1 WHERE WE WORKED

Darchula

Baitadi

Dadeldhura

Kanchanpur Dailekh

Surkhet

Banke

Gorkha Sindhupalchwok

g Arghakhanchi Nuwakot

Dhadin Kapilvastu KTM Nawalparasi Makwanpur

Sarlahi Udayapur

Rautahat Saptari Earthquake Recovery Programme: , Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha, Sindhupalchowk

Sustainable Development Programme : Arghakhanchi, Banke, Baitadi, Bhaktapur, Dailekh, Darchula, Kanchanpur, Kapilvastu, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Makwanpur, Nawalparasi, Nuwakot, Sarlahi, Saptari, Sindhupalchowk, Surkhet, and Udaypur 17 Table of Contents Sustainable Development Programme

5 Women Empowerment Programme 17 Nepal Earthquake Recovery Programme Projects in 2017-2018 18 A young man who stopped his own marriage 19 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) 6 Food Security and Sustainable Livelihood Programme 20 Sharing a water source to resolve water shortage 7 Projects in 2017-2018 21 Livelihood Recovery Programme 8 Disaster Risk Reduction and Convenient financial services for migrant families 9 Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA) Programme 25 Fixed irrigation canal, increased production 9 Project in 2017 - 2018 26 Housing 10 Access to clean water restored 27 Alternative construction materials improved our live 11 Sustainable Development Programme (Infograph) 28 Reconstruction united a family in Dhading 12 Gender and protection 13 28 True gender champions 14 Programme Support Functions Ganga Maya gets social security finally 15 Nepal Earthquake Recovery Programme (Infograph) 16 Media, Advocacy and Campaigns 29 Human Resource and Organizational Development 30 Financial Statement 31

Cover Picture: Kamima Gurung in Kerauja of Gorkha district smiling after making her citizenship certificate at the age of 70. Photo by: Ayush Raj Manandhar for Oxfam. Editors: Cecilia Keizer, Damodar Kanel, Prerana Marasini Copyright ©Oxfam in Nepal

3 The power of people to address poverty

Oxfam in Nepal’s overall goal is: “By 2020, 1.5 million ones. We continued to provide support on construction worked with partner organisations women and men in Nepal are empowered to overcome and rehabilitation of water supply systems, supported and security forces as well to poverty, vulnerability and inequality”. government bodies to prepare disaster preparedness help prevent child marriage and plans, and prepared communities to reduce the risks of violence against women. We It’s a pleasure to document our key activities that disasters. supported economic development by empower people to bring changes in their lives and O xfam’s vision for Nepal is a just society present them in this Annual Report 2017/18. We hope We responded to the it gives you an overview of who we are and what we survivors of floods in four without poverty, in which all women do. In 2017/18, Oxfam teams continued their work to districts and survivors of and men live a life of dignity, enjoy their support people living in 21 districts of Nepal working landslides in two districts. rights and assume their responsibilities with 47 partner organisations in coordination with More than 150 people had government agencies. We supported the earthquake- lost their lives in floods, as active citizens of Nepal. affected families and facilitated the re-building and inundation, and landslides last year. We continued our strengthening several cooperatives reconstruction of their houses. We restored their work in women empowerment and supported some and enterprises that gave people disrupted livelihood and created together with them new women leaders to contest in the local elections. We have better income and jobs.

We are very grateful to the support we received from the Government of Nepal, donor agencies, and our implementing partners, and we continue to express our commitment to empower the people of Nepal to address poverty, inequality and vulnerability.

Thank you. Cecilia Keizer, Country Director, Oxfam in Nepal

4 Integrated settlement under construction in Bagua of Gorkha. Photo by: Prerana Marasini/Oxfam

We have promoted he Nepal Earthquake Recovery retrofitters, entrepreneurs has been an owner-driven T Programme continued in its third year created through various skills trainings. to work in Sindhupalchowk, Kathmandu We provided financial support to the most reconstruction Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and marginalized families who had lost their approach where Lalitpur), Nuwakot, Dhading and Gorkha houses in the earthquake, so that they the beneficiaries districts. Since last year, we have taken could move in to new permanent houses. themselves are an integrated approach to support To ensure better health and hygiene, we the population affected by the 2015 worked to provide safe drinking water involved to reconstruct earthquakes. In doing so, we have at community and household levels, or rehabilitate targeted the most vulnerable population along with the construction of toilets. infrastructure and that could benefit through four sectors— We are proud to be partners of the Nepal livelihood. livelihood recovery; water, sanitation, and Government in helping municipalities hygiene; housing; disaster risk reduction; and rural municipalities become open- and gender and protection. defecation free.

We have promoted an owner-driven To help farmers and producer groups, we reconstruction approach where the rehabilitated and constructed production beneficiaries themselves are involved to infrastructures, promoted mechanized reconstruct or rehabilitate infrastructure Women constructors in Nuwakot. tools, and provided vocational skills to and livelihood. A pool of skilled masons, generate income or find jobs. Nepal Earthquake Recovery Programme Photo by: Cecilia Keizer/Oxfam 5 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH)

56,424 people benefited through construction/repair of 96 water supply schemes.

2,477 households have built latrines for 13,142 men, A woman in Darchula carrying a bucket of water. Photo by: Bed Prasad Dhakal/Oxfam women and children he goal of the WaSH programme is in Nepal has promoted good hygiene T to “address water insecurity of poor, practices that improved sanitation and socially excluded and vulnerable women helped reduce water-related diseases. 506 and men, and achieve systemic change Additionally, its focus is to build resilience masons trained on toilet for sustainable and equitable access to of targeted communities by empowering construction water and sanitation.” Oxfam, since 2015, Water User Committees (WUCs) and by has continued supporting the poorest working together with the local government 27 and vulnerable communities to access to sustain WaSH infrastructure through wards and 5 palikas reliable and safe water closer to their operation and maintenance support. supported to be declared houses. Together with partners, Oxfam as Open Defecation Free Oxfam, since 2015, has continued supporting the poorest and vulnerable communities to access reliable and safe water closer to their houses.

6 Sharing a water source to resolve water shortage “We’d quietly go to the water source or else the neighbors could wake up and we’d have to line up again,” Januka adds.

share the water from their source. Oxfam and Goreto Gorkha finished the construction within two months with a strong participation of the community.

People now have running water at their household levels. Photo credit: Oxfam “We spent 36 days days as community eople of Archale village in Saurpani of Gorkha Nights were troublesome too. “We’d quietly go to contribution; it was a lot of hard work and P had long been facing shortage of drinking the water source or else the neighbors could wake pain, but we forgot it all on the day we had water. The Thulo Padhera water source was shared up and we’d have to line up again,” Januka adds. water running in our household taps. Now between Bhailam and Archale villages. After the we have enough time to look after children, 2015 earthquake, it dried up, leaving them with a Oxfam had been working at Saurpani in partnership work in field as well as to attend community distant water point called Samma Paakha. Both the with Goreto Gorkha for the earthquake-affected meetings.” Januka says. The Dhapekhola villages now had a single resource to collect water. households. The people of both villages requested Water Supply Scheme caters to 48 Constrained resources meant long queues and longer Oxfam to support in constructing a water supply households of Archale and Bhailam villages. waiting times. Januka Paneru, a local of Archale village scheme. The nearest feasible source was Apart from building water supply schemes, recalls, “In the day time, there would be more than 50 Dhapekhola, which was inadequate to cater to the households were also supported to build people in line totaling 2-3 hours of our time to collect need of both villages. Finally, an agreement was toilets, which has benefited differently- water.” reached with the nearby village of Kamigaon to abled people as well.

7 Livelihood Recovery Programme 48,439 individuals benefited through rehabilitation of irrigation canals, collection centres, processing equipments, agro machines, and trainings

4,899 individuals got professional training needed for cook, waiter, tourist guide, carpentry, Women in Sindhupalchowk using a grain huller. Photo credit: Oxfam home stay management he main objective of the livelihood Producer groups were trained and provided T recovery programme in 2017/18 was to with modern tools and equipment for farming restore livelihood of earthquake affected that reduced women farmers’ workload. This 982 families by supporting producer groups and programme conducted training on improved small and micro entrepreneurs received cooperatives to provide access to productive farming techniques and supported them in training, equipment and grant to restart their infrastructure, inputs, finance, market and the rehabilitation of production infrastructure business; strengthened capacity of 57 rural income-generating opportunities at local such as irrigation canals, collection centers cooperatives level. Gorkha, Sindhupalchowk, Dhading and and processing units. Likewise, cooperatives’ Nuwakot districts incorporated interventions capacities were strengthened for business designed for rural context focusing on agrarian plan preparation and implementation of new 368 youth received vocational and skill community whereas the enterprises. enhancement trainings, 237 people got jobs embedded rural, peri-urban and urban priorities The main objective of through the Urban Job Hub Center focused towards creating employment the livelihood recovery opportunities. programme in 2017/18 was to restore livelihood of * As a project funded by DEC continued until April earthquake-affected families 2018, there were additional 7421 beneficiaries. 8 Convenient financial services Fixed irrigation canal, for migrant families increased production

arming families of Through the restored irrigation canal, F Ralukadevi-2, Chilaunegau 56 farmers are irrigating nearly used to rely on Dupche Khola 350 ropanies of land. “We can now Chilaunegaun Irrigation system for produce three crops from the same farming. The earthquakes in 2015 field,” says 93-year-old Manjeet not only damaged their individual Tamang, “We requested government properties but also damaged the office to restore this irrigation canal irrigation system leaving their several times, but couldn’t get the farming occupation in jeopardy. budget for it.” Sunita, accessing remittance service in Hagam. Photo credit: Oxfam. The locals sought support from eople of Hagam in Jugal linkage between SGHSCC and Prabhu the ward office, which in turn Purna Bahadur Tamang, chairman of P Rural Municipality-7 of Management, which ultimately recommended Oxfam in Nepal Dupche Khola –Chilaunegaun Kulo Sindhupalchowk used to walk four helped them to start a professional and its partner organization, user committee says, “We are happy hours to get remittance service remittance service. Sunita Thapa, Sahayata Samajik Sanstha (SSS), to that we can cultivate three seasonal in Jalbire, 12 km from Hagam. In a member of the cooperative said, rehabilitate the irrigation canals. crops now.” November 2017, Oxfam provided “Establishment of the cooperative a business plan development has saved our time and money.” training, grants for the extreme Suklal Tamang, chairperson of the poor, human resource, equipment cooperative said, “The remittance and internet connection to Shree service increased our day-to- Guransmaya Hagam Saving and day financial transactions and Credit Cooperative (SGHSCC) to boosted our goodwill.” Oxfam has enable them to start the remittance been providing support to six such service. Oxfam also facilitated the cooperatives in Sindhupalchowk. A rehabilitated irrigation canal in Nuwakot. Photo credit: Oxfam. 9 Housing

econstruction of private houses R has been the utmost priority of people who lost their houses in the 2015 earthquakes. In the initial phase, Oxfam focused on prevention of loss of lives and responded to immediate needs of people by providing temporary shelter materials like corrugated galvanized iron sheets, winterization kits and tools along with information to build temporary shelter.

In the second year of response, the focus shifted towards creating local trained workforce to build earthquake-resilient houses. In the third year, in consultation with the Nepal Reconstruction Authority (NRA), Oxfam refocused its intervention on supporting the reconstruction of Women constructors in Nuwakot. Photo by: Cecilia Keizer/Oxfam. permanent houses for internally displaced populations (IDPs), adopting an integrated 532 404 31 28,124 settlement approach combining WaSH and livelihood, promoting alternative people have got households received on-the-job people benefited construction materials and a local permanent houses as we top-up support mason training; through trainings entrepreneurship model. supported construction of for rebuilding their 12 retrofitting and door-to-door 95 houses until March 2018 houses training technical assistance

10 Alternative construction materials improved our lives

arthquake survivors of Mahaankal E Rural Municipality in Lalitpur have started making bricks to reconstruct their houses destroyed by the devastating earthquake. Oxfam and its local partner trained 10 villagers to operate the machine to produce interlocked bricks.

Brick production has been started with the help of a local cooperative, Manufacturing compressed stabilized earth bricks in Lalitpur. Photo by: Sudin Pradhan/Oxfam Progressive Multi-Purpose Cooperative. “We pay Rs 20 per brick to workers Dulal has constructed a demonstration the demand. A total of 150 people received as their wage,” said secretary of the building using the reconstruction the training last year. As of March 2018, 65 cooperative, Bhim Prasad Dulal. He grant of the government with the same houses have been constructed using these said that the total cost for a brick is Rs bricks. “I am delighted to build my own bricks. 40 including the wages and material house using this technology so that As of March 2018, cost. “The cooperative charges Rs 46 others can see and replicate,” Dulal 65 houses have been said, adding that the demand of bricks per brick to its members while others constructed using have to pay Rs 48 for each brick,” he have increased lately and they are informed. Dulal further said that the planning to hire more labours to fulfill these bricks. bricks meet the quality standards of the District Technical Office, Lalitpur, and can be used for reconstruction.

11 Reconstruction united a family in Dhading

ike many others, Ram Bahadur L Sarki of Nigalpani, Nilkantha-9, Dhading had also lost his house due to 2015 earthquake and was forced to settle in a temporary shelter. His family of four, faced troubled times when he got into drinking habit and his family was on the verge of splitting.

But the fate of the family took a turn, when the government announced a list of beneficiaries eligible for the government grant. Ram’s name was included. Despite getting the first tranche of the grant, he could Ram Bahadur Sarki’s house after construction in Nilkantha, Dhading. Photo by: Saroj Maharjan/Oxfam not reconstruct his home largely due to his drinking habits. When support in construction of a permanent house, Ram’s Considering the amount of work required and the all the money from the grant was name was there. Oxfam had adopted an owner-driven final product, Ram reached out to his wife and kids. gone, Ram Bahadur realized how his approach, requiring the owner to take the lead in the He persuaded his wife to come back home and start construction was affected in absence reconstruction of the house. The houses would be built everything afresh. So, to construct the house, the family of a stable income. using compressed stabilized earth bricks (CSEB), made got together and built their house. Their family is united by the community itself. The house owner had to arrange again. Oxfam in Nepal, until March 2018, has helped

And when Oxfam started collecting labor for the construction and Oxfam would provide the families build 95 such houses. names of the beneficiaries to construction materials, technical expertise.

12 Gender and protection

120 community discussion centres Oxfam began to work on (REFLECT circles) formed in 5 districts creating legal awareness, with 2604 participants and supporting people to access legal documents 2903 people received legal documents and (citizenship, vital social security cards (1108 citizenship registration) and singe certificate, 898 vital registration, 397 protection fund. social security documents) through mobile camps Interaction on importance of citizenship in Sindhupalchowk. Oxfam has been promoting and facilitating Photo by: Bipana Dhimal/Oxfam Reflect methodology based community he most vulnerable and marginalized people in the discussion centers for community empowerment 130 T earthquake-affected districts are still not able to and social change. At the Reflect circles, community people emerged as gender access reconstruction grant and other benefits provided weekly sessions are conducted on issues of champions by government mainly in absence of legal documents and citizenship, vital registration, single women adequate information to acquire them. Thus, Oxfam began to protection fund, gender-based violence, women 150 work on creating legal awareness, and supporting people to transformative leadership, women trafficking, single women applied for single access legal documents—citizenship, vital registration, and and issues related to gender inequality. The women protection fund single women protection fund. A mobile application Thaaha programme supported local governments in Chha is also developed for raising awareness among mobile organizing citizenship mobile camps from where phone users. they could get their vital documents.

13 True gender champions hagyaman Thami (44) and Dhanchari Thami (45) B of Sindhupalchowk have been recognized as Ideal Couple and amidst a programme organized by Oxfam in Nepal. When the Reflect facilitator discussed about an ideal couple at the Bhumesthan Community Discussion Center, everybody suggested their names. They are known to take decisions together and take an equal share of work. Bhagyaman supports his wife in household chores and also encourages her to be a part of community discussion center. As a result, Dhanchari became an active member.

“No work is small or big for me, if I eat, I must wash my plates,” says Bhagyaman. His wife smiled as he shared this to the audience. He said that the community discussions that Oxfam conducted with partner organizations have played an important role in realizing the importance of gender equality.

Thami couple awarded as Gender Champions. Photo by: Bipana Dhimal/Oxfam “No work is small or big for me, if I eat, I Oxfam in Nepal introduced concepts of Ideal men, Empowered Single Women, Ideal Couple, Ideal Mother- must wash my plates,” in-law and Daughter-in-law through the Gender and says Bhagyaman. Protection Programme in Sindhupalchowk and Nuwakot district. Communities are encouraged by this concept and they regard these ‘Ideal’ people as role models.

14 Ganga Maya gets social security finally

eventy-two-year old Gangamaya Tamang from Hagam S of Sindhuplachowk used to wonder why some people in her village were getting monthly allowance from the government, while she was not. She shared her concern at a community discussion center ran by Oxfam and Janahit Gramin Sewa Samiti.

At age 72, she realized that she was not able to receive government entitlements as she didn’t have her citizenship certificate. She had never realized that the document would be that important. She always thought that she could get citizenship through her father, but he was no more alive.

There was a cooperative in her village and a mothers’ group too, but she couldn’t be a part of it because she Gangamaya holding her citizenship certificate. Photo by: Shreedhar Neupane/JGSS didn’t possess the proof of citizenship. At the discussion “Finally, I will get the monthly allowance,” center, she came to know about the social security she said happily. provided by the government through an elderly allowance. More importantly, she came to know that she could get her citizenship card with the help of her husband. Finally, Gangamaya went with her husband to the ward office in her area and got her national identity card for the first time. “Finally, I will get the monthly allowance,” she said happily.

15 three years last year (April 2015-March 2018) (April 2017-March 2018)

WOMEN WOMEN 99,075 51% 54% MEN MEN 85,001 49% 46%

55% women 52% women 50% women 58% women 57% women 45% men 48% men 50% men 42% men 43% men

32,426 43,490 39,469 34,835 33,856

75,840 65,245 28,124 12,384 WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN 56% 44% 51% 49% 43% 57% 85% 15%

*There could be duplication among the sectors Women Empowerment Programme 4863 women and girls got leadership and advocacy skills to stop child marriages and combat violence against women and girls 494 people aware on women’s economic rights and the government schemes on livelihoods and economic empowerment

Members of child club in Rautahat who have been campaigning 400 against child marriage. Photo by: Prerana Marasini/Oxfam women oriented on constitutional he Women Empowerment and providing them with leadership provision for women’s participation T Programme’s goal is “women and skills so that they could develop in local bodies. 125 women leaders girls from poor and excluded groups themselves as community change contested for the local elections 55 enjoy their rights and lead a dignified leaders. This helped in breaking women won key positions life free from violence.” This theme stereotypes around gender norms such covers women’s political participation as child marriages or ending violence 200 and transformative leadership, social against women. Oxfam, together with At least 200 cases of violence against inclusion, women and girls’ economic its partners, sensitized women on the women addressed through counselling, empowerment and women’s legal impacts of violence against women mediation, and referrals rights, and addressing violence and helped either to prevent it or against women and girls, with a to ensure right actions were taken 180 community discussion centers and 40 particular focus on ending child, early when they occurred. We’ve used child clubs formed in four districts and forced marriage (CEFM). counselling, mediation, and referrals In the last year, the programme as steps to address cases on violence 58 against women. focused children and women’s groups case of child marriages prevented Sustainable Development Programme 17 Projects in 2017-2018

CREATING SPACES (CS) TO TAKE ACTION ON VIOLENCE STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN 2017 LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS

his project is implemented issues around violence against T in Rautahat, Banke, Dailekh women, women’s rights, access and Baitadi districts to reduce to government services and violence against women and girls, collective solutions to address child, early and forced marriage, their problems. These cases through coordinated prevention are mostly addressed through and response initiatives. A total counselling and mediation by CDC of 180 community discussion members and at times referred to centers (CDCs) have beem formed police and District Women’s Cell. for women and girls to discuss

Manju Rumba from Makwanpur got elected as woman member in her ward. Photo credit: Oxfam

round 400 community women parties’ mandates in party manifestos, A leaders from ten village and election process. Out of the total development committees of Makwanpur 400 community women leaders, 125 and Surkhet were oriented on contested for local level elections and constitutional provision for women’s 55 women won key positions in the local

A regular CDC session in Dailekh. Photo by: Aarati Sharma/Oxfam participation in political bodies, political bodies. 18 Winning the first position in an Bikram refused the proposal right A young man who stopped “essay competition organised in my away and tried to convince his parents school turned my life forever,” says as he was underage. He wanted to his own marriage 16-year-old Bikram Godia, an eighth- complete his education and become grade student at Janata Basic School in independent. But his parents were Duduwa Rural Municipality, Banke. Right adamant. Then Bikram threatened his after the essay competition in school, parents saying he would go to police Bikram’s relatives came from India with and report that they were getting him a marriage proposal. married off against his will. His parents and relatives tried to persuade him by He was shocked to know that his getting engaged and get married after Bikram Godia. Photo by: Aarati Sharma/Oxfam parents had already accepted the seven years. Bikram refused again Bikram’s parents had to eventually drop the marriage proposal and were planning his saying he wouldn’t commit for such a proposal. “My parents now want to see me as a wedding. The irony was he had just won long period. successful and highly educated person. They don’t a prize on his essay on child marriage. bother me with marriage proposals anymore,” said Bikram smiling. “He is the hero of our school. We give his example to all the children of our school and community,” said Shiva Sapkota, Vice-Principal of the school. Through the Creating Spaces project, a total of 58 cases of child marriages have been stopped in Banke, Rautahat, Baitadi, and Dailekh. “He is the hero of our school. We give his example to all the children of our school and community,” said Shiva Sapkota, Child club members staging forum theatre in Dailekh. Photo credit: Oxfam Vice-Principal

19 Food Security and Sustainable Livelihood Programme 24,474 small holder farmers (18, 942 women farmers) have increased access to agricultural inputs and extension services. 5,601 producers and farmers have received technical and financial services 715 households benefited through 37

A woman at Handicraft Enterprise cutting fabrics. Photo by: Swikriti Sharma/Oxfam small irrigation and 75 drip irrigation schemes his programme aims to improve food security and stakeholders at different level such as with local and Tlivelihood of poor, vulnerable, socially excluded and national NGOs, Civil Society Organization (CSO), networks, 193 disaster-affected men and women residing in rural alliances, local and central government, market actors and farmer/producer groups trained on and urban areas. The programme supports smallholder financial institutions to capacitate and empower its target group management, book keeping, farmers and women farmers to increase agricultural group to make them able to secure productive assets and accessing financial services productions and productivity by organizing them into to gain control over natural resources such as land and groups and cooperatives, enhancing their technical water, increase their market access, reduce vulnerability 8776 capacity, providing agri-inputs and technologies and and make vulnerable communities resilient to changes. women have started market-led establishing linkages with different governmental, This programme aims to improve productions nongovernmental agencies and private sectors. food security and livelihood of poor, The programme also supports women-led rural and 2472 vulnerable, socially excluded and women are now familiar with safer urban enterprises become viable micro and small- remittance and productive use scale enterprises. The programme works with different disaster affected men and women residing in rural and urban areas. of remittance through 60 local campaigns 20 Projects in 2017-2018

Cauliflowers grown in Makwanpur after nursery management training. Photo by: Prerana Marasini/Oxfam Sustainable Livelihood Support for Earthquake Makwanpur Livelihood Recovery Project

Affected Families in Nepal This project supports 4502 earthquake-affected families and local cooperatives in one municipality and three rural municipalities by enhancing their technical This project supports earthquake-affected men and women (producers) and vocational knowledge skills, providing farming inputs, tools and technical to generate sustainable income, develop market access for the assistance for better livelihood. producers and Fair Trade Members Organizations for ten market-assured products, and promote principles of fair trade.

21 Seeds produced by the Pavitra Seed Industry Packaged for sale. Photo by: Swikriti Sharma/Oxfam Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) Safer Transfer and Productive Use of

EDP is a business-based approach to development that identifies business opportunities to Remittance Project support entrepreneurs develop and implement viable business plans. EDP supports Pavitra Seed This project benefits 1601 migrant families through Industry, Surkhet (targeting 4000 smallholder farmers, Pokhara Handicraft Enterprise ( targeting cost-effective and responsive formal remittance services 900 women from marginalized communities), and Bhaktapur Vegetable Enterprise (targeting 500 system installed at four cooperatives of Baitadi and urban poor farmers) to improve their managerial and financial capacity, develop business plans, Darchula districts for Nepali migrant workers in India. The improve market linkages, accessing loans from banks and financialinstitutions, and provide project also strengthens capacity of the families to utilize business development services. the remittance in income generation activities. 22 Tomatoes grown by farmers supported by Oxfam in Bhaktapur. Photo credit: Oxfam Livelihood and Empowerment Securing Food/GROW Campaign

Project (LEP) Oxfam’s global campaign, supported by Oxfam in Nepal to advocate for food security, agriculture, land and climate change at different levels This project was implemented in nine municipalities and two rural municipalities by facilitating effective engagement of civil society organizations, of four districts (Udaypur, Nawlaparasi, Kapilvastu and Arghakhanchi) to support farmer’s network and individuals with government agencies and other 15,105 socially and economically excluded and vulnerable communities who are stakeholders in policy formulation and implementation. dependent on their small piece of land and natural resources to improve their status of food and income security. 23 Business restored and booming

Sunita Karmacharya making Dhaka items. Photo credit: Oxfam. She had bought the hirty-year-old Sunita Karmacharya, who is for Earthquake-Affected Families in Nepal recognized handlooms using her Tcurrently the chairperson of Manglachhen Dhaka her need and supported her with five additional Weaving group as well as proprietor of Manglachhen handlooms and rent support for three months. savings. She had been Dhaka Udhyog, faced problems after 2015 earthquake She resumed her business and now provides teaching Dhaka weaving that damaged her house, which she had turned into a employment to 17 women including college students working station with five handlooms operated by five to her neighbors. who work part time after college. She has been producers. She had bought the handlooms using her linked to an organization called SABHA which has savings. She had been teaching Dhaka weaving to her been placing regular orders. Likewise, she has also neighbors. been linked to Sana Hastakala, Fair Trade Member Her determination to work independently was Organizations, through “Meet your Producer” not shattered even after the earthquake, but the campaign and “Market Visit by Producers” from the reconstruction of broken roof of her house left her project. Now she sells her products to Sana Hastakala with limited finance and less stability to grow in her and Sabha Nepal and is making good income. business. Oxfam’s Sustainable Livelihoods Support 24 Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA) Programme 17, 509 people supported through response to 2017 floods and landslide, training on disaster risk reduction, and learning center,

35 VDCs supported to develop Local Disaster Risk Management Plan

24 VDCs supported to establish Emergency Management Fund

A man sliding down a rope as a part of community search and rescue training. Photo by: Prakash Waiba/Lumanti. 20 he aim of the DRR-CCA programme is to We first identify potential risks among vulnerable schools supported with T reduce the risks and impact of disasters communities, and then prepare risk- school safety plan (but put this above) and climate change on vulnerable women and management plans, and build the capacity of men, and build their resilience by improving communities against the risks that surrounds 4 their food security and livelihood. Oxfam them. We work with government to mainstream district warehouse constructed, 4 believes that communities should be the disaster risk management in their development districts supported with emergency first responders who could be prepared for plans. stockpile. and four districts endorsed disasters and respond effectively at the time of evacuation route plan prepared by emergencies, so that after a disaster, they can Oxfam go back to their pre-disaster state.

25 Projects in 2017-2018

Building Resilience and Climate Adaptive Building resilience to Disaster in TROSA (Transboundary Planning in Urban Centers of Nepal Earthquake Affected areas of Nepal Rivers of South Asia) This project was implemented in and Implemented in Sindhupalchwok, Gorkha, Nuwakot, Dhading Birendranagar municipalities to make urban centers and Kathmandu valley through local partners, the project It is a five-year regional programme of Nepal more resilient to climate extremes and supported earthquake-affected people to be prepared funded by the Government of disasters. It worked with local government agencies for emergencies. For this, disaster risk management Sweden. In Nepal, the program aims in collaboration with private sectors and communities committees were formed and trained, vulnerability to contribute to reduce poverty and to develop and implement Municipal Adaptation Plans and capacity assessment was done, and disaster risk marginalization of river-dependent (MAP). The project directly benefited 514 people (189 management plans were prepared. Taskforces under these communities of Mahakali River. For women, 325 men) through orientation programs committees were trained and provided with kits for first aid this, there would be inter-country and training on climate change and solid waste and community search and rescue. To mitigate potential efforts and policy dialogues to management. risks, bioengineering, wall protection, plantation on raise the issues at national and landslide-prone areas were done in seven districts. international levels. And at the community level, people would be Disaster Risk Management and capacitated to raise their voices Humanitarian Project themselves with the concerned stakeholders. As of March 2017, a This project is implemented in two flood-prone districts, six-point “Dhangadhi Declaration” Saptari and Rautahat. This project has a mix of interventions has been signed by Province 7 local under disaster risk reduction, water sanitation and hygiene, authorities to protect the rights and sustainable livelihood to improve their economic status. of the riverine communities, and Our approach is to form committees, inform about risks, and 23 Women Empowerment Centers prepare for the possible risks in times of disasters. Besides, (WECs) have been formed and we also encourage communities to practice good sanitation A man receiving essential items for daily use, running. after the 2017 floods. Photo by: Jeevan Kasula/Oxfam. and hygiene by helping them construct toilets. 26 Access to clean water restored

our Dalit families in Kathhariya Moreover, their toilet which was F municipality of Rautahat district under construction was also who used same water source faced damaged by the flood. Samtaliya health issues when an unprotected says, ‘’Defecating in the open well they were using was damaged was shameful, but we had to go “The water from the well was not by the 2017 floods. They had a in the open fields for a long time handpump earlier but not in use in the absence of a toilet.” clean; there were frogs leaping in and anymore. out of it,’’ said Ughani. As a part of the Early Flood ‘’Our houses remained flooded for Recovery Project, Oxfam repaired four days. We settled temporarily at a their handpump and the toilet. neighbor’s concrete home. When we Samtaliya is happy now that her came back, our grain stock had been family has access to clean water swept away by flood, the bamboo and a toilet. Their time to fetch and mud walls were brought down water has also been sharply and there was water everywhere reduced as they no longer need inside the home,’’ recalls Samtaliya to walk a kilometer to collect Majhi from Katthariya. water.

Her daughter Ughani, whose family Oxfam has been working in the also relied on the same well, said Katthariya, Hathiyahi since 2011 she and her kids started falling sick on Disaster Risk Management consuming water from the well. and Humanitarian Preparedness, Samtaliya pumping water from her restored handpump. Photo credit: Oxfam “The water from the well was not and more recently supporting clean; there were frogs leaping in the people affected by the 2017 and out of it,’’ said Ughani. floods.

27 BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARIES April 2015-March 2018 April 2017-March 2018 WOMEN MEN 61% 39% 367,315 87,464

FOOD SECURITY WOMEN EMPOWERMENT Disaster Risk AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMME Reduction and Climate LIVELIHOOD Change Adaptation PROGRAMME (DRR-CCA)

...... Total ...... Total ...... Total . 26,614 25,586 35,264

WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN 73% 27% 62% 38% 50% 50% 27 28 Media, Advocacy and Campaigns

he Disaster Risk Reduction Act been jointly produced by Oxfam The Disaster Risk T has been finally endorsed by and HAMI with recommendations Reduction Act has been the government. Oxfam in Nepal to concerned stakeholders to had been working continuously expedite the reconstruction finally endorsed by the with its partners to advocate for process so that those awaiting government. the endorsement. grants could complete their reconstruction activities. Through Media and The Humanitarian Accountability Oxfam in Nepal’s Accessing Management Initiative (HAMI) Communication Land in Reconstruction Process and Oxfam developed a Citizen’s In order to encourage strong communication (ALRP) project, 1502 earthquake Charter highlighting the issues of within and outside Oxfam, we produced a survivors (1443 from Melung rural earthquake-affected people and number of communication products—monthly municipality of Dolakha district submitted to the local election newsletters, infographs, short videos, and 59 from Godawari municipality manifesto drafting committees of collection of stories, and one pagers. of Lalitpur district) have signed political parties during the local grant agreement with National We regularly interacted with our audience on elections. Reconstruction Authority. social media, Facebook in particular, which A report “Effectiveness of has become the most convenient medium Reconstruction Aid in Nepal” has for anyone to reach out to us, either seeking information on the trainings we provide, the support we provide to farmers, or current openings. We have also been supporting Oxfam employees and partner staff to document stories better. In all of the stories we produced or helped produced, we put 55,000 Followers 50,000 Visitors on people first, their voices and their issues, with

Programme Support Functions on Facebook website a special focus on women. 29 Oxfam staff felicitated for serving for a long time. Picture by: Bed Prasad Dhakal/Oxfam Human Resource and Organizational Development

xfam in Nepal had 212 staff in 2017/2018. With a revised Oxfam Country Strategy and a revised Country Operational Plan, restructuring was done, which Oresulted in less number of staff. A hundred and nineteen positions were made redundant in the new structure with a total of 95 positions continuing for 2018/19. Oxfam is an employer that recognizes its staff as the key resource that helps in achieving great results, and investing in staff is done on a regular basis.

30 Financial Statement Spending on Sustainable Development Programme Total Income: Budget Headings Budget Used in GBP Performance in % Sources of Income in GBP Food Security and Sustainable Livelihood 825,101 37% Collective Resource Allocation (Oxfam Affiliates) 381,802 Women Empowerment 429,363 19% Discretionary Fund (Oxfam) 100,000 DRR/CCA 1,002,464 44% Restricted Grant Fund (institutional donors) 11,864,673 Total Spent 2,256,928 100% Total Income 12,346,475 Spending on Nepal Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction Programme Budget Headings Budget Used in GBP Performance in % Total Expenditure Housing 2,189,788 23% Cost Centre in GBP Ratio in % WaSH 2,478,575 26% Programme Management & Admin (PMA) 381,481 3% Livelihood Recovery Programme 1,625,444 17% Sustainable Development DRR/CCA 372,955 4% Programme (SD Program) 2,256,928 18% Gender and Protection 481,429 5% Nepal Earthquake Recovery and Research and Communication 217,836 2% Reconstruction Programme (Nepal Monitoring and Evaluation 354,642 4% ERR Program 9,708,066 79% Coordination and Management 1,987,397 20% Total Expenditure 12,346,475 100% Total Spent 9,708,066 100%

31 Students in Darchula thanking Oxfam for providing water syupply. Picture by: Bed Prasad Dhakal/Oxfam Funding Sources/Donors

Oxfam Iinternational Affiliates (Australia, IBIS Denmark, America, Belgium, The Burberry Foundation Italy, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Intermon, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia New Zealand) Brahma Kumari Trust Global Affairs Canada Mott MacDonald Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Department For International Development (DFID) Institute of Development Studies (IDS) De Stichting Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties (SHO) Entwicklungshilfe-Klub Nordic Development Fund (NDF) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) Poul due Jensen Foundation

32 Implementing partners:

Nepal Earthquake Recovery Programme

Action Nepal , Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD), Community & Rural Development Society (CARDSN), Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC), Development Project Service Centre (DEPROSC), Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO), Forum for Community Upliftment System (FOCUS Nepal), Goreto Gorkha, Gramin Mahila Srijanshil Pariwar (GMSP), Himalaya Conservation Group (HCG), Home Net Nepal (HomeNet), Janahit Gramin Sewa Samiti (JGSS), Karnali Intergraded Rural Develop- ment and Research Centre (KIRDARC)/Humanitarian Accountability and Monitoring Initiative (HAMI), LUMANTI Support Group for Shelter (LUMANTI), Mahila Aatma Nirvarta Kendra (MANK), National Network of Community Disaster Management Committee (NCDMC), People in Need (PIN), Prayatnasil Community Development Society (PRAYAS Ne- pal), Sahayata Samajik Sanstha (SSS), Society for Integrated Allied Nepal (SIAN), The Kakani Center for Development of Community (KCDC), Tulsi Mehar UNESCO Club (TMUC), Unification Nepal (UN Nepal), Women for Human Rights (WHR)

Sustainable Development Programme

Women Empowerment Programme

Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN), Kathmandu; Rural Development Centre (RDC), Rautahat; Mahila Utthan Samaj, Baitadi; Social Awareness Concerned Center (SAC), Banke; Everest Club, Dailekh; Women Skill Creation Center (WOSCC), Makwanpur; Women’s Association for Marginalized Women (WAM), Surkhet; Jagaran Nepal; Sancharika Samuha; Feminist Dalit Organizaiton (FEDO). Food Security and Sustainable Livelihood Programme Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change

Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC), Dadeldhura Farmers’ Cooperative Society (DAFACOS), Adaptation (DRR-CCA) Programme Fair Trade Group Nepal (FTGN), Forest Resource Studies and Action Team (Forest Action), Prayas Nepal, Action Nepal, Unification Nepal, Goreto Gorkha, Jana Chetana Sarokar Manch (FOPA), Kalika Self-Reliance Social Centre (KSSC), Tulsi Meher Unesco Club, Janahit Gramin Sewa Samaj, KCDC, CARDSN, Pabitra Jankalyan Agriculture Cooperative (PAVITRA), SSS, ENPHO, Lumanti, RDC, KVS, BEE-Group, EDS, Rural Development & Environment Management Society (RUDES), SAHAMATI, Sankalpa Youth Club Rural Women’s Development and Unity Center (RUWDUC) (SYC), Social Workers Group(SWOG), Women Skill Creation Centre (WOSCC)

33 ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS

BMO: Business Membership Organisation HHs: Households CCA: Climate Change Adaptation IDP: Internally Displaced People CDC: Community Discussion Centre IEC: Information Education and Communication CDMC: Community Disaster Management Committee LDRMC: Local Disaster Risk Management Committee CDO: Chief District Officer LDRMP: Local Disaster Risk Management Plan CEFM: Child, Early and Forced Marriage LHDRT: Local Health Disaster Response Team CLRCC: Community Land Rights Coordination Committee MAC: Media, Advocacy and Campaigns CSAR: Community Search And Rescue MEAL: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning CSO: Civil Society Organisation NPR: Nepali Rupees CTEVT: Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training ODF: Open Defecation Free DADO: District Agriculture Development Office OGB: Oxfam Great Britain DAO: District Administration Office OI: Oxfam International DDC: District Development Committee REFLECT: Regenerated Freirean Literacy Through Empowering Community Techniques DDMP: District Disaster Management Plan ToT: Training of Trainers DDR: Disaster Risk Reduction DPRP: Disaster preparedness and Response Plan VAWG: Violence Against Women and Girls DEC: Disasters Emergency Committee VDC: Village Development Committee DRM: Disaster Risk Management WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene EDP: Enterprise Development Project WEC: Women Empowerment Centre EFSVL: Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihood WEG: Women Empowerment Groups EMF: Emergency Management Fund WFG: Women Farmer Group FTGN: Fair Trade Group Nepal WLP: Women’s Leadership Programme

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