USAID/Nepal’s Education for Income Generation (EIG) and Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) jointly launched a website – www.jobfirst.org.np – to provide jobs to 70,000 disadvantaged people in Nepal’s far-west. The website aims to support and provide an additional tool to help disadvantaged youths from the Mid-Western development region and elesewhere to find jobs matching their skills.

It has targeted 15 districts – Banke, Bardiya, Surkhet, Dang, Pyuthan, Jumla, Humla, Dailekh, Jajarkot, Rolpa, Rukum, Salyan, Dolpa, Mugu and Kalikot. It will facilitate poor youths who have not passed the School Leaving Certificate exam to find training programmes, institutes and suitable jobs.

The site would also accept vacancy notices for jobs requiring minimal education.

Beth Paige, director of USAID/Nepal, said that the jobsfirst was reflective of USAID’s commitment to work with the private sector to stimulate economic growth, develop businesses and workforces, and expand access to education and technology. nepalnews.com Apr 14 09