SWOG: nepal profile

A study tour of dedicated and committed social workers from Nepal was organized for a period of 3 weeks in January1998 in different parts of India. During this period the participants availed of the opportunity to interact and share information about each other's programmes, understand their experiences, bare facts and problems confronted by them in the course of overall development process. The visit to different social organizations and groups in India and the study of their people centered development initiatives further inspired the participants to reaffirm their commitment and to consolidate their efforts through solidarity approach for community development initiatives. Today's Social Workers Group (SWOG) is the result of value commitment, determination and solidarity of these activists towards social development, Despite the political pressure from the then panchayat political system, SWOG   had been able to demonstrate a strong networking group of NGOs committed to struggle against the causes of poverty.

SWOG, which initially came into existence with the primary objective of periodical meeting, interaction and solidarity among group members developed into an autonomous social organization following the encouraging atmosphere that dawned in the country's social services sector after the mass movement of 1990. The organization received formal recognition from the government on 10th August 1990. The organization works purely as non-profit and non-partisan basis. SWOG has vision of self sustained and empowered rural communities committed for social justice and equity. Today SWOG is working with a mission of empowering the disadvantaged groups of the Nepalese society by strengthening their organizational capabilities.