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Head OfficeThe Schumacher CentreBourton on DunsmoreRugby, CV23 9QZ, United KingdomTel: +44 (0) 1926 634400Fax: +44 (0) 1926 634401Email: [email protected]
BangladeshHouse 12/B, Road 4DhanmondiDhaka- 1205, BangladeshTel: +880 (0) 2-8650439, 9675236, 9675243Fax: 8802 9674340Email: [email protected]
Eastern Africa Regional OfficeMethodist Ministries Centre Block C (First Floor)Oloitoktok Road, off Gitanga RoadP.O. Box 39493 – 00623Nairobi, KenyaTel: +254 (0) 20 2713540 / 2715299 / 2719313 / 2719413Fax: +254 (0) 20 2710083Email: [email protected]
PeruAv Jorge Chaivez 275- MirafloresApartado Postal 18-0620,Lima 18, PeruTel: +511 (447) 5127, 444-7055, 446-7324Fax : +511 (446) 6621Email: [email protected]
Southern Africa Regional OfficeNumber 4 Ludlow Road (off Enterprise Road)NewlandsHarare, ZimbabweTel: +263 (4) 776631-3 , 776107, 2936857-60Fax: +263 (4) 788157Email:[email protected]
SudanBuilding 46, street 55, Al Jazera StreetKhartoum 2, North of Badr ParkP.O. Box 4127, Khartoum 1114Khartoum Central, SudanTel: +249 (183) 460419 / 578821 / 578827Fax: +249 (183) 472002Email: [email protected]
Sri Lanka5, Lionel Edirisinghe MawathaKirulapone, Colombo 05Sri LankaTel: +94 (11) 2829 412 / 413 / 414Fax: +94 (11) 2856 188Email: [email protected]
South Asia Regional OfficeHouse No. 2677Narayan GopalSadak, MaharajgunjP.O. Box 15135, Kathmandu, NepalTel: 977 (1) 4720 803/804/761Fax: 977 4720802Email: [email protected]/nepal
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Cover Photo: Practical Action’s beneficiary in Doti.Swarnima Shrestha/Practical Action
Text and production coordination: Swarnima Shrestha and Upendra Shrestha
Financial Picture at a GlanceFinancial Statement For the period from April 2012 to March 2013
SOURCES OF INCOME Restricted Unrestricted TOTAL 2013 TOTAL 2012 £ £ £ £ Government Grants 1,161,620 - 1,161,620 2,144,882NGO Grants 1,317 - 1,317 13,300Other Grants 114,020 3,619 117,639 161,406Donations 80,611 28,000 108,611 88,558Other Income 610 610 186Sales of Materials 369 369 561Income from Services 196,939 196,939 97,493Bank Interest Receivable 595 595 5,218Grants from UK 56,827 56,827 -
TOTAL INCOME 1,357,568 286,958 1,644,526 2,511,603
EXPENDITURE Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change 296,574 131,379 427,953 793,581Energy 90,234 24,141 114,375 -Food & Agriculture 251,714 163,934 415,649 1,020,580Knowledge & Communications - 43,020 43,020 31,229Urban Wash 577,952 33,343 611,296 595,680Directorate 5,000 343,664 348,664 372,318
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1,221,474 739,482 1,960,956 2,813,388 FUND BALANCE 136,093 (452,524) (316,431) (301,785)
Notes: 1. A consolidated financial statement was signed at organisational level in the UK. 2. The figures provided are part of the report which are related only to Nepal Office. 3. Country programmes are realigned as per the country strategy 2012-2017
Message from the Regional Director
Acronyms
Practical Action in Nepal
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Contents
Vision
Mission
A sustainable world free of poverty and injustice in which technology is used to the benefit of all.
To contribute to poor people’s wellbeing using technology to challenge poverty by:• building the capabilities of poor people;• improving their access to technical options and knowledge; and • working with them to influence social, economic and institutional systems for innovation and the use of technology.
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Access to Energy
Agriculture, markets and food
securityUrban waste, water and sanitation
Message from the Regional DirectorI am pleased to share this annual report highlighting Practical Action’s efforts and impacts during the year 2012-13, the first year of our new five year strategic period 2012-17. The reporting period has been inspiring for us. We have continued to maintain our reputation of demonstrating good practices by working with people and partners at various levels and taking the learning at different levels.
The “Demonstration of Healthy Hoods in Nepal” project was completed this year. The project was able to make a noteworthy impact in Gorkha district where 866 smoke hoods were installed resulting in 82 per cent reduction of indoor smoke and significant improvement in the respiratory health of the beneficiaries in the target areas.
Under the Agriculture, markets and food security programme, the UKAid funded MASF Dairy project reached its completion. The project was successful to meet its objectives to increase the quality and volume of the milk production as well as smallholder dairy farmer’s access to commercial market by getting linked with a number of private sector organisations in the value chain. The project was able to establish 119 dairy collection centres in close coordination with local authorities and cooperatives. Similarly, in the EU funded ROJAGARI project, a SMS based job information system was introduced through which job seekers can get employment related information. Likewise, a new project supported by the UKaid through ASI called SAMARTH-NMDP started from December 2012.
We had a very remarkable year in our Urban water, waste and sanitation programme, under which the SWASHTHA project was concluded. The EU funded project was able to make significant impact in
Practical Action’s beneficiary, Doti.
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the communities. Fifteen among the 21 project communities have been declared as the Open Defecation Free (ODF) zone and rest are in the process of becoming so. The project prioritised the use of various kinds of water filter to increase the access of safe drinking water as a result of which the communities of Guleriya, Surajpur, Dipendranagar and Kothiya are declared as safe water zone and Bagbazar in Chitwan has been declared as a ‘Healthy Community’. Another EU funded project, Delivering Decentralisation was initiated which is being implemented in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Similarly, PRISM project also funded by the EU continued its success of the past year making significant impact in the lives of Informal Waste Workers. A first of its kind cooperatives, solely of the waste workers was established with the project facilitation.
Our success in the field of DRR and especially in EWS leapt forward to take a greater shape. We successfully concluded the SCORE project under the DIPECHO VI programme which was able to save the lives and assets of over 30,259 people. We have already started the work under DIPECHO VII cycle with a new project SAFER Nepal. Also, expanding our DRR work to multi hazard aspects including earthquake resilience, a new project BDRC started working along with Pokhara Sub-metropolitan with support from the UKaid through Action Aid.
Our Practical Answers Services was able to expand its geographical horizon by expanding into five districts; Kailali, Banke, Rupendehi, Nawalparasi and Chitwan and also the scale of its work by responding to 95.6 per cent of the received 19,861 technical enquiries from the target communities.
Our works and achievements this year was able to add value to our goal of leveraging large scale change contributing to poverty reduction, technology justice and sustainable wellbeing for all. I take this opportunity to thank everyone who made it possible for all this to happen. I want to express my gratitude to all the generous donors who had faith in us and supported our work. I would also thank all our partners and the Government at both national and local level. And most importantly, I truly thank the people from the communities who let us be a part of their lives and worked together with us to make things better.
Happy reading!!
Achyut LuitelRegional Director
Putting the best effort on the
areas of our strength and
recognised expertise shaping
a remarkable base for the new
strategic period.
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AcknowledgementA BlairAdam Smith InternationalBosch SiemensDepartment for International Development (DFID)European Commission Humanitarian Aid & Civil ProtectionEuropean UnionEvan Cornish FoundationGerman Investment Cooperation, DEG GermanyGlacier TrustG TaylorIsle of Man GovernmentRobert Bion & Co. Ltd.Stanley Thomas Johnson FoundationUKAidUN Habitat’s Water for Asian Cities ProgrammeValerie Iles
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Acronyms ASI Adam Smith InternationalBDRC Building Disaster Resilient Communities in Pokhara Sub-metropolitan BSH Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances CAP Community Action PlanCBDRM Community Based Disaster Risk ManagementCBEWS Community Based Early Warning System CCI Chamber of Commerce and Industries CCODER Centre for Community Development and Research CIUD Centre for Integrated Urban Development CRC Community Resource CentreCSDR Centre for Social Development and Research DEOC District Emergency Operation Centre DFID Department for International Development DHM Department of Hydrology and MeteorologyDMC Disaster Management CommitteeDRR Disaster Risk Reduction EDF Enterprise Development FacilitatorENPHO Environment and Public Health Organisation EWS Early Warning System FCHV Female Community Health VolunteerFOCUS Forum for Community Upliftment System Nepal FORWARD Forum for Rural Welfare and Agricultural Reform for Development IAP Indoor Air Pollution ICS Improved Cook Stove IWW Informal Waste WorkerJRC Job Resource Centre MASF Market Access for Smallholder Farmers MuAN Municipal Association of Nepal M4P Making Markets Work for the Poor NEOC National Emergency Operation Centre NGO Non-Government OrganisationNLBC National Livestock Breeding Centre NMDP Nepal Market Development Programme NRCS Nepal Red Cross SocietyNSDRM National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management ODF Open Defecation Free PPEO Poor People’s Energy Outlook PPP Public Private Partnership PRISM Poverty Reduction of Informal Workers in Solid Waste Management SectorROJGARI Raising Opportunities for Jobs in Gramin Areas for Rural Incomes SAFER Nepal Strengthening Actions for Fostering Resilience through Early Warning and Risk Sensitive Planning in Nepal SAP Structural Analysis Process SCORE Strengthening Capacities of Communities for Disaster risk Reduction through Early Warning SEBAC Social Empowerment and Building Accessibility Centre SIYB Start and Improve your Business SMS Short Messaging SystemSWASHTHA Strengthening Water, Air, Sanitation and Hygiene Treasuring Health TLO Tole Lane OrganisationTOEE Training for Existing EntrepreneursTOGE Training for Growing EntrepreneursTVTC Technical and Vocational Training CentreVAHW Village Animal Health WorkerVDC Village Development CommitteeWATSAN Water and Sanitation
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conomist E.F. Schumacher, author of “Small is Beautiful”, founded Practical Action in 1966. It was established with the objective of reducing poverty through the wider use of appropriate technologies in the developing world.
With head office in the UK, Practical Action works in more than 40 countries through its country and regional offices in Bangladesh, Bolivia, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Peru, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Zimbabwe.
Practical Action supports the efforts of poor people to improve their lives through the provision of appropriate technology choices, and the associated information, knowledge, skills and capacity required to use them. Practical Action ensures that its innovation and initiatives are context appropriate, affordable, and acceptable to the communities who use them.
Practical Action started its work in Nepal during 1979. For almost two decades, Practical Action was mainly involved in micro hydro sector by developing and transferring technologies, building the capabilities of local manufacturers, imparting knowledge and skills to the rural entrepreneurs, and advocating for appropriate policies and institutions.
Practical Action works in more than 40
countries through its country and regional
offices in Bangladesh, Bolivia, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Peru, Sri Lanka, Sudan and
Zimbabwe.
PRACTICAL ACTION IN NEPAL
Practical Answers’ beneficiary using homemade eco-friendly pesticide, Nawalparasi.
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After the establishment of the Country Office in 1998, Practical Action diversified its activities in the energy programme from micro hydro to other forms of renewable energy and expanded into the new technology areas of agro processing, rural transport and disaster management. At present, Practical Action contributes towards sustaining lives and livelihoods of the poor by providing technological options in the areas of food security, adaptation to climate change, disaster management, improving market access for small producers, maximising benefits from energy and alternative transport services, clean air actions, and waste management and sanitation for sustainable urban environment among other areas.
In its current strategy period 2012 -2017, Practical Action is more focused for leveraging large scale change that contributes to poverty reduction, technology justice and sustainable wellbeing for all. The new strategy focuses on
four areas of work in particular where Practical Action has recognised expertise and added value relative to other organisations across multiple countries. These four areas of work are: • Access to energy – Sustainable access to modern energy services for all by 2030. • Agriculture, markets and food security – A transition to sustainable systems of agriculture and natural resource management that provides food security and livelihoods for the rural poor. • Urban waste, water and sanitation – Improved access to drinking water, sanitation and waste services for urban dwellers. • Disaster risk reduction – Reduced risk of disasters for marginalised groups and communities.
In addition, Practical Action is investing in learning and the development of best practices through two cross cutting themes – Climate change and Making markets work for the poor.
Economist E.F. Schumacher, author of
“Small is Beautiful”, founded Practical
Action in 1979.
“Small is Beautiful”
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ACCESSTO ENERGY
his programme aims to
increase access to energy
in lighting and clean and
efficient technologies for
cooking. The programme focuses on
demonstrating decentralised energy
systems with particular focus on
achieving minimum energy standards
and total energy access to achieve
universal access to energy by 2030.
Locals installing solar panels at Dhaubadi VDC, Nawalparasi.
Demonstration of Healthy Hoods in Nepal
ObjectiveTo create solutions for global health issues created from solid
biomass fuel burning while cooking by design and optimisation
of the smoke hoods technology
Target GroupFuel wood users households from high hill areas
Implementing Period
27 months (January 2011 to March 2013)
Project AreaGorkha District
Implementing Partners
University of Bundeswehr Munich, Germany and GORETO
Funded byGerman Investment Cooperation, DEG Germany, and Bosch
Siemens
Project Benefitted4,330 people
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Practical Action joined hands with Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances (BSH) to design an optimised smoke hood to create a technological solution for clean, efficient and safe cooking in Nepal. The partnership was able to create an ideal design of smoke hood that removes significant amounts of indoor smoke allowing families to continue the traditional cooking practices using efficient stoves with hoods. The project raised awareness of 8,000 people on adverse health impact of Indoor Air Pollution (IAP), among them 866 households installed smoke hoods alongside improvement in cooking stoves. The project facilitated to establish revolving funds and enhanced institutional capacity of nine local cooperatives for credit facilities to install smoke hoods. Similarly, the project capacitated 50 local entrepreneurs and local manufacturers for fabrication and installation of smoke hoods to ensure sustainable supply and timely maintenance.
The project achieved• 82 per cent reduction in indoor smoke,• Significant improvement in the respiratory health
of more than 2,100 women and children, and • 30 per cent reduction in fuel wood consumption.
82% reduction in indoor
smoke.
Poor People’s Energy OutlookThe Poor People’s Energy
Outlook (PPEO) report
is published by Practical
Action since 2010. The
annual consecutive reports
have focused on energy
use in the home, enterprise and community services. The
report seeks to raise the profile and improve the conceptual
understanding of energy access in the development
community and presents a unique perspective on energy
access in developing countries. It presents unprecedented
details of the experiences of energy use and deprivation of
people living in poverty. This year, third edition of the series,
Poor people’s energy outlook 2013: Energy for community
services (PPEO 2013) was launched across different countries
where Practical Action is working.
Practical Action is using Poor people’s energy outlook as an
important advocacy tool for influencing key global initiatives
such as the Sustainable Energy for All movement. The report
has proposed indicators for defining and measuring access
to energy – including the Energy Supply Index, Total Energy
Access minimum service standards and the Energy Access
Ecosystem Health Index.
In Nepal, PPEO 2013 was launched on March 2013 amongst
the government officials, media personnel, energy advocates,
development workers and other stakeholders.
“smoke hoods technology”
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his programme strives to bring a visible impact on food security situation in
food deficit areas through improving the agricultural input technology, increasing access to smallholders’ friendly irrigation scheme, and market system development. The work under this sector over the strategic period aims to significantly increase the income of rural farmers through sustainable production and development of rural market linkage.
Women planting rice saplings, Bardiya
AGRICULTURE, MARKETS AND FOOD SECURITY
ROJGARI - Raising Opportunities for Jobs in Gramin Areas for Rural Incomes
Objective
To improve the livelihoods of poor and
marginalised rural communities through
better employment opportunities
Target Group
5,000 rural youths from dalit, ethnic
and other disadvantaged groups
Implementing Period
36 Months (June 2011 to May 2014)
Project Areas
Kailali, Doti and Achham Districts
Implementing Partner
SEBAC-Nepal
Associates
• Dev Training and Management
Service Centre Pvt Ltd., Dhangadhi,
Kailali
• Training and Consultancy Centre for
Employment and Enterprising Pvt.
Ltd., Dhangadhi, Kailali
• Bee Poly Technique Institute Pvt Ltd.,
Dhangadhi, Kailali
• Far West IT Education Academy Pvt.
Ltd., Dhangadhi, Kailali
• Kailali Poly Technical Institute,
Dhangadhi, Kailali
• Bananas Training Centre Pvt Ltd.,
Tikapur, Kailali
Funded by
The European Union
Project benefitted
4,167 youths
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Job Seekers can find information
related to employment opportunities
by sending SMS to 5253.
“SMS to 5253”
The ROJGARI project is being implemented by Practical Action since June 2011 in 16 Village Development Committees (VDCs) of Kailali, Doti and Achham Districts. In the second year, the project prioritised to strengthen the capacities of Technical and Vocational Training Centres (TVTCs) and rural youths. The project trained TVTC staff in better managing the centres and organised exposure visits to India to assess job opportunities and understand requirements of the prospective employers. The project supported to establish a resource centre, a hospitality centre for Nepali migrant workers, two tailoring training centres, a computer training centre and an engineering workshop in Kailali. Advance training on masonry and tailoring was provided to 33 instructors (16 in mason and 17 in tailoring) of different TVTCs in Kailali. Following that, the TVTCs provided market based occupational skill training to 2,503 youths on different skills of which 1,320 youths are already employed.
The Job Resource Centres (JRCs) established in TVTCs have started job-placement and counselling services through trained counsellors. The 16 Enterprise Development Facilitators (EDFs) received refresher training on Training for Existing Entrepreneurs (TOEE)
and Training for Growing Entrepreneurs (TOGE). The EDFs organised 75 Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) training sessions in which 1,664 youths (556 female) participated out of which 539 (212 female) youths have started enterprises. The major identified enterprises are Chiuri herbal soap production, turmeric powder production, improved water mill, goat farming, pig farming, poultry farming, black-smith’s workshop improvement, meat shop and dairy. The project developed 33 lead market actors from among existing entrepreneurs in Doti and Achham Districts for better business development services and to scale up the interventions.
The project continued to promote the Rojgari web portal and services provided by the JRCs and TVTCs. Within one year 4,500 youths have already uploaded their job profile in the web portal. This year the project launched Short Messaging Service (SMS) based job information system and a weekly radio programme Shram Ra Rojgari.
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Objective
To reduce poverty in Nepal by increasing incomes
of smallholder dairy farmers and small-scale
entrepreneurs
Target Group
Smallholder dairy farmers in Nepal
Implementing Period
December 2012 to November 2014
Project Areas
Chitwan, Dhading, Gorkha, Tanahun and Nawalparasi
Districts
Implementing Partners
Various NGO and Private sector partners related to the
dairy market systems
Funded by
The UKaid/DFID through Adam Smith International (ASI)
This year, Practical Action started implementation of dairy sub sector of Samarth-Nepal Market Development Programme (NMDP). The rural market development programme aims to reduce poverty by increasing income of smallholder farmers and small scale entrepreneurs. The programme follows the Markets for Poor (M4P) approach emphasising on improving the underlying pro poor performance of rural sectors, leading to opportunities for better access and improving growth for poor and disadvantaged people.
The Samarth-NMDP dairy project aims to raise the annual income of poor and disadvantaged rural dairy farmers by addressing the issue of unavailability and access to the inputs and services. The project is designing intervention in various areas such as access to veterinary services, forage, formal milk market, feed, breed and financial services. Piloting of business model has started in two intervention areas – access to veterinary services and access to forage.
MASF Dairy–Market Access for Smallholder Farmers
Objective
To reduce poverty by increasing sustainable income of smallholder
dairy farmers
Target Group
Low income smallholder farmers of the project districts
Implementing Period
24 months (June 2010 to June 2012)
Project Areas
Chitwan, Tanahun, Gorkha and Dhading Districts
Implementing Partners
FORWARD Nepal in Chitwan, CCODER Nepal in Gorkha, FOCUS Nepal
in Dhading, NGO Network in Tanahun and Chamber of Commerce
and Industries (CCI) in Chitwan
Funded by
The Ukaid through Department for International Development (DFID)
Project benefitted
12,367 households (Female 50 per cent)
SAMARTH-Nepal Market Development
Programme-Dairy sub sector
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The MASF project benefited 12,367 households with various kinds of improved technologies in dairy farming. The project provided training on using modern and scientific practices in animal husbandry as a result 9,365 farmers adopted one or more scientific practices in dairy farming. The project also trained 186 service providers including Village Animal Health Workers (VAHW), Artificial Inseminators, and forage/fodder nursery persons for efficient service delivery at the local level.
The action facilitated to establish 119 (48 new and 71 strengthened) dairy collection centres in close coordination with local authorities and cooperatives. The collection centres are providing much needed storage facilities to 8,281 smallholder dairy farmers. Similarly, the project improved the access to financial services of 5,169 smallholder dairy farmers with initiation of savings, loans, and micro insurance and facilitated to establish 11 revolving fund comprising of dalit farmers. Among them, 4,076 farmers are receiving these services through group savings initiated by the project or local cooperatives linked by the project.
For the first time in Nepal, the National Livestock Breeding Centre (NLBC) imported improved breed sexed semen with financial support of the MASF Dairy project. Practical Action signed an agreement with NLBC to pilot this initiative in breed resource centre developed by the project. The project also initiated “Dairy Enterprise Facilitation Services (One Stop Shop)” in Chitwan, Dhading, Gorkha and Tanahun Districts in collaboration with the local Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCI). The one stop shop provides a wide range of services such as facilitating enterprise registration, providing paid legal counsel, providing dairy enterprises related information and enterprise development training and technical training.
After the MASF Dairy project intervention,• 71.1 per cent project households came out of poverty,
and• 818 full time jobs were created out of which 303
beneficiary are women.
The project initiated the “improved breed resource
centre” for the first time in Nepal. The project
developed a business model on improved breed
service and collaborated with farmers’ cooperatives to
establish and run the business. After the establishment
of the first improved breed resource centre in
Gitanagar, Chitwan, other cooperatives crowded-in to
initiate the same business model. The whole model
is well acclaimed by government institution and other
development workers. Project facilitated to develop
five improved breed resource centres in Chitwan,
Gorkha and Tanahun Districts.
SUCCESS STORY
Youths happy to find appropriate opportunities
“I had been looking for a job for so long. I had applied
at so many places, but I did not get a chance anywhere,”
opines 22 year old Sunita Chaudhary from Dhangadi, Kailali.
“There was lack of skilled human resource. We wanted to
hire skilled people rather than training them afterwards.
But finding such people was really difficult,” says Rajendra
Hamal, manager of one of the famous hotels located at
Dhangadi, Kailali.
Things have changed for both job seekers and providers
after the intervention of ROJGARI project. The project has
been facilitating the fee based skill development training
in partnership with six training providing institutes in the
project districts. These institutes provide various training
such as cooking, kitchen helpers, housekeeping, hotel
assistants, beauty parlour, and sewing among others.
“Now it has become easy for us to get skilled human
resources because institutes like Bee Poly Technique
are providing training to youths according to our human
resource need,” shares Hamal. “Such trained youths work
better than others. We have already hired seven youths who
have taken training from Bee Poly Technique institute.”
After the availability of such training facility in their local area,
the scope of opportunities has broadened for youths like Sunita,
“I participated in the Hotel Assistant training which helped me
gain skill as well as confidence. Besides the training, the JRC
facilitated by ROJGARI project helped me to prepare my CV
and also assisted me to find the job. The JRC provides all the
information important to a job seeker which is very beneficial for
uneducated people like us. I was able to get an appropriate job
right after completing the training and I am very happy.”
“The ROJGARI project is connecting trained people with
possible employers and this has been very beneficial for both
employers and job seekers,” says Hamal.
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Local youth started CS filter manufacturing enterprise after intervention of SWASHTHA project, Bardiya.
URBAN WASTE, WATER AND SANITATION
he programme aims to
improve the health of urban
residents, through increased
awareness, providing
access to safe drinking water, better
sanitation facilities, waste services and
proper solid waste management, and
practicing safe hygiene behaviours. The
urban poor households and
disadvantaged groups are the primary
beneficiary of this programme.
Objective
To promote systems of decentralised urban governance so that slum
dwellers are empowered to engage effectively in decision making and
delivery of improved urban services
Target Group
Slum dwellers and their organisations, city level forums and the local
authorities
Implementing Period
48 months (April 2012 to March 2016)
Project Areas
Butwal and Bharatpur Municipalities
Implementing Partner
Lumanti – Support Group for Shelter
Funded by
The European Union
Project benefitted
5,442 households
Delivering Decentralisation: Slum dwellers’ access to
decision making for pro-poor infrastructure services
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36 community leaders
trained from 11 communities.
“Delivering Decentralisation”
Practical Action is implementing this project in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In Nepal, the project works to strengthen Slum Dwellers’ Federation in Butwal and Bharatpur Municipalities. The project trained 36 community leaders from 11 communities including two members of the slum federation on leadership skills and municipal planning process. Similarly, exposure visit was organised for 34 Tole Lane Organisation (TLO) leaders from the project municipalities to Dharan municipality for observation and learning about joint work of community people, slum federation and municipality for upliftment of the urban poor. The project facilitated to prepare Community Action Plans (CAPs) of 16 TLOs (Bharatpur - 5 and Butwal - 11) for integrated development of their community.
Objective
To improve living conditions of the informal waste workers in
solid waste management sector in the project areas
Target Group
Informal waste workers of Kathmandu Valley
Implementing Period
36 months (June 2011 to May 2014)
Project Areas
Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Madhyapur Thimi, Kirtipur and
Bhaktapur Municipalities of Kathmandu valley
Implementing Partner
Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD)
Funded by
The European Union
Project benefitted
5,897 waste pickers
PRISM - Poverty Reduction of Informal Workers
in Solid Waste Management Sector
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The PRISM project is benefiting Informal Waste Workers (IWWs) residing in five Municipalities of Kathmandu Valley. The project target group consist of vulnerable and socially excluded men, women and children of project municipalities recognised as a rag picker, reclaimer, binner, recycler, scavenger, and waste picker.
The project is working with 50 different IWW groups among which 10 are women groups. The project conducted capacity building training, awareness raising campaigns and exposure visits
within different groups. The project also initiated savings and credit mobilisation, income generating activities, informal education and awareness on health care services in all the groups. The project provided entrepreneurship development training to 173 IWWs (35 per cent female) and non-formal education to 89 IWWs. Technical skill training was provided to the participants as per their selected enterprise. Similarly, the project supported basic safety equipment – rain boots, shoes, glove, mask, raincoat, wind cheater, trousers, apron, and cap to 1,976 IWWs to use while working in the waste.
The project identified nine social protection
schemes vital to support the IWWs – Health care,
Child protection, Saving and credit mobilisation,
Women protection, Preventive health care, Cash
transfer, Micro finance/cooperative and Safety net.
The project successfully piloted the Health care
scheme in collaboration with different community
hospitals supporting 1,000 IWWs and their
immediate family members. Under the Child
protection scheme, the project is facilitating
IWWs’ children to access formal and informal
education. The project has already supported 412
IWWs’ children for admission in the school and
educational materials.
For Saving and credit mobilisation scheme, the
project oriented 44 groups, in which 606 male and
148 female members participated. In total, 514 (126
female) IWWs are regularly saving within the groups.
The project formed 10 women’s groups consisting
137 women under the Women protection scheme.
Five Community Resource Centres (CRCs) are
established in project areas with an objective
to organise self-sufficiency for social protection
schemes like the maternity protection schemes,
skills training, informal education, health care
services, saving and credit mobilisation and
capacity building.
Under the Preventive health care scheme, the project
supported IWWs’ groups by providing first aid box
at their working station and training to use the
medicines during cuts, wounds and small accidents.
The project facilitated the IWWs to establish waste
pickers’ organisation SASAJHA which is registered
with the government of Nepal as waste pickers’
association. SASAJHA is now issuing ID card to IWWs
for their recognition. Moreover, the project supported
waste workers to launch first informal waste workers
cooperative; Sanyukta Safai Jagaran Saving and
Credit Co-operative Ltd. under the Micro finance/
cooperative scheme. In total, 181 members (95
female) are associated with co-operative and saving
on regular basis. Under the Safety net scheme, the
project supported two IWWs suffering from health
related problem requiring immediate surgery.
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SWASHTHA project implemented in central, western and far western regions of Nepal benefitted 12,794 households residing in urban and peri-urban areas of the project municipalities including 12,000 women and 24,000 children. The project achieved remarkable improvement with regard to access in sanitation facilities in the project communities. Construction of sanitation services and sanitation supplies increased significantly, which include 2,495 toilets, 671 washing platforms and 1,092 changs (raised wooden platform for drying utensils) in targeted households of project areas. Practice of hand washing after using toilets has increased by 71 per cent.
The project facilitated to declare 15 project communities as Open Defecation Free (ODF) zone jointly with respective local authorities and the communities. The project supported to construct seven public toilets benefiting 3,945 people. Apart from this, child and gender friendly sanitation facilities in 36 project schools were constructed including both new (13) and maintenance of existing (23) facilities benefiting 18,658 students and teachers. Sanitary pad incinerators were introduced in 17 schools to manage used sanitary pads which benefitted more than 4,357 school girls and female teachers. The project supported to construct a community compost plant with Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Butwal Municipality. The plant handles organic waste generated from 400 households, and has the capacity of producing 4.9 metric tons of compost per month. After the intervention, open disposal of household waste has reduced by 85.4 per cent.
The project supported to implement water safety plans; consequently, use of water filter has increased significantly to 89.3 per cent. All households in 21 targeted communities have adopted at least one type of appropriate water treatment options. In total, the
project has supported 1,348 Colloidal Silver (CS) and candle filters, 386 bio sand filters and 108 arsenic filters benefiting 10,315 people. Besides this, 21 community managed water supply schemes, 26 community hand pumps improvement and 24 platform improvement were completed benefiting 8,340 people. At household level, 179 new hand pumps were installed benefiting 1,025 people. Similarly, 1,297 hand pump platforms were improved in the project communities benefiting 7,263 people. These interventions has resulted in 22.5 per cent decrease in the incidence of water borne diseases in project areas and 94 per cent reduction in health related expenditure of the target population. Surajpur, Deependranagar and Kothiya communities at Guleriya were declared safe water zone after easy access of safe drinking water at every households.
The project benefited 12,794 households with improvement in indoor air quality standards; the indoor smoke level was reduced by 50 per cent in 1,582 households after the project interventions through 319 Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs). The Health Impact Study indicated that 90 per cent households have separate kitchen and are using Improved Cook Stove (ICS) and gas stove to remain safe from indoor smoke. The project capacitated local change agents – 319 FCHVs, 38 mother leaders and 70 water and sanitation volunteers and mobilised to create awareness and spread message on improving hygiene behaviours. In total, 36,575 people (12,794 female) benefited with better awareness on hygiene behaviour.
Integrated interventions of SWASHTHA project
helped to declare Bagbazar in Chitwan as the first
Healthy community in Nepal. The indicator for
healthy community is the total sanitation cluster
having access to safe drinking water, improved
sanitation facilities, better hygiene practices and
managing waste properly.
Objective
Contribute to sustainable improvement in health
and wellbeing of vulnerable population especially,
women and children residing in urban and peri urban
settlements of the project areas
Target Group
Socially excluded families and marginalised and ethnic
caste groups of project areas
Implementing Period
48 months (January 2009 to December 2012)
Project Areas
Bharatpur, Guleriya, Butwal and Tikapur Municipalities,
Sharadanagar and Pattihani VDCs of Chitwan District
and a few urban neighbouring municipalities and
small towns like Ratnagar, Ramgram, Sidharthanagar,
Sunawal, Bardaghat and Kawasoti
Implementing Partners
Environment and Public Health Organisation (ENPHO),
Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) and respective
municipalities and concerned VDCs
Funded by
The European Union, UN-Habitat’s Water for Asian
Cities Programme, Isle of Man Government
Project benefitted
12,794 HHs
SWASHTHA-Strengthening Water, Air, Sanitation and Hygiene Treasuring Health
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Maya Tamang (31) has been involved in waste
picking for more than 20 years. She works as
a waste segregator and lives with her husband
and two sons aged 4 and 9. Her husband too is
involved in the waste industry. Together, they are
working hard to fulfill the needs of their children
and give them proper education for better future.
But the situation was challenging for her, acerbated
by the health condition of her family members.
Her children used to get sick as many as 20 times
in a year. This affected their education and also
put a huge financial burden on the family. They
frequently contaminated various diseases such as
common cough and cold, fever, typhoid, diarrhea,
and dysentery among others. The cost of visiting a
doctor and getting proper medicine was putting the
family into a vicious circle of economic problems.
Most of the times, she had to borrow money from
others to get medical help.
But this has become a distant past for Maya, who
now has a healthy family and stable economic
condition. Her family members now do not get sick
that often and whenever they do get ill, she takes
them to a good doctor without having to worry
about its financial implications.
This drastic change became possible after PRISM
project started working with the waste workers like
Maya to improve different aspects of their lives.
Through the training provided by PRISM, Maya was
able to learn about the health related issues which
has helped her keep the family healthy. “We used to
get sick for about 20 times a year, now it has come
down to about 3-4 times,” says Maya. “After gaining
the knowledge from the training provided by PRISM,
I started taking care of myself and the family in a
better way. I started using a different safety uniform
provided by the project while working, and changed
into other clothes after completing the work. I
started maintaining cleanliness in my house and
taught my children to do the same.”
“I had no idea that taking such small measures
like washing the hands properly after coming from
work, wearing safety equipment while working,
and keeping the house clean could have such a
significant impact in the health as well as wealth of
my family,” shares Maya.
Besides the training, the PRISM project facilitated
access of waste workers to better health services.
Under the project’s Health care scheme, health
insurance policy is being provided to the waste
workers like Maya. The service available in three
different hospitals of three districts in Kathmandu
valley has made health services accessible to the
waste workers who can now go for free health
check-ups in these hospitals. Apart from this, eight
community health centres also provide 50 per cent
discount on the health check-up facilities to the
waste workers after project intervention. “It has been
really easy after the introduction of the Health care
scheme, now we do not have to pay huge amount for
the health check-up, we only pay for the medicines,”
says Maya, “I have realised I can remain healthy by
taking a few safety measures and keep my family
healthy too. That in turn has helped me a lot to save
on the medical expenses improving the economic
condition of my family.”
SUCCESS STORIES
Better health increases economic stability
I had no idea that taking
such small measures could
have such a significant
impact in the health as well
as wealth of my family.
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The 80 households of Bagbazar Tole of
Saradanagar, Chitwan District has set an
example almost unique in the context of Nepal.
Every single household in the community has
toilet, safe drinking water, improved sanitation
condition, better hygiene practice, proper waste
management, and better kitchen management.
Consequently, the community has been declared
as a healthy community. This became possible
after the initiatives taken by the community,
SWASHTHA project and local government
institutions in past four years.
Earlier, the sanitation and health practice of
the community was very poor but things have
changed after the SWASHTHA project intervened
through its activities to create awareness among
the villagers. The project initially carried out
awareness campaigns together with training on
health and sanitation. The VDC was declared
Open Defecation Free (ODF) area but the
community was not satisfied with the declaration
of ODF area only. They were committed to make
the community a healthy community. To turn this
community dreams into a reality, the SWASHTHA
project team developed indicators and checklist
of healthy community with participation of the
community people. The checklist was approved
by District WASH Coordination Committee
(D-WASH-CC). The committee set the criteria
that a community should obtain at least 80 per
cent compliance to the indicators to be declared
as a healthy community. Bagbazar community
was assessed against the indicators through
an independent survey and it was successful in
achieving 84.75 per cent compliance which was
enough to declare the community as first healthy
community in Nepal.
Healthy community in Nepal
Community scored 84.75 %
compliance which was
enough to declare the
community as first healthy
community in Nepal.
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Rescue training for disaster preparedness, Guleriya, Bardiya.
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
his programme focuses on early
warning for flood and
landslides and building
resilience of the earthquake
vulnerable communities. The programme
aims to influence local governments and
national stakeholders for strengthening
resilience through main streaming DRR and
adaptation to climate change into
development planning.
Objective
To build the capacity of communities to respond and prepare for
disasters
Target Group
Poor people living in the most disaster prone communities
Implementing Period
24 months (April 2012 to March 2014)
Project Area
Pokhara sub-metropolitan city
Implementing Partner
Siddhartha Club and Community Support Group
Funded by
The UKaid/DFID through Action Aid
Project benefitted
22,500 people
BDRC - Building Disaster Resilient Communities in Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan
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safe construction training to 258
masons and 100 contractors.
“Capacity building of Communities”
Building Disaster Resilient Communities in Pokhara Sub Metropolitan (BDRC) project is a consortium project of Practical Action
and Action Aid with local partners - Siddhartha Club and Community Support Group. The project is working in the slums and squatter communities in collaboration with the local stakeholders and municipal authorities. The project facilitated the municipality to implement building codes enhancing safer construction practices. After the intervention more than 700 planned buildings obtained standard codes certification from the municipality. Moreover with support of the project the municipality is conducting orientation to the 500 house owners on safer construction practices.
The project trained 36 engineers (16 from municipality and 20 from private firms) on Structural Analysis Process (SAP) – 2000 to design earthquake resistant building and construction monitoring. Similarly, the project provided safe construction training to 258 masons and 100 contractors. Construction models built during these training are displayed in municipal and ward offices to aware the building owners, masons and contractors. Moreover, the project completed retrofitting of Barahi Higher Secondary School to make the building earthquake resilient benefitting 1,200 school children.
The project completed 17 embankment improvements in Seti river bank to prevent settlements from bank cutting by flood. The project also completed establishment of flood Early Warning System (EWS) with rainfall and river flow monitoring stations and communication system in Seti river in close collaboration with the Department of Hydrology and Meterology (DHM), local government bodies and other concerned stakeholders. The project has already provided training to 130 participants (69 female) on EWS.
The project raised awareness of 200,000 people on earthquake safety measures through school based awareness programmes, drama shows, hoarding boards at strategic locations, distribution of pamphlets and information materials and airing programme through FM stations. Moreover, to make the lake area safer a watch tower is also supported at the bank of Fewa Lake.
The project also supported communities providing alternative livelihood skills that are safe and sensitive to prevailing hazards. Altogether, 104 women are trained on sewing, 134 people are enrolled to short-term training on beauty parlour, doll making, computer hardware, and driving. Similarly, the project is providing construction related training in collaboration with Centre for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT), a batch of 21 trainees have started two months mason training.
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Objective
Reduce the risk of disaster for the most vulnerable
communities in flood and landslides prone districts of
Nepal Target Group
Poor people living in the most disaster prone communities
Implementing Period
20 months (April 2011 to November 2012)
Project Areas
Banke, Bardiya and Tanahun Districts
Consortium Partner
Mercy Corps
Implementing Partners
Nepal Red Cross Society District Chapters Bardiya and
Tanahun, Centre for Social Development and Research
(CSDR) Banke, and Radhakrishna Tharu Jan Sewa Kendra,
Bardiya
Co-funded by
The European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil
Protection department under DIPECHO VI Action Plan for
South Asia
Project benefitted
30,259 people
The SCORE project worked with 36 flood and 3 landslide vulnerable communities. The project developed community based flood early warning systems in 36 communities. The project also initiated rainfall monitoring in one community for examining landslide probability. The project facilitated formation of 44 Disaster Management Committees (DMCs) at community and VDC level following the National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management (NSDRM) guidelines. The DMCs took lead role in community level decisions like identifying flood thresholds, prioritising small scale mitigation works, coordinating awareness raising activities, and building linkage with district level stakeholders. The project provided support to vulnerable communities for the formation of 111 task forces that include EWS task force, first aid task force, search and rescue task force, and women volunteers. The task forces comprise of 370 members.
The action completed 37 small scale mitigation measures which were implemented in 37 communities and 10 schools. Altogether 14 types of low cost, low tech and replicable mitigation works were implemented. The project supported vulnerable communities for constructing physical mitigation measures to reduce the flood risk. Eight machans (elevated platforms) were built to provide temporary shelter for those who are not capable enough to evacuate to a safer place during inundation. To support communities lacking access to safe drinking water during floods, six elevated hand pumps were constructed. Likewise, two bio-dykes were constructed to improve vulnerable points where embankment erosion was high and one temporary shelter was constructed for the communities where inundation takes place for many days. Evacuation routes were raised for easier movement to safe shelters with 11 culverts in different places.
SCORE - Strengthening Capacities of Communities for Disaster risk
Reduction through Early Warning
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The SAFER project aims to institutionalise DRR at local level by integrating and mainstreaming it into development prioritising EWS with Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) approach through capacity building of communities and stakeholders. The project started to disseminate skills and knowledge on approaches and practices for planning, mainstreaming, integrating and implementing DRR for the most vulnerable communities at local level to build their capacities. The
project is emphasizing on building skills and knowledge for replication so that the community themselves will be able to establish Community Based Early Warning System (CBEWS). The DMC members, local government, District Emergency Operation Centres (DEOCs), National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC), Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), local Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) are targeted for capacity building.
Objective
Enhance the capacity of communities and relevant institutions
to strengthen DRR systems and structure and replicate DRR
initiatives to ensure community based risk management at
local level
Target Group
Poor people living in the most disaster prone communities
Implementing Period
18 months (March 2013 to June 2014)
Project Areas
Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Tanahun, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali,
Kanchanpur and Dadeldhura Districts
Consortium Partners
Mercy Corps, Oxfam
Implementing Partners
Nepal Red Cross Society District Chapters Bardiya and
Tanahun, Centre for Social Development and Research (CSDR)
Banke, and Radhakrishna Tharu Jan Sewa Kendra, Bardiya
Funded by
The European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil
Protection department under DIPECHO VII Action Plan for
South Asia
SAFER Nepal - Strengthening Actions for
Fostering Resilience through Early Warning
and Risk Sensitive Planning in Nepal
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For most of the communities in the Banke District,
monsoon brings along trouble. With heavy rain fall
in the rainy season and the raising water level at the
rivers, flood is inevitable. The vulnerable communities
did not have any choice but to helplessly watch the
flood sweep away their crops, homes, valuable items
and sometimes, even their loved ones.
On 3 August 2012, water level of West Rapti River
in the District started to increase gradually following
the previous day’s heavy rainfall putting the nearby
communities at risk. The water level at Hydrological
Station of Department of Hydrology and Meteorology
at Kusum, Banke had reached the danger level
which meant that the floods will enter in the human
settlements.
The flood that occurred after this was the worse one
that the district had seen in many years, but this
time around, the people were all prepared to face
the flood. As a part of the Early Warning System
(EWS) set up by the SCORE project, the first siren
went out from the Electronic Display Board at the
District Administration Office (DAO), as soon as the
water reached the danger level. Simultaneously,
Chief District Officer (CDO) informed security forces
to disseminate the information to police posts of
vulnerable communities.
The security personnel reached the communities
before the floods and were all set to rescue people if
needed. Different local FM radios – broadcasted flood
information with latest updates.
Members of the Early Warning Task Force in each
VDC, formed by SCORE received regular updated
information from the gauze reader at Kusum and
they informed the community about the flood using
the hand operated siren and megaphone. “As soon
as we heard the siren, we acted upon it and started
moving to a safer place,” says Bishnu Adhikari
from Phattepur VDC. With proper communication
dissemination channels and process, the community
timely received the flood information and further
reached to all the people of the affected communities.
As a result of that, people were able to move to safer
places following the evacuation route identified by
themselves during preparedness planning process.
“Flood used to be very destructive in the past;
many times it even took away lives. But this time,
everybody was aware of the approaching flood
and we had enough time to be prepared for it. It is
because of our Early Warning System,” opines Agya
Ram Barma, Betahani VDC.
The Early Warning System, as well as the proper
coordination between all stakeholders and the
community, made it possible to remain safe from the
destructive effect of a huge flood.
“This is a great achievement. I am happy that despite
of huge flood, there was no human casualty. Due to
the timely information, I was able to communicate
with Indian counterpart to open the doors of
Laxmanpur Barrage, which greatly reduced the
duration and scale of the flood,” shares Dhundi Raj
Pokharel, CDO, Banke District.
SUCCESS STORY
Flood Early Warning System in Action
“As soon as we heard the siren, we
acted upon it and started moving to a
safer place”
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Practical Answers is the knowledge sharing
service of Practical Action which aims to provide
resources on technologies that can be used to
improve the lives of people living in poverty. It
facilitates knowledge sharing with and among
the poor people aiming to contribute to their
improved livelihoods by providing technical
information services and facilitating sharing of
knowledge relevant to community development
processes and poverty reduction.
In Nepal, Practical Action is implementing
Practical Answers Services in partnership with
READ Nepal in Kailali, Banke, Rupendehi,
Nawalparasi and Chitwan Districts by establishing
community Library and Resource Centres as local
knowledge nodes.
This year, Practical Answers received 19,861
technical enquiries from the target communities
of which 95.6 per cent were responded using
various relevant knowledge materials and
mechanisms. A number of enquiries were
addressed through interactions between experts
and farmers. Likewise, 57 episodes of radio
programme were aired covering the enquiries
and problems of the target communities. For
quality service delivery, more than 50 knowledge
objects were produced and disseminated as per
the need of the community.
Practical Answers received 19,861
technical enquiries from the
target communities of which
95.6 per cent were responded
using various relevant knowledge
materials and mechanisms.
Practical Answers in Nepal
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SUCCESS STORY
Chudamani Chalise (38) from Nawalparasi
is a livestock farmer who raises cows for
income generation.
“There were many problems that I
faced. The major problem was that my
cows used to stop eating and drinking
quite frequently. I had no idea what had
happened, I even consulted a veterinary
doctor but the medicines too did not work,”
says Chudamani. Loss of even a single
cow meant huge financial challenge for
Chudamani. He was worried to see his cows
losing weight and licking mud.
“But now, my problem is solved. I don’t
have to call the doctor to cure my cattle
anymore, I can solve the problem myself,”
shares Chudamani happily.
This became possible after he attended
an orientation programme conducted by
Practical Answers at Ageuli Community
Library and Resource Centre where he
learnt about Mineral Blocks which is a
home remedy for malnourished cows.
After the orientation, he started making
mineral blocks at his home and fed his
cows. He noticed improvement in their
health after about two months of feeding
the mineral blocks. The cows started eating
properly and gaining weight too. Seeing
the improvement in Chudamani’s cows, his
neighbours have also started consulting
him. “Other eight people have benefitted
in my neighbourhood after I shared my
knowledge with them. I am very happy to
see my cows healthy. They have started
giving more milk than before which has
increased my income,” says Chudamani.
Homemade Mineral Blocks solved the problem
Other eight people have
benefitted after I shared my
knowledge with them.
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Financial Picture at a GlanceFinancial Statement For the period from April 2012 to March 2013
SOURCES OF INCOME Restricted Unrestricted TOTAL 2013 TOTAL 2012 £ £ £ £ Government Grants 1,161,620 - 1,161,620 2,144,882NGO Grants 1,317 - 1,317 13,300Other Grants 114,020 3,619 117,639 161,406Donations 80,611 28,000 108,611 88,558Other Income 610 610 186Sales of Materials 369 369 561Income from Services 196,939 196,939 97,493Bank Interest Receivable 595 595 5,218Grants from UK 56,827 56,827 -
TOTAL INCOME 1,357,568 286,958 1,644,526 2,511,603
EXPENDITURE Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change 296,574 131,379 427,953 793,581Energy 90,234 24,141 114,375 -Food & Agriculture 251,714 163,934 415,649 1,020,580Knowledge & Communications - 43,020 43,020 31,229Urban Wash 577,952 33,343 611,296 595,680Directorate 5,000 343,664 348,664 372,318
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1,221,474 739,482 1,960,956 2,813,388 FUND BALANCE 136,093 (452,524) (316,431) (301,785)
Notes: 1. A consolidated financial statement was signed at organisational level in the UK. 2. The figures provided are part of the report which are related only to Nepal Office. 3. Country programmes are realigned as per the country strategy 2012-2017
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