Alternatives, Nepalese Youth Entrepreneurs Federation (NYEF)-Pokhara, BIG FM and Development Voyage are jointly organizing various programs on the occasion of the Global Entrepreneurship Week-2009. In a joint statement issued Monday, the organizers said the Week, celebrated between November 16 to November 22 by organizations all over the world working to spur the youth and entrepreneurship, aims to play an important role in the development of entrepreneurship around the world.
Project Namaste IV team of SMU contributed Singapore dollar 200, for the 83% campaign of Alternatives which focuses on rural youth entrepreneurship development on December 6, 2009 at the dinner party organized for the Alternatives team. 
A two-days training session of doll making, Sani Gudiya was organized by Alternatives for the marginalized, single and disable women from 23-24 October,2009 at the Alternatives training hall. The program started with the welcome speech from Mr. Jiban Baral where he clarified the importance of entrepreneurial efforts of the marginalized women in Nepal. 
Alternatives launched Uddhyam Sikchya Abhiyaan from Bal Mandir School
one of the oldest schools of Pokhara on the special occasion of Global
Entrepreneurship Week 2009. This program is a youth social enterprise
and school partnership program for promoting youth entrepreneurship
education in local schools amongst Pokhara valley and outskirt. 