One Step February 2005
Denmark
One Step is a Danish non-Government Organization (NGO) located in the city of Aarhus. The aim of the organization is according to its articles "to help people of the Third World in their attempt to be self-supporting."
The organization has a committee, a chairman and a treasurer. Once a year the accounts are presented to an accountant for approval. Anyone may join One Step after paying an annual membership fee.
All work is done on a voluntary non-profit basis, and no one in the organization, including the members of the committee, receives any kind of payment. It is important to emphasize that all aid is given directly from One Step to the beneficiary.
All the current members of One Step have travelled in Nepal and are acquainted with the social, political and cultural conditions of the country. It is partly due to this acquaintance that the members have wished to form the organization to help families and individuals.
The small projects One Step has chosen to help are all locally based. To ensure that the agreements are being kept, a local volunteer is connected to each project. This volunteer is formally responsible for the project including its financial aspects.
One Step is currently giving aid to the following projects:
§ A trainee position for a local woman, where tools and possibly salary
are being provided.
§ English lessons for a young Tibetan man to enable him to work as a
cultural guide.
§ The initiation of an alternative tourist programme which includes: visiting local craftsmen and visiting Nepali and Tibetan families, educational stays in monasteries including participation in ceremonies, and visiting various social institutions and projects.

Furthermore, One Step intends to initiate a production of its own, to exchange ideas and
to perhaps start an export business.

All benefiting projects will be closely followed, evaluated at the end, and the accounts examined.
One Step is always open to new ideas, new members and enquiries for help. We can be reached at our address in Denmark:
And in Nepal at:
On behalf of the committee,

Elsebet Bjergfelt