REACHING THE UNREACHED Annual Report 2019 Publisher: Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC), Nepal P.O. Box: 20842, Sanepa, Lalitpur, Nepal, Tel: +977-1-5548321/5548040 Fax: +977-1-554903 Email: [email protected] | Website: www.kirdarc.org © KIRDARC 2019 Design & Printed at: Masterpiece with Imagination (9851031259) MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR Welcome to KIRDARC annual report undertaken by KIRDARC in 2019 for the 2019. As of 2019, KIRDARC under different strategic areas with has completed its glorious 20 years an aim to reaching the unreached. working in the remote mountain KIRDARC’s work has positively communities in Nepal.During the past affected the relationship between 20 years KIRDARC has contributed people and their government to many development milestones representatives, leading to more including Education , WASH, Health effective delivery of all manner of with Good Governance, Human public services. Rights and Democracy, Gender and Social inclusion , Climate Change On behalf of the Executive Board, I and Disaster. This is the first year of am immensely grateful to our staff our strategic planning period (2019- for their commitment and dedication 2023), and our focus has been on in working together or impacting aligning the organisation with our the lives of the remote communities. revised strategy. To better meet the We look ahead to next year, and to needs of the communities we have continued service to the remote moved towards more integrated communities. We are grateful to local programmes, and this is reflected in government stakeholders, funding this report. partners, local communities for placing their trust in us. I would like to express our gratitude to all our stakeholders and partners, Thank you Government of Nepal, Supporting Partner organisations and others who support our work, who have made this work possible and enabled us to move toward our vision: Just and propserous society . This year we Gobinda Bahadur Shahi have successfully run 20 projects and Director this report shares the summary of achievements made through various integrated programs and projects III KIRDARC AT GLANCE Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC) is an organization dedicated to uphold the rights of poor, marginalised and excluded communities and has been working in the area of human rights, accountability promotion and livelihood improvement of the Karnali people through its interventions on different areas. Vision Mission Goal “A Just society with Building relationships Empower communities to prosperity’’ and transforming lives exercise their rights, hold duty with dignity bearers accountable, reducing inequalities for better lives and promote sustainability. Objectives l Promote human rights, strengthen governance and inclusive democratic practices l Improve livelihoods and enhance sustainable incomes l Create resilient mountain communities advancing upstream and downstream linkages l Empower children, women and youths for peaceful social transformation Reached in 2019 512 Schools supported 1319 440 Number of Child Club formed/ Number of Person Supported for Supported/ mobilized IGA Male – 297 60659 Female – 143 School Children benefitted from Project Boys – 27221 56 IGA support to people with Girls – 35208 disability 277 73444 Number of Adolescents Number of people below 18 Years Groups Formed/mobilized and Male – 32545 Strengthened Female – 41110 9,739 Number of Families supported 1 19 Number of CSOs formed/mobilized 61 and Strengthened Number of Women Groups formed/mobilized and 31,459 strengthened Total outreach Male – 14615 Female – 16844 297 Province: Number of Community based organizations formed/mobilized/ Strengthened 6 & 5 No of RM: 31, Districts: 6 Humla: Chankheli, Sarkegad, Kharpunath, Simkot, Adanchuli and Tanjakot Jumla: Sinja, Hima, Tila, Tatopani, Patarasi , Gothichaur, Kanakasundari, Sinja and Hima, Chandannath Kalikot: Tilagupha, Shubhakalika, Palanta, Raskot,sannitribeni, Naraharinath Dolpa: Jagadulla, Mudkechulla 9 Mugu: Chhayanath Rara, Soru, Khatyad, Number of Cooperatives Mugum Karmarong Supported Kapilvastu: Shivaraj & Buddhbhumi 2 3 HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES This outcome aims to promote inclusive quality education including lifelong learning in the schools and communities through capacity development on quality school education, enhancement in Quality Learning Environment and strengthen system of good governance practices within school. Another component under this outcome is to ensure social inclusion in the family, community and institutional level by mainstreaming social inclusion related components in each program. It also aims to promote democratic practices and good governance among local government bodies, state institutions and stakeholders in order to ensure the fundamental rights of the citizens among the rights holders and duty-bearers through advocacy and awareness campaigns, capacity development activities and networking and alliance building initiatives in the communities. l 11 children with multiple disability increased RM, Kalikot and Buddhabumi and Shivaraj access to Quality education through Each One Municipality, Kapilvastu. Teach One modality in Kalikot and Kapilvastu. l 832 vulnerable children are identified and l 41 percent out of school going children registered and developed support mechanism enrolled in school at Suvaklaika RM and Tilagufa for regularity in school in Tilagupha Municipality, Municipality, Kalikot. Kalikot and Shivaraj and Budhhabhumi Municipality Kapilvastu l 1856 school children benefited through 58 Community managed coaching class (additional l 46 school dropped out children re-enrolled in classes besides regular class in school) in Palanta school in Kapilvastu, Kalikot and Humla through the campaign of SAMVAD center. 4 l As a results of adolescents campaigns through l Initiated child cooperatives saving bank at 5 SAMVAD center, 114 adult members of the schools of 5 RM for the banking and financial community abandoned the gambling and learnings of the children in Jumla. alcoholism in Shivaraj and Budhhabhumi Municipality of Kapilvastu, Sarkegard rural l Promoted audio visual teaching learning Municipality of Humla and Palanta rurla environment at 6 school's early grade classes Municipality of Kalikot in 2019. under GTIQE project at Jumla. l Due to different awareness campaigns and l Increased the regularity of the adolescent girls follow up through adolescents network (AASA by 45% after providing the MHM training and network), 67 adolescent boys age ( 16 to 19 reusable sanitary pad preparation classes in years) left to use drugs and alcohol in Kapilvastu. Jumla. l 18 child marriage cases stopped in Kapilvastu, l Created learn with fun environment at 30 Kalikot, Humla and Jumla in 2019. schools (20 under PIE and 10 under GTIQE project) in Jumla. l More than 100 Families of adolescents have prepared Family Development Plans with l Renovated 8 schools under GTIQE project clear vision. As a results of preparation of FDP, for promoting child friendly safe school one house one vegetable garden has been environment in Jumla. established by the mothers of the adolescent girls after taking agriculture sessions. l 5 RM level and 3 district level CSOs formed and strengthen with in community and 4 CSOs have l Promoted print rich environment at 35 school raised fund and conduct sewing training, Turkey (25 under PIE and 10 Under GTQIE project) farming and artisanal support at Jumla. within grade ECD to three class in Jumla. l 1 RM level Dalit Network has conduct advocacy l Promoted Clean and Green school environment at Kanakasundari RM, Jumla and appointed 2 at 3 schools of Patarasi RM and 2 school at Hima, dalit teacher at school. Jumla RM. l 17% out of 1236 youth left the Chhaupadi l 2 community schools of Jogibada, Hima and practice and stay in their own room during Sinja of Jumla declared as Out of School Children period at Jumla. Free Community. 5 l 4 child marriage are stopped by youth girls to Naraharinath, Khadachakra and Raskot RM coordination with Local Palika’s Kalikot. l 1 health facility of HTNYP working areas started l 18 Tole Bikas Sanstha strengthened and to provide ASRH service by separate ASRH mobilized for Model Village Campaigns at corner, and other facilities planned to develop Kapilbastu. ASRH corner at Kalikot. l Strengthened Complaints Hearing Mechanism of l Naraharinath Rural Municipality, Kalikot allocated six rural municipalities and three municipalities 13 lakhs for domestic sanitary pad distribution in Kalikot, Humla, Jumla and Kapilvastu. and development. l 46 School Management Committee (SMC) l Khadachakra Municipality, Kalikot adopted trained on Participatory School Improvement the project concept of HTNYP among the Plan (SIP) at Jumla. adolescents and young parents to improve the health condition. l 14 Schools supported to revise the School Improvement Plan (SIP) at Jumla. l After seen changes in community the Khadachakra Municipality, Kalikot planned to run l Child friendly environment declared in ward no. same groups session by government budget in 1 of Shivaraj MNC, Kapilvastu. ward no 11to technical coordination HTNYP. l Seven communities are moving towards model l Raskot Municipality, Kalikot planned to adopt village campaigns at Kapilvastu them of HTNYP with their Jivan Parbardhan program. l Raise the inequality issues in the high-level political forum on sustainable development l 232 newlyweds couples are directly oriented 2019 and submitted