Massage therapy training and employment

Training and Employment

Using a Social Entrepreneurship model, micro-credit loans are provided our student's in exchange
for the training provided. This is a 450 hour, full-time, fourteen week course, six days a week. A
deposit commensurate with each student's economic background is required to secure the training
position as a gesture of commitment and "good faith". This ensures a sense of value to the training,
and also encourages the development of initiative, responsibility, and pride, rather than simply
providing a hand-out.

Employment is guaranteed within our various spa boutiques for every student that graduates from
our project. Following a profit sharing model - with collective decision making, regular group
meetings, and review - our graduate students share a strong sense of loyalty and ownership
regarding our overall project. This structure also facilitates a sense of pride and personal
achievement for our students rather than reinforcing dependency or a loss of control.

Coupled with substantial individual income, this provides independence, confidence, and significant
personal growth, both individually and within the community as a whole.

Once employment is arranged, and our students are financially secure, the micro-credit loan is
repaid to the Himalayan Healer's "house". These funds are in turn leveraged to provide the next
group of student's training.

This provides a level of self-sustaining financial support, so that once seed money or a student's
training is paid for, that funding will continue to have a positive, effective impact on many more
students' lives.

To learn more about our Curriculum click here

Himalayan Healers is an innovative, pioneering project – the first of it’s kind in the world.
We are the only project that is directly addressing the issues of “Untouchability” via the instruction of Touch Therapies.
This provides a level of healing on a personal and community level – in a peaceful manner – that is immeasurable.

Himalayan Healers also recognizes that Nepal is a nation of need –
As such, we have open admissions and provide training and support to any and all. As a result, our training and employment has also focused upon
assisting victims of human trafficking, victims of domestic violence, war widows, and others of profound need.

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