Kopila Valley Women's Co-operative (KVWC) aims to empower women of the Surkhet Valley to become strong and independent businesswomen. The cooperative emerged out of the Kopila Valley Women's Center, which was started in 2013 by BlinkNow Foundation. The Women's Center is a space for women to gather to learn job skills, improve their literacy, receive counseling services, and support one another. Graduates of the training program developed the cooperative to market their handcrafted products. They specialize in shawls, scarves, bags, blankets, and housewares made from handloom textiles. The women also make the student uniforms for the Kopila Valley School, and serve as mentors to the new members of the Women's Center job skills training program. Kopila Valley Women's Cooperative has its own retail shop and is developing relationships with national and international wholesalers to expand their impact.