FORWARD Nepal Bulletin – 18 July 17, 2019 – November 16, 2019 Patronage: Netra Pratap Sen, Executive Director Publication Committee: Mr
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Page 1 of 8 FORWARD Nepal Bulletin – 18 July 17, 2019 – November 16, 2019 Patronage: Netra Pratap Sen, Executive Director Publication Committee: Mr. Ram Krishna Neupane Mr. Rishikesh Dhakal Ms. Ashmita Pandey FORWARD Nepal’s Bulletin Nawal Kishor Sah emphasized that malnutrition is prevalent in the communities associated with The 18th issue of FORWARD Nepal's Bulletin covers poverty, illiteracy and food deficit, and appreciated th the major activities and events from 17 July, 2019 to the project's efforts for improving food and th 16 November 2019. During the period, "Rice-fallow nutrition security. In the concluding session, the system with pulse crops in South Asia (Bangladesh, chairperson expressed that in spite of the people India and Nepal)" project funded by IFAD/ICARDA was becoming aware of nutrition and health day by day, extended for one year from 1st October, 2019. In the improved dietary diversity for children and women reporting period, submission of project concept at reproductive age, and 100% vaccination is notes/project proposals has been continued as usual essential for improved health. He also suggested to and we have been informed that FORWARD Nepal has avoid the use of junk food like chocolate, noodles, been selected by United Nations Development chips and Kurkure etc. In the workshop, Ms. Seema Programme for implementation of the project Luitel, Programme Manager of WHH highlighted the “Reducing disaster risks and enhancing emergency on on-going activities and four thematic areas of response capacities in multi hazard risk prone areas Welhungerhilefe: disaster risk reduction; right to of Nepal” project in Wards 2 and 10 of Bharatpur food and empowerment; sustainable food and Metropolitan City, Chitwan. nutrition security; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) being implemented in 10 Palikas of Province Major project activities during the period 2. 1. Under the project entitled "Regional Programme for 2. Under the project entitled "Building livelihood promoting a multi-sectoral approach for Nutrition resilience and nutrition security in the Kamala River Smart Villages in Bangladesh, Nepal and India", Basin, Siraha district, Nepal", the following activities implemented jointly with FORWARD Nepal and were carried out: Aasaman Nepal, following activities were carried out: . Involvement in flood response: After heavy rainfall, in the beginning of the monsoon, flood of Kamala . Advocacy workshop in the context of nutrition: and its tributaries entered into villages in second Nutrition Smart Village Project organized an week of July, 2019 and project municipalities were Advocacy Workshop at Sitasharan Hotel, severely affected by the flood. The flood also th Janakpurdham in Province 2 on 30 September affected the project beneficiaries and the project 2019 to sensitize policy makers for effective interventions due to inundation. Following the enforcement of Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Plan flood, the project team was engaged for the (MSNP) II policy, to develop alliance for evidence- procurement and distribution of relief items in based policy advocacy, to share experiences and Siraha, Kalyanpur, and Karjanha municipalities in good practices of nutrition smart village project and coordination with WHH and its other partners in the develop multi sectoral partnerships to implement district. Project team were also involved on and scale up the practices to mitigate malnutrition. coordination with DDMC and local government, Mr. Nawal Kishor Sah, Honourable Minister for distribution and logistics management, and Social Development (Province Level) inaugurated information compilation and communication the Programme. Dr. Pramod Kumar Yadav, Director process. of Province Level Health Directorate, chaired the session. Mr. Netra Pratap Sen, Executive Director, . Project review and planning meeting: A three-day FORWARD Nepal highlighted the objectives of the long project review and planning meeting of workshop. Mr. Raj Kumar Lekhi, Honourable livelihood project was organized in Hotel Ramjham, Member of Policy Commission expressed his strong Siraha jointly by WHH, FORWARD Nepal, and concern about sanitation, hygiene and clean Aasaman Nepal during 1-3 August 2019. Programme drinking water in the community, and wished for Manager and Project Coordinators of WHH and grand success of the Programme. Chief Guest Mr. Project Focal Persons, Project Coordinators, Project Address: Bharatpur-2, Kshetrapur, Chitwan Contact No.: +977 (0) 56 527734, 527623 Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] P.O. Box: 11 (Bhp.) Page 2 of 8 Officers, Admin and Finance Officers of both the Siraha-12 was heavily disturbed by flood. partner organizations participated in the meeting. Set up of irrigation facilities: Irrigation facility has Project leaders of the partner organizations shared been installed in Veruwa Khola Farmer Group at the progresses, learnings, problems and constraints Kalyanpur-7, Bhedia. Two shallow borings have encountered during project implementation till the been installed with 2HP electric motor. These two period. There was also guest presentation from schemes are irrigating eight hectares of land, where WASH Project, Trans-boundary project, and farmers are basically growing vegetables. Similarly, Nutrition Project of WHH - for the learning, sharing channel gate installation support was accomplished and for tracking the project activities in a uniform at Karjanha-8, Gautadi. The scheme has improved way. The project team decided to review the detail irrigation facilities to more than 35 hectares land of implementation plan (DIP) of the project based on 126 HHs among which 45 are Dalits, 15 are Janajati, the learnings and the available resources. 15 Muslim households of Karjanha-8. The scheme . Monitoring visit of Country Director of WHH: CD of has reduced cost of rice production and improved WHH Ms. Asja Hanano, ED of FORWARD Nepal Mr. cropping pattern as farmer planned to grow Netra Pratap Nepal, and ED of Aasaman Nepal Mr. vegetables after paddy. Installation of a submersible Nawal Kishor Yadav had visited project sites water pump has been accomplished at Karjanha-4, immediately after flood disaster in July and 1st Badhara that will irrigate around five hectares of August, 2019. CD of WHH had suggested for lands. The land area has great potentials of speeding up the process of farmer groups vegetable and fruits cultivation. formations and provide training to the farmers on . Social mobilization and leadership development sustainable integrated farming system in the training: Two trainings on social mobilization and community. leadership development had been carried out for . Farmer group formation: A total of 139 farmer Apan Sangi (Change Agents) on September 4-9, groups have been formed during August to 2019. The three-day training was facilitated by September, 2019 based on targeting survey. In external consultant who provided basic social these groups, there were 3190 farmers in which one mobilization knowledge and skills, and boosted farmer represents one household. Out of 3190 leadership capacity of Change Agents. The livelihood farmers, 72% of members are female in the groups, project, Siraha realized the gap on leadership above 40% farmers represent Dalits community, capacity and social mobilization skills among Change 11% are Janajatis and more than 6.5% are from Agents (Apan Sangi). Hence, Social Mobilization and Muslim community. Leadership Development Training was planned, instead of refresher training on sustainable . Farmer groups level Good Agriculture Practices integrated farming system. training: Total seven sessions of good agriculture practices (GAP) have been delivered in two farmer . Monitoring visit by Programme Manager of WHH: groups, in which 50 farmers participated in these Mr. Sushil Ghimire, PM of WHH had visited the sessions. In Karjanha-4 four sessions were delivered livelihood project site for monitoring and by covering nursery management, bio-pesticide preparation plan for Happel Foundation’s visit to be preparation, soil nutrition management and held on September 9-15, 2019. compost preparation, and nutrition garden and . Visit of Happel Foundation: Mr. Alexander Lanz, nursery plantation. Similarly, three sessions such as Managing Director of Happel Foundation had visited nursery management, soil nutrition management & the project site during September 13-15, 2019. compost preparation, and bio-pesticide preparation During the visit, Ms. Asja Hanano, Country Director were delivered by Agriculture Officers of the and Mr. Sushil Ghimire, Programme Manager of project. WHH, and Nawal Kishor Yadav, Executive Director of . Construction/rehabilitation of small scale Aasaman Nepal had accompanied Mr. Lanz. He had infrastructure: Market-shed cum emergency shelter visited different project sites and observed two house construction have been accomplished in projects of WHH i.e. Livelihood project and WASH three sites, viz. in Bandipur of Karjanha-2, Chikanha governance project in Siraha district. Under of Kalyanpur-5, and Prashahi of Kalyanpur-3, Livelihood project, Alexander had visited to whereas two sites are on progress. In Market-shed Karjanha-4 and observed farm land, good of Prasahi bazaar, farmers and small traders have agriculture practice training and irrigation support, already started to sell their agricultural products and which was under installation process. Further, he grocery items in the market shed. Around 90% visited to Kalyanpur 3 for observation of market- construction work has