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Annual Report 2018-19 Big Change Starts Small Annual Report 2018-19 NEPAL Big change starts small Copyright © Practical Action, 2019 Content and production coordination: Archana Gurung, Prabin Gurung Contributor: Bhim Shrestha Reviewers: Dharam Uprety, Menila Kharel, Pooja Sharma, Upendra Shrestha Published by Practical Action South Asia Regional Office CONTENTS 06 A warm welcome to a year of change 17 Energy that transforms 23 Farming that works 29 Resilience that protects 35 Financial statements 36 Acronyms School built in Bardiya at raised platform. The Front cover image: BICAS project helping farmers in Bajura to increase household school is also being used as evacuation shelter during income through promoting sustainable growth in agriculture/ Prabin Gurung the time of flood inundation/ Archana Gurung ropeways, multi-use water systems, solar powered This Annual Report is a way for us to communicate about irrigation and micro irrigation facilities. Our ingenious the bold collaborations we are making and the alternative agriculture market system business models mixed with and systemic thinking we are putting into our work – agri-extension services and supply chain strengthening small or big. This is a medium to share our belief – that not proved successful for smallholder farmers. We engaged only can massive investments ensure sustainable impact provincial and local governments in the demonstration but small drivers of change can add ingenious approaches and discourse of effective energy planning. Some local to development. We want to thank the government, our planners have approached us to contribute to energy generous donors and partners; most of all, the people planning to ensure inclusivity and scalability in their who radiate our success. We acknowledge all the small energy plans. elements and contributors that have role in bringing about big change, after all BIG CHANGE, STARTS SMALL! Achyut Luitel A warm welcome to a YEAR OF CHANGE Achyut Luitel, South Asia Regional Director The year 2018/19 was a very special and yet another amazing role. I want to thank the entire team for bringing exciting year. It came along with promising learning out a guide to practically live our change aspirations. The and experiences. We initiated structural and functional year is also very special in terms of our country teams changes within the team in line with our new way of preparing for the launch of revised and re-energised face working and framework for change. To contribute to of Practical Action – giving our DNA anew personality Practical Action’s change ambitions that we aspired to through refreshed brand. drive, it was essential for us to dive deep into our own closets first; reforms and improvements had to be made. The year brought us great collaboration opportunities Hence, an organisational restructuring was required to and bold partnerships. Working with government effectively achieve our change aspirations – to see the institutions at all level from both bottom-up and top- change; we wanted to be the change first! down mix remained crucial to bring change and integrate proven practices into policy systems across our thematic The year took an exciting course while developing our change areas. Promising environment has been created strategic business plan with multiple in-depth systemic for building resilience and enhancing preparedness thinking exercises, in line with our organisational of people living in frontline of disaster risks. Flood framework for change. For us, this was a relatively new Risk Measurement for Community (FRMC) tool that way of working to understand the system, identifying the we are implementing at flood affected communities weaker links and defining the scale of change we wanted is getting ownership at local government level, and is to bring about to contribute for functional system. For being integrated into the local planning process. Our breathing life into our strategic business plan, our internal collaboration with municipalities resulted into co- experts, years in experiential journey, have played an financial investments in technologies like gravity goods 6 7 In 2018-2019... We raised £3.1 million BIG CHANGE We spent £2.8 million on our work starts small We achieved all this... At Practical Action we do things differently. We put ingenious ideas We delivered to work so people in poverty can change their world. We believe in the power of small to change the big picture. 15 PROJECTS Our vision is for a world that works better for everyone. on the ground covering We are a global change-making group of problem solvers, knowledge mobilisers and expert advisers. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, a development publishing company and a technical and specialist consulting service. 43 DISTRICTS We have enabled millions of people to make lasting, positive change to their lives, focusing on where and all there is greatest need and we can make the biggest difference. We share our experience and expertise through our Consulting, Publishing and Practical Answers services, creating impact far beyond our projects. 7 PROVINCES In Nepal, Practical Action is focused on putting ingenious ideas into work to contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable wellbeing for all through working in three expertise areas: reaching out to Energy that transforms; Farming that works; and Resilience that protects. 83,997 PEOPLE 41,433 FEMALE and 42,564 MALE directly and 123,122 PEOPLE 57,878 FEMALE and 65,244 MALE indirectly. Calculating our reach We distinguish between the people we work with directly and those who benefit from the wider impact of our work. We include these numbers for transparency, to offer a glimpse of the impact of our projects. However, our goal is to have an influence that goes far beyond the reach of these projects. We are working on new ways to report the true scale of what we do. In the meantime, you will find evidence throughout this report of the far reaching benefits that our work has on vast regions and populations. Landscape of our BICAS project working area in the far western 8 region of Nepal/ Prabin Gurung 9 Coping with CHALLENGES The young federal structure in Nepal and systemic of scale of risk due to climate change impact and bottlenecks coming along the way, have enriched natural hazards facing the communities. In lack our expertise to diagnose problems diving deeper of practical planning guidelines, the needs of poor and brining ingenious solutions. However, and marginalised remain unaddressed. The existing some of real world challenges have also come system of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) focuses with uncertainties in achieving our long term largely on post disaster response, rather than on development goals effectively. risk reduction at source, and preparedness. In the current federal structure of the country, there Meanwhile, our contribution in clean cooking has are some key challenges, risks and uncertainties brought about promising change in reducing Indoor for agriculture development which we hope to be Air Pollution (IAP), significantly contributing improved over time. Current structure provides to health of many women and children at risk of exclusive and concurrent power to the provincial respiratory illness. Particularly, embedding social and local governments to develop and implement and behavioural change aspect in the business their own policies, plans and programmes. However, models of private sectors have brought some there is limited coordination among three levels encouraging change in enabling their business as of government which is a key challenge to overall well as cleaner indoor air in many rural households. agriculture growth. This demands additional thrust However, there lacks appropriate incentives to these from our side to inspire policies and programmes private sectors that have been identified as key through demonstration and learning at all three change agents and have the access and reach to the levels of the government. Another key issue remains poorest and remotest communities. Our interaction in agriculture governance; the agriculture subsidies with electricity cooperatives has helped improve and programmes have not reached to the poor, their institutional practices enabling reliable women and marginalised groups. and affordable electricity to their customers. Affordability and reliability remains a critical Limitation in financing must be a common barrier to communities in the rural areas that hinder challenge faced by many development aspirations their motivation to establish enterprises. at national and local level. This has also impacted in responding to real needs of local and provincial governments. More needs to be done to improve the governance at all levels to address the voice of the most marginalised communities, mainly women and vulnerable social groups, who have a limited access in decision making and benefit sharing process. The government’s major priority on the infrastructural development sometimes shadows achievements A farmer uses farm yard manure in his field, which contributes made in software aspects like training and capacity greatly in enhancing organic matter of soil/ Prabin Gurung building. There is a wide gap on the awareness 10 11 Working for a Meet the people BETTER WORLD MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN This year has come to us with a wealth of knowledge, technologies, extension, market access and business We are working everyday to enhance resilience of people adapted in our new programme design. We will
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