IDEO.ORG: BINDI PROJECT

The Bindi Project is a sustainable train-the-trainee program that provides women in low-income neighborhoods with the knowledge, skills, and support they need to become leaders and catalysts for change with and in their communities.

The project is a collaboration between Design for America of NYU, and Women for Human Rights (WHR), an NGO based in Nepal that aims to empower single women economically, politically, socially, and culturally.Together, the two organizations set out to connect women in urban slums with trusted sources—they call them community concierges—of reliable information and needed resources.


The idea is to empower women through education and access to information on health, administrative tasks, and more. The Bindi Project will create a path for women in low income-neighborhoods of Nepal to take on new leadership roles within their communities and become point-persons for information sharing.-

Read our guide here.

Read about our IDEO collaboration here.