Nepali business is showing it has a social conscience by launching a campaign to sponsor girl children from underprivileged communities in Dang. This unique partnership between FNCCI and the United Nations Women's Organisation (UNWO) in Nepal will work with local groups in Dang to sponsor 65 girls. Businesses and individuals can sponsor one or more girls at Rs 8,000 to see them through a year of schooling. "In the long term, business will benefit from having an educated and productive work force, for us it should be an investment in our future," says FNCCI's Suraj Vaidya. Candy Karcher of UNWO said the project was a unique partnership in which Nepali business could help Nepali children. "Education is the most important gift you can give a child, because it empowers her for life," she said.