship drive as each Portashelter cost $130AU and housed a family of 8. These provided a safe place to live allowing each family time to thoughtfully rebuild. All the materials used to construct Portal Shelters could be reused to build more permanent homes.
Kriayt Social Business proudly funded these homes and their 4WD team also took to remote villages helping deliver and erect the shelters.

MyCause Fundraising and sponsors such as Nikki Smith 100km walk (80), Hope for Himalayan kids (47), ACU Choir (6) & Noosa District School(10) enabled us to build 150 houses.

This project guided at risk or needy women towards Employment. They entered a program to learn how to set up their own business. We shared ideas and skills and taught them basic business skills. We were able to include from other NGO’s Micro Loan opportunities.