‘Foreign Employment App’ introduced

Kathmandu, May 25 – The ‘Foreign Employment App’ has been introduced with an aim to provide information to workers heading abroad for migrant work.

The Sajha Sawal Media on Thursday made public the application coinciding with its fifth anniversary. Media’s Editor Anil Adhikari said the app was introduced by targeting the aspirant migrant workers and thousands of Nepali migrant workers abroad, manpower entrepreneurs and concerned stakeholders.

“The app will play a crucial role in finding adverts for employment, information on the adverts nature, details on man power companies and information on all the man power companies,” Adhikari shared.

He added that aspiring migrant workers from Nepal can get information on the demands of the destination country, the salary, companies’ criteria and standards. The workers can get in direct contact with the concerned through the app, according to the editor.

On the occasion, Nepal Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs’ Association General Secretary, Naresh Gelal, noted the immense contribution made by foreign employment in the country’s development. Referring to the new app, Gelal said, “This kind of work should have been done from the government’s side, the private sector, albeit late, has done a good job.”

Foreign Employment Department’s Department Director, Ram Kumar Thapa, said the app will work as a bridge between the workers and entrepreneurs. He also pledged support from the department on necessary information to run the app.