2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18

1 Annual Report 2017-18 Citation: RIMS Nepal (2018), Annual Report 2017-2018, Kathmandu, Nepal: RIMS Nepal.

Copyright © 2018 All rights reserved. RIMS-Nepal would appreciate receiving a copy of any material that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing to the publisher. Publisher Resource Identification and Management Society-Nepal (RIMS-Nepal) P.O. Box: 2464 (Kathmandu) Email: [email protected] Tel: +977-1-5224091, 5224094 (Kathmandu Office) Website: www.rimsnepal.org.np Editorial Team Bishnu Tripathi, Rabindra Shrestha, and Harihar Kafle Contributors Mahesh Chhetri (PAHAL), Khem Oli (ANUKULAN), Chetnath Tripathi (FOSTER/AREA), Dabal Bam (HOME GARDEN), Ram Raja Shahi (SWASTHA/EWASH), Laxmi Prasad Sharma (PRRO II and III) Front Cover Photos RIMS-Nepal Photo Archive Design & Print Production RIMS-Nepal Photo Archive

Annual Report 2017-18 2 CONTENTS

Message from The Chairperson and The Executive Director...... 5 Abbreviations & Acronyms...... 6 RIMS Nepal at a glance...... 8 INTRODUCTION...... 8 OUR VISION...... 9 OUR MISSION...... 9 OUR GOAL AND OBJECTIVES...... 9 CORE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES...... 9 Citation: RIMS Nepal (2018), Annual Report 2017-2018, Kathmandu, Nepal: RIMS Nepal. OUR WORKING APPROACH...... 10 OUR IMPACT GROUPS...... 10 GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE...... 11 Strategic Programmes and Cross cutting themes...... 12 Food security, livelihoods and economic development...... 12 Biodiversity and ecosystem services...... 13 Climate change adaptation mitigation & disaster risk reduction...... 13 Health, water sanitation and hygiene...... 13 Capacity Building and Knowledge management...... 14 Gender and social inclusion (GESI) and Governance...... 14 Highlights of the year 2016-2017...... 15 Ongoing projects and key achievements...... 19 Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Rapid Community WASH recovery support to vulnerable community, Sustainable Water Sanitation and Hygiene Action in Nepal (SWASTHA Nepal)......

3 Annual Report 2017-18 19 Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disaster (ANUKULAN)...... 22 Home Garden Project (HGP) Phase V...... 26 Promoting Agriculture Health and Alternative Livelihood (PAHAL)...... 29 Restoring Food and Nutrition Security and Building Resilient Livelihoods in Earthquake Affected Areas (PRRO I and II)...... 33 Rapid Community WASH recovery support to vulnerable community in Dhading...... 36 Food Security Enhancement and Agriculture Resilience of the Earthquake-Affected Rural Nepalese Farmers (FOSTER)...... 39 Agriculture Recovery of Earthquake Affected Families (AREA)...... 40 Disaster Resilience Education and Safe School (DRESS)...... 42 Sustainable Water Sanitation and Hygiene Action in Nepal (SWASTHA Nepal)...... 43 Women Livelihood Programme...... 43 Financial highlight of the year 2016-2017...... 44 Organizational structure and Human resources...... 46 Organisational policies...... 48 Development Partners and stakeholders...... 49

Annual Report 2017-18 4 Message from The Board Chair and The Executive Director

We are pleased to present the ‘RIMS Nepal Annual Report’ for the FY 2017/18. This year continue finds us leveraging the power of the multi-stakeholders’ partnership; Plugging into the interventions in climate- smart agriculture technology, climate change adaptation for resilient society, continue support to earthquake victims Vidhya Malakar-Ghale Bishnu Prasad Tripathi of Dhading, disaster risk reduction and Chairperson Executive Director WASH sector; and scale up our reach mainly to disability, elderly, single women and poor and marginalized families.

We are pleased to see increased recognition our impact groups. We have worked with of our work in wider society and particularly local governing units and have contributed at provincial and local government. One to achieving Sustainable Development of the core strength of RIMS-Nepal is Goals (SDGs) while providing constructive to deliver outcomes directly into grass feedback and recommendations at times, root communities. Each year we have where deemed needed. Following the been refining our approach to work with restructuring of the state, we have been vulnerable and marginalized communities. able to establish good coordination and Partnership with national and international linkages with local government along with stakeholders is key to our success. We the national and provincial government. At continued working with UKAID, USAID, JICA, RIMS-Nepal, we value the importance of GAC, iDE, Care, ADRA, Mercy Corps, WFP, harnessing the opportunities associated CFGB and WHH in this fiscal year. Having with resource management to instigate technical and financial support from our social transformation to the grass root partner organizations, we were able to level of the country. This year alone we deliver agricultural and livelihood benefits, have influenced more than 100 thousand sustainable irrigation technology, water, families in 12 districts of the country. sanitation, and hygiene and contributed at post-earthquake reconstruction. We We would like to take this opportunity were able to set a standard of bringing to extend our sincere gratitude to all positive changes in the communities. our partners, donors, beneficiaries and Government of Nepal, who believe in us Recent years RIMS Nepal has been and support our work. We also appreciate developing and practices various the support and cooperation provided by organizational policies, we are committed our board members, Executive Board, and to sustaining our achievements, addressing dedicated staff throughout the year. Our new challenges and bringing about work would not have been possible without progressive changes in the livelihood of their hard work encouragement and support.

1 Annual Report 2017-18 Abbreviations & Acronyms

AMIS Agriculture Monitoring and Information System CBF Community Business Facilitators CC Collection Centre CCA Climate Change Adaptation DADO District Agriculture Development Office DAG Disadvantaged Groups DFAP Development Food Assistance Project DRR Disaster Risk Reduction DU Distillation Unit DWS Drinking Water System FCHV Female Community Health Volunteer FFP Food for Peace FNCCI Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry GAC Global Affair Canada GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion GoN Government of Nepal HVC High Value Crop ICS Improved Cooking Stoves IPM Integrated Pest Management LI-BIRD Local Initiatives For Biodiversity, Research and Development LRP Local Resource Person LSP Local Service Provider M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MHM Menstrual Hygiene Management MIT Micro Irrigation Technology MPC Market Planning Committee MUS Multi Water Use System NRS Nepali Rupees PAHAL Promoting Agriculture, Health and Alternative Livelihood RIMS Resource Identification and Management Society TA Technical Assistant TCNHJ Technical Cooperation to Nepal, Higashikagawa Japan TOT Training of Trainers USAID United States Agency for International Development VDC Village Development Committee WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Annual Report 2017-18 2 RIMS NEPAL: AN INTRO

multi stakeholder partnership. RIMS-Nepal INTRODUCTION envisions enhancing the well-being of impact Established in 2001 as not-for-profit and non- groups by managing resources, building governmental organization by development capacity, promoting social justice and professionals, formerly working for United developing multi-stakeholder partnership. Mission to Nepal, Resource Identification With its headquarter located at Bairani, and Management Society Nepal (RIMS- Dhading, it covers much of the Terai, Hill and Nepal) works in Nepal for livelihood of the Mountain eco-regions of Nepal. poor and marginalized community; climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DDR); energy, health and OUR VISION sanitation; agriculture and food security; and bio-diversity conservation and ecosystem An egalitarian and prosperous society where management. In addition, RIMS-Nepal rich, healthy and productive resources are has been engaged in for the support of actively managed, sustainably used and earthquake victims immediately after the equitably accessed by formerly poor and destructive earthquake hit the Dhading marginalized communities. district badly in April, 2015. RIMS-Nepal aims at enhancing well-being of impact groups (person with disabilities, pro-poor OUR MISSION and vulnerable groups, single women, elderly and internally displaced people) by Contribute to sustainable resource managing resources, building capacities, management, climate change adaptation, promoting social justice and developing food security, poverty eradication and social justice of impact group through social

1 Annual Report 2017-18 mobilization, institution building, technology transfer and multi-stakeholder partnership. CORE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES Respect: RIMS-Nepal appreciates and OUR GOAL AND respects capacities, qualities, opinion and OBJECTIVES values of individuals, socially excluded groups, communities and stakeholders, In order to improve the quality of life of impact partners, donors, staff and professionals. groups through empowerment, socio- economic transformation, risk reduction and Integrity: RIMS-Nepal maintains inclusive development, RIMS-Nepal aims to transparency and accountability to the specifically fulfill following objectives. people and communities with whom it works. During each stages of project managment »» Build capacity of impact groups cycle, RIMS-Nepal maintains openness and to identify and manage available builds trust in the communities and foster resources, local knowledge, skill and ownership among the stakeholders. technology. Marginalised, women and poor focused: »» Increase livelihood, security of RIMS-Nepal is always committed to work resources of poor and marginalised with women, the poor, the disadvantaged communities through enhanced and the marginalised communities. Their food security, nutrition and income rights, dignity and well-being remain our first generation opportunities. preference.. »» Empower, enhance and ensure Sustainability: RIMS-Nepal focuses on institutional development of improving the quality of life (economic and communities for conservation and social) of its impact groups, and environment sustainable management of biodiversity through institution and capacity building, and ecosystem services. and developing social capital and networks. »» Increase advocacy skills of the target communities to ensure entitlement to basic rights and participation of women, children and other vulnerable and marginalised people. »» Increase access of target communities to basic goods and services. »» Improve adaptive capacity and resilience of vulnerable people by addressing issues of climate change

Annual Report 2017-18 2 advocacy, health and sanitation and natural OUR WORKING resource management. Our programmes will APPROACH build leadership capacity of women, poor, Dalit, Janajatis and vulnerable households Multi-stakeholder partnership: We aim to through different awareness raising and work in partnership with local, national and capacity enhancement programmes. international organisations in order to align and harmonise efforts towards reducing Pro-poor and vulnerable focused poverty and increasing environment and interventions: We aim to raise the economic climate resilience. This can be achieved status and well-being of women, poor, through networking and building alliances vulnerable and marginalised communities with communities and like-minded through different income generation, climate organisations at various levels. resilience and diversification activities. We focus our attention to reduce vulnerabilities Constructive partnership with government while improving disaster preparedness bodies: We aim to develop good partnership and adaptive capacity of households and with local, sub-national and national level communities. government entities for the proper planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project for the projects ownership and sustainability. OUR IMPACT GROUPS The impact groups of RIMS-Nepal are Promoting innovative technologies and the indigents of remote areas and the practice: We aim to design, pilot, and vulnerable groups, particularly women, single implement innovative, environmentally women, person with disabilities, elderly, sustainable and climate resilient internally displaced people and ethnic and technologies and practices that can help marginalized households and communities the society and nation to better manage dependent on natural resources for their environment and deal with climate change livelihood. RIMS-Nepal works both with issues. rural and urban population but prioritizes Capacity building and empowerment: population residing in the remote locations, We aim to build capacity of the local the population vulnerable to climate change organisations for good governance, and in the regions, sectors, households and communities with development deficits. GEOGRAPHICAL

COVERAGE Humla Darchula Current Projects Bajhang Baitadi Mugu Bajura

Jumla Building Resilience and Dadeldhura Doti Achham Kalikot Adaptation to Climate Dolpa Kanchanpur Extremes and Disasters Dailekh Jajarkot Mustang Kailali (BRACED) Rukum Surkhet Myagdi Manang Bardiya Salyan Promoting Agriculture, Health Baglung Rolpa Kaski Gorkha Lamjung and Alternative Livelihood Parbat Gorkha Banke Pyuthan Rasuwa (PAHAL) Gulmi Syangja Dang Arghakhanchi Tanahun Nuwakot Home Garden Programme Palpa Dhading Sindhupalchok Ktm Dolakha (HGP) Kapilbastu Bhaktapur Rupandehi Nawalparasi Chitwan Lalitpur Kavre Solukhumbu Makwanpur palanchok Sankhuwashabha Taplejung WHH Partnership Programme Ramechhap Okhaldhunga Parsa Sindhuli RIMS-Nepal/CARE-WASH Khotang Bhojpur Bara Terathum Panchthar Programme Sarlahi Udaypur Dhankuta

Rautahat Mahotari Ilam Siraha RIMS-Nepal/GAC Programme Dhanusha Saptari Sunsari Morang Jhapa RIMS-Nepal/Foster Programme

3 Annual Report 2017-18 STRATEGIC PROGRAMMES AND CROSS CUTTING THEMES

RIMS-Nepal develops and implements its Food Security, Livelihoods and projects under four strategic programs- Economic Development food security, livelihoods and economic development; biodiversity and ecosystem services; climate change adaptation, Climate change has largely threatened mitigation and disaster risk reduction; and food security situation in Nepal mainly heath, water, sanitation and hygiene. There because more than 65% of the population is are two cross cutting themes integrated dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. in all the programs; capacity building and Nepal has been importing large quantities knowledge management; and gender and of agricultural products annually, imparting Social Inclusion, and governance. These negative consequences in Nation’s programs and themes contribute towards economy. Two underlining causes of poor achieving overarching vision, mission and performance of agriculture sector are goals of RIMS- Nepal. Our programmatic identified as - low production and lessened approach includes; building a multi- productivity. Moreover subsistence nature of stakeholder partnership among stakeholders agricultural practices has attributed towards to develop synergy for climate resilience and poor production system. Despite of the poverty reduction; promoting innovative and fact that agriculture sector has potential to environmentally sustainable technologies ensure the food security, enhance economic and practices to address the immediate and improve livelihoods of the people, very needs, building capacities and empowering little has been achieved. It is thus necessary grass root organizations for good to maximize the agricultural production governance, advocacy, health and sanitation potential and increase the accessibility and natural resource management; and of poor and marginalized people to the focusing to deliver economic independence agricultural produce. This can be done by and well-being for women, poor, vulnerable improving policies, service delivery and and marginalized communities. technology transfer. In this regards, the

Annual Report 2017-18 4 RIMS-Nepal has considered following the communities. RIMS Nepal recognizes strategic interventions with an aim to that the poor, women and marginalized increase the access of the impact groups on communities are the most vulnerable food, enhance their economic condition and to climate change and its associated improve their overall livelihoods condition. impacts. RIMS Nepal acknowledges that, These strategies include promoting High high dependency of the people on forests Value Crops (HVC) and commercial resource for energy and infrastructure has farming, promoting small scale irrigation led to the deforestation and thereby forest (rain water, paddle pump, sprinkle, drip, and degradation. pond), home gardening, river bed farming, Livestock, poultry, fishery and beekeeping, Nepal being mountainous country and introducing high yielding varieties, installing situated in active monsoon area, climate Market Information System and Technology induced disasters, such as flood, landslides Transfer. and inundation are very common. Moreover, Nepal is positioned in active seismic zone and is under threat of earthquake. Unfortunately, Biodiversity and Ecosystem quality of the infrastructure in the country Services is far below the standards required to cope with the disasters. In this regards, the programme has considered following RIMS Nepal has been working in the field strategic areas of interventions with aim to of natural resource management since its increase adaptive capacity and resilience inception in 2001. Millions of population in of the vulnerable communities, mitigate Nepal is dependent on natural resources and the effect of climate change and reduce biodiversity for their livelihood. Conservation risk from disaster. The strategies include; and sustainable management of ecosystem Climate smart agriculture technologies ; and biodiversity is one of the pre-requisite Alternative energy technologies (ICS, Biogas, for safeguarding rural livelihoods. However, solar etc) to reduce emission, Climate due to changes in demography, socio- change mitigation through afforestation, economic and development context, effect reforestation and land restoration; Develop of climate change and rapid urbanization, and implement climate change adaptation the biodiversity and whole ecosystem is plan; Develop and implement disaster risk under threat. RIMS-Nepal has considered reduction preparedness and response pla following strategic areas of interventions with an aim to enrich biodiversity and manage ecosystem services sustainably. Health, Water Sanitation and The strategies include; Enterprise oriented Hygiene community based forest management, Public land management, Participatory biodiversity monitoring, Payment for RIMS Nepal recognizes health and sanitation ecosystem services, Ecotourism and Forest promotion as the key priority of urban and certification. rural development. Although, present health and sanitation situation is more or less in a progressive state, there is still a room Climate Change Adaptation for improvement especially in the rural Mitigation and Disaster Risk areas of Nepal. Under Health component, - Community health activities such as Reduction reproductive health, safe motherhood and nutrition related events were organized and RIMS Nepal has gained wider recognition in under Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) the field of climate change adaptation, and component, WASH related activities were disaster risk reduction through its completed implemented. projects and outstanding outcomes in

5 Annual Report 2017-18 Moreover, RIMS-Nepal has many years experiences working in health and WASH sectors, which has contributed to the “Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan 2011” of Government of Nepal. Moreover, RIMS- Nepal has been working to increase the access of deprived and marginalized community women and children to basic health services, nutritional education and safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, since its commencement. Hygiene promotion volunteer is facilitating Behavior Change The strategies of RIMS Nepal include; Communication (BCC) session at community level under Promotion of reproductive health and safe SWASTHA Programme. motherhood; Promotion of sanitation and hygiene and Promotion of safe drinking RIMS-Nepal believes that proper inclusion water system. of women and disadvantaged and minority For the desired impact and sustainability group representation in work force generate of programme, RIMS-Nepal considers synergy, creativity, sensitivity and enhance following areas as transversal themes in its team sprit for the integrity in the organization. programme and institution development. It also increases the trust and acceptance by the community and stakeholder to do better jobs and increase organizational Capacity Building and Knowledge image. Affirmative action for gender equity management and social inclusion has been adopted not only to mainstream gender and ensure RIMS-Nepal pursues documentation social inclusion into the program design and and dissemination of leanings achieved implementation but also to foster the social through field experiences. RIMS Nepal has justice in community. developed a pool of professional human resources through the investment in their capacity building and career development. It also provides due diligence in programme management, institutional building and strengthening the monitoring and evaluation of the programme/projects. All these efforts have contributed towards institutional growth and sustainability of the implemented programs and organization.

Gender Equality and social inclusion (GESI) and Governance

RIMS-Nepal adopts GESI policy while designing and implementing the programme/projects. GESI policy has been designed to respond to the needs of women and disadvantaged groups and ensure workforce diversity in work place.

Annual Report 2017-18 6 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 2017-18

The financial year 2017-2018 has become Nepal from ICCA to ANUKULAN and to successful in terms of the program ANUKULAN X, continued collaboration with implementation and the key achievement ADRA Nepal in various projects. Similarly, as envisioned. Here we have drawn the possibility of engagement with other major highlights of the FY 2017/2018 at organizations such as Dan Church Aid has organizational level. Key achievements been realized amidst of rapport building with through project interventions have been such like minded agencies. presented in the section following this. RIMS Nepal has developed its own policies This fiscal year stood out as a successful and guidelines to promote smooth operation year in terms of policies and program and management but in cases with differing implementation. The major highlights of the policies of partner organizations, RIMS year 2017-2018 have been presented below. Nepal further upgrades the polices not only to retain trust but also to customize to the context that might have been missed to Increased Trust Amongst Partner be incorporated during policy formulation. Organizations Despite building trust among partner organizations, there were some challenges RIMS Nepal has been able to maintain encountered during project implementation good relationship with the partner and which was addressed through careful donor organizations and has received investigation and discussions with involved encouraging remarks based on the efforts parties. and actions made to achieve the envisioned target. Continued collaboration of some organizations with RIMS Nepal for further projects is one of such examples. For instance, continued partnership with IDE

7 Annual Report 2017-18 Working With Newly Elected conduct and agree that they have read and Local Government understood the policies. It is expected that this kind of practice blows whistle to the signatories about the compliance of policies Local government election that occurred and negative consequences in case of failure almost after two decades brought myriad of to act accordingly. enthusiasm at the grass root communities. At the same time it brought challenges In previous year, we felt the necessity of for us in reframing the ways we should Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) plan while be working with local government. Only implementing the project activities, therefore, working together with government agencies during this year; we have initiated to develop can ensure resource leveraging, developing the DRR plan with an aim to endorse it by sense of ownership, and eventually coming year. promoting sustainability of the project. During this fiscal year, RIMS – Nepal has adopted the partnership approach with Expanded Thematic Areas local government bodies. The local level people’s representative and bureaucrats Responding to the changing priorities were consulted during the program planning in development sector, RIMS Nepal has and implementation. Mutual relationship begun working in the new themes of WASH has been formed and as a result, in and disaster relief. Besides the project Dhunibesi municipality, a memorandum of interventions such as PRRO I, PRRO II, understanding (MOU) has been signed to SWASTHA and ANUKULAN, RIMS Nepal has construct the MUSs in the initiation of Mayor provided DDRC with cash support of one and ward chairperson. Similarly, annual lakh rupees in order to help people affected animal health camp has been organized by landslide in Upper Dhading. in partnership with local government. All the levels of government bodies in all of the coverage areas have assured that they Increased Use of Innovation will work together with RIMS Nepal for the in Economic Upliftment of benefits of poor farmers. Communities

Improved Practice of Translating With the changing needs of impact groups and increasing expectations from Organizational Policies Into stakeholders, RIMS Nepal has been able to Practice deliver various innovations at the grass root communities. Along with, Crop assurance/ Child protection policy, GESI policy and insurance, Multiple Water Use System and other organizational policies have come Hydraulic ramp pump, electric water lifting into full effect in order to promote smooth system and solar energy based water lifting organizational management and day to system for Terai regions are some of the day operations. The continued orientation significant innovations RIMS Nepal delivered about the new and existing policies to the in the FY 2017/2018. new employees has been done. Moreover, Moreover, the concepts of plant clinic some of our staffs have attended various with plant doctor and mobilization of workshops hosted by relevant stakeholders Marketing Planning Committee are some to facilitate smooth implementation of the of the innovative ideas appreciated by the organizational policies. community and the local government. In order to make all the staffs aware about organization’s policy, it is made mandatory for all the staffs to sign the code of

Annual Report 2017-18 8 Gender wise Segregation

Male Female

Ethnicity wise Segregation

Advanced agriculture tools and mechine supported to community in Benighat rorang RMP.

Improved livelihood of people Charts displaying the composition of beneficiaries through project interventions as per gender and ethnicity. of RIMS Nepal to maintain GESI not only All the projects’ achievements are explicit to in program implementation but also in demonstrate that RIMS Nepal has become organization by providing the opportunity to successful in delivering its target as planned. lead the organization. Enhanced livelihood of the people living in the project intervention areas and increased Similarly, during the fiscal year, altogether, trust on us as a consequence from across 1,67,518 beneficiaries were directly reached the communities, reveal how RIMS Nepal is by the RIMS Nepal via various projects in able to deliver its outcome at the grass root different parts of the country. Out of them, level. Mostly through food security, livelihood 78% were female and remaining 22% were and economic development; climate change male as shown in below pie-chart. Similarly, adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk out of them, 16% were Dalits, 37% were reduction; Health and water, sanitation and Janajatis and 47% were others in given bar hygiene and disaster recovery themes, RIMS graph. Such Data shows that RIMS – Nepal Nepal is able to have significant impact on is tirelessly working to maintain the GESI in people’s lives in the areas where very little all of its interventions, in order to impart the support from government can reach due to social justice in the working community. geographical and socio-political reasons. Initiation of Research-based Gender Equality and Activities Social Inclusion (GESI) RIMS – Nepal has started to invest time Since, GESI is the transversal theme of in observation based research activities RIMS – Nepal, RIMS – Nepal has tried mainly in the sector of Cropping System in its best to ensure GESI not only in all of partnership with International Maize and its activities under various projects and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), programs but also in the composition of however, RIMS – Nepal led the research executive committee of the organization due to the CIMMYT’s exclusion from the and employee composition. For the first project work. The research has been done time in the history of RIMS – Nepal, out of on the farmers’ field for the Zero Tillage seven executive committee members, three Wheat (ZTW) and Direct Seeded Rice (DSR). of them are female, holding key positions The result will be analyzed soon after the of Chairperson, treasurer and secretary. harvesting of the wheat and paddy in Doti, Such composition shows the commitment Dadeldhura and Surkhet district. 9 Annual Report 2017-18 ONGOING PROJECTS AND KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Food Security, Livelihoods and Biodiversity and Ecosystem Economic Development Services Major programmes that contributed to this Currently, Home Garden is the only Project theme are Home Garden Project, Promoting that contributes to this theme to some Agriculture Health and Alternative Livelihood, extent by promoting diversification of crops. Restoring Food and Nutrition Security and Building Resilient Livelihoods in Earthquake Affected Areas (PRRO I, PRRO II and PRRO III), and Food Security Enhancement and Agriculture Resilience of the Earthquake- Affected Rural Nepalese Farmers (FOSTER). PAHAL

Area of assurance.

Annual Report 2017-18 10 Climate Change, Mitigation and Health, Water, Sanitation and Disaster Risk Reduction Hygiene

Our major programmes that have contributed Rapid Community WASH recovery support to this theme are Building Resilience to vulnerable community, Sustainable Water and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Sanitation and Hygiene Action in Nepal Disaster (ANUKULAN), Restoring Food and (SWASTHA Nepal) Nutrition Security and Building Resilient Livelihoods in Earthquake Affected Areas ( PRRO I, PRRO II and PRRO III), Food Security Enhancement and Agriculture Resilience of the Earthquake-Affected Rural Nepalese Farmers (FOSTER). PAHAL

Drinking water system then and now picture constructed Table: Summary of the projects under different themes under SWASTHA project.

Title of the Project Core thematic Year Donor / No. Direct Location Area Partner Beneficiaries Promoting Food Securityt, 2015 – USAID/ 37,134 Darchula, Agriculture Health Livelihood 2018 Mercy Corps Bajhang, and Alternative and Economic Bajura, Baitadi, Livelihood (PAHAL) Development Dadeldhura, Doti, Achham Building Resilience Climate Change 2018 – DFID/iDE 96,504 Bardiya, and Adaptation to Adaptation, 2019 Kanchapur, Kailali, Climate Extremes Mitigation and Surkhet, Doti, and Disaster Disaster Risk Dadeldhura (ANUKULAN X) Reduction Home Garden Biodiversity 2015 – SDC, LI-BIRD 6135 home Achham, Baitadi, Project (HGP) and Ecosystem 2018 garden group Dadeldhura, Doti, Phase IV Services members and Kailali 72 FCHVs Rapid Community Health, Water, 2016- DFID/CARE Dhading WASH recovery Sanitation and 2017 Nepal support to Hygiene vulnerable community in Dhading Restoring Food Food Security, 2016- WFP/WHH 2687 Dhading and Nutrition Livelihood 2017 Security and and Economic Building Resilient Development Livelihoods in Earthquake Affected Areas (PRRO I, II and III) 11 Annual Report 2017-18 management; and nutrition. The project adopted the value chain approach and public-private partnership approach for the commercialization of high-value crops. RIMS Nepal has been leading the overall agriculture component of the project and supports all activities in Bardiya.

New interventions of the projects are »» Updating LAPA/Refreshing LAPA »» Strengthening of commercial pockets Nursery Management Training in Bardiya under ANUKULAN-X programme. through Public Private Partnerships »» Plant clinic Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disaster »» Pilot MicrofinancePilot Crop insurance (ANUKULAN) »» Pilot disseminating weather information The Anukulan/BRACED is UKAID funded and ICT three years long project, designed to build »» Expanding intermediate nutrition the resilience of half of a million poor and training vulnerable people, especially women and children to climate change impacts like »» Revolving fund for MUS construction floods, landslides, and drought. The project »» Capacity development training on has been implemented in Kailali, Dadeldhura, conservation agriculture and farm Doti, and Kanchanpur districts of Sudur mechanization Paschim Province, Bardiya of Province no. 5 and Surkhet of Karnali province from January 2015 till December 2017. Now, Major achievements this project is running as the extension of ANUKULAN as ANUKULAN-X from January »» Plant Doctor TOT for CBFs: The plant 2018 to June 2019 under the support of doctor ToT training was conducted BRACED with same consortium partners. with the partnership of Plant Protection Project is implemented by a consortium of Directorate of Nepal and CABI Plant eleven institutions, seven international - iDE wise. After the training, CBFs felt (lead), ADRA, IWMI, CIMMYT, University of confident in organizing plant clinics in Middlesex, Renewable World and Netafim, the community with enhanced skills on and four national - Rupantaran, RIMS- best agricultural practices. They also Nepal, SAPPROS Nepal and NTAG. The conducted plant clinic in Marketing programme was designed to respond Planning Committee (MPC) for the to issues on climate-related shocks and minimization of crop losses by disease stresses and increasing the adaptive, and pest. anticipatory and resilience capacity of »» Community Business Facilitator (CBFs) farmers groups, local government and increased the access of Agrovate in policy advocacy at the central level. The romote areas of western Nepal ( Doti project focuses on mainly four thematic and Dadeldhura), which enabled the areas; high-value crops vegetables, essential community farmers develop direct oils and cereal-based cropping system for linkage with agrovate for continued the resilience livelihoods; adaptation and partnership. disaster risk reduction; sustainable water

Annual Report 2017-18 12 »» Introducing home garden activities in the existing food security and development program/projects through amending their annual work plan

Key achievements »» In the poject intervention area, there seemed a substantial increase in vegetable consumption. Moreover, some of the farmers have been able to sell the surplus vetetably nearby market Chana Devi Majhi of Kalika Home Garden Group, working centre. on her Home Garden. »» 72 FCHVs were oriented on Home »» Technical capacity building training garden and its importance, nutrition on vegetable production. The requirement, malnutrition. technical capacity building training on high value vegetable production, »» 6135 Home garden group members IPM demonstration, Tuta Control were provided with winter and summer demonstration, Tuta monitoring, Home vegetable seed kits, which encouraged garden management training were them to grow and consume new conducted at the farmer group level. vegetables such as sugar beet and 1225 members of Kailali district were »» It supported 118 MUS and two solar distributed saplings like mango, litchi. MUS construction. »» Trainings on low cost HG management and Mushroom cultivation were Home Garden Project (HGP) Phase IV provided to all 245 groups via LRPs, TA and CM. The training resulted in the RIMS-Nepal, with the financial support from increased demand of mushroom and Local Initiatives on Biodiversity, Research and hence it increased economic return in Development (LI-BIRD), had implemented relatively short time period. Home Garden Project Phase V in five districts Achham, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Doti »» An exposure visit was organized for and Kailalias in the Far-western Region of selected newly elected women member Nepal for two years and seven months from to Palpa, Lumle, Bandipur, Yampa and June 2015 to January 2018. RIMS-Nepal Chitwan vegetable pocket where they has selected YAC-Nepal as a Joint Venture learn the importance of vegetable for Partner to deliver the project activities in the nutrition and income generation. targeted farmers of far western region with the following planned outcomes: »» Crop assurance as one of the strategies for mitigating climate change has been »» Small holders and disadvantaged used in the farmers group. groups adopted home garden for improved family nutrition and increase income from surplus production Promoting Agriculture Health and Alternative Livelihood (PAHAL) »» Government agencies and non- government organisations internalized Agriculture Component under Economic Home Garden as a targeted programme system has been designed to achieve food to SHDAGs for nutritional improvement security among vulnerable populations in 14 districts in the middle and high hills of mid and far Western Nepal. Agriculture

13 Annual Report 2017-18 »» Considering the demonstration approach as an effective learning tool, the program has supported various demonstrations on crop and livestock production technologies at farmers’ fields. The major technologies conducted in this year to promote climate sensitive production technologies related to commercial vegetable were 272 events of high yielding vegetable demonstration, 296 events of vegetable demonstration in

IPM learning center Alital Dadeldhura under PAHAL programme. plastic house with MIT, 107 events of Tricho-compost demo and another 30 Component focus on supporting members more demonstrations involving private of marginalized castes, vulnerable female sector to reach a total of 12101 (F-9672, and male, youths and smallholder farmers M-2429) farmers. to develop and protect on farm and off-farm livelihoods. The system aims to achieve »» Similarly, in the livestock sector 133 two major results-(i) female and male events of breeding bucks support smallholder farmers, land poor and landless and demonstration, 134 events of groups produce profitable, nutritious, climate improved goat shed management adaptive crops/livestock using practices that demonstration, 12 Burdizzo castrator reduce land degradation, sensitivity to floods, demonstration support, 18 multipurpose droughts, landslides, pest and diseases and nursery demonstration and 35 technical low water availability; (ii) MSMEs generate training and demonstration of mineral profit by providing inputs, buyer’s market and block were completed in this year other key services (processing, packaging, benefitting a total of 9908 (F-4875, collection, transport) to vulnerable groups in M-5033) farmer group members. All support of climate adaptive, risk sensitive on these demonstration events focused and off-farm livelihoods. on improved climate and gender- sensitive technologies which have good impacts on production as the result Major Achievements 1794 farmers are replicating Plastic house with MIT, 7184 farmer replicating »» A total of 2294 events of capacity improved seeds and hermatic bag, building training related to commercial 5169 farmers replication high value vegetable were provided to 47282 (F: vegetables, 5399 farmers using 37871, M: 9411) farmer members. service from improved breeding buck, Additionally, in the support of lead 1544 farmers replicating Improved farmers, PAHAL staffs also conducted goat shed, and 4595 farmer receiving 195 events of capacity development health service from agro-vet and other training to 3561 (F-3053, M-508) government organization. farmers as well as 544 events of communities need based follow-up »» A total of 139 events of learning visit and refresher training to 11218 (F- to district market, regional market, 8925, M-2293) farmers for capacity SUAAHARA, KISAN, and PAHAL model empowerment related to agriculture sites were organized for exchanging of production, post harvest management, best practices and increase of access marketing and business plan of inputs and marketing to 2642 farmer preparation. group members. And 8 events of animal health camps were organized

Annual Report 2017-18 14 Restoring Food and Nutrition Security and Building Resilient Livelihoods in Earthquake Affected Areas (PRRO I, II and III) Since May 2018, RIMS-Nepal is implementing PRRO III program in 2687 households (HHs) of Ruby Valley Rural Municipality. Akin to past, project activities are mainly focused on Rural assets creation, enhancing agriculture production and marketing Gopal Madal, a lead farmer in his demo site that demonstrates Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system, improving nutrition and hygiene technologies knowledge and local government’s capacity "“I love the fact that varieties of nutritious enhancement on goo d governance and vegetables can be planted in Permagarden. awarding citizens on their Food and Nutrition Despite of hailstorm affecting the crops rights. Based on the past PRRO I phase and this season, it seemed beneficial. I planted II phase experience, ongoing PRRO III phase spinach, tomatoes, maize and beans. We follows only cash for assets approach in consumed as well as sold in the market the course of enhancing livelihood of the making the profit of NRs.1650. I am now beneficiaries. The project duration was from planning to grow coriander, ladies finger May 2018 to November 2018. and beans in the next season."

Key Achievements through private sector and other »» A total of 321 different community service providers specially agro-vets assets like drinking water schemes, in close coordination with government irrigation canal, waste management stakeholders for resource leverage centre (Incineration), foot trails, foot and sustainability of input and service bridge, road, birthing centre, agriculture supply to vulnerable farmers. collection centre, public toilets, »» In this fiscal, 8381 farmers are community building were created practicing commercial agricultural (rehabilitation centre in many cases) activities and 7584 are practicing with the active management of User commercial goat practices promoted by Committee. It broadly contributed to the project. improve people’s livelihoods, income generation and household food security »» PAHAL has also piloted linking PAHAL (long-term food security), farmers with the Ministry of Agriculture’s mobile-based climate and agricultural »» Building rural roads, foot trails, irrigation information, Agriculture Monitoring and canals, community birthing centers Information System (AMIS). In this directly improved connectivity to year, PAHAL supported 255 farmers to services and markets. register for AMIS. »» Project had brought together all the community members following social mobilization approach to participate in creation of a common community asset, resulted in increasing the unity and bonding among community. ‘Putting the User community first’ working approach has also helped shifting people’s

15 Annual Report 2017-18 thought from ‘I for We’ to ‘We for I” in community, »» Women involvement on institutional basis (User committee) in project has contributed to raise their confidence for development management. Their voices and choices has been increased which resulted in increasing `their willingness to take any development responsibility in a local level. Wider strategic participation of women has

been a very conducive platform in Women involment in income generation work. leadership development. Thus, the project has especially enhanced implemented in Gangajamuna Rural women empowerment by providing Municipality ward no. 7 former Budhathum them platform of decision making level, VDC. One scheme of EWASH project was constructed in Nilkantha Municipality ward »» Mother nutrition campaign, school 10, Jyamrung. nutrition campaign and public nutrition campaign organized from trained This project aims to meet the on-going community health volunteers resulted in WASH needs of earthquake affected raised awareness on the role of nutrition vulnerable and marginalized communities. and hygiene for maintaining healthy The main objective of this project is to and hygienic life, particularly in case support their recovery thus improving the of mother and children. Trend of using quality of life and increasing the availability locally available naturally grown herbs of water sources and other WASH related and fresh vegetable consumption grown component. at beneficiary’s own field has been increased, The Overall objective of the project can »» Supported mobile set with SMART be summarized as follow Krishi apps customized with Dhading 1. Improved WASH status of Earthquake based information after through affected unreached population through orientation on browsing and utilizing increased equitable access to improved Smart Kirshi apps to the selected 100 WASH services and facilities. IGG members and promising farmers of project VDCs. Farmers concern on 2. Increase safe personal, households and improved farming technology has been community hygiene and sanitation of increased. unreached and scattered population through availability of information on water sources and other WASH related Enhancing access to Water, Sanitation stakeholders. and Hygiene services in Nepal (EWASH) 3. Increased specific focus on meeting the WASH needs of unmet, vulnerable and Introduction marginalized/dalit communities. The Enhancing access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services in Nepal (EWASH Key Achievements Nepal) project has been implemented in partnership with Care Nepal and financial »» 92 persons from 3 users committees support of ZF Hilft e.V from April 1, 2018 have been trained from Pre post- to November 25, 2018. This project was construction and Water Safety

Annual Report 2017-18 16 Plan (WSP) training, Operation and management (O&M) training. These training have been provided to all formed users committees. »» Project information shared with community members through gender- sensitive public hearings provided in all 3 schemes. »» Draft of WASH master Plan of Ganga Jamuna Municipality is prepared in collective efforts of Ganga Jamuna Rural Municipality, CARE, RIMS and CODEC Nepal and have plan to declare total Rural Municipality including Budhathum Open Defecation Free area (ODF). »» WASH coordination committee has been formed and initiated the further activities to strengthen and mobilized to work and support for preparation of WASH strategic planning in each wards of Rural Municipality incorporating with GAC project

Special guest from Donor organization inaugurating the tap. Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Action in Nepal (SWASTHA) Key Achievements The Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Action in Nepal (SWASTHA Nepal) »» 13 community, 2 schools and 5 school project is implementing in partnership with toilet construction and users and Care Nepal and financial support of Global construction committees has been Affair Canada (GAC) in Gangajamuna Rural formed. The committees were formed Municipality ward no. 5, 6 and 7 (former 3 insuring 40 % women participation and VDCs of Dhading Budathum, Baseri and 33% representation in leadership (Key) Phulkharka). Agreement of SWASTHA positions. comes into effective from April 1, 2017 to till »» 138 persons from different users March 31, 2019. committees have been trained from SWASTHA project has been designed to Pre-construction and Water Safety Plan address the critical needs of the earthquake (WSP) training and these training have affected communities in those working been provided to the all formed users wards by supporting them to meet their and construction committees. needs for potable water, sanitation, and »» Operation & Management Guidelines hygiene practices. The ultimate outcome and the Repair & Maintenance toolkits of the project is enhanced quality of life of were drafted. earthquake affected women, men, girls, boys, elderly persons and those living with »» Project information shared with disabilities and members of the Dalit Caste community members through gender- through improved WASH services in working sensitive public hearings provided and communities. information boards installed in all the

17 Annual Report 2017-18 project sites. »» A 15-day training curriculum for 18 masons and plumbers on safe construction as well as basic care and maintenance has been developed and delivered to Village Maintenance Workers (VMWs). »» Door to door hygiene promotion activities are well underway through the mobilization of Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs), Hygiene Promotion Assistants (HPAs) and Farmer field day celebration in Thakre RMP. Community Health Volunteers (CHVs). disrupting agriculture supply chain, it »» Household latrine construction was became apparent to transform devastated completed for in 263 HHs. agriculture sector so that the affected people could revitalize the farming and build »» 2 days long Infection Prevention (IP) back better. This project aims to enhance training has been conducted in 2 events its resilience through proper mobilization of working wards to HP staffs, school of the local resources, formation and teachers and VWASH CC. strengthening of farmer group, development »» 2936 HHs have been directly benefited of local resource person and resource through 1st round of door to door visits centers, construction and rehabilitation and the beneficiaries with 6 key hygiene of community infrastructures, improved messages and self-monitoring hygiene agricultural technologies and practices and behavior activities. 2nd round of door to market development. door visit are running this period. »» 27 solid waste container has been Key Achievements supported to 3 health posts and 9 »» A total of 84 new groups have been schools from working wards. formed comprising 1930 members »» 54 women leaders have been trained (593 male and 1337 female). About from different Mothers Groups from 70% group members are female. working wards. Over 61 percent members are from disadvantaged/Janajati groups, 9 percent dalit and 30 percent other caste Food Security Enhancement and groups. Beneficiaries were selected Agriculture Resilience of the based on a set of selection criteria Earthquake-Affected Rural Nepalese such as earthquake impacts, wellbeing Farmers (FOSTER) ranking (a participatory exercise to rank HHs in a community by their RIMS-Nepal is working with ADRA Nepal as economic status/poverty), women implementing partner for FOSTER project. It headed HHs, single women, ethnicity is being implemented in a municipality and and marginalization etc. They were also three rural municipalities in Dhading which provided traing on saving and credit. comprised of 6 former VDCs; Naubise, Thakre, Tasarpu, Bhumesthan, Baireni and »» 10 animal health campaigns have been Kiranchok. organized (Naubise MNCP-9 ,Thali=1, Thakre MNCP ward 1,2,5,6 and 7 =5 .Since earthquake 2015 had badly affected Galchhi MNCP-4 and 5=2, Gajuri 7 and the livelihood of people in Dhading district 8=2. Total benefitted HHs=1070, Served

Annual Report 2017-18 18 livestock and poultry=10137 and 4553 respectively »» 56 community groups are supported with one breed buck for each group. »» Farmer groups have prepared rules and provision of regular monthly meeting. Groups have established group fund, all groups have saving and credit practice »» 41 group members are trained on vegetable farming based IGA MUS constructed at Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality. training (Vegetable nursery and IPM training. Farmers are encouraging on commercial vegetable farming. Key achievements »» Members from 43 farmer groups are »» MUSs were constructed to provide trained on fodder, forage management, drinking water as well as micro irrigation animal health management and breed facility to around 100 HH. and shade management and have got »» Irrigation cannels and water collection fodder seeds and seedlings and simple pond are irrigating around 500 Ropani medicine to treat external parasites of lands which has increased agriculture animals. productivity. »» 32 model goat shed were constructed. »» 90 model animal shed were built on »» 9 MUSes (5 under construction and 4 project support. The sheds encourage completed) increasing number of goats by the farmers. Agriculture Recovery of Earthquake »» 27 farmers group are practicing regular Affected Families (AREA) monthly meeting and saving credit practice. In this project, RIMS-Nepal in partnership with ADRA Nepal conducted joint planning, »» 2 collection centre were renovated and implementation and monitoring of the equipped by providing vegetable basket project. The main objective of the project was and weighting machine. to support earthquake affected Chepang, »» Around 3000 working days job creation Tamang and other marginal communities during project period. of Dhading district to re-establish their livelihoods. The project had worked with »» Farmers have started benefiting through 600 households as direct beneficiaries. The improved irrigation technology. outcome targets to support at least 600 » households in improved farming of vegetable » 90 households identified as most and goat and at least 20% increase in annual vulnerable ones had received goat for income of these groups. The project was restocking. designed to increase income from new or expanded income generating activities to Disaster Resilience Education and Safe farmers that would have greater resources School (DRESS) and capabilities to absorb shocks and stresses if similar disaster occurs in future. RIMS Nepal has worked in partnership This project will be phased out on November with ADRA Nepal in implementing Disaster 2018. Resilience Education and Safe School

19 Annual Report 2017-18 aims to meet the ongoing WASH needs of vulnerable and marginalized groups in disaster-affected districts in order to support recovery. This project has been led by a consortium of CARE, Dan Church Aid (DCA) and Save the Children. This project seeks to support local and national government recovery plans to build back better and more resilient and equitble water schemes and WASH infrastructure. The project has three major components: Component A- Repair, rehabilitation and construction of community WASH infrastructure, Component B- Promotion of good sanitation and hygiene practices and Component C- Improvement of information on water sources, systems and supply projects. Further, the project has mainstreamed cross cutting themes such as conflict sensitivity, community led planning and management, transparency and accountability, competitive inclusive staff and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and Protect

Pipeline for gravity flow system. Key Achievements (DRESS) program with the funding support »» 24 DWUCs (1 solar lift, 2 electric lift from ADRA Swiss Solidarity, Switzerland. and 21 gravity schemes) have been formed and successfully completed Since, Dhading is one of the districts to in 12 schemes in Gangajamuna, 8 face severe damages from the earthquake, schemes in Tripurasundari, 2 schemes schools were largely affected by 2015 in Jwalamukhi Rural Municipality and 2 earthquake. To address the critical need schemes in Nilkantha Municipality. of the students of Kiranchok Karkidanda Secondary School in Ghalchhi Rural »» In total 18 mesons have been trained Municipality-4, DRESS project had supported for applying earthquake resilience to school to construct a school building measures to build back safer and better. with 4 classrooms. The construction was completed and handed over by August 2018. »» 38 VMW (Village Maintenance Worker) have been trained by Besic Care and Maintenance Training (BCMT) each Key Achievements schemes 1 to 2 person for necessary maintenance after schemes handed »» A two-storey disaster resilient school over. building was constructed and handed over to School Managment Committee. »» All UCs and VMW have been trained with water safety plan, Pre and post construction training and Operation and Rapid Community WASH Recovery maintenance training. All UCs had their Nepal Earthquake own water safety plan and O & M Plan. Rapid Community WASH Recovery Project, »» In total 3418 households and 17539 also popularly known as DFID WASH, population are directly benefited from

Annual Report 2017-18 20 drinking water construction, sanitation JICA Partnership Project scheme of JICA, and hygiene activities support. Shikoku, Japan. »» O & M toolkit have been handed over for all 24 schemes and water testing Key Challenges training have been provided to all VMWs and tool kits are handed over to ward »» The required materials for construction office. are not easily available in the project locations and there was an »» 6 hygiene key messages have been unanticipated construction material transferred and practiced to all 6143 shortage and lack of skilled human HHs by FCHVs and CHVs. resources, which led to delay in project output delivery as the Project has spent »» In total 570 vulnerable, single women, more time to select available suppliers Dalit, lactating mothers, old age people to speed up procurement processes HHs have been supported as reward for in local level. Also, due to landslides in built latrine. project areas induced by the incessent »» One water supply scheme of Mahakhola rainfall during monsoon impeded road DWS, Phulkharka 7 was supported to access to communities has delayed the implement productive use of waste construction work while implementing (grey) water for livelihood enhancement. SWASTHA project. The schemes was selected in such way »» Having lack of young and literate that the beneficiaries’ people were ultra- members (Young and literate people poor, marginalized and vulnerable. The of communities has gone to foreign or use of grey water and surplus water on outside the communities searching for non- service houses were to apply for job) in the users committee, it became micro irrigation for vegetable gardening. difficult to maintain the records and »» As to ensure that each WUSC would documentations of the expenses which establish O&M fund, the WUSC have created delay in the settlement of members were trained on tariff design the installments of the users committee so that they could make the decisions in SWASTHA project. for fixing the monthly tariff. »» Similarly, the involvement of outside contractor by the implementing parter Women Livelihood Programme without informing the local partner and community people created the RIMS – Nepal is working with Technical suspicion and degraded the feeling of cooperation to Nepal, Higashikagawa Japan ownership by the communiy people. (TCNHJ), a Japanese recipient association Such event posed difficulty to RIMS - of the JPP fund, for three years from March Nepal to rekindle the lost trust. 1, 2017 to February 29, 2020 to implement women livelihood project. The supreme »» It was very challenging to claim the objective of this project is to exchange insurance amount of animals from the the experience and the knowledge of the company by the community people due women organization in Higshikagawa to cumbersome documentation process and Shree Parishrami Women Agriculture of insurance claim, which demotivated Cooperative (SPWAC) in Nepal to grasp them to enjoy such insurance facility. the idea of the technology which leads »» Since the immediate need of the to rise and improvement of their social vulnerable communities and displaced standard. Annually three of the women communities was atleast ensure from community are selected for exchange permanent roof over head, the visit. The project is being funded through proactiveness in cow shed construction

21 Annual Report 2017-18 and latrine construction was lacking, through social mobilizers like which questioned the suitability and community business facilitators as sustainability of such projects. envisioned by Anukulan so that the farmers could have easy access to the »» Though annual/seasonal fluctuation facilities to improve their productivity. in vegetable price is a natural market phenomenon, the farmers used to »» MPC/CC is required to get registered get easily dissapointed and they at local government and run through get diverted towards other income institution. Since, it has been regarded generation activities. Therefore, such as an effective platform for getting state of unwareness about the market marker for their agriculture products, it phenomenon and strategy to cope should be promoted in cooperative form it, posed the difficulty to keep them for its sustainability. encouraged throughout the project period. »» Promotional activities can contribute towards sustainability of value chain »» There is a poor utilization of collection actors. centre management committe due to the lack of trust among them and easy »» Capacity building of agro input suppliers proximity of market centre. and linking with Lead Farmer on quality agriculture inputs and climate sensitive »» Electric and 1 solar lift water supply technologies will enable the farmers to schemes were lift by technology and cope with effects of climate change and they needed 3 phase electrification, thereby earn their livelihood. five electrical schemes are yet to be connected with the national grid »» Blanket approach is most probably the lines of DIFID WASH project. Nepal best approach to reach the maximum electrical authority is responsible for beneficiaries of highly vulnerable electrification. This has taken a more communities with the aim to restore than one year. All civil structures were the food and nutritional security and completed but water systems are livelihood resiliency in remote rural yet to start to function due to lack of municipalities, which also enhances the electrification. In future, feasibility of unity among the neighbours. the electricity should also be done well »» Construction works if started during before the project. The discussion with rainy season causes high project cost community, local government officials particularly in area where road access is and district electricity authority is going virtually no or very poor. It is, therefore, on to resolve the issue. would be better to lay emphasis to start and complete the construction Lesson Learned and Way Forward works escaping rainy season to the possible extent. If situation compels to »» An integrated approach to enhance work even during rainy season, it would the capacity of farmers to utilize best be economic to deliver construction agriculture management practices materials to project sites before should be delivered by the single project the breakdown of monsoon which to each of the selected beneficiaries ultimately contributes to reduce the so that they have the state of the art project cost significantly. knowledge about each and every steps and process of farming for better yield »» The food items distribution as a relief and improved productivity. support should be done as perthe food habit of the victims of affected areas »» The private sectors such as agrovate such that they feel the solidarity with should be linked with the farmers their culture of feeding.

Annual Report 2017-18 22 SUCCESS STORIES

»» Yard connection seemed better practice for her and the people in that area was to to save water in sites, so need to focus collect stones from the nearby river or do more in yard connections. another occasional laboring on a daily wage basis. The work was very tiresome and paid »» Providing practical trainings with input less. Her family was always in the dearth materials are more effective than of financial resources. Though she had 12 without input materials. ropanies of land, the agriculture produce was »» The establishment of plant clinic and limited to monsoon season due to lack of making available the resource person proper irrigation system. Meantime, seeing as plant doctor is very effective to the water need, Anukulan project selected provide the real time guidance and both her village to construct gravity MUS. Though preventive and curative treatment to the MUS had fulfilled her water requirement farmers for better agriculture product. for household and kitchen garden, it still Beside this, the use of local people as was insufficient to irrigate her whole land. a plant doctor develops their skills in agriculture field and brings honor for During the project implementation, Anukulan their skill. Thus, educated and trained project had formed a farmer group among agriculture experts will be produced the MUS beneficiaries. Kalasi is one of locally, who will be available for the local the members of such farmer groups. people all the time.

She says, “At first not expecting much, I From Kharko Chhaano to Tinko agreed to be a member of Sisneri Women Chhaano Farmer Group. But when I participated in the Off-season Cucumber Production training Kalasi Rawal (30), a hard-working farmer, and learned from the staffs that there are lives with her husband and three children in a technologies such as drip irrigation and small house on top of the hill at Bheriganga-2, mulching that can help produce vegetable Sisneri, Surkhet. The only source of income using very minimal water. That night I didn’t get the sleep out of excitement, thinking

23 Annual Report 2017-18 that I can sell vegetables using those dk/fut tl/sfn] vghf]t ug'{ pxFfsf] afWotf lyof] . technologies. The very next day, I asked Bimal To;} dfly, hnjfo' kl/jt{gsf] gsf/fTds c;/n] Sir (Agriculture Technician) to help me get a s[lif k]zf ug{ c;xh aGb} uPsf] cj:yf lyof] . pxfF Drip irrigation set and a Silpauline plastic. He called a CBF from Madhyapaschim and eGg'x'G5, æhLljsf]kfh{gsf nflu d}n] 3/L /S;L kf/]/, informed him about my checklist. The next 3/L s'v'/fkfn]/, 3/L ljrf}lnofdf t/sf/L a]Rf]/ u'hf/f day CBF, brought all my stuff and I paid ug{'k/]sf] lyof] .Æ him right there. I get help from Anukulan staff in the construction and layout of the clxn] pxFfsf] cj:yfdf lbgfg' lbg kl/jt{g cfPsf] 5 . polytunnel to raise off-season cucumber. In xfn pxFf rf}tf/L s[ifs ;d"xdf cfj4 x'g'x'G5 . of] the first season, I earned Rs.14,000 by selling ;d"x @)&@ df ;'Gb/ g]kfn ;+:yfsf] ;xhLs/0fdf cucumber in just 4 Dhur (about 60 sq.m.) of cg's'ng kl/of]hgf dfk{mt u7g ul/Psf] lyof] . o; land. I also earned Rs.18,000 from cauliflower and Rs.12,000 from tomatoes by cultivating kl/of]hgf dfk{mt ljleGg sfo{qmd ;+rfng eO{/x]sf in 3 companies (1500 sq.m.) of land. This 5g h;af6 klg /fhLdf s[lif ug{] goFf goFf 1fg year, I had added 2 High Tunnels to produce k|ljlw kfP/ hf]z hFfu/ knfPsf] 5 . s[lif ;d"x monsoon tomatoes using Integrated Pest u7g kl5 kl/of]hgfn] ljleGg Ifdtf cljj[l4 tyf Management practices. Besides this, I am ;Lk ljsf;sf lqmofsnfk cfof]hgf u/]sf] lyof] . also raising seedling of chili, tomato, and cauliflower to plant them in 6 ropanies kl/of]hgfn] g} lbPsf] ;d”x Joj:yfkg tflnd, n] of land.” All thanks to her hard work, in vf Joj:yfkg tflnd, 3/au}Frf tflnd h:yf ljljw Anukulan-X she has been selected as an “IPM tflndn] pxFfnfO{ Jojl:yt x'g l;sfPsf] 5 . pxFfn] demonstration farmer”. She now uses the cfoJoosf] ljj/0f /fv]/ yfxf kfpg'' eof] ls t/ complete IPM package for high-value crops sf/L v]tLaf6 klg /fd|f] cfdbfgL lng ;lsG5 eg]/ . in her field and also teaches other farmers. clxn] /fhLn] sfFs|faf6 dfq} ?=%,)))÷–, s/]nfaf6 She says, “I am very thankful to Anukulan ?=!$,&))÷– / cfn'af6 ?=!#,))) cfdbfgL lng' project, that I am able to raise a crop and ePsf] 5 . pxFfn] s'g jfnLn] s'g l;hgdf slt earn money from my, previously, arid land. k|ltkmn lbof] elg lx;fa klg /fVg'x'G5 . pxFf I use this income in children’s education, eGg' x'G5 ækl/of]hgfn] g} lbPsf] ljljw tflndn] food, health care, and smart agricultural technologies. Now, my husband income ubf{ d}n] olt w}/} cfDbfgL lng ;s]sf] 5' . # j6f goes to our total saving which we are thinking knfli6s 3/af6 cfDbfgL lnPsf] 5' / ce}m klg If] to replace our Kharko chhaano (traditional qkmn a9fpg k|of;/t 5' . o; t/sf/L v]tLaf6 d roof) with tinko chhaano (Galvanized roof).” dfq geO{ d]/f] kl/jf/ ;a} v';L 5g\ lsgsL 3/d} a;La;L t/sf/L v]tLaf6 s]lx cfDbfgL kfPkl5 k|b] c;n sfd g} j/bfg, t/sf/L v]tL zLPsf] d]/f] a'9fnfO{ klg 3/d} af]nfP/ t/sf/L v] g} d]/f] ;Ddfg tL u/L/x]sf] 5' . pxFfsf] dfl;s tna eGbf t/ sf/L v]tLaf6 w]/} cfDbfgL kfPF / 3/df af]nfP . ;'v]{t lhNnf, u'ef{sf]6 g=kf–!@, z'e3f6df a;f]af; d]/f] Pp6f ;fgf] k;n klg 5 h;df w]/} nufgL ug]{ lji0f' /fhL, Ps d]xgtL s[ifs x'g'x'G5 . pxFfsf] ug{'kg{] / nufgL u/] cg'';f/ cfDbfgL klg gx'g] x'bf & hgfsf] kl/jf/ 5 h;sf] d'Vo cfo;|f]t eg]s} s[lif k;n ljqmL u/]/ cem $ j6f knfli6s 3/ agfO{ xf] . s]xL jif{ klxn] ;Dd k/Dk/fut v]tL ug{'x'GYof] a]df};dL tyf df};dL t/sf/L v]tL ug]{ ;f]r 5 . h;af6 ldlxg]t cg';f/sf] cfDbfgL gkfpFbf pxFfdf ;fy} d o; ;'Gb/ g]kfn ;+:yfsf] ;xlhs/0fdf pT;fx / hf]z hfFu/ db}{ uPsf] lyof] . hLljsf ;~rflnt cg's'ng kl/of]hgfsf sd{rf/LnfO{ klg rnfpg Psbd} ufx|f] k/]sfn]] >Ldfg /f]huf/sf] nflu ljz]if wGojfb lbg rfxG5' h;n] ubf{ xfd|f] ;d"xsf] ljb]zLg' kg]{ cj:yf lyof] . hLljsf] kfh{gdf cGo ;bZox?sf] cfDbfgL a9]sf] 5 . ce}mklg cfzf 5 l;k / Ifdtf gx'Fbf cfk'm;+u /x]sf] yf]/} hldgdf k/ ls o; kl/of]hgfn] xfdLnfO{ ;w} o;} u/L cufl8 a9fg k|]l/t ug]{ 5 .Æ

Annual Report 2017-18 24 Be commercial to be resilient! Prior to goat group formation, Bogati and other farmers of Marku were not much aware of roundworm medicines, vaccines Birendra Bogati, residential of Chaurpati and used to keep goat along with other Rural Municipality-7 Marku, Achham lives livestock animals under same shed, which with his 4 children (3 son and 1 daughter) has caused several disease outbreaks. and his wife. His own land’s produce can But, after receiving training from PAHAL feed them only up to 6 months. Therefore, program and knowing its consequences, all to ensure food security throughout the year of them are feeding roundworm medicines and fulfil other basic needs of his family once in every four month and keeping goat he used to seasonally migrate to India for separately in improved shed. Now, Bogati earning. has constructed improved shed as well as Recently, before the project implementation dipping tank for goat group with the financial in his locality, he decided not to temporarily and technical support from PAHAL program. migrate to India onwards for earning rather On behalf of the group, he is also raising boar pay full time in his farm. They, he and buck with the support from PAHAL program, his wife, started raising few goats using which is also contributing towards breed traditional means and knowledge as they improvement in his group and area. lacked modern technical know-how. They Currently, his annual income from goat were in search for the supporting agencies selling is USD 8000 and he has deposited for improved techniques. USD 7000 in Sannikot cooperative and other Fortunately, PAHAL started working in Marku financial institutions. He is fully satisfied in 2016 and formed goat group named as from his business as his living standard Navadurga, inwhich Birendra was only a has been enhanced and busted the reason member. It stood as a turning point for his for seasonal migration to India. He, now, life as he got the opportunity to participate suggests other farmers to raise goat at in PAHAL led balanced diet preparation and commercial level to be resilient. management, improved shed management He said, “Be commercial with appropriate like trainings. During that period, he had knowledge and skills to be resilient”. Now, he 23 goats and was in need of appropriate don’t like to be servant but the entrepreneur goat raising trainings. In 2016, PAHAL in at his own village and role model. He is coordination with District Livestock Office further planning to increase the area of (DLSO) supported Setaria and Napier grass grass cultivation for commercial fodder and technically supported in plantation. cultivation. In future, he wants to be known Now, he is involved in fodder and pasture as a laborious and commercial farmer farming as well. cultivating vegetable, goat and fodder Now, Birendra is feeling happy as he has 30 species. He is seeking additional technical goats out of them 12 are pregnant. He sells and financial support from PAHAL and bucks of 9 to 10 months in USD 1000-1500 government agencies to meet his future easily at local level. He had sold Setaria and plan so that other youths would be attracted Napier grass worth USD 3000 at local level in agriculture sector. and to the various government and non- “I would like to thank PAHAL program for government organizations. He has 8 ropani changing my belief towards agriculture, of marginal land where he is cultivating motivating and commercializing me in goat fodder species at Marku and he has also keeping” -said Bogati. purchased 1.33 ropani of land in Kailali. He said, “not only me but other farmers are equally encouraged in raising goats commercially in the village”

25 Annual Report 2017-18 Journey from Subsistence off”. She was planning to bore water pipe for Farming to Commercial Farming irrigation supply and extend cultivation area of vegetable. Ms. Bhana Devi Dhami, 35 years, is a Finally, she thanked the PAHAL program and progressive farmer and one of the members program facilitators who brought the PAHAL of Shramshil Taja Tarkari Utpadan Krisak programs in her village and also motivated Samuha, is residing with her 7 family to become commercial vegetable farmer. members including her mother-in-law, husband, 4 daughters and 2 sons at Puntura, Jogbuda-01. She is literate having primary Enjoying with Kitchen gardening- education. Her family by profession is Niru Tamang farmer and grows mostly cereals and a little bit of vegetables for family consumption in 8 Niru Tamang (35) residing at Tipling falling ropani lands. Her family has migrated from on the Ruby Valley Rural Municipality, Darchula district to Dadeldhura and were Dhading located on the lap of Ganesh Himal living here since 3 years for better earning was not much aware of the importance of opportunities. vegetable in daily diet of human being. It is true not only in case of Niru Tamang but also Ms. Dhami, being a member of the group in Rural Municipality as a whole. Community formed by PAHAL program, she received people in this area had a very little chance to number of trainings on nursery management, have a test of various vegetables cooked in off seasonal high tunnel vegetable their kitchen in the past. Niru Tamang had a production, production plan, bio pesticides great desire to involve in kitchen gardening and supported by a Silpaulin plastic with a for fulfilling the need of fresh and nutritious drip set. Firstly, she cultivated off-season vegetable but desire remained desire only vegetables in a single tunnel and seasonal due to lack of skill, knowledge and access to in open field. She earned net Rs. 50,000/- in improved and local seedsin their area. first cropping season. After successful and good earning from the vegetable, she has Once RIMS-Nepal implemented “Protracted now constructed 3 high tunnels cultivated Relief & Recovery Operation (PRRO 200875 with off- seasonal cucumber each of 60 i.e, PRRO I phase) funded by WFP in Ruby m2. She is expecting to make cucumber Valley Rural Munacipality, the residents got sale worth RS. 1, 00,000/- at Puntura and to know about the importance of vegetables Jogbuda bazzar from the tunnel only. She to supply nutrition for healthy life. and her husband added “hard work will show Project implementation had begun with the group formation followed by training on kitchen gardening in Lobdong, and Tipling. Niru Tamang, after being the member of the group, had participated in a five day long kitchen gardening training. With her sincere effort to apply learned knowledge from training, she had been able to grow a couple of vegetable crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, coriander etc in her field. She has been able to utilize her leisure time and produced surplus amount of vegetables, which was reached to local market as well. ”I have a plan to sell excess vegetables at my own village” Niru Tamang says. Recalling the A pulic toilet and water collection tank constructed at past, Niru Tamang said, ‘having varieties of Gangajamuna RMMPC.

Annual Report 2017-18 26 organic fresh green vegetable at our kitchen 16 households. The water flow was getting was a proverb like a ‘hanged fruit at sky reduced day by day after the earthquake. satisfy just watching them’. We had to wait for 1-2 hours in the morning and evening to fill our buckets. Due to this, ‘Now, I have been getting taste of various we were not able to use sufficient water for vegetable grown in my own kitchen garden,’ household purpose and maintain proper she added. ”I have been the source of sanitation. Sometimes our children could inspiration to others and my neighbors are not attend schools because of standing time showing commitment to follow me in the in cue of water collection.” days ahead” she further added. Initially rarely involved in any social group Min Ghale, chairperson of Rural Valley and mass meeting, Sangeeta, became the Rural Municipality ward-1 says ”we have chairperson of user committee formed been impressed with the kitchen garden of under Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Niru Tamang. As we observed the RIMS- Hygiene Action Nepal (SWASTHA) Project Nepal’s noted worthy interventions for implementing by Care/RIMS Nepal. She did the promotion of kitchen gardening in our not believe on herself first and was reluctant Municipality, we realized to extend support to accept the position but seeing others faith for kitchen gardening and other agriculture on her, she later joined the committee as a promotional activities following pocket chairperson. area development approach in our Rural municipality’. As a result of which our Rural After the nomination as a chairperson of Municipality has allocated Rs 20 lakhs Archalepani DWS, she was ready to face budget toward this and our ward has been new many challenges. She had to work as included to share this amount,” Min Ghale a focal/front person from the community. further added. She registered source to the district, made constitution of DWS, affiliated to FEDWASUN, Sharing her future plan Niru Tamang opened and regularly transacted the bank said, ”Kitchen gardening practices should account, mobilized community and many expanded as a campaign as ‘one home one other works as a leader of DWS. She had kitchen garden’ for which my support would successfully managed all of the works and be access to all my sisters who have been learned together with DWUC member and involved in kitchen and motivated one. One office staffs. day in the near future we will be in position to say ‘that food and nutrition security has Now, they have child friendly tap stand with been increased in our village caused by the 10 cubic meter well-constructed Ferro- seed as catalytic support with technical cement collection tank. Sangeeta looked backstopping of RIMS-Nepal,”Niru further very satisfied, and with a smile in her face, added with a smile. she said, “CARE/RIMS helped us build a new Ferro-cement tank. It can store more water Working as a chairperson in DWUC, and it is easier to clean.” She added, “Mainly SANGEETA is being a leader of community” after the earthquake, we had to invest more Sangeeta Ranamagar is 40 years old woman time to fetch water which created many living in Gangajamuna Rural Municipality difficulties in our daily life. Now, we have our ward no.5 Archalepani (Former Phulkharka own tank and two taps to distribute water, it VDC ward no.8). She lives in a family of has made our life easier and lots of time is 8 members. She and her neighbors have saved. I am very glad with Care/RIMS who been facing water stress since a long time. helped us solve our water problem. They Remembering the scarcity of drinking water not only helped us build a new tank but also after the earthquake, she said, “There was ensured that the water we drank was safe only one unmanaged public tap without any with quality tests.” collection point which was shared by around Rs.50 is regularly collected from each

27 Annual Report 2017-18 household as water tariff per month for WASH orientation classes. the regular operation and maintenance and for the sustainability of water supply Drastic change in the village can be seen scheme. At the outset of the month, In total in WASH field & have been an ideal village NRs 21,000 collected in Maintenance Fund to others. Like other village members, now with the collection of Rs. 1000 from each she manages the household wastes, open households. The committee provides these defecation is totally out of practice, there is funds as credit to other committee members separate slippers in her latrine, she practices in 18% interest rate in case of urgency and hand washing after use of latrine & before also invests in income generating activities. cooking, covers cooked food, filters water before drinking and utilizes waste water in At last Sangeeta said, “Problems came in fields. She conveys her thanks to the ones our life unexpectedly then we solve that that launched these sorts of programs with collective struggle. I am very thankful in that village and also suggest to bring to Care/RIMS because Care/RIMS made me such programs in near future tooso that confident to build up and support to make every people like her gets aware of the safe drinking water accessible.” consequences of following unhygienic behavior. Durga Neupane : Changed She proudly said “Now, I feel very much Herself, Her Family and indebted for getting the opportunity to understand about the importance of Community, Changing by improved sanitation and hygiene practices by Hygiene Behavior participating in WASH programs conducted by Care/RIMS time to time.” Durga Neupane is 48 years old lady. She is a resident of Gangajamuna-6, Baeri. She is single woman. Her husband died 12 years Ram Maya Progressing as A ago. Now, she is living with her youngest son Commercial Farmer supporting her family economically. May be due to lack of time, she used to live untidy Ms. Ram maya Tamang, 36, a permanent and seemed to ignore sanitation. resident of Jaistar-6 of Gajuri Rural Municipality, stays with her husband, two With the financial support of GAC, RIMS- sons, two daughters, father and mother in Nepal & Care-Nepal started a program law.. Her husband Pratap Tamang works as related to WASH so that they could follow labourer in the village. Mr and Mrs Tamang 6 hygiene messages, changing hygiene are in farming profession since long ago. behavior & be aware of the consequences They used to cultivate food crop- cereals of following unhygienic practices. The (rice) in their 7 ropani of land out of total 10 volunteers named CHV’s were appointed by ropani lands . Despite their hard work and the program and different session of BCC sufficient land, agriculture was just sufficient (Behavior Change Communication) were for survival. It was being difficult for them to organize using PHAST tools, Door to door fulfil basic requirements of their big family visit program were launched in order to sizeMs. Rammaya is one of the active and know the hygienic practices they have been energetic members of “Jaistar Agriculture following. Tole WASH-CC were formed. With Farmer Group” facilitated and supported by the motto of “Ek Ghar, Ek Charpi”, volunteer FOSTER project since June 2017. She had taught them to defecate in latrines. They received trainings on Group Management, were made aware of the diseases that are Saving and Credit, Vegetable Nursery caused due to open defecation and were Raising, Plant Protection and Management taught to maintain sanitation with different (IPM), Post- harvest management, through the project. Also, for demonstration of some

Annual Report 2017-18 28 high yielding varieties of cucumber seeds used to work in field for vegetable farming cultivation she was selected to cultivate in since earlier. Due to insufficient technical her field from her farmer group for being knowledge related to agriculture, they were more laborious. not able to yield expected results from their efforts in farming. It was hard to manage “I become familiar with several new livelihood of Bidari family despite their hard techniques like soil solarisation, seedling work. raising in plastic tray, use of coco pit and nylon net, proper handling of different tools Ms. Kamala is very active and hard- working of IPM and making liquid manure (jhol-mol) woman. She is a secretary of “Seti Devi through the trainings,” she shared. Project Farmer Group” facilitated and supported by supported quality improved vegetable FOSTER project. She had received trainings seeds of different high yielding varieties of on Group Management, Saving and Credit, cucumber, (varieties- Kamini, Namdhari- NS Vegetable Nursery Raising, Plant Protection 408,Himal and Bhaktapur Local) which she and Management (IPM), Post- harvest planted on 2 ropani (1,000 sq m) of land and management, through the project. other seasonal green vegetables in her 2 ropani (1,000 sq m) of land. “I gain knowledge on several new techniques like soil solarization, seedling raising in After taking technical training in vegetable plastic tray, use of coco pit and nylon net, farming, she purchased seeds (tomato, proper handling of different tools of IPM and bean, bitter-gourd), plastic tray, coco pits, making liquid manure (jhol-mol) through the micronutrients and nursery plastic sheet trainings,” she shared. Project supported herself and applied skills that she learned quality improved vegetable seeds of different during the training. Moreover, she has high yielding varieties (J- power, Green hero already harvested some cucumber. and Green coronate) of cabbage. After taking technical training in vegetable farming, she purchased nursery plastic “We produced 250 kgs of cucumber and sheet, fertilizers, micronutrients, extra seeds earned twenty- five thousand rupees from of cabbage herself and applied skills that she the investment of Rs 7000 in this season. learned during the training. She has planted More cucumbers are at fruiting stage in vegetable (cabbage) in 3 ropani (1500 sq m) the field and additional 200 KGs will be of land. harvested soon and I have expected to earn fifteen thousand more from it”, she said. “We produced 3500 kg of cabbage and Likewise,, she earned twenty thousand by earned One hundred and twenty thousand selling 300 kgss of Bean., Tomato and Bitter rupees from the investment of about Rs gourd also in the stage of harvesting She 12,000 in this season. It became easier to expects to earn 60,000.0 by selling tomato me now to spend in household expenses and bitter gourd. “Now I am thinking to put and educate my son. I have saved 11,000 my all efforts to continue vegetable farming rupees from that income for future needs. in more land in commercial way,” she shared. My family is also more supportive to me nowadays towards my work and labor. TOWARDS COMMERCIAL FARMING- Kamala Bidari

Ms. Kamala Bidari, 39, lives in Naukila tole of Thakre Rural Municipality with her son, father and mother in law. Her husband Siva Bidar works as labourer in foreign country (Quatar). Ms Kamala and her father in law

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Now we are thinking to put our all efforts PRRO I & PRRO II, FOSTER, AREA, DRESS, to continue seasonal and off seasonal SWASTHA and Women Empowerment vegetable farming in commercial way,” she exchange program have begun during shared. FY 2017/2018. Budget for the fiscal year 2017/2018, has been allocated across the FY 2017/2018 has become successful major themes of Food Security, Livelihoods in terms of finance. Some of the projects and Economic development; Biodiversity have been successfully completed in FY and Ecosystem Services; Climate Change, 2017/2018 such as Rapid Community WASH Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction; and recovery support to vulnerable community Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. We in Dhading. While the programs such as aim to see more funds in these themes from wide range of donors.

Annual Report 2017-18 30 Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 2075 Ashar 32 ( 16 July 2018)

31 Annual Report 2017-18 Consolidated Income and Expenditure Statement for the year ended 2075 Ashar 32

Annual Report 2017-18 32 The highest authority of RIMS-Nepal is Organisational Policies Annual General Assembly (AGM) composed of the general members of the organisation, RIMS-Nepal follows country’s rules and law. which provides the policy directions, The organisation’s activities are governed by approves plans, budgets and programmes. its own constitution, guidelines and policies. AGM elects a seven-member Executive Its financial and administrative rules are Committee (EC), termed also as Board, once governed by its policies. in two years. The main responsibility of the EC is to act on behalf of general assembly »» Strategic Plan 2015-2019 and ensures the efficient and effective function of the organisation. EC appoints »» Financial Policy an Executive Director (ED) and monitor his/ »» Procurement Policy her work. The EC is also involved in staff recruitment in order to ensure the reflection »» Gender and Social Inclusion Policy of organisational policies in terms of work force diversity and gender. Day to day »» Personnel and Administrative Policy functions of RIMS-Nepal is executed by the »» Child Protection Policy Management Committee (MC) headed by ED and a team composed of Programme »» Anti- Fraud and Corruption Policy Director, Programme Manager, Finance and »» Monitoring and evaluation guideline Administrative Manager, and Programme Coordinators. The ED, in consultation »» Vehicle movement guideline with the management committee, is responsible for hiring members of staff, preparing and implementing plan, managing plans, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes and networking with other organisations. During the fiscal year 2017/2018, around 86 employees had invested their time in organization being stationed at central office, liason office and project based field offices. Staff Composition

Male Female Composition

Female Male

Caste wise Distinction

Madhesi Dalit Janajati Brahmin/Chhetri

33 Annual Report 2017-18 Organogram of RIMS Nepal Organogram of RIMS Nepal

General Assembly Financial Monitoring Committee

Executive Committee Program Management Committee Executive Director

Program development unit Program implementation unit HR/Admin/Finance unit

Admin and Finance Manager M & E coordinator Program Manager

Admin and Finance Coordinator M & E officer Program /Project Coordinators Admin and Finance Officers Knowledge management coordinator Field staffs Account Assistant

Admin Assistant Documentation officer Local resource person (LRPs) Office Assistant & driver

Annual Report 2017-18 34 Development Partners and National stakeholders »» Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Kaski IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS »» Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP) Local: »» Nepali Technical Assistance Group »» Adhikhola Samudhaik Bikash Kendra (NTAG) (ACDC), Syangja »» Support Activities for Poor Producers of »» Development Concern Society (DECOS), Nepal (SAPPROS) Rolpa »» Rupantaran Nepal »» Himalayan Community Development Forum (HICODEF), Nawalparashi Development partners »» Kapilvastu Integrated Development Society (KIDS), Kapilvastu »» UMN (United Mission to Nepal) »» Nepal Community Support Group »» ADRA Nepal (NECOS), Rudendehi »» CARE Nepal »» Rural Mutual Development (RMD- »» Heifer International Nepal Nepal), Dhadhing »» iDE (International Development »» Tharu Community Upliftment Centre Enterprise) (TWUC), Bardiya »» IIED (International Institute for »» Youth Acting for Change Nepal (YAC- Environment and Development) Nepal), Dhangadi »» UNDP/GEF/SGP (Global Environment »» Rural Women’s Development and Unity Facility) Center (RWDUC), Dadeldhura »» Mercy Corps »» Community Development Center (CDC), Doti »» SDC/DFID/Finland Government »» Working Access and Creation for Nepal »» USAID (WAC), Acham »» World Vision International-Nepal »» Community Rural Development Society »» WWF Nepal Nepal (CRDS), Darchula »» IWMI »» Social Awareness and Development Society Nepal (SADA), Baitadi »» CIMMYT »» Group for Social & Technical »» University of Middlesex Development Service (GSTDS), Bajhang »» Renewable world »» Generating Income to Foster Transformation (GIFT), Bajura »» Netafim »» WFP/Welt Hunger Hifle (WHH)

35 Annual Report 2017-18 Stakeholders Other Stakeholders »» Ministry of Agriculture Development »» Federation of Community Forest Users’ (MoAD) Network (FECOFUN) »» Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation »» Media (MoFSC) »» NGOs/CBOs »» Ministry of Population and Environment »» District Development Committee (DDC) »» District Agriculture Department Office (DADO) »» District Forest Office (DFO) »» District Soil Conservation Office (DSCO) »» District Livestock Development Office (DLSO) »» District Cottage and Small Scale Development Board (DCSDB) »» District Disaster Response Committee (DDRC) »» Division Cooperative »» Department of Water Supply and Sewerage »» District Public Health Office

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