Santosh's crafts
Kathmandu, Nepal
Santosh
is a 19 year old Nepali who has been on the streets since he was
7. Six weeks after his Street
Business Toolkit training he shows me his callused hands: “See
how hard I’ve been working!” he says. In September 2005,
Santosh was part of the first group of Nepali youth to participate in the Street Business Toolkit. He came to the training after learning how to make handicrafts out of recycled paper. Since his Toolkit, Santosh has used the case studies he learned to strategize about marketing his crafts.
He is now off the street, living in shared accommodations and can manage his living and operating costs. He feels passionately that other youth need the chance provided by Street Kids International and so he gives 20% of his profit back to youth programs.
“It’s my business strategy”, says Santosh. “We use paper that is good for the environment and a portion of our profits go back to the kids, this is good for business.”
meet Santosh - He feels passionately that other youth need the chance provided by Street Kids International and so he gives 20% of his profit back to youth programs. “It’s my business strategy”, he says.
