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GWN community and CSR programmes
CSR & Community

Beyond the placement — caring for workers, families and communities

Migration does not end at departure. GWN invests in welfare, reintegration, education and legal protection to make sure Nepali workers and their families genuinely thrive — before, during and after their time abroad.

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Govt. Licensed
25+
Years Experience
70,000+
Workers Placed
270+
Global Clients
Certified
Ethical Recruitment
Our community impact

Numbers that reflect our commitment

1,200+
Returnees reintegrated
87
Scholarships awarded
5+
Community camps per year
4,000+
Family liaison calls handled
70,000+
Welfare kits distributed
4
Countries with legal aid coverage

Our responsibility to the migrant community

Nepal is one of the most migration-dependent economies in the world. Remittances account for over 25% of GDP. Behind every remittance figure is a person — a worker who made a profound sacrifice, leaving family and community to earn abroad, often in difficult conditions.

At GWN, we believe a manpower agency bears responsibility beyond the moment of placement. Our responsibility begins when a worker first contacts us, continues throughout their contract, and does not fully end when they return home. The programmes below reflect that belief in practice.

How CSR connects to our commercial model

Ethical recruitment and strong CSR are not charity. They are also good business. Workers who are informed before departure, supported during their contract and reintegrated successfully on return are more likely to re-apply for a second placement, more likely to refer family members, and more likely to leave the kind of testimonials that build the trust that sustains a 25-year business.

Our CSR programmes are designed to create a virtuous cycle: better-prepared workers perform better abroad, generating repeat business from employers; better-treated workers come home with stronger skills and savings, reducing dependency on migration over generations; and better-informed communities are less vulnerable to fraudulent agents.

Our programmes

Six ways GWN invests in workers beyond placement

Returnee Reintegration Programme
Worker Welfare

Returnee Reintegration Programme

Every year, tens of thousands of Nepali workers return home after contracts abroad — often with savings, skills and ambitions, but without a clear plan. GWN's Returnee Reintegration Programme offers: free one-on-one financial counselling, skill-conversion workshops that translate overseas trade skills into Nepal-based earning opportunities, small-business advisory for workers who want to become self-employed, and partnership with microfinance institutions for low-interest startup loans.

1,200+ returnees counselled since 2018
24/7 Family Liaison Line
Worker Welfare

24/7 Family Liaison Line

Migration is a family experience, not just an individual one. GWN operates a dedicated family liaison phone line for the families of placed workers. Families can call for status updates, contract clarifications, welfare check-ins, or emergency escalation — in Nepali, during standard office hours and via WhatsApp around the clock. Since launching, the line has handled over 4,000 family queries, many of which prevented misunderstandings from escalating into avoidable crises.

4,000+ family queries handled
Pre-Departure Welfare Kit
Worker Safety

Pre-Departure Welfare Kit

Every worker placed by GWN receives a welfare kit before departure. The kit contains: an emergency-contact card (in Nepali and English) listing the GWN welfare desk, destination-country embassy, and FEPB claim number; a multilingual pocket guide to rights and responsibilities in the destination country; a first-aid essentials card; and an embassy hotline lanyard. These materials — developed with input from returned workers — give workers the information they need in the format that is most useful when they are far from home and uncertain.

70,000+ kits distributed since programme launch
Scholarship Programme for Migrant Workers' Daughters
Community Education

Scholarship Programme for Migrant Workers' Daughters

GWN sponsors school and college fees for selected daughters of migrant workers in partnership with three Kathmandu-based community schools and two colleges in Chitwan and Pokhara. Priority is given to girls from families where the father or primary earner has been absent for more than two years due to migration. The scholarship covers tuition, school uniforms and stationery. We believe that migration should fund the next generation's opportunity, not just service current-period debt.

87 scholarships awarded since 2016
Pre-Migration Community Awareness Camps
Fraud Prevention

Pre-Migration Community Awareness Camps

Each year, GWN counsellors travel to five or more districts with high migration rates — including Chitwan, Kaski, Rukum, Sindhupalchok and Makwanpur — to run half-day community awareness camps. The camps cover: how to identify fraudulent recruitment agents; what DOFE pre-approval means and how to check it; what fair service charges look like; what workers are legally entitled to; and how to use the FEPB welfare fund. These camps are free and open to all community members.

5+ districts per year, 500+ attendees annually
Overseas Worker Legal Aid Fund
Worker Rights

Overseas Worker Legal Aid Fund

When GWN-placed workers face employer violations — withheld wages, contract substitution, unlawful termination — that require legal action in a foreign jurisdiction, GWN's Legal Aid Fund covers initial legal consultation costs. We partner with labour law firms in UAE, Qatar, Poland and Malaysia to provide first consultations at no cost to the worker. In cases where GWN's own due diligence on the employer was insufficient, we cover a larger share of legal costs as a matter of principle.

Legal consultations covered in 4 destination countries
Environmental responsibility

Our commitment to reducing our footprint

A recruitment agency's environmental impact is modest compared to industrial sectors — but that does not exempt us from taking it seriously.

  • Paperless documentation initiative — all worker contracts, DOFE filings and employer MoUs are digitally archived, reducing paper use by an estimated 40% since 2022
  • Kathmandu office powered by 60% solar during peak daylight hours since the 2023 rooftop panel installation
  • GWN counsellors use video calls for employer interviews rather than flying abroad for in-person visits wherever possible — estimated annual CO2 saving of 12 tonnes
  • Donated three solar home systems to migrant worker families in Kaski district in partnership with a local renewable energy NGO
  • Office single-use plastic ban in place since 2021 — all refreshments use reusable or compostable packaging
GWN environmental initiatives

Partner with us on community programmes

If you represent a school, NGO, microfinance institution or community organisation working with migrant workers or their families, we want to hear from you. We are always looking for partners to expand our community programmes.

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