Annual Report 2019

Nepal Association of the Blind (NAB) Organizational StrengtheningProgram

Annual Report 2019

Prepared By: Submitted to: Nepal Association of the Blind Norwegian Association of (NAB) the Blind (NABP), Norway Sukedhara, Kahtmandu Ph: +977 1 4376598, 4376580 Fax: +977 1 4378622 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.nabnepal.org

Computer training to BPS youth Vocational training to BPS female Braille Literacy to recent blind

Participants of political rights training taking Rally in Kathmandu on International Training for elected representatives on note on braille Disability Day inclusion of BPS people Annual Report (January-December, 2019)

Introduction

NAB has been established in 1993 to work for the protection and promotion of rights and interests of the Blind and Partially Sighted (BPS) people in Nepal. It is also affiliated with World Blind Union (WBU) and Asian Blind Union (ABU), Social Welfare Council and National (SWC) Federation of Disabled Nepal (NFDN). It has now 7 Province Committees, 57 district branches and 30 Municipal Level branches throughout the country with more than 3000 active members.

NAB Programs:

 With the support of NABP, organizational strengthening of NAB project has been running since 1998 with the objective to strengthen the self-help movement of the blind people in Nepal. As part of organizational strengthening, NAB has been running inclusion projects in five districts: Ilam, Gorkha, Surkhet, Kailali and Sindhupalchowk since 2016.

 Rehabilitation program has been running since 1998. Till date, the program has been completed in Chitwan, Kapilvastu, Nawalparasi, Dang, Rupendehi and Bardia. The program started in Makawanpur and Mahottari since 2016. has been started in Rupandehi in collaboration with NDFN for 3 yrs with the support of Sense International.

This report covers the major initiatives and achievements made throughout the year 2019 by Organizational Strengthening program of NAB with some additional information about the achievements made in other areas of organizational works that support in creating synergy to achieve NAB's goals and objectives.

1.Gender 2019

NAB always gives high priority towards the issues of gender and takes the actions to ensure gender equality and balance. In the year 2019, following initiatives are accomplished to ensure the inclusion of women and other marginalized groups among BPS people.

A) Leadership Opportunity and Representation

Challenge:

BPS Female representation in the top leadership level is little low compared to their male counterparts. Mitigation:

 NAB Constitution has a provision of 33% women reservation for the BPS females in Board while the same is applicable in the district boards. In Central Board, 1 post of Vice-President and 5 member seats are reserved for women.To ensure the inclusion of marginalized and ethnic groups, NAB constitution has a provision of one seat reservation for Madhesi, one seat for Dalit and one seat for ethnic group. The current executive board comprises of 17 members with 6 females (64.70% M 35.30%F).

 There is a provision of 40% women's representation in the General and Annual Assembly.NAB has now practiced Province Level representationinstead of direct district branches. Out of 59 representatives of the Annual Assembly 2019, 25 were female (57.62%M 42.37% F).

 Female participation has been ensured in the Province Committees and district branches board as well. In 2019, except for Province 3, all other Province Committees hold their first General Assembly and elected new board. Female representation is practiced as per NAB Constitution. List of Provincial Committees of NAB is given in the annex. (See annex 1).

 With the extra funding from NABP Norway, NAB conducted Province Level training/orientation to the elected representatives of 10 municipalities in 7 provinces. For the purpose, NAB appointed 12 (9M 3F) facilitators. The

facilitators of Baglung Municipality, Gandaki Province were solely BPS females.

 With the support of UNDP Electoral Support Project (ESP) carried out a project for promoting the political and electoral/voting rights of BPS people. Gender has been taken in consideration while implementing the project as under: o A committee has been formed to provide input and feedback on the blind friendly BRIDGE course model training manual with 14 persons including 3 females. o Four BPS female have been mobilized as the facilitators for province level training conducted for BPS people.

 Two days leadership development and organizational management training was conducted in Tanahu for the board members and general members of NAB Tanahu branch in February. Out of 35 participants 13 were females.

 Two BPS females who were supported by NAB in 2018 for the training in India have started their own organization in 2019 after returning back to Nepal and now doing various activities for the BPS people, especially women.

The afore mentioned initiatives help BPS female to come forward and take the leadership position in the organizational level as well as in the community level. Yet, the BPS female leadership is not as strong as it needs to be. For that, continuous effort is needed.

B) Participation and Beneficiary Level Opportunity

Challenge:

BPS female lag behind their male counterparts and show low presence in the social, economic and political activities. They are in triple discrimination: a) discrimination against disability, b) discrimination against women, and c) discrimination against women with disability. They have low access over the training and other learning opportunities.

Mitigation:

 NAB's programmes and activities are guided also by the Gender Policy Document apart from its Constitution and Strategic Plan. Hence, the participation of BPS female is highly considered in every activities conducted by NAB at both central and programme areas.  In 2019 also, special women sensitization programs were conducted in each 5 project districts. Out of 118 participants, 90 were female, i.e., 76.27%.  In overall the participation of women in province level training on "Political and electoral/voting rights of BPS people" supported by UNDP ESP was more than 38%. Out of 533 participants, 205 were the females who actively took part in all the training sessions.

 BPSfemale students were considered highly while providing the scholarship and educational support: o Out of 23 college level students supported with scholarship, 11 were female, i.e. around48%. o Out of 74 students who received slate/stylus in 5 districts, 29 were female, i.e. around 40%. o Out of 82 braille paper recipients, 46 were female, i.e. 56%. o Out of 16 BPS people provided with computer training, 10 were female, i.e. 62.5%. o Out of 126 BPS youths oriented on the use of Nepali OCR software, 48 were female, i.e. 39%.

 In rehabilitation activities as well, BPS females are considered with high priority: o Out of 73 total blind receiving the white cane from 5 project districts, 37 were female, i.e. more than 50%. o 139 females out of 262 people received various vocational trainings through 5 project districts, i.e., 53%. o Special vocational training was conducted for 9 BPS female at central level (100%).

o Seed fund was provided to 23 BPS with Rs. 10,000.00 each from Central Office with Government support. Out of them 9 were BPS female, i.e., 39.13%. o In two project districts goats were provided to 9 BPS people. Out of them 5 are females, i.e., more than 55%.

C) Hostel facility for BPS females:

Challenge:

 BPS people lag behind their sighted counterparts in education and the status of BPS female is even worse. At first hand, most of the BPS female are deprived of education. If they get enrolled at school level, then also the chance of dropping out is high when they grow up to their late teens. So, very few of them continue higher level education. In most cases, parents don't allow their blind daughters to go far away for studies and if they do also, there is always a security threat. In the other hand, it is very difficult for BPS female to find the rooms in rent in the cities. Mitigation:

 Realizing the need of support to the BPS female who come to Kathmandu city seeking educational, occupational and other opportunities, NAB has been running a women hostel for BPS female since 2001 and that has been continued till date. Staying in the hostel, the BPS females get socialized by mixing up with fellow friends from various social, geographical and cultural backgrounds. This helps them overcome the feeling of awkwardness and isolation. The students continue their higher level education without tension and their family members are also ensured about their security. For the new comers, if they don't know about orientation & mobility and daily living skills, they are trained by the care takers and fellow friends. Peer learning environment keeps them motivated. They can do combine studies, low vision friends help them read out the texts. Sometimes the volunteers come to NAB and they are mobilized for supporting the hostel students to read out and record the texts.

 38 BPS (26 total blind and 12 low vision) female received hostel facility throughout the year as under: a) 10+2: 11 (6 total blind and 5 low vision) b) Bachelor level: 22 (17 total blind and 5 low vision) c) Master level: 2 (1 total blind and 1 low vision) d) Computer students: 2 (1 total blind and 1 low vision) e) Volunteer: 1 (low vision)

 Staying there in hostel, they seek for scholarship support and job oriented trainings. It will be easier for them to find the job later after completing their levels of education. They also get the opportunity for computer training as well as orientation on assistive technologies conducted from time to time by NAB. In 2019, the following opportunities were grabbed by the hostel students: a) 1 BPS female got employed as government school teacher b) 2 BPS female got opportunity for one year job guaranteed message training in Kathmandu. They are learning and they are earning. c) 1 BPS female got opportunity to get 1 year training on diagnosing breast cancer from India d) 21 BPS female are getting scholarship from various other funding sources for their college studies e) 10 BPS female received paper incense making training provided by NAB's sister organization "Blind Women Association Nepal". f) 2 BPS female completed Plus two level and joined Bachelor level g) 3 BPS female completed Bachelor level and preparing for Master's level

 Realizing need of a safe accommodation for BPS women who come to Kathmandu for education and other opportunities and to overcome the shortcomings of rented hostel house, NAB has started constructing its own blind friendly safe home for BPS women since 2017 at Kageshwori Manohara Municipality, Kathmandu. With the support of Nepal Government 3 roofs of the building have been casted. Due to lack of budget, the construction work is currently halted and NAB is seeking out potential donors to complete the building. Once it is completed, it will accommodate 60-70 BPS females at a time.

2. Anti-corruption 2019

Since its inception, NAB has been working on making this organization an example of good governance. NAB values transparency and accountability. Anyone with authority can check the accounting, make assessment or carry out evaluation. The following measures are taken to fight/prevent corruption:

A) Policies and Papers: i) NAB Constitution: NAB has its own constitution that defines the different roles and responsibilities of the office bearers and the members. ii) Financial Policy: The Financial Policy document of NAB clearly guides for the proper management of financial matters and proper handling of the cash. iii) Partner Agreement: The agreement papers with the funding partners and Social Welfare Council clearly states the reporting routines. iv) Contract Letter with TOR and JD: Job description has been issued to each staff with Terms of Reference. v) Code of conducts: NAB has also formulated a code of conducts for the Board and the staffs with clearly stated things to be done and not to be done. vi) New Policies: In 2019, NAB has formulated two new policies for controlling the corruption and abuse of the authorities in coordination with National Federation of the Deaf Nepal (NDFN) and support from Sense International. The policies were drafted in the workshops and then discussed in the board meeting for the approval. They come into effect after the approval and then disseminated to the concerned persons: board members and staffs at central level and project districts.

a) Whistle Blowing Policy b) Child Protection Policy: This new policy is more detailed and practical than the one NAB formulated in 2017. Hence it will replace the last one.

B) General Assembly and the Board:

Central Board of NAB is elected in every three years through General Assembly while Annual Assembly is held every year. Policies and programs are discussed and approved by the General/Annual Assemblies where the delegates are the representatives from the branches. Annual Assembly and General Assembly disseminate information to beneficiaries and stakeholders by using platform approach, discussion are made and decisions are implemented. Regarding the candidacy for the Central Board and the Commissions, one needs to clear the belongings. NAB has a provision that a person could not give candidacy if they have dues to pay or belongings to clear.

In 2019, NAB had its 23rd Annual Assembly held in Kathmandu dated 22 September. Expenses, anticipated budget, programmes and proposed future plans & activities for the next period were presented in the Annual Assembly for discussion and approval. The delegates approved the programs and budget and the Assembly also selected an Auditor for the Fiscal Year 2076/077.

The Central Executive Board ensures the implementation of the decisions made by the Assembly and monitors the activities so as to ensure the smooth running of the project. Central Executive Board has formed a Working Committee for the smooth operation. The decisions made by the Working Committee during the interval of one Full Board Meeting to other must be approved by the later Full Board Meeting. Annual Action Plan and budget is discussed in the meetings and they are implemented after approving by the board. In 2019, Working Committee's 7 (8th - 14th) meetings and Full Board's 2 (5th and 6th) meetings were held.

C) Financial Auditing and financial reporting

Treasurer is a key person in relation to the financial dealing. His/her primary responsibility is to update the leadership with a financial status of the organization. The treasurer is the compulsory signature holder in bank accounts. S/he has to ensure that the account is kept in a systematic way and budget is spent as per the plan. Moreover, h/she presents expenses and proposed budget in NAB General and Annual Assembly.

NAB Director is overall responsible for implementation of the budget, i.e., approval of the vouchers (expenditures), reports and to ensure that the budget is spent as per the budget plan and the report is sent to the partner organization within the time frame.

Account Officer is responsible to record daily financial transactions in a systematic manner in NAB books of accounts and preparation of monthly and annual account report.

NAB's account is audited annually by the auditor appointed by the General Assembly/Annual Assembly. The auditor does the accounting as per the auditing and accounting standard and to check whether the expenses is occurred in accordance with NAB financial rules, prevailing government rules and regulation and the instructions of the partner organization.

This audited account report is submitted to the different concerned authorities. NAB submits monthly accounts to NABP's Delhi office within 15th of the next month. It submits audited account to NABP within 15th February of Next year. It also submits audited accounts of June/July to the Nepal Government. As per the funding requirement, separate auditing may be conducted of specific project supported from the partners other than NABP. On 30 July 2019, Auditor from Australian Embassy conducted the auditing of OCR Software Enhancement Project.

D) Approval of the project from SWC

NAB needs to take the approval of every project either long term or short term from the Social Welfare Council of Nepal. Every change in the budget or activities should be reported to the Council. Quarterly and yearly progress reports need to be submitted to the council as well.

E) Renewal and Tax Clearance

All applicable government taxes are strictly followed while paying monthly salary, remuneration, wages and cost of goods. A tax clearance certificate is to be received from the Revenue Office after completing the auditing as per Government rule. Only after submitting the Audit Report and Tax Clearance

Certificate, the organization could be renewed from the District Administration Office and Social Welfare Council. NAB is renewed regularly.

F) Evaluation:

Evaluation helps the project and organization to keep continue in the right track and correct the errors if any. It is a tool to measure the achievements and to check the process to ensure the quality. It checks whether the funds are properly utilized and the system is in place to prevent abuse of the authority or corruption. In the year 2019, Final evaluation report of NABP project has been received and Real Time Evaluation of Atlas Alliance continued. a) Final Evaluation

Final evaluation committee, formed by Social Welfare Council (SWC) carried out the final evaluation of NABP project in 2018. The report of the evaluation has been received in 2019 with some recommendations. Previously in the beginning of 2017, there was mid term evaluation. These evaluations are carried out to check whether the project is on track, whether the targets are achieved and the fund utilized properly. b) Real Time Evaluation

The Atlas Alliance has been carrying out a real time evaluation of its full program in Nepal and NAB is part of it. Like in 2018, the evaluation team formed by Atlas Alliance made a visit to NAB central office on 20 February and had a meeting to discuss about the achievements and results of NAB. Then they made a visit to some of the project districts as well. Four team members include:

1. Mr. Bidhan Acharya, Chair persons , SAIPL 2. Ms. Janu Dhital, MD, SAIPL 3. Mr. Pitambar Acharya, Lecturer, TU/FOE 4. Ms. Laxmi Khadka, Lecturer, TU/FOE

Later a workshop had been organized in Kathmandu dated 1 March 2019 on "Challenges of Inclusive Education in Nepal" based on Atlas Alliance, Norway, Real Time Evaluation 2018. Mr. Morten Erickson, Atlas Alliance Director, had also attended the program. Mr. Bidhan Acharya made the presentation about the findings of the Real Time Evaluation for the year 2018.

G) Capacity Assessment of NAB by other Organizations/partners:

As a tool to ensure that the partner organization is capable to carry out a project, most of the donors carry out organizational capacity assessment. These sort of assessments not only ensure that the system is in place but also helps in rectifying the shortcomings if any. In 2019, two such assements were done at NAB and both the donors found NAB capable and compatible. One of them was new partner with a long term project while the other was a regular partner with new partnership modality for a short term project. i) Capacity Assessment by Sense International

Meeting between Sense International and NAB was held on 16 January for the capacity assessment (Mango Health Check Up)1of NAB to launch a new project for the people with deafblindness in Nepal. Ms. Elizabeth Ewen, Senior Programme Manager of Sense International and Mr. Sanu Khimbaja, Project Coordinator of National Federation of Deaf Nepal (NDFN) visited NAB for the final evaluation. After the assessment, a new project "Healthy Life for People with Deafblindness in Nepal" has been launched since April 2019 with the support of Sense International. NDFN and NAB collaborated to launch the program in Rupendehi district for three years.

ii) Capacity Assessment of NAB by UNDP/ESP

Since 2016, NAB and UNDP/ESP have been in mutual cooperation for promoting political rights and electoral/voter's education to BPS people. In previous years, UNDP/ESP was implementing the project directly and NAB's role was to coordinate and support in management. But in 2019 the call for proposal was for direct implementation by the partner. NAB submitted a proposal and on 26 June, team ESP visited NAB for the capacity assessment of the project. After that the project has been approved and launched.

1NAB Mango Health Check Report

3.Climate and environment.

Challenge:

The level of pollution is increasing in urban areas that cause various eye diseases leading to blindness. It also affects the low vision people as they are vulnerable to infections that lead to total blindness.The temperature is also rising year after year. Land and water are polluted. In Terai Region, it is very difficult for the people to travel on day time during peak summer due to extreme heat while it is the cold wave and due drops in the winter that hinder the mobility in the morning as well. In hills, it is difficult for BPS people to travel during monsoon. Risk of landslide is always there that affects their living conditions while flood can affect both the hills and the Terai.

Mitigation:

 Though NAB does not have any direct programs and activities related with climate and environment, it considers preserving the nature, resources and the quality of air and water. It is determined not to add pollution or to overuse/misuse the resources. The following measures are taken: o The activities and programs are planned in such a way that the beneficiaries participation and implementation of the project doesn't get affected by the climatic conditions o Eco-friendly vocational trainings are prioritized and the wastages produced during the training are properly managed o Center Office and Project Offices strictly prohibit littering the garbage or wastages. Bio-degradable and non-degradable wastes are separated and sent to the garbage trucks of the authority. o Most of the communications are made through email and telephone to reduce the use of paper. o Documents are printed (when necessary) on the both sides of the paper so as to reduce the use of paper. The rough papers are also reused as far as possible. o In the centre office, high capacity solar panels are fixed as the alternative source of power that reduces the use of fossil fuel for running the generators while there is power cut and reduces the use of electricity in normal times as well since the batteries are charged by the solar power. o All project vehicles are kept up to date, timely serviced and pollution free. o Paperless attendance system has been introduced at central level. o NAB and its branches coordinate with some other funding partners for animal husbandry, especially goats, but that is done only in the village areas where there is enough grazing land and where there is no conflict over such resources as they have their own land to grow grass.

o Some of our project districts coordinate with other organizations to distribute warm clothes and blankets during winter. 4. Affect of the project on human rights situation

UNCRPD:

 Advocacy for shadow report implementation. Nepal Government has committed to issue the directive for the implementation of shadow report.  Advocacy for ensuring that the BPS teachers get attendance in the schools as they are assigned after passing the Teacher's Service Commission Exam.  Nepal Government is going to formulate Regulation for Disability Rights Act. In this regulation, Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen has committed to include the CRPD Shadow Report's recommendation in its five year plan.  Disability Desk established in Human Rights Commission with a focal person. The Commission has committed to take the direct complaints of the BPS people related with the human rights violation and then pressurize the government to take necessary action.

SDG:

 Giving priority to SDG 4, "No one left behind", NAB and NFDN jointly organized o Training on inclusive education for disability leaders o Disability Inclusion Development (DID) training for DPOs leaders and Norwegian supported organizations  As a result of such programs and trainings, other organizations working in the disability field are also giving priority to disability inclusion and inclusive education.

Policy Change:

 The government has enacted a new consolidated "National Education Policy" compiling all scattered policies related with education and gender. With this policy coming into effect, Inclusive Education Act is automatically dissolved. Though the Disability Education issues have been addressed in the policy, we need to do more advocacy to ensure that all the provisions stated by Inclusive Education Act are incorporated in National Education Policy. Treaty Ratification:

 Continue advocacy is going on for the ratification of Marrakesh Treaty. For this, NAB's team advocated at Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen, and Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation is collecting feedback from different ministries.

Activity Level:

a) Province level training/orientation conducted at 10 municipalities of 7 provinces for the elected representatives, planners and government officials on the "Rights of BPS people and their inclusion in the local level". This has helped them understand the specific issues of the BPS people, national and international instruments for ensuring human rights of BPS people and the role of the representatives/planners and government officials for the inclusion of BPS people in mainstream development, increasing their access over the services and their representation in decision making level.

b) Trainings for promoting the political and electoral/voting rights of BPS people have been conducted in all 7 provinces for BPS leaders and BPS teachers who later oriented the BPS school students as well. Besides BPS people, representatives of other organizations working for BPS people were also included so as to make common understanding and carry out joint advocacy at province and local level. The elected representatives and government officials invited in the opening ceremony were also sensitized about the rights of BPS people and they committed to support for the cause.

c) "Healthy Life for the people with Deafblindness" implemented in Rupandehi that is the first initiative of its kind to provide home based service to the deafblind people scoping them to include in the mainstream schools later.

d) The support provided to BPS people under Inclusive Education and rehabilitation activities help the individual BPS to lead the dignified life and to change the perception of community people towards them. Scholarship and educational support help them continue their education that leaves their family in ease. The support receivers have become expressive and enthusiastic as they start feeling good. Though only a few of the trained BPS have started earning, those who earn are accepted as the productive member in the family. Changes are seen in the lifestyle and thinking in those BPS as well who don't convert the learnt skill for income generation due to various difficulties, mainly economic. They start taking their blindness more easily than before as they mix up with other people of the same kind. When they learn something, they start believing over their capacities that despite being blind, they can do works which were previously described as the work of the sighted persons.

e) Observance of various Special Days such as Braille Day, Hellen Keller Day, International Day of Persons with Disabilities etc. help in creating

awareness among people and promote the unity among persons with disabilities. Every year NAB, its Project districts and other branches take part in the celebration that support in promoting the rights of BPS people. 5. Summary of 2019

The year 2019 remained very fruitful in many ways, basically at advocacy, sensitization and resource mobilization. For the first time in NAB's history, it s activities reach out to all over Nepal, two time a year. First "Province Level Orientation/Training about the Political Rights of BPS People and their Inclusion in Local Level" for the duty bearers and second "Province Level Training on Political and Electoral/Voter's rights of BPS people" for the beneficiaries. With these events in function, NAB developed the human resources and training manuals as well. Resources grabbed by the 5 project districts in 2019 is the highest while one of the Province Committee and some other branches also received Provincial and Local Government funding.

The major achievements of the year 2019 of NAB Strengthening Project are as under:

A) Advocacy

 NAB conducted its 23rd Annual Assembly  Except for Province 3, all other Province Committees hold their General Assembly and elected a new Board.  Team NAB participated in the 2nd NGO Seminar organized in Kathmandu dated 17-18 January 2019 with the theme "The role and space for civil society under the new Federal System".  NAB Director had a meeting with Norwegian Minister of Development Cooeparation in Kathmandu during his visit to Nepal.  3 (2M 1F) persons including 2 staffs (Director and Program Officer) and 1(M) Board Member received training on "Writing a Winning Proposal- A How to Course for NGOs" organized by proposalsforNGOs.  3 (2M 1F) new staffs including 1 (M) deafblind project coordinator and 2 (1M 1F) deafblind educators received job orientation training.  Proposal and report writing training provided to 7 (2M 5F) BPS members in Ilam with the support of Karuna Foundation

 35 (22M 13F) members of NAB were provided with leadership training in Tanahu.  77 (48M 29F) members of NAB were oriented on New Disability Rights Act in Baglung.  13 (6M 7F) BPS members of NAB oriented on "Open data, transparancy and accountability" in Kailali.  NAB conducted Disability Inclusion Training/orientation for the elected representatives and Municipal authorities in 10 municipalities of 7 provinces as under: o Venues: . Province No. 1: Dharan Submetropolitan City, Dharan and Belbari Municipality, Morang . Province No. 2: Bardibas Municipality, Mahottari . Province No. 3: Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City, Makawanpur . Gandaki Province: Baglung Municipality, Baglung . Province No. 5: Tulsipur Sub Metropolitan City, Dang . Karnali Province: Birendranagar Municipality, Surkhet and Narayan Municipality, Dailekh . Far Western Province: Dhangadhi Sub metropolitan City, Kailali and Bhimdutta Municipality, Kanchanpur o Participants: . Total no. of participants: 382 (277M 105F) . Total no. of representatives and municipal authorities oriented: 278 (200M 78F)  Two new policies- "Child Protection Policy and Whistle Blowing Policy"- formulated and enacted.  Regular Meeting and delegation to Ministries, Municipalities, CDC, Education Department and other line agencies, Banks, Telecommunication and other stakeholders  Coordination and cooperation with NFDN, NDFN, DHRC, NDWA, NAPD,CIL and national level DPOs for the advocacy on disability common issues such as "Count Me" campaign for National Census 2021, disability friendly text books and curriculum, accessibility, SRHR, Human Rights of PWDs, Disability Inclusion, CRPD implementation, SDGs implementation, inclusive education etc.

 6 new branches formed in 2019 that makes a total of 57 branches (See annex. 2).  Gorkha branch completed the construction of one building and commenced construction of another building. This makes a total of 13 NAB Branches with their own building. (See Annex. 3).  Network expanded and sought out new partnership opportunities

Results of the advocacy activities/initiatives: i) Resource Mobilization  NAB received Rs. 2,000,000.00 for the construction of Blind Women Hostel in Kathmandu and 700,000.00 for conducting computer training and providing seed fund from Nepal Government  NAB received grant support of Rs. 522,500.00 from Kathmandu Metropolitan City including Rs. 492,500.00 for the construction of Women Hostel and Rs. 30,000.00 for the vocational training to BPS women (crystal ornament making training conducted)  NAB received grant support of Rs. 56,000.00 from Lalitpur Metropolitan City for conducting disability survey in some wards.  NAB coordinated with New Vision Group, Korea, Kimhe, Busan for distributing 50 white canes to the BPS people in Siraha.  NAB Gandaki Province received 3,60,000/- from Province government for the formation of NAB branches and 3 new district branches fromed in Syangja, Myagdi and Parbat.  Three other new branches formed in Rolpa, Rasawa and Salyan. It makes a total of 57 brances.  Except Sindhupalchok, all other project districts received grant support from government authorities and mobilized local resources for various activities o Kailali: Rs. 5,30,600.00 in total from various authorities/institution as under: . Ghodaghadi Municipality: Rs. 1,50,000.00 for anchoring training and Rs. 66,000.00 for Namkin training . Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City Ward No. 16: Rs. 1,00,000.00 for food processing training

. Joshipur Rural Municipality: Rs. 66,000.00 for Namking training . Bardagoriya Rural Municipality: Rs. 66,000.00 for Namking training . Janaki Rural Municipality: Rs. 66,000.00 for Namking training . Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan City: Rs. 66,000.00 for vegetable training . Hotel Sorai, Dhangadhi: Rs. 10,000 for Teej festival celebration o Surkhet: Rs. 5,69,250.00 from Social Development Ministry for:  Rs. 2,62,150.00 for goat training  Rs. 3,07, 100.00 for incense stick training o Gorkha: Rs. 9,30,500.00 from various authorities as under: . Rs. 5,00,000.00 from Ministry of Social Development of Gandaki Province for the construction purpose . Rs. 3,00,000.00 from Gorkha Municipality for procuring musical instrument and conduct music training . Rs. 100,000.00 from Gorkha Municipality for procuring the kitchen items for Disability Training and Rehabilitation Center of GAB . Rs. 25,000.00 from Subhashree Jagadamba Cement Mills Pvt. Ltd. for construction . Rs. 5,500 from an individual for construction purpose o Ilam: Rs. 56,000.00 from Ilam Municipality for conducting mushroom farming training  Besides our project districts, some other district branches also received grant support as under: o Kaski branch: . Province Government:  Rs. 3,500,000.00 for adding the story in the building (Ministry for Physical Infrastructures)  Rs. 1,500,000.00 for audio book production  Rs. 9,97,000.00 for conducting province level training

 Rs. 210,000.00 for building renovation (Social Development Ministry) . Pokhara Metropolitan City: Rs. 210,000.00 for goat distribution o Tanahu Branch: . Parliamentary Member Fund: Rs. 1,000,000.00 for computer training . Province Government: Rs. 120,000.00 for training conduction . Byas Municipality: Rs. 50,000.00 for office setup o Jhapa Branch: . Province government: Rs. 400,000.00 for white cane distribution and training conduction o Morang Branch: . Belbari Municipality: 100,000.00 for building construction o Mahottari Branch: . Bardibas Municipality: 275,000.00 for training conduction o Rupandehi Branch: . Butwal Municipality: Rs. 300,000.00 including Rs. 200,000.00 for compounding the building and Rs. 100,000.00 for organizational strengthening o Lamjung Branch: . Besisahar Municipality: Rs. 4,5000.00 for purchasing computer for the office o Nawalpur Branch: . Province Government:  Rs. 1,000,000.00 for building construction  Rs. 120,000.00 for sensitization training . Hupsikot Rural Municipality: Rs. 200,000.00 for disability data collection  One of the municipal level branches also received grant support as under: o Budhabhumi Branch: . Budhabhumi Municipality: Rs. 300,000.00 for training conduction

ii) Partnership Opportunities

 New Partnership has been started with Sense International. "Healthy Life for the People with Deafblindness in Nepal" project has been commenced in Rupandehi in collaboration with National Federation of the Deaf (NDFN) with the support of Sense International. This project is of three years. Under this project: o 3 (2M 1F) staffs received 3 days orientation on deafblindness and job related responsibilities right after hiring. o Data collected about deafblind people in the district o Home based service for 10 deafblind people commenced o Network of deafblind persons and their parents formed o 28(20M 8F)government officials and public representatives oriented about the issues of deafblind people o Orientation and mobility training provided to 14 (6M 8F) persons including deafblind people and their parents o 21(F) community health workers oriented about identifying deafblindness and the ways to treat them o 10 (4M 6F) teachers oriented about the issues of deafblindness.

 Short term partnership with UNDP/ESP for promoting political and voter/electoral rights of BPS people o 26 (23M 3F) BPS human resources trained as trainers o 531 (328M 203F) BPS teachers, leaders and members trained o BRIDGE Course Training manual developed o Handy Book on Political and electoral rights of BPS people published

iii) Facility on Communication: Nepal Telecommunication (NTC) launched voice and data pack facility for BPS people as the result of NAB's advocacy2 on the occassion of its 15th Anniversary on 5 Feb. 2019. NTC has provided 100 % bonus data to BPS people on the purchase of Rs 50, Rs 200 and Rs

2https://www.nepalitelecom.com/2019/02/ntc-15th-anniversary-offer-bonus-gsm-postpaid-tourist- pack.html?fbclid=IwAR3x-gQt2wuD1gqJYPLcT1afvl 20

300 data packs. Similarly, the 50 % bonus will apply on the purchase of Rs 200 voice pack. iv) Representation in local committees/networks: Except Kailali, 4 project district branches got BPS representation on Local Level Committees/networks o Surkhet: . 1 female BPS represent in Municipality Disabled Coordination Committee and also in NGO Federation Nepal . 1 male BPS represent in Social Security Allowance Distribution Committee of Birendranagar Municipality and also in NFDN Karnali Province

o Gorkha: . 3 (2M 1F) BPS represent in Disabled Coordination Committee of Gorkha Municipality

o Ilam: . 4 (3M 1F) BPS represent in Municipality Disabled Coordination Committee . 1 female BPS is the board member of NFDN Province 4

o Sindhupalchowk: . 1 male BPS represent in Disabled Coordination Committee of Melamchi Municipality

B) Inclusive Education i) Scholarship: All the five project districts announced for the scholarship for the year 2019 via various Medias and distributed the scholarship to the selected students of college level. The recipients of the last year who have not completed their respective level of education got the continuation for the year 2019 as well. Some of the project districts made the announcement through media while the other announced it on their office notice board.Siloam Center for the Blind, Korea continued its support for the scholarship of 5 male BPS students of Laboratory Secondary School, Kathmandu

Total Scholarship receipient of the year: 28 (17M 11F) including:

Siloam Center for the Blind, Korea: 5 male BPS school students.

NABP: 23 (12M 11F) BPS college level students (See Annex. 4) as under:

District M F Total Announcement made on Kailali 1 3 4 Dailymail F.M. & Paschim Today F.M. Surkhet 3 1 4 Notice Board of the Office

Gorkha 3 2 5 Notice Board of the Office

Ilam 2 3 5 Ilam F.M Sindhupalchok 3 2 5 Serofero.com Total 12 11 23 Continued 10 7 17 New 2 4 6 ii) Slate/ Stylus:362 slate stylus provided to BPS people  74 (45M 29F) through 5 districts with NABP support (See annex. 5): o Ilam: 14 (7M 7F) o Gorkha: 15 (9M 6F) o Kailali: 15 (9M 6F) o Surkhet: 15 (10M 5F) o Sindhupalchok: 15 (10M 5F)  Distributed to 287 persons through UNDP/ESP project  Provided 1 slate stylus to a BPS male from Central Office.

iii) Braille paper:73 gross of braille paper distributed to 82 (36M 46F) BPS students as under: o Ilam: 14 gross given to 11 (3M 8F) BPS students o Gorkha: 15 gross given to 29 (12M 17F) BPS students o Kailali: 15 gross given to 10 (5M 5F) BPS students o Surkhet: 17 gross given to 16 (10M 6F) BPS students o Sindhupalchok: 12 gross given to 16 (10M 6F) BPS students

iv) Computer training: 16 (6M 10F) BPS (See annex. 6) youths received computer training in Kathmandu and Ilam. One of the particiapants of Kathmandu training was mobilized as a trainer in Ilam district. Nepal government supported the training in Kathmandu while the Ilam project sought out local resource for the computer training.

o Kathmandu: 10 (4M6F) o Ilam: 6 (2M4F)

v) Software Orientation: End Users Orientation of Nepali Optical Characterstic Recognition Software, developed by NAB has been provided to 126 (78M48F) BPS people in three places: Chitwan, Pokhara and Kathmandu. There were 36 (20M 16F) BPS in Chitwan; 40 (25M 15F ) BPS in Pokhara and 50 (33M 17F) BPS in Kathmandu.

vi) Review of the text books and teacher's guide: Teacher's guide and text books for Grade 9 and 11 have been reviewed for making disabled friendly.

C) Rehabilitation activities i) Vocational training:271 (123M 148F) persons including 188 (75M 113F) BPS received various training on different vocation during the year as under:

 Central Office: 9 (F) BPStrained on making Crystal Ornaments  Project districts: 262 persons in 5 project districts including: o NABP Support: 75 (34M 41F) BPSin five districts o Funding from local resources: 187 (89M 98F) persons including 104 ( 41M 63F) BPSin three districts: Kailali, Surkhet, Ilam

a) Training conducted with NABP support: (See annex 7 for details) Project District Name of Training No. of Participant Date

M F T From To

Kailali Mushroom Farming 3 12 15 7 Dec. 9 Dec.

Surkhet Incense stick making 8 7 15 11 Jun. 17 Jun.

Ilam Beetle nut cutting and 5 9 14 27 Sep. 29 Sep. packaging Gorkha Incense stick making 8 3 11 28 Sep. 29 Sep.

Sindhupalchowk Incense stick making 10 10 20 17 Aug. 19 Aug.

Total BPS 34 41 75 b) Training conducted by mobilizing local resources: Project district Name of the training No. of participants No. of BPS

M F T M F T

Anchoring training 12 13 25 4 8 12

Food Processing training 10 16 26 6 10 16 Kailali

Vegetable Farming 7 11 18 7 11 18

Namking Bhujiya (kind of 38 45 83 28 19 47 sweets) making training Total participants of Kailali 67 85 152 36 57 93

Incense Stick Making 4 1 5 0 0 0 (additional PWDs included Surkhet with local funding) Goat Rearing 8 7 15 3 4 7

Total Participants of Surkhet 12 8 20 3 4 7

Ilam Mushroom Farming 10 5 15 2 2 4

Grand Total of the participants 89 98 187 41 63 104

ii) Seed Fund distribution: 32 (18M 14F)BPS people received start up support for their income generation: 23 in cash and 9 in kind as under:

Cash support from Central Office: 23 (14M 9F) BPS received seed fund of Rs. 10,000.00 each for their entrepreneurship with the support of Nepal Government (See annex.8). Support in kind (mother goat): 9 (4M 5F)

Ilam: 2 (1M 1F) BPS and Surkhet: 7 (3M 4F) BPS

iii) White Cane distribution: 162 white canes distributed to BPS peoplethrough 5 project districts, central office and other donors:

 5 Project districts: 73 (36M 37F) BPS(See annex. 9): . Ilam: 13 (5M 8F) . Gorkha: 15 (7M 8F) . Kailali: 15 (6M 9F) . Surkhet: 15 (8M 7F) . Sindhupalchok: 15 (10M 5F  Distributed from Central Office: 39 (30M 9F) BPS  Distributed in Siraha with the support of New Vision Group, Korea, Kimhe, Bushan and Golbazar Municipality, Siraha: 50 BPS (25M 25F) iv) Counseling training:

 Counseling Training provided to 22 (16M 6F) counselors in Biratnagar in coordination with Chaudhary Eye Hospital. NAB revised the training manual and provided human resources for the training. They are now able to provide appropriate counseling to the eye patients who come to the hospital for the checkup and treatment, especially to those with vision loss or the risk of loosing vision.

D) Sensitization training: 118 (28M 90F)persons received various sensitization trainings with special focus to BPS women in 5 project districts.

 Women focused Sensitization on various issues provided to 94 ( 16M 78F) persons including 83 (15M 68F) BPSwith the support of NABP (See annex. 10) o Ilam: 20 (5M 15F) including 18 (6M 12F) BPS o Gorkha: 25 (4M 21 F) including 17 (2M 15F) BPS o Kailali: 19 (4M 15F) including 18 (4M 14F) BPS o Surkhet: 15 (3M 12F) BPS o Sindhupalchok: 15 (F) BPS

 Reproductive Health Training provided to 24 (12M 12F) persons in Gorkha from other funding sources.

E) Sustainability:

 The turn over of NAB Braille Press is Rs. 4,501,151.70 and that of braille equipment bank is Rs. 644, 100.00  Gorkha branch completed one building with the support of Japanese Embassy and started construction of the second building with the support of Asal Chhimeki Nepal, Kaski Pokhara at Gorkha Municipality-8 and the construction work commenced.  Makawanpur Branch received land for building construction from Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City as the result of NAB's advocacy  Third roof of the NAB Women Hostel has been casted.

F) Membership Increment:

 A total of 31 (11M/20 F) members increased in 5 project districts as under: o Ilam: 2 (1M 1F) o Sindhupalchok: 1 (F) o Gorkha: 6 (3M 3F) o Kailali: 11 (4M 7F) o Surkhet: 11 (3M 8F)

 The total increment of new members in 5 project districts during the project period (2016-2019) is 192 (71.64%) that makes a total of 460 (253M 207F) to the baseline 268. District wise detail is as under:

o Ilam: Total 67 (41M/26F) that is 28.8% increment to the baseline 52 o Sindhupalchowk: Total 73 (39M/34F) that is 151.72% increment to the baseline 29

o Gorkha: Total 139 (75M/64F) that is 33.65% increment to the baseline 104 o Kailali: Total 131 (67M/64F) that is 125.86% increment to the baseline 58 o Surkhet: Total 50 (31M/19F) that is 100% to the baseline 25

G) Employment Opportunity:

 A total of 33 (17M 16F) BPS got employed in 2019. o Out of them, 32 (17M 15F) are school teachers (See Annex. 11): o 21 (13M 8F) of them have passed the Teacher's Service Commission (TSC) Examination and employed as permanent teachers. This number is only of the newly employed BPS. There are many who have been working as temporary teachers and turned permanent after passing TSC exam. This is the result of preparatory classes support provided by NAB in past years.

o 9 (2M 7F) have been employed as temporary teachers in the quotas that got vacant after the BPS teachers working temporarily in the past passed the TSC Exams and posted in other places. This is the result of NAB's advocacy. This has been tough since most of the schools prefer other teachers than BPS but NAB strongly advocated securing the quotas only for BPS people.

o 2 (M) have been employed as temporary teachers in two different schools of two different municipalities of Ilam districtand their salary is paid by the respective municipality offices. This is the result of NAB's advocacy in the local level.

o 1 (F) BPS got employed in a DPO as Program Officer. NAB has supported her in the past with various types of trainings for the leadership development and professional capacity building. In early 2019, she had been appointed as teacher for the four months computer training to the BPS people.

6.Unplanned development of the project/risk and unforeseen results

< NAB has followed its plan both LTP and results framework for 2019 and most of the targets were met except for:

o Construction of Rehabilitation Buildings in 5 project district: Out of 5, Gorkha branch constructed 2 buildings in different lands donated by individual/s and Sindhuplachok received land for construction. Other districts could not do it despite their hard effort to find the potential donors. There was no budget allocation for the target. o Distribution of white cane: Target till 2019 was 1500 but the budget allocation was only for 300. Yet, 736 white canes were distributed to the BPS people free of cost during the project period (2016-2019).

For achieving many targets, NAB Central and its project districts put their maximum efforts to meet the targets. Besides the set targets, the year 2019 remained very fruitful in achieving additional results as under:

A) Training/Orientation to Political Leaders3 with the support of NABP Norway

NABP Norway supported NAB with extra funding in the year 2019 to conduct training/orientation for the elected leaders, planners and implementers of Province and Municipality level about the rights and issues of blind and partially sighted (BPS) people so that they play active role in the inclusion of BPS people in mainstream development. This project had been proposed by NAB to address the current requirements of the country of sensitizing the

3Report on Province Level Training for the Elected Leaders and Government Personals in Nepal"

elected representatives as well as planners and implementers as their understanding towards BPS is not positive enough. The ten municipalities have been selected so as to cover all 7 provinces: 1/1 districts from Province 2,3 (Bagmati), 4 (Gandaki) and 5 while two districts from Province 1, 6 (Karnali) and 7 (Far Western) have been selected.

Achievements of the project:

 Revised Training Manual: A training curriculum has been revised as per the need and a PowerPoint Presentation has been prepared for the training that can be used in future as well  Branch network strengthened: Province and branch level NAB leaders have been mobilized for the coordination and communication that helped them strengthening their local network by establishing/renewing their relationship with the elected representatives and government officials to some extent.  NAB Human Resources: 12 (9M 3F) persons have been selected as facilitators and these people will remain as NAB's Human Resources for the future as well  Participation: o A total of 382 (277M /105F) persons attended the training/orientation conducted in 10 municipalities of 7 provinces including 278 (200M/ 78F) elected representatives and government personnel, 81 (61M 20F) other participants (branch representatives, escorts, journalists, activists and representative of other DPOs) and trainers. o 278 representatives/government personnel at 10 municipalities of 7 provinces have been oriented on the disability including BPS issues and they have committed to put their effort for the inclusion of BPS people in the plans and programs as far as possible. In every venue, either the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor attended the program.

 Development of the Access Indicator Chart: They discussed about the present situation of the access of PWDs including BPS over those services and set out the targets to increase their access along with the timeline. In all 10 venues, indicator charts have been developed.

 Formation of Monitoring Committee: In each venue, at the end of the orientation session, a monitoring committee has been formed to track the progress and follow up the success of the access indicators that have been set in the indicator chart.

B) Cooperation with UNDP/ESP for promoting political and electoral Voting Rights of BPS people

In 2019, NAB and UNDP/ESP entered into an agreement of launching the project named "Strengthening Capacity of Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI) People of Nepal on Political Rights and Electoral Voters Education"4. The achievements of the project are as follows:

1. Development of Blind Friendly Training Manual: A training manual has been developed in bridge course model with all necessary reference materials. 2. Testing of the Training Manual: Once the first draft of the training manual got finalized incorporating the feedback from the Manual Development Committee and UNDP/ ESP, the testing workshop were done in two places (Kathmandu and Surkhet) for two groups each of two days. 3. Master Training of the Trainers (MTOT) Master Training of the Trainers (MTOT) has been conducted in Kathmandu for the selected participants from across the country dated 23-25 September 2019 with the target to mobilize them in the province level training. 26 (3F 23M) BPS people were trained as the trainer. 4. Province Level Training for the Blind and Visually Impaired People After the MTOT training, there was the festival break for the great Hindu Festival Dashain. As soon as the festival was over, province level training started from Province 1 and continued till Province 3 before another Festival Tihar. Right after Tihar, the training events were conducted in remaining four provinces as well. 5. Orientation to the school students on the Political Rights of BVI people All the BVI teachers were requested to orient the students of their respective schools on the importance of voting and the political rights of BVI people.

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6. Publication of Handy Book on Political and Voting Rights of BVI people and distribution to the elected representatives and political leaders NAB prepared a guideline handy book on Political and voting rights of BVI people. UNDP/ESP also provided feedback and incorporating all, NAB published Handy Book to be distributed to the elected representatives and political leaders. C) New Project for the Deafblind People in Rupandehi

As a result of series of discussion and communication made since 2018, a new project "Healthy Life for People with Deafblindness in Nepal" has been launched since April 2019 with the support of Sense International. National Federation of Deaf Nepal (NDFN) and NAB collaborated to launch the program in Rupendehi district for three years. A planning workshop has been organized in Kathmandu while kicking off the project. Till now following activities are conducted:

 Staff Training: 3 (2M 1F) staffs including 1 (M) Project Coordinator and 2 (1M 1F) deafblind educaters were trained by the project right after hiring.

 Branch Strengthening: Office has been set up in Butwal, utilizing the building of Rupandehi Association of the Blind. This provides strengths to the Rupandehi Association of the Blind for improving the physical infrastructure and carrying out advocacy and othe activities.

 Data Collection: Data has been collected/verified of the deafblind people in the district. So far, information about 19 deafblind people has been received and 12 of them are now in contact with the project.

 Home Based Services: Educators have started the home based service for 10 deafblind people. 1 of the 12 in contact was blind with gradual hearing loss, already employed as a teacher and the other is a student already enrolled in the school. They are provided with other sort of training and services as per the need since they don't need home base service.

 Clinical Assessment camp: Free check up camps were organized for the clinical assessment of eye and ear to identify the problems. 31 (22M 9F) checked up their eyes. After the clinical assessment of the eyes, 17 were

found curable and must use the glasses while 11 were low vision/blind. Out of 30 (18M 12F) who received clinical assessment of the ear, 17 students of Siddhartha Child Deaf School were deaf and the rest had the hard of hearing.

 Orientation to the government staffs and public representatives: Special orientation to the government staffs and public representatives about the issues of deafblind people was conducted. There were 13 (8M 5F) participants in the first program and 15 (12M 3F) in the second one.

 Workshop for CHVS: Awareness workshop for Community Health Volunteers and other health workers in which 21 female health workers participated and got knowledge about the deafblindness

 Orientation to the school teachers: 10 (4M 6F) teachers of Siddhartha Child Deaf School have been orientated about the issues of deafblindness and the ways to identify them among the deaf students and blind students.

 Media Campaign:A press meet was organized forPublic Awareness regarding deafblind and their health rights through media. 13 (12M 1F) journalists of various media (print, electronic and online) participated in the orientation press meet. Almost all local F.M., onlines and newspapers published the news about the program and that had a wider circulation of the message about the deafblind people and the NAB project. Janasangharsha National Daily, Lumbini National Daily, Mechhikali National Daily, Butwal Today National Daily are some of the newspapers that gave wider coverage in their newspapers.

 Conduction of training on orientation and mobility (O&M): 10 (5M 5F) deafblind people and 4 (1M 3F) parents of the deafblind people were provided with mobility and orientation training.

 Formation of Network: Development of networking of deafblind persons and parents with support of NDFN that will ease the conduction of the programs in the coming days, bringing all the deafblind and their parents

together at a common platform. Experience and learning progress can be shared easily.

Besides these project related activities, a policy formulation workshop has been organized and two policies (whistle blowing policy and child protection policy) were formulated for each partner organization including NAB. Later, NAB finalized it after discussing in the board meeting and both the policies were adopted.

7. Added value

Compatibility: NABP and NAB are made up of BPS, meaning that the organizations ensuring full accountability to affected people with whom they work in partnership to identify needs, challenges and solutions for desired change. This “user group competence” has formed the organizations’ strategies for promoting the rights of the target group, BPS. This compatibility has helped NAB in achieving its goals and objectives, protecting its core values.

Recognition: NABP has built up comprehensive experience and competence on organizational strengthening of DPOs, education for BPS children, and provision of assistive devices and rehabilitation for BPS persons. It is NAB's stable and long-term development partner, which has contributed in promoting and protecting the rights of BPS people in Nepal through various measures and initiatives. With NABP's support, NAB has strengthened its financial, administrative and technical competence. NABP has enriched NAB with its long experience and strong network in achieving lasting changes in the lives of BPS people in Nepal. This has given a distinct identity to NAB among the DPOs of Nepal both in National and International Level and helped gaining the following results:  Nepal Government contacts and invites NAB for feedbacks and suggestions in every meetings regarding planning and formulation of Acts and Policies related with disability besides allocating regular budget for NAB though small

 NAB has been affiliated with Social Welfare Council, NFDN, ABU and WBU and the national and international network has been expanded through years.  NAB has expanded its branch network in all 7 provinces, 57 districts and 30 municipalities across the country. Some of the Province committees, district branches and local level branches are already able to grab local resources.  Recognition and organizational capacity, developed with the support of NABP, has helped NAB in finding other funding partners though short term. In 2019, o A new partnership started with Sense International for Deafblind Project. This has started from May 2019 and will continue for three years. o NAB also has cooperation with UNDP/ESP for carrying out a project on political and electoral/voting rights of BPS people in Nepal. o Siloam Center for the Blind, Korea continued its support for the scholarship of 4 school level students. o With NABP's recommendation, a new international funding partner Danish Association of the Blind (DAB) approached NAB in 2019 with high potential for future cooperation. The new project might start by the second half of 2020. o In 2019, NAB team participated in NGO Seminar in Kathmandu.

Experience Sharing and Information Update:

NABP facilitates experience sharing with similar organizations/programs with whom NABP collaborates. It also provides information updates relating to the various sectors of blindness ranging from the policies to priorities, working strategies to technological development. In 2019, NABP introduced NAB with Orbit 20, the latest and most affordable version of braille display machine. During his visit to NAB in January, NABP's International Director Mr. Terje B. Iversen brought a machine, oriented Director and some of the Board members himself about the ways of using it and later sent 7 more machines to NAB with an aim to support its Board and the members to enhance their technological capacities.

Enhance the Working Efficiency:

NABP supports NAB with technical assistance, such as project management. It has encouraged NAB to develop management systems and capacity building of its team members to function professionally. NABP provides technical guidance and helps NAB in developing forms, formats and templates. In 2019, it has provided full support in developing new project proposal for 2020- 2024. On regular basis, NAB reports to NABP. Financial reports are submitted monthly and annually while progress report is submitted on quarterly and annually. This helps NAB to track the success and the progress on regular basis. The suggestion and feedback helps in improving the quality of the services and initiatives. The long term partnership has also helped in boosting up the morale of the staffs and retaining the employees.

The Mid Term and Final Evaluation made by Social Welfare Council (SWC) also helps in measuring the targets and increasing accountability. The recommendations help NAB to rectify the mistakes if any and increase effectiveness. In 2019, NAB received the report of Final Evaluation. Besides this, Atlas Alliance has selected NAB for Real Time Evaluation that is also very beneficial for NAB to reach the targets and serve the beneficiaries effectively with their full participation.

Sustainability:

In these 22 years of partnership, NABP has helped NAB in becoming one of the strongest DPOs in Nepal with good physical infrastructures. It has 2 office buildings in Kathmandu and 1 blind women hostel is under construction at central level. 13 of its branches already have their office buildings. During this project period, one of the target was to construct rehabilitation center building in the Inclusion project areas. Though no budget has been allocated for this target, two of the branches (Gorkha and Sindhupalchok) received land from the individual donors. Gorkha branch received two lands in different places of the same municipality. In 2018, Japanese Embassy supported it for constructing a building while in 2019, another funding partner "Asal Chhimeki" supported for the another building in the next land as well. This is a new record of a branch having 2 buildings constructed that also in consecutive years. This would never have been possible if there was no NABP project support in Gorkha.

8. Total expenditures and sources of funding

The total income of NAB in 2019 is NOK 3536777.96:

NABP: NOK 1699300

Own Funding: NOK 711812.39

Public Funding: NOK 258826.30

Official Development Assistance: NOK 866839.27

The total expenditure in 2019 is NOK 3654733.71:

NABP: NOK 1703556.64

Own Funding: NOK 746927.13

Public Funding: NOK 327684.35

Official Development Assistance: NOK 876565.60

As in 2018, the numbers are for both the rehabilitation program and NAB strengthening program combined.

NAB has various income channels, such as:

 Braille Books Production  Braille Equipment sales  Hostel Income  Membership fees

List of the donors that supported NAB in 2019:

 Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens  Kathmandu Metropolitan City  Lalitpur Metropolitan City  Sense International  UNDP/ESP  Siloam Center for the Blind, Korea

Exchange rate NRs 13 = NOK 1

9.Success story – personal/case story

A) Success story of Unnimaya Tamang: vocational training recipient

Unimaya Tamang was born on 24 December 1982. Her father is Jagat Singh Tamang and mother is Mairani Tamang. They were residence of Sanosiruwari VDC- 7 (recently Chautara Sangachokgadi Municipality-6) of Sindhupalchok district. She studied in local school till grade 7 in her early childhood. She started the gradual loss of vision at the age of sixteen. She was married to Jit Bahadur Tamang of the same place at the age of 17. She could hardly see things at that time. About one year after marriage, she became pregnant and her husband went abroad. But her eyesight was gradually decreasing. 'I started to see a little less in the morning and in the evening,' she recalled that time 'When my husband went abroad, I could barely see his face". She was scared to tell about her vision to her husband as he was going abroad.

Then she went to hospital for eye check up. But it became too late and doctor also informed that her vision could not be restored as before. Though she knew about her sight loss, she did not tell anyone. Meanwhile, she gave birth to a daughter as the first child. Two years later, her husband returned from abroad. She did not even tell her husband that she lost her sight when her husband came back. One evening when she was about to give dinner, the plate dropped. Her husband scolded her for not seeing. That night she told everything to her husband. He felt sad too. Then she realized that she had to do something even without seeing. Her husband also supported her to learn sewing and started doing the same thing.

On November 2017, she became member of Sindhupalchok Association of the Blind (SAB). After joining the organization, she participated in women sensitization training and vocational training conducted by NAB Sindhupalchok Project yearly. She took Liquid Soap Making Training in 2017, paper bag making training in 2018. She makes liquid soap but due to market problem, she could not sell it. Hence, she produces only for her personal use. For the paper bag also, she could not find the market as she lives in a village far away from the main marketplace.

She is very enthusiastic in learning and so, she wanted to grab every possible opportunity. In 2019, she received the incense stick making training. And this third attempt avail the opportunity to convert the learnt skill into income generation. She is now running a small business of incense stick production and selling. It is quite easy to make and profitable as well. Raw materials are easily available and could be carried out easily from market to home in a bag. She can sell the products in the local shops as well as to the individual villagers.

Now, she makes up to 10 packets of incense stick daily. She has to put 50 sticks in one packet. She sells 1 packet at Rs. 40 in the market. She is selling incense stick in Chautara, Melchor and Sangachok. She goes to Chautara and nearby places by herself to sell. Her husband is a driver so it is easy for her to sell incense stick through her husband. She said that the training gave her the energy to work and she felt confident to do some business by herself.

'The market is not a problem at all,' she said- 'it's just a matter of making'. She is earning monthly income of about Rs.10,000 by making incense stick. After deducting about 4-5 thousand for the cost of materials, she can make a profit of 4-5 thousand per month. She is keen to do a large business of incense stick by hiring one person. She had consoled with her husband too about this matter. And she has thought of making 40/45 packets of incense stick per day by keeping 1 helper. She has started saving R. 1000 in a cooperative on monthly basis from the profit.

She also said," if I was not involved in this project and receive various trainings, I would have lived idly at home but nowI am able to cover some of the major household expenses and now I don't have to depend on my husband for paying school fees and school materials of my 2 children. Now, my life has become easier in many ways, especially economically empowered..... ".

She thanked NAB Sindhupalchok Project for helping her to bring happiness in her life with a change in her thinking that anyone can achieve happiness and be independent by doing hard work that she is feeling now.

B) Success story of Shanta Sharma: Recipient of vocational training

Introduction:

Shanta Sharma was born in 26 Kartik, 2032 B.S. (12 November, 1975). Her father is Lokmani Sharma and mother Umi Sharma, resident of Bajedichaur 9, Simalgaun currently Simta rural municipality 5, Surkhet district. She was born as first child of father and mother but with partial blindness problem. Her parents had known that she was partially blind while she was growing at the age of 8 month's babyhood period. She was first among all her four sisters. Her father Lokmani used to work at a school as a teacher. But after sometime, father Lokmani resigned from this teaching job and left the job because of some reasons. However, she does not know the actual reason to resign from teaching. Her family was educated. So, she did not face any problem to study. As a result, she completed School Leaving certificate (SLC) degree from her village school in 2056 B.S. After completion her SLC, she started a job at post office of Surkhet district in 2054 B.S. She did not enjoy forever because of contemporary political and family pressure. Finally, she left this post office's job by the causes of political and family pressure in 2063 B.S. She married to a person in 2056. Her husband is a teacher and now she has got 1 son and 1 daughter. Sharma is happy with warm support of her husband and respect of the two children. She cannot give time to improve qualification and complete the desire of study. Because she would have obligation to grow the two children and their study. She said, "I want to complete the study but I could not because I have to take care of my son".

Social condition:

Disable person is treated as dominated people by community; behaved as if they are heavy load of society. Normally, Shanta Sharma does not look like as blind person. "But when people find out, they change their behaviours towards me", says Shanta. According to Shanta, the quotas, job and relief facilities of disables have been hidden or occupied by elite people. Shanta says, "blind and disable person is not being behaved as other general human. So, it is really difficult for us to survive in our own native community".

Financial situation:

Shanta Sharma was born in normal family. She seems frustrated about not successful in desire quality and high degrees of education. She says, "I could not acquire more academic qualification because of my own financial conditions. " She feels dominated from her family and community from the reason of poor

39 economical status. After losing job in 2063, has been facing more hindrances to manage family expenditure through income of her husband. "But it is very hard. My experience tells that the lower income is not enough to fulfil basic needs and it creates another problem in living"- She stresses on self-earning. Because it is uncomfortable to demand all things including required money to the husband. Hence, she wished to be self-reliant.

Changes in life due to NAB project support:

Shanta Sharma is an educated woman. She took many trainings via many organizations by the thought of 'do something'. However, trainings remained just as certificates. She said: "I had not done anything due tolow economic status. At this moment, NAB Surkhet gave me speed and action. So I would like to say that NAB Surkhet has made a guideline and strong framework for me". Husband had not permitted to go to training. She said, "He used to think there is no outcome from the training and my planning. So did I. One day, I listened that the Blind Association of Nepal (NAB) is going to give vocational training on making Sinkedhup (incense stick) to all types of disables. I decided alone to participate and take the training without information to husband. I took part in Sinkedhup training actively. My daily routine changed; I used to go training when husband reached school and I used to return cleverly back to home before his arrival. After some days, I completed training without giving little information to family."

After the end of the seven days training of NAB, she felt about converting the learnt skill for income generation. NAB Surkhet provided her with some raw materials in the beginning to set up her business. Now I she sells the products in the local market and the demand is increasing. The only problem is to go to Nepalgunj and Butawal for purchasing raw materials and carrying them back to home.

She explains, "I don't have production machine. So it takes more time to produce Sinkedhup. As these consequences, I have faced some difficulties to supply to market in time but manageable. I believe that these types of programme and skills definitely increase our financial empowerment and independency. It is challenge for blind women to produce and occupy market very well through professional Sinkedhup. Yet, it is easier for blind people than other vocations. I have not made a large profit yet. However, I can now afford for oil, salt and many more household stuffs from my income. Now I don't need

40 to depend on my husband for the petty expenses. I earn monthly 5,000 to 10,000 for my normal household expenditure."

She plans to expand her production. She said, "My plan is to invest more finance and give work to others. After crossing these sensitive stages, I succeeded to establish Sinkedhup industry. Now my husband is very happy and satisfied from my hard work. He encourages me to go ahead. My work has helped us to live respectfully in our community. Thank you very much NAB."

C) Success Story of Rina Thebe: Scholarship recipient

Introduction Rina Thebe has been raised from marginalized society, socially and economically depressed girl got benefited from the help of NAB Ilam project and finally changed her lifestyle.

Address Sandakpur R.M Ilam, Nepal The situation Rina Thebe, daughter of Tek B. Thebe & Bal Kumari Thebe of a person is one courageous visually impaired girl from estern part of before Ilam district,Sandakpur R.M .She was from poor family getting living in the Countyside. There are Eight family involved in members(parents,2 brothers,4 sisters) and all sisters are the project visually impaired. Her lifestyle is running from agriculture profession but they have not enough own land for work. Her parents used to work hard to earn money for fulfill their basic needs but its not sufficient for them.They faced many problems to continue their childerns higher study. She is totally blind by birth and her sisters are also same.She has joined her schooling in Shree Bal Mandir Primary school from the age of 6 and passed SLC in 2072 B.S with second division from Aadarsha Secondary School Ilam . Her family cannot effort the educational material and study fee so she has faced many problems to continue her study. But she want to continue her study and want to gain the higher education and came to join NAB Ilam Project with the great hope of help and support. What After joining in the NAB Ilam Project, she has shared her happened, financial status and higher ambition to join the further what did the study. Ilam Project promised her for cooperation and person take provided scholarship from the starting of NAB Ilam Project. part in, what With the support of Scholarship she completed her

41 services did intermediate level. NAB Ilam also distributed other they get etc. essential educational materials like Braille paper, slate, stylus, white cane etc. She was actively involved in the all project activities.She is one laborious student and again join bachelor level at Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus Ilam from major English.After evaluating her study and family condition NAB Ilam again decided to provide scholarship for continue her further study. She got Rs 1500 per month till December 2019 from the project and studying in B ed 3rd year.

How are Rina Thebe's status is changing day by day when she has their joined the collage at Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus. She situation is one good and laborious student and always stands in today and good position in her class. Nowadays she is going to how is this complete her great dreams of higher study.Because of her different and hard work and bravery her educational and financial status better from is better than before. before

Quote said "My treatment and judgment by the society before I by the involved in this project and after benefited from this person project has drastically changed. The sense of humiliation and domination by so called able person in the society now started treating me in a positive way. My repeated psychology like low- self esteem has changed and more confidences growing up. This project gives me a guideline to recognize the real face of myself. It ensures to reach the gateway of my future. This scheme of scholarship that I get from this projet is more fruitful for betterment of my future".

Annexes

Annex 1: List of Provincial Committees of NAB

i) Province No. 1

S.N. Name Post Sex 1 Padam Subba President Male 2 Deepak Thapa Vice-President Male 3 Sabitra Koirala Secretary Female 4 Indra Kumar Limbu Treasurer Male 5 Chandra Prasad Bhattarai Joint-Secretary Male 6 Radhika Paudel Member Female 7 Sita Baraili Member Female 8 Astha Ale Member Female 9 Narayan Chaudhary Member Male 10 Sundar Limbu Member Male 11 Manindra Bhattarai Member Male

ii) Province No. 2

S.N. Name Post sex 1 Birendra Mahato President Male 2 Hari Mishra Vice-President Male 3 Shiva Chapagain Secretary Male 4 Anju Dhital Treasurer Female 5 Shrawan Mahato Joint Secretary Male 6 Ganesh Bahadur Shrestha Member Male 7 Sumitra Shah Member Female 8 Durga Ghimire Member Female 9 Jaya Layo Magar Member Male 10 Shivaram Yadav Member Male 11 To be filled later Member

43 iii) Province No. 3 (Ad-Hoc Committee)

S.N. Name Post Sex 1 Suresh Chandra Neupane Coordinator Male

2 Suprabha Aryal Vice-Coordinator Female

3 Prabin Gwachha Secretary Male

4 Parwat Raj Bista Treasurer Male

5 Som Kumar Dulal Joint-Secretary Male

6 Gargi Nepal Member Female

7 Aauysha Thapa Member Female

8 Shanta Neupane Member Female

9 Mohan Bahadur B.K. Member Male

10 Ashwin Lamsal Member Male

11 Aaita Singh Tamang Member Male

12 Kalpana Shrestha Member Female

13 To be fulfilled later by Member nomination

iv) Gandaki Province

S.N. Name Post Sex 1 Laxman Subedi President Male 2 Padam Timalsina Vice-President Male 3 Tek Bahadur Thapa Secretary Male 4 Gita Maya Shrestha Treasurer Female 5 Bishnu Pokharel Joint-Secretary Male 6 Chhabi Ale Member Male 7 Sushma Thapa Member Female 8 Hari Prasad Sharm Member Male 9 Birajman Kumal Member Male

44 v) Province No. 5

S.N. Name Post Sex 1 Balkrishna Marasini President Male 2 Bhola Nath Tripathi Vice-President Male 3 Manoj Pangeni Secretary Male 4 Krishna Bahadur G.C. Treasurer Male 5 Jiwan Pokharel Joint-Secretary Male 6 Kunti Paudel Member Female 7 Ganesh B.K Member Male 8 Ram Prasad Paudel Member Male 9 Srijana Dhakal Member Female 10 Laxmi Dhakal Member Female 11 Saraswoti Paudel Member Female 12 Dhan Maya Sharma Member Female 13 To be filled later by nomination Member

vi) Karnali Province

S.N. Name Post Sex 1 Suresh Kumaar Khadka President Male 2 Toran Adhikari Vice-President Male 3 Prem Prasad Pyakurel Secretary Male 4 Somana Khadka Treasurer Female 5 Thagendra Lohar Joint-Secretary Male 6 Om Prasad Sharma Member Male 7 Sangita B.K. Member Female 8 Pankali Budha Member Female 9 Dhan Singh Rawat Member Male

vii) Far Western Province

S.N. Name Post Sex 1 Arjun Rawal President Male 2 Dambari Kumari Bhatta Vice-President Female 3 Bhawendra Singh Secretary Male 4 Himal Rokaya Treasurer Male 5 Durga Chaudhary Joint-Secretary Female 6 Junga B.K. Member Male 7 Jagat Chaudhary Member Male 8 Kamala Japrel Member Female 9 Chandra Dev Joshi Member Male

Annex. 2:List of district where NAB has formed its branches throughout the country.

S.N. Province Province Bagmati Gandaki Province 5 Karnali Far 1 Province Province Province Western Province

1 Taplejung Siraha Kathmandu Gorkha Gulmi Surkhet Kailali

2 Ilam Saptari Bhaktapur Tanahu Palpa Jajarkot Kanchanpur

3 Jhapa Mahottari Lalitpur Lamjung Arghakhachi Jumla Accham

4 Morang Dhanusa Kavre Kaski Rupandehi Kalikot Dadeldhura

5 Sunsari Sarlahi Sindhupalchowk Baglung Kapilvastu Salyan Doti

6 Dhankuta Rautahat Nuwakot Nawalpur Parasi

7 Terrethum Bara Dolakha Syangja Dang

8 Udayapur Chitwan Parbat Banke

9 Khotang Makwanpur Myagdi Bardia 10 Panchthar Dhading Rolpa

11 Rasuwa

Annex3:List of the NAB Branches having their own office buildings by the end of 2019.

S.N. Name of the NAB Branch District Province 1 Jhapa Association of the Blind Jhapa 1 2 Morang Association of the Blind Morang 1 3 Sunsari Association of the Blind Sunsari 1 4 Rautahat Association of the Blind Rautahat 2 5 Chitwan Association of the Blind Chitwan Bagmati 6 Nuwakot Association of the Blind Nuwakot Bagmati 7 Gorkha Association of the Blind Gorkha Gandaki 8 Kaski Association of the Blind Kaski Gandaki 9 Rupandehi Association of the Blind Rupandehi 5 10 Banke Association of the Blind Banke 5 11 Bardia Association of the Blind Bardia 5 12 Kapilvastu Association of the Blind Kapilvastu 5 13 Dang Association of the Blind Dang 5

Annex4: List of the Scholarship Holders

S. Name College and Age Education Types of Remarks N. address Level blindness

Kailali 1 Ms. Manisha Kailali Multiple 19 Grade 12 Total blind New Rana Campus, Dhangadhi 2 Ms. Sabitri Kailali M. Campus 18 Grade 12 Total blind New Rana

3 Ms. Sabita Kailali M. Campus 18 Grade 12 Low vision New Chaudhary 4 Mr. Akbar Kailali M.Campus 22 B.Ed. III Low vision Continued Joshi Yr. Surkhet

1 Mr. Basanta Surkhet Educaiton 25 M.Ed. final Total blind Continue Jaishi Campus yr

2 Mr. Birendra Simta Multiple 24 M.Ed. I yr Low vision Continued Oli college

3 Mr. Pranis Simta Multiple 21 B.Ed. I Yr Low Vision Continued Singh College Thakuri 4 Ms. Kushma Simta Multiple 33 M.Ed. I yr Total blind Continued Sunar College

Gorkha

1 Ms. Muna Paropakar 23 B.Ed. III Yr Low Vision Continued Ghimire Adersha Multiple Campus, Jaubari

2 Mr. Gorkha Campus, 23 B.Ed. III Total blind Continued Prashuram Gorkha Yr. Bhatta 3 Mr. Lil Bdr. Bal Mandir 21 Grade 12 Low vision Continued & Gurung Secondary School, level Pokhara completed

4 Ms. Indra Janata Dhan 20 Grade 12 Total blind Continued Kumari Secondary School, Gurung Baglung

5 Mr. Tika Ram Pushpalal Grade 11 Total Blind New (added Ale Memorial College, after Lil Bdr. Kathmandu completed the level) Ilam

1 Ms. Mina Mahendra Ratna 21 B.A. II yr Total Blind Continued Thebe Multiple Campus, Ilam 2 Ms. Rina Mahendra Ratna 23 B.Ed. II Yr Total blind Continued Thebe M. Campus

3 Mr. Rabin Mahendra Ratna 28 B.Ed. II yr Total blind Continued Ghale M. Campus 4 Mr. Suresh Aadarsha 21 Grade 11 Total blind New Dewan Secondary School, Ilam 5 Ms. Rashila Aadarsha 18 Grade 11 Total blind New Dewan Secondary School, Ilam Sindhupalchok

1 Ms. Sumitra Koteshwor 20 B.Ed. II yr Low Vision Continued Dhungana Multiple Campus, Kathmandu 2 Ms. Bishnu Pashupati Multiple 17 Grade 11 Low Vision Continued Maya College, Danuwar Kathmandu 3 Mr. Sujan Mahendra Ratna 22 B.Ed. III yr Low Vision Continued Parajuli Campus, Kathmandu 4 Mr. Nir Bdr. Nobel Academy, 20 B.Ed. II yr Low Vision Continued Shrestha Kathmandu 5 Mr. Puspa Bhaktapur 26 M.Ed. III Total blind Continued Shrestha Multiple Campus, semester Bhaktapaur

Annex 5: List of the slate/stylus recipients in 5 project districts

A) Ilam

S. Name School/College Grade Nature of N Blindness

1 Sabin Sunchiury Aadarsha Secondary School Class -7 Total Blind

2 Rina Thebe Mahendra Ratna Multiple Bed 3rdYr Total Blind Campus 3 Rashila Dewan Aadarsha Secondary School Class -12 Total Blind

4 Suresh Dewan Aadarsha Secondary School Class -12 Total Blind

5 Sami Lawati Aadarsha Secondary School Class -11 Total Blind

6 Sanjita Thebe Aadarsha Secondary School Class-11 Total Blind

7 Sambriddhi Thebe Aadarsha Secondary School Class-10 Total Blind

8 Prakash Lamjel Mahendra Ratna M. Campus Bed 3rdYr Total Blind

9 Rita Subba Aadarsha Secondary School Class 12 Total Blind

10 Rabin Ghale Mahendra Ratna M. Campus Bed 3rdYr Total Blind

11 Shila Rai Mahendra Ratna M.Campus Bed 1stYr Total Blind

12 Khagendra Khanal Singha Devi Multiple Campus Bed 3rdYr Total Blind

13 Kamal Subba Jitpur Secondary School Class 12 Total Blind

14 Samrat Lawati Pokhari Aadharbhut School Class 5 Total Blind

B) Kailali

S.N Name Sex Address Nature of . Blindness 1 Ram Chudhary M Dhangadhi SMPC-5 Total Blind 2 Asharam Chaudhary M Dhangadhi SMPC-5 Total Blind 3 Niraj Kuwar M Dhangadhi SMPC-2 Total Blind 4 Karna Singh Pali M Dhangadhi SMPC-2 Total Blind 5 Kilash Chaudhary M Dhangadhi SMPC-2 Total Blind 6 Duhati Devi Chaudhary F Bhajani-6, Kailali Total Blind 7 Birendra Chnd M Dhangadhi SMPC-12 Total Blind 8 Khem Shapkota M Dhangadhi SMPC-7, Total Blind 9 Dhan Bdr Bk M Tikapur Municipality-5 Total Blind 10 Laxi Rawal F Campusroad, Dhangadhi Total Blind 11 Indra Nath M Tikapur Municipality-4 Total Blind 12 Bimala Chaudhary F Tikapur Municipality-7 Total Blind 13 Aarati Rana F Tikapur Municipality-3 Total Blind 14 Manju Rana F Lamki Chuhawa-5 Total Blind 15 Anarkali Chaudhary F Bardagoriya Municipality Total Blind 49

C) Sindhupalchok

S.N Name Sex Age Address Education Nature of . al Status Blindness 1 Muna Tamang F 13 Jugal- 4 Class 4 Total Blind 2 Bibek Magar M 11 Indrawoti- 4 Class 6 Total Blind 3 Bikash Thapa Magar M 13 Indrawoti- 10 Classs 7 Total Blind 4 Nau Maya Tamang F 16 Chautara- 3 Class 10 Low Vision 5 Masali Tamang F 16 Balephi- 6 Class 10 Low Vision 6 Krishna Thapa Magar M 16 Gausara Class 8 Low Vision 7 Rikesh Budhthoki M 13 Chautara-7 Class 7 Low Vision 8 Dawa Sherpa M 16 Helambu-6 Resource Total Blind 9 Chiring Tamang F 9 Lisankhu Resource Total Blind 10 Dolma Tamang F 7 Lisankhu Resource Total Blind 11 Sanjit Rakhal M 12 Sangachok Resource Total Blind 12 Suka Bahadur Tamang M 8 Balephi- 5 Resource Low Vision 13 Bishnu Maya Danuwar F 18 Indraoti-10 Class XII Low Vision 14 Kailas Thapa M 11 Tripura-5 Class 4 Low Vision 15 Sombadhur Tamang M 13 Jugal-4 Resource Total Blind 16 Karma Tamang M 10 Jugal- 5 Resource Total Blind

D) Gorkha

S.N Name of Student Age Sex Level of Study

1 Ms. Rupa Sunar 8 F 2 class 2 Ms. Laxmi Shrestha 11 F 6 class 3 Ms. Unika Basnet 10 F 4 class 4 Mr Ram Ale 13 M 8 class 5 Mr. Prabesh Pariyar 17 M 9 class 6 Mr. Milan Nepali 13 M 3 class 7 Mr. Puspa Pariyar 13 M 2 class 8 Ms. Asmita Devkota 15 F 9 class 9 Mr. Kanchha Gurung 12 M 3 class 10 Mr. Rajendra B.k 12 M 6 class 11 Ms. Raji B.k 14 F 6 class 12 Ms. Pratichha Ale 13 F 7 class 13 Mr. Dil Bdr. Ale 14 M 4 class 14 Mr. Prashuram Bhatta 21 M Bachelor 4th Year

15 Mr. Chhabi Lal Ale 20 M Bachelor 1st Year

E) Surkhet

SN Name Sex Age Grade School/College Nature of Blindness 1 Dilmaya F 23 B. A Education Total Blind Chand Campus 2 Basanta M 26 M.A Education Campus Total Blind Jaishi 1st yr. 4 Santa F 45 Inter Education Low Vision Sharma Campus 5 Anita F 13 Class- Shreekrishna S. Total Blind Nepali 6 School 6 Sagar M 23 Shikhar S.School Deaf Blind Singh 7 Tika M 25 B.A Education Total Blind B.K 3rd Campus Yr. 8 Dipak M 21 Class-9 Bageswari Higher Total Blind Gautam School

9 Kalpana F 16 Class-9 Bageswari Higher Total Blind B.C School

10 Santa F 15 Class-6 Bageswari Higher Total Blind Rana School

11 Subhadra F 21 Class-9 Bageswari Higher Total Blind B.K School

12 Kalpana F 11 Class-5 Bageswari Higher Total Blind Nepali School

13 Dilsara F 18 Class-8 Shree Krishna Total Blind Budha S.School

14 Khagendra M 37 10+2 Shree Amar Joyti Total Blind Sharma S.School

15 Tika B.c F 22 10+2 Shreekrishna Total Blind S.School

Annex 6 : List of the trainees of computer training

A) Kathmandu

S.N. NAME ADDRESS BLINDNESS LEVEL COLLEGE TYPE

1. Harikala Rokaya Dailekh Low Vision Grade-11 Pashupati Campus 2. Arjun Rawal Kailali Total Blind Bachelors Kailali Multiple Complete Campus 3. Birendra Giri Kapilvastu Total Blind Grade 11 Adarsa Namuna HS , Dang, 4. Kshitij Marasini Kapilvastu Low Vision Bachelor Deukhari Multiple 1st year Campus, Dang

5. Sumitra Majhi Dolakha Low Vision Bachelor Kapan Multiple 1st year Campus, Kapan 6. Sangita Ghimire Ramechap Total Blind Bachelor Pashupati Multiple 1st year College 7. Pratibha Rai Illam Total Blind Grade 12 Pashupati Multiple College, Chabel 8. Meena Thewe Illam Total Blind Bachelors Mahendraratna M. 2nd year Campus, Illam

9. Ajita Devkota Gorkha Low Vision Grade 11 Pushpalal Memorial College, Kathmandu 10. Dilkumar Jhapa Total Blind Bachelor Birendra Rajbanshi Completed NamunaCampus, Jhapa

B) Ilam

Name Sex Age Grade School/college Blindness

1 Sambriddhi F 15 Class 10 Aadarsha Secondary Total Blind Thebe School 2 Rina Thebe F 23 B.ed 2nd Mahendra Ratna Multiple Total Blind Campus (MRMC) 3 Rabin Ghale M 28 B.ed Mahendra Ratna Total Blind 2ndyr. M.Campus 4 Sabin BK M 14 Class 7 Aadarsha S. School Total Blind

5 Sami Lawati F 15 Class 10 Aadarsha S. School Total Blind 6 Shila Rai F 23 Class 12 Aadarsha S. School Total Blind

Annex 7: Participants of NABP supported vocational training

A) Kailali: Mushroom Farming Training

S.N. Name Sex Address Educational Nature of Status Blindness 1 Amrita Sijali F Joshipur,Kailali 12 Totally Blind 2 Nirmala Chaudhary F Lamki,Kailali 10 Totally Blind 3 Laxmi Chaudhary F Punarbas, Kanchanpur 12 Totally Blind 4 Hira Kumari F Krishnapur 12 Totally CHaudhary Blind 5 Bhagmati Chaudhary F Godwari,Kailali 9 Totally Blind 6 Sabita Chaudhary F Krishnapur,Kanchanpur 8 Totally Blind 7 MAnisha Rana F Ghurahi,Kailali 10 Partially Blind 8 Sabitri Rana F Godawari,Kailali 11 Totally Blind 9 Pramila Chaudhary F Joshipur,Kailali 12 Totally Blind 10 Ashma Chaudhary F Tikapur, Kailali 12 Totally Blind 11 Naresh Chaudhary M Joshipur,Kailali 9 Totally Blind 12 Manoj Kathariya M Lamki,Kailali 11 Totally Blind 13 Mina Tamata F Joashipur,Kailali B.Ed. Totally Blind 14 Durga Chaudhary F Bhajani,Kailali BBS Partially Blind 15 Jagat Chaudhary M Joahipu,Kailali BBS Totally Blind

B) Surkhet: Incense Stick Making Training

S. Name of Sex Grade Age Address Nature of N Participant group Blindness 1 Dipak Gautam M - 18 Chaukune rural Total Blind municipality 2 Kalpana Budha F - 17 Simta rural Low Vision municipality 3 Dhanmaya Shah F SLC 35 Simta rural Low Vision municipality 4 Asmita Oli F - 16 Gurvakot Total Blind municipality 5 Chetan sunar M 11 Class 22 Bhregaganga Low Vision municiplity 6 Durga Bdr Pariyar 18 Bhregaganga Low Vision

municiplity 7 Hari Bista F 11 Class 32 Bhregaganga Low Vision municiplity 8 Khima B.K F - 20 Simta rural Low Vision municipality 9 Man Bdr B.K M - 17 Simta rural Low Vision municipality 10 Kaluram M Illiterate 56 Birendranagar Total Blind chaudhary municipality 11 Bire Karki M Illiterate 40 Lekhbeshi Total blind municipality 12 Subhadra B.K F SLC 22 Simta rural Low Vision municipality 13 Santa sharma F SLC 45 Birendranagar Low vision municipality 14 Khagendra M SLC 33 Birendranagar Total Blind Sharma municipality 15 Buddiram M Inter 36 Birendranagar- 10 LowVision chaudhary

C) Ilam: Beetle nut cutting and packaging

S.N Sex Address Nature of Name Educational Blindness Status 1 Kamala Paudel F Illiterate Deumai Municipality Totally Blind ,Ilam 2 Chunu Maya F Illiterate Sandakpur Rural Totally Blind Gurung Munnicipality,Ilam 3 Bhupal Chauhan M SLC Ilam Totally Blind Municipality,Ilam 4 Sami Lawati F Class 11 Ilam Totally Blind Municipality,Ilam 5 Sambriddhi Thebe F Class 9 Sandakpur Rural Totally Blind Municipality,Ilam 6 Rina Thebe F Bed Running Sandakpur Rural Totally Blind Municipality, Ilam 7 Sanjita Thebe F Class 10 Sandakpur Rural Totally Blind Municipality,Ilam 8 Shila Rai F Class 12 Sandakpur Rural Totally Blind Municipality,Ilam 9 Puspa Ghimire M SLC Ilam Municipality Low Vision Ilam 10 Radhika Poudel F B ed Phakphokthum Rural Low Vision Running Municipality,Ilam 11 Tulasi Subba M Bed Running Phakphokthum Totally Blind R.Municipality, Ilam 12 Rabin Ghale M Bed Running Suryodaya Totally Blind Municipality Ilam 13 Sabin BK M Class 7 Ilam Municipality Totally Blind Ilam 14 Pabitra Subba F Illiterate Phakphokthum Totally Blind R.Municipality, Ilam

D) Gorkha:

S.N Name of BPS Address Age Sex Nature of Blindness 1 Rajendra B.K Aarughat 12 M Total Blind 2 Raji B.K Aarughat 14 F Total Blind 3 Pramila Basnet Gorkha Municipality 30 F Low Vision 4 Gita Maya Shrestha Gorkha Municipality 31 F Low Vision 5 Prashuram Neupane Aarughat 34 M Total Blind 6 Devi Datta Khanal Aarughat 43 M Low Vision 7 Pralad Gandhari Palungtar 20 M Total Blind 8 Gautam Gandhari Palungtar 19 M Total Blind 9 Ganesh Khatri Gorkha Municipality 30 M Low Vision 10 Jeevan Jumar Basnet Gorkha Municipality 35 M Low Vision 11 Prashuram Bhatta Gorkha Municipality 23 M Total Blind

E) Sindhupalchok: Incense Stick Making

S.N. Name Sex Address Age Nature of Blindness 1 Madhusudan Chalise Male Melamchi 41 Low Vision 2 Gopal Aryal Male Chautara-11 22 Low Vision 3 Ratna Maya Bogati Female Chautara - 4 41 Low Vision 4 Bishnu Maya Gautam Female Chautara - 4 39 Low Vision 5 Santi Thakuri Female Chautara - 4 38 Low Vision 6 Tuku Maya Sapkota Female Chautara - 4 43 Low Vision 7 Balkrishna Nepal Male Chautara – 4 49 Total Blind 8 Aaite Majhi Male Bhimtar 29 Total Blind 9 Sanumaya Shrestha Female Sankhu 36 Total Blind 10 Bimala Tamang Female Dandapakhar 34 Total Blind 11 Tul Bahadur Shrestha Male Chautara- 5 64 Total Blind 12 Tulashi Khadgi Female Dhulikhel 38 Low Vision 13 Ashale Majhi Male Bhimtar 36 Total Blind 14 Bir Badhur BK Male Sangachook 47 Total Blind 15 Bal Kumar Lama Male Gangalphedi 38 Total Blind 16 Uni Maya Tamang Female Sano Sirubari 37 Total Blind 17 Sanjit Rakhal Male Sangachook 23 Total Blind 18 Surendra Danuwar Male Indrawoti 34 Total Blind 19 Nara Bahadur Tamang Male Melamchi 36 Total Blind 20 Samjhana Rijal Female Melamchi 23 Low Vision

Annex 8: List of Seed Fund Recipient 2019

S.N. Name Sex District Proposed business

1 Akshya Kumar Khadgi M Kaski Grocery shop

2 Aasharam Chaudhary M Kailali Bamboo stool making

3 Balkumar Tamang M Morang Bamboo stool making

4 Devi Siwakoti F Dolakha Phenyl, Herpic making

5 Dinesh Shakya M Lalitpur Incense Stick making

6 Durganath Jogi M Sankhuwasabha Bamboo stool making

7 Hari Devi Sunar F Surkhet Mushroom Farming

8 Jagat Bahadur Dahal M Sankhuwasabha Broom grass farming

9 Jhakmaya Ale B.K. F Dolakha Clothes shop

10 Kamal Chandra Pokharel M Tanahu Goat Farming

11 Krishna Gopal Badhyakar M Kathmandu Soap Making

12 Krishna Prasad Acharya M Pyuthan Goat Farming

13 Lokendra Bhatta M Gorkha Incense stick farming

14 Malati Pahari F Lalitpur Bamboo rack making

15 Nara Maya Limbu F Lalitpur Liquid soap making

16 Nir Bahadur B.K. M Sindhupalchok Bamboo stool making

17 Pabitra Dhami F Kailali Goat Farming

18 Rabina Subba F Morang Pig husbandry

19 Raju B.K. M Sindhupalchowk Bamboo stool making

20 Sariya Kumari Rana F Kailali Sweater Knitting

21 Somana Khadka F Surkhet Mushroom Farming

22 Suresh Raj Bhandari M Bhaktapur Liquid soap making

23 Suresh Rijal M Khotang Grocery shop

Annex 9: List of white cane recipients of 5 project districts:

A) Surkhet

S. Name Sex Age Grade School/College Blindness N. 1 Nandarupa Chaulagai F 65 - Surkhet Total Blind

2 Ser Bahadur Oli M 28 Bed Bheriganga Total Blind Munciplty Surkhet 3 Uttam B.K M 38 Bed Gurbhakot Munciplty Low Vision Surkhet 4 Pankali Budha F 37 - Jumla Total Blind

5 Yogendra Shahi M 30 Bed Simta - Surkhet Total Blind

6 Sagar Singh M 22 11 Bheriganga Deaf Blind Munciplty 7 Bir bahadur Karki M 65 - Lekhbeshi- Surkhet Total Blind

8 Dipak Gautam M 21 Class-9 Bageswari S. School Total Blind

9 Kalpana B.C F 17 Class-10 Bageswari S. School Total Blind

10 Kaluram Chaudhary M 67 - Bageswari S. School Total Blind

11 Subhadra B.K F 21 Class-9 Bageswari S. School Total Blind

12 Kalpana Nepali F 11 Class-6 Bageswari S. School Total Blind

13 Dilsara Budha F 18 Class-10 Shree Krishna S. Total Blind School 14 Nim Bdr. B.K M 14 Class-8 Bageswari S. School Total Blind

15 Dil Kumari Chand F 23 B. A Education Campus Total Blind

B) Kailali

S.N. Name Sex Address Blindness

1 Asharam Chaudhary M Gauriganga-2, Kailali Total Blind 2 Laxmi Chaudhary F Attariya-10, Kailali Total Blind 3 Lajja Chaudhary F Bardagoriya-7, Kailali Total Blind 4 Naresh Chaudhary M Dhangadhi-16, Kailali Total Blind 5 Kamala Dhakal F Dhangadhi-18, Kailali Total Blind 6 Santosh Chaudhary M Dhangadhi-17, Kailali Total Blind 7 Janaki Bhatta F Dhangadhi-13, Kailli Total Blind

8 Sariya Rana F Dhangadhi-8, Kailali Total Blind 9 Khagisara Thapa F Dhangadhi-5, Kilali Total Blind 10 Sabita Chaudhary F Chaumala-6, Kailali Low vision 11 Chhtu Ram Rana M Fulbari, Kailali Low vision 12 Chakra Mahata M Fulbari, Kailali Total Blind 13 Kabita Malla F Godawari-9, Kailali Total Blind 14 Chandra Kunwar F Dhangadhi-7, Kailali Total Blind 15 Ishwar BK M Dhangadhi-7, Kailali Total Blind

C) Ilam

S.N. Name Sex Education Address Blindness

1 Sabin BK M Class 7 Ilam Municipality Total Blind 2 Sanjita Thebe F Class 12 Sandakpur Rural Municipality Total Blind 3 Ramesh Baral M Literate Rong Rural Municipality Total Blind 4 Khadga Khanal M Literate Mai Municipality, Total Blind 5 Suresh Dewan M Class 12 Mai Municipality Total Blind 6 Bhupal Chauhan F SLC Ilam Municipality Total Blind 7 Rabin Ghale M B.ed Suryodaya Municipality Total Blind 8 Januka Gurung F Illiterate Sandakpur Rural Municipality Total Blind 9 Chunu Maya F Illiterate Sandakpur Rural Total Blind Gurung Munnicipality 10 Rita Subba F Class 12 Phakphokthum Rural Total Blind Municipality 11 Rashila Dewan F Class 11 Ilam Municipality,Ilam Total Blind

12 Sambriddhi F Class 9 Sandakpur Rural Municipality Total Blind Thebe 13 Rina Thebe F Bed Sandakpur Rural Municipality, Total Blind

D) Sindhupalchowk

S.N. Name Sex Age Address Blindness

1 Sima Tamang F 18 Phulpingkot Total Blind 2 Sujan Parajuli M 22 Mankha Total Blind 3 Tul Badhadur Shrestha M 49 Pangtang Total Blind 4 Ganesh Tamang M 25 Blephi Total Blind 5 Suku Maya Lopchan F 18 Ramche Partially Sighted 6 Dal Bahadhur Kami M 36 Kubende Partially Sighted

7 Puspa Shrestha M 27 Lisankhu Total Blind 8 Uni Maya Tamang F 38 Sano Sirubari Total Blind 9 Raju BK M Sunkoshi Total Blind 10 Lek Bahadur Tamang M Lisankhi Total Blind 11 Santi Thakuri F Melamchi Total Blind 12 Surendra Danuwar M 34 Ramche Total Blind 13 Rama BK F 37 Chautara Total Blind 14 Dawa Sherpa M 16 Helambu Total Blind 15 Bikesh Magar M 11 Mudhe Total Blind

E) Gorkha

S.N Name of BPS Sex Age Address Blindness

1 Manika Rana F 12 Gorkha Municipality2 Total Blind 2 Anupa Gurung F 14 Gorkha Municipality 8 Total Blind

3 Dhan Maya Ale F 16 Gorkha Municipality 8 Total Blind

4 Rojina Ghimire F 18 Palungtar Total Blind

5 Puspa Tamang F 20 Gorkha Municipality 9 Total Blind

6 Sapana Shrestha F 21 Gorkha Municipality 5 Total Blind 7 Chhetra Pratap M 33 Dailekh - 7 Total Blind Thapa 8 Raji B.K F 14 Aarughat Total Blind

9 Rajendra B.K M 12 Aarughat Total Blind

10 Prashuram Neupane M 34 Aarughat Total Blind

11 Devi Datta Khanal M 43 Aarughat Low Vision

12 Mr. Dil Bdr Ale M 14 Aarughat Total Blind

13 Mr. Milan Nepali M 13 Palungtar Total Blind

14 Mr. Chhabi Lal Ale M 20 Aarughat Total Blind

15 Mr. Lila Devi Dhital F 55 Barpak sulikot Low Vision

Annex 10: Participants of Women Sensitization training

A) Surkhet: Women Violence and and legal provisions

S. Name of Participant Sex Address Blindness N type

1 Dhanmaya Shah F Simta rural municipality Total Blind

2 Jhanaki Shahi F Simta Rural Municipality Low Vision

3 Rama Kumari Budha F Simta Rural Municipality Low Vision

4 Tika B.K F Gurvakot Municipality Total Blind

5 Nirmala Rana F Bheriganga Municipality Low Vision

6 Mina Kumari Bhattarai F Bheriganga Municipality Low Vision

7 Asmita Oli F Bheriganga Municipality Low Vision

8 Samjhana Baduwal F Birendranagar Surkhet Total blind

9 Tara Dhakal F Birendranagar Surkhet Low Vision

10 Sita Sinjali Magar F Birendranagar Surkhet Total blind

11 Somana Khadka F Simta RuralMunicipality Total Blind

12 Durga Kathayat F Birendranagar 8 Surkhet Total blind

13 Maya Pdr. Jaishi M Birendranagar 8 Surkhet Total blind

14 Khagendra sharma M Birendranagar11 Surkhet Total blind

15 Suresh Kumar Khadka M Birendranagar 7 Surkhet Total blind

B) Ilam: Leadership and capacity development

Name Sex Education Address Blindness

1 Kamala Paudel F Illiterate Deumai Municipality Totally Blind

2 Chunu Maya F Illiterate Sandakpur Rural Totally Blind Gurung Munnicipality 3 Rita Subba F Class 12 Phakphokthum Rural Total blind Municipality

4 Rashila Dewan F Class 11 Ilam Municipality Total blind

5 Sambriddhi F Class 9 Sandakpur Rural Total blind Thebe Municipality 6 Rina Thebe F Bed Sandakpur Rural Total blind Municipality 7 Sanjita Thebe F Class 10 Sandakpur Rural Total blind Municipality 8 Shila Rai F Class 12 Sandakpur Rural Total blind Municipality 9 Puja Khanal F Class 9 Mai Municipality Low vision 10 Junu Poudel F Class 12 Deumai Municipality Low vision

11 Radhika Poudel F B ed Phakphokthum Rural Low vision Municipality 12 Kabita Shiwa F Class 9 Deumai Municipality 7 Low vision 13 Rabin ghale M B.Ed Suryodaya Municipality Total blind

14 Sabin B.K. M Class 8 Ilam Municipality Total blind

15 Mr. Padam M M.Ed IAB President Total blind Subba 16 Ramesh Baral M Literate Rong Municipality Total blind

17 Mina Thebe F BA Sandakpur Total blind

18 Khadga Khanal M SLC Mai Municipality Low vision

19 Puja Gurung F Class 8 Sandakpur (escort) sighted

20 Mamata F MA Program coordinator Sighted Guragain

C) Gorkha: Good Governance, Education, Health, Employment & Empowerment

S.N Name of Participants Address Sex Age Nature of Blindness 1 Paban Kumar Basnet G.m-5 M 39 Low Vision 2 Bina Kumari Shrestha Gorkha Municipality F 38 - Office 3 Parbati Gorkhali G.M-7 F 28 Low Vision 4 Muna Ghimire Simjung F 27 Low Vision 5 Indra Kumari Gurung Thumi F 19 Total Blind 6 Hira Pokhrel Baguwa F 28 Total Blind 7 Rojina Ghimire Palungtar F 18 Total Blind 8 Mina Bhujel Palungtar F 19 Total Blind 9 Sapana Shrestha G.M-7 F 21 Low Vision

10 Dhan Maya Ale G.M-8 F 16 Total Blind 11 Anupa Gurung G.M-8 F 14 Total Blind 12 Manta Maya Gurung G.M-8 F Total Blind 13 Laxmi Shrestha G.M-8 F Total Blind 14 Aaiti Maya Gurung G.M-8 F Total Blind 15 Puspa Tamang G.M-9 F Total Blind 16 Sita Ram Thapa G.M-5 M Helper 17 Ratna Gurung Barpak Sulikot F Physical 18 Pratikshya Gurung Barpak Sulikot F Physical 19 Saraswati Rayamajhi G.M-7 F Helper 20 Nirmala Sunar G.M-7 F Physical

21 Badal B.k G.M-7 M Physical 22 Purna Kumari Basnet G.M-5 F Low Vision 23 Gita Maya Shrestha G.M-6 F Low Vision 24 Prashuram Bhatta G.M-1 M Total Blind 25 Dipika Dahal Palungtar F Helper

D) Sindhupalchok: Reproductive Health Rights of Women with Disabilities

S.N. Name Sex Address Age Nature of Blindness

1 Ratna Maya Bogati F Chautara - 4 41 Partially Sighted

2 Tuku Maya Sapkota F Chautara - 4 43 Partially Sighted

3 Santi Thakuri F Chautara - 4 38 Partially Sighted

4 Bishnu Maya Gautam F Chautara - 4 39 Partially Sighted

5 Samjhana Tamang F Sanosiruwari 24 Partially Sighted

6 Susila Baraili F Sangachook 24 Partially Sighted

7 Sumitra Dhungana F Chautara - 4 21 Partially Sighted

8 Sukumaya Lopchan F Rasuwa 21 Total Blind

9 Uni Maya Tamang F Sano Sirubari 37 Total Blind

10 Durga Bohora F Balefi 24 Partially Sighted

11 Rabina Tamang F Sanosiruwari 18 Partially Sighted

12 Ratna Maya Tamang F Balefi 24 Total Blind

13 Sumitra Majhi F Bhimtar 25 Total Blind

14 Bishnu Maya F Indrawoti- 2 19 Partially Sighted Danuwar 15 Masali Tamang F Balephi- 3 19 Total Blind

E) Kailali: Rights of women with disabilities

S.N. Name of Participants Sex Age Address Type of Disability 1 Durga Chaudhary F 21 Bhada, Kailali Total Blind 2 Nirmala Chaudhary F 23 Ghodaghodi 2 Total Blind 3 Ashma Chaudhary F 21 Ghodaghodi 2 Total Blind 4 Laxmi Chaudhary F 20 Ghodaghodi 5 Total Blind 5 Naina Chaudhary F 26 Joshipur 5 Total Blind 6 Sharada Chaudhary F 32 Joshipur 5 Total Blind 7 Rupa Chaudhary F 35 Ghodaghodi 3 Total Blind 8 Prenka Chaudhary F 32 Ghodaghodi 1 Total Blind 9 Chandra Kunwar F 29 Dhangadhi-8 Total Blind 10 Pramila Chaudhary F 42 Ghodaghodi 5 Total Blind 11 Sabitri Rana F 41 Ghodaghodi 2 Blind

12 Sabita Chaudhary F 37 Ghodaghodi 2 Blind 13 Manisha Rana F 39 Ghodaghodi 5 Physical 14 Aarati Sijali F 28 Ghodaghodi 4 Blind 15 Bhim Bdr Chaudhary M 35 Ghodaghodi 2 Blind

16 Dilip Chaudhary M 36 Dhangadhi-2 Blind 17 Jagat Bahadur Chaudhary M 39 Joshipur, Kailali Blind 18 Naresh Chaudhary M 19 Joshipur, Kailali Blind 19 Punam Chaudhary F 18 Krishnapur,7 Blind

Annex. 11: List of BPS people employed as government teachers

S.N Name sex Level District Job Type Reference . 1 Sagar Subedi M Primary Syangja Permanent 2 Sabitri Paudel F Primary Syangja Permanent 3 Deepa Subedi F Primary Syangja Permanent 4 Phadindra Wagle M Primary Kaski Permanent 5 Dal Bahadur M Primary Baglung Temporary Thapa 6 Keshabi Sigdel F Primary Tanahu Temporary 7 Shiva Raj M Primary Lamjung Permanent Adhikari 8 Keshari Neupane M Primary Lamjung Permanent 9 Aaiti Shree F Primary Lamjung Permanent Gurung 10 Jay Prakash M Primary Dhading Temporary Thakur 11 Subhadra Rijal F Primary Chitwan Temporary 12 Sabitri Bhattarai F Primary Chitwan Temporary 13 Shanta Neupane F Primary Chitwan Temporary 14 Shanti Subedi F Primary Chitwan Permanent 15 Sirjana Dhakal F Primary Palpa Permanent 16 Sundari Gautam F Primary Palpa Permanent 17 Jeevan Pokharel M Primary Rupandehi Permanent 18 Arjun Rawal M L. Kailali Permanent Secondary 19 Santosh M Primary Lalitpur Permanent Timilsina 20 Laxmi Gurung F Primary Bhaktapur Permanent 21 Samjhana F Primary Bhaktapur Temporary Shrestha 22 Sunil Singh M Primary Kathmandu Permanent 23 Bharat Rajbansi M Primary Taplejung Permanent 24 Manju Luitel F Primary Terrethum Permanent 25 Laxmishwor M Primary Sindhuli Permanent Mahato 26 Indira Kumari M Primary Sindhulil Permanent Rai 27 Anish Neupane M L. Bhaktapur Permanent Secondary 28 Toya B.K. M Primary Palpa Permanent 29 Chandika F Primary Sindhupalch Temporary Timalsina owk 30 Dilip Limbu M Primary Ilam Temporary Paid by Duimai Municipality 31 Tulashi Limbu M Primary Ilam Temporary Paid by Phakphokthum Municipality 32 Rita K.C. F Primary Kaski Temporary