ANNUAL REPORT 2015 FOREWORDS

Backward Society Education (BASE) has been publishing an annual report from its very beginning to inform stakeholders about its progress. Now I am very happy to present BASE’s 2015 annual report.

BASE is a community based human rights NGO which has a membership system. BASE has been working in the following districts in West, Mid and Far Western Nepal for the past twenty years: Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Doti, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Bardiya, Banke, Surkhet, Dang, Salyan, Pyuthan, Rukum, Rolpa, Dailekh, Dolpa and Arghakhanchi . The main focus of our organization lies in running programs related to education, health and nutrition, women’s empowerment, income generation, microfinance, the abolishment of child labor and Kamlahari system, poverty reduction, water sanitation hygiene, e-library access, livelihood forests, malaria reduction campaign, helping children of armed conflict, conflict reduction, organizational development and community development.

I would like to thank the women’s group, women awareness groups, youth clubs, members of BASE, Village Development Committees, representatives of Central Committee, counselors and well-wishers and at last but not at least the hardworking and sincere staff of BASE for their vital role in empowering the organization and making BASE reach this position.

I believe that this annual report will help the reader to better understand the programs being run by BASE. It is important to us that we provide a glimpse of our activities to all of our stakeholders. Lastly, I would like to thank the whole team who provided their valuable time and effort to publish the annual report of the organization.

Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary President Contents

HISTORY AND EVOLVING COMPLEXITY OF BASE

OVERALL ACHIEVEMENTS

EDUCATION

EX-KAMAIYA EMPOWERMENT

KAMLAHARI PRACTICE ABOLITION THROUGH EDUCATION

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT GROUP

JEEVAN

LIVELIHOOD, ENVIRONMENT AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROPMOTION (LEAP II)

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)

CONFLICT MITIGATION THROUGH DIALOGUE GROUPS (SAMBAD SAMUHA)

INCLUSIVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (IRMI)

IMPLEMENTING OF THE WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY AGENDA IN NEPAL (SWWPSAN)

INITIATIVE FOR AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY AND COMMERCIALIZATION (IAPAC)

NATIONAL RURAL RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM (NRREP)

LIVELIHOOD RECOVERY AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

FOOD FOR ASSESTS (FFA)

STRENGTHENING STHANIYA SUSHASAN (SAJHEDARI BIKAS PROGRAM)

MICRO FINANCE

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

• BASE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015

• EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE

• CONSOLIDATED FUND ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT

• PREVIOUS AND CURRENT PROJECTS OF BASE 00 History of BASE It is relevant to know about the miserable life. This brought about perception and understanding history of Tharu before we know socio-economic consequences to eyes of other community people about the history of BASE. Tharu is unequal inter caste and inter class too discriminated Tharu, which the under prevalent ethnic group, relations that affected Tharus caused Tharu to become more who are living in the Western Terai more negatively. Exploitation, weak and weak enough to raise districts of Nepal from the ancient poor health, unclaimed right to their representative voice in the period. Over the last fifty-five natural resources, weak voice in government for their entitlement. years, Tharus have an experience government decision, poor access In 1925, slavery and bonded labor and encroachment of land they to market, lack of credit for their was abolished but in practice traditionally inhabited. After The work and many other associated remaining of the bounded labor eradication of malaria and some factors increases poverty among system existed even after that in development initiatives, there was Tharus and other deprived different parts of Nepal. Tharu an influx of hill people in these community people of western families have been victims of areas. In the process of hill to Nepal as well. So-called high-class Kamaiya system in west Terai Terai migration many Tharus lost people blamed and not accepted region of Nepal for generations their land. Due to which they had to uplift the economic growth and generations of decade. In to pay the loan, which they hadn’t of Tharus and addressed their 2000 July Government declared borrowed before, they were views on the reason on Tharus freedom of Kamaiya from forced to work for their whole life for being backwardness. They bounded labor. Altogether 32509 period in the house of so called blamed that Social and culture Kamaiya families were freed in high-class people without wage factors are the main reason, mid and far west region of Nepal or in a very minimum wage to which made Tharus less cleaver under the leadership of BASE. return back the loan and to make and incapable of managing their their daily expenses to run their lives in standard way. These 00 Backward Society Education (BASE) The origins of Backward Society Education (BASE) are to be found in a pioneering group of young activists who established the Charpate Club in January 1985. Char pate club was formed during the traditional festival “Maghi” (New Year of Tharu Community) of Tharu in the village Dumrigaon in the leadership of founder president Mr. Dilli Bahadur chaudhary with thirty-four young people to fight against bonded labor (Kamaiya) system. Tharus worked as Kamaiya in the land lords' house and most of the women and girls got pregnant due to the sexual abused by those land lords. As a result that led them to have suicide. That was used to happen with the Tharu women and girls. Mr. Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary along with other youths thought why this is happening with Tharus only not others. Finally they came to conclusion it is because of illiteracy and suppression by elites which was totally inhuman behavior. After long struggle and raising 700 rupees through cultural shows and collecting some amount as membership fee individually, the Charpate Club was processed for registration with the government body and was registered in the name of BASE in 1990. Therefore BASE started its intervention with from donors. In the beginning there were not sufficient non-formal education. policies, guidelines and long term strategic direction of the When BASE was established as an NGO, organization. BASE started peaceful social movement for there was no funding. So BASE started to ensuring rights of the deprived people through educating mobilize local resources massively. And then and uniting them simultaneously, and at the same time later BASE began to get external funding BASE did developmental works.

BASE Evolving Complexity

Social Movement: BASE is not just an NGO but one of the largest started raising awareness at the grass root level about social movements (membership based) in South the rights, social justice and issues to get united. BASE Asia. BASE has a membership of over 300,000 also made the people aware about the importance people, of which about 29,000 are actively and strength of membership. Hence BASE started engaged in voluntary community works. BASE to expand its membership and became a mass 00

membership organization. Each elected by the general members.. expenditure are approved by member pays one rupee as a Similarly One female and one the assembly. The assembly also membership charge annually, male members nominated by guides for the strategic direction and generates internal fund each village committee have for future. At BASE level wise for the organization. BASE voting rights for voting for area committee and active members mass membership supports for committee. Likewise for district are committed to work and peaceful movement and create executive committee, active advocate for social justice and the demands for development. members, area committee human rights at grass root level BASE has level wise committee; members and one male and one against discrimination and human village, area, district and central, female representative from each rights violation and bring the voices and these committee members village committee have voting at national and international level. are elected democratically for a rights.. For central executive In addition to service delivery, five year. Hence BASE exercises committee, , only active members BASE also develops human the democratic practices have rights for candidacy resources from marginalized within the organization. General and active members, district communities for leadership members are those who receive committee, area committee development so that they could membership by the organization. members have votingrights. have access to decision making Central committee distributes Level wise committee members level and generate resources the active membership in the are accountable to the members themselves. For development recommendation of area and and general assembly. General at grass root level, BASE forms district committee and central assembly of BASE takes place village committee and CBOs in committee extends active every year where review and settlements and capacitate them membership and renewal of amendment of the existing for resource mobilization. membership in every five year. policies, endorsement of new BASE village committee and gets policies, annual income and

Professional Development NGO: Intermediate Support Organization: BASE at the same time works for non violence BASE is a professional development organization conflict management for right based approach for and always welcomes to the learners and building human rights and social justice in one hand, professional development practitioners in and provides service deliver through development country as well as abroad. BASE also provides projects in rural and marginalized communities on the opportunity to the international volunteers the other. BASE has professional and technical for the grass root development experiences, and staffs for service delivery. The professional staffs internationalizes its best practices, knowledge involve in identification of needs in participation of sharing and learning. BASE always encourages community people for developing the projects, to graduates to start a new CBO and NGO. and support for enhancing skills of local people BASE does not just implement the development and members for advocacy and lobby to reach projects itself, but also supports new CBOs the unreached. Professional staffs support to build and NGOs with grants and materials for their the linkage between community and local service capacity building as well as strengthening which providers. BASE has its own formal policies and contributes to sustainable development. BASE guidelines for overall management and strategic trained professional staffs provide training to direction. BASE generates external funding by partner NGOs and supports by providing technical developing projects. The professional staffs plan, assistance through capacity building. implement, prepare reports and submit to the donors as per their requirements. 00 education

Since 1991, BASE has been working in education instruction is being promoted in early grade and with the slogan of "First Sight in Education". In supported supplementary education materials in the beginning BASE has launched non formation local language (In Tharu). education as a campaign in the west Nepal. The organization through that education gives power A) Since 2011, BASE has been implementing to unite people to fight against discrimination Sangai Sikaun Sangai Badhaun (SSSB) - and exploitation. In the later year BASE's focus on Opportunity School Project in Dang and Banke creating better teaching learning environment in district with the partnership to WEI/BTF. 27 community schools & 32 ECD centers in three VDCs are covered through this project. The program aims to complete a quality education of ECD to grade 8 students. Program activities assists those children in marginalized areas to access and improve the learning achievement through the capacity building of teachers, facilitators, SMC, PTA representatives & supports to improve learning environment in class room with providing materials, training, mentoring, government schools to develop learning standards opportunity to learn base school improvement of students through various interventions. This year plan development through participatory BASE is continuously working to improve quality approach & community mobilization. education with close coordination and collaboration • 645 ECD age kids have been benefited through of government institutions such as DEO, Resource 32 school and community based ECD center in Centers and Education Training Centers. Dang and Banke district. In 2015 BASE has been working in 142 schools in • In project area 85% ECD age kids have enrolled Dang, Banke, Bardiya and Kailali Districts. In total in ECD center and 61% ECD experienced kids 32,524 numbers of students (16,912 Girls and enrolled in grade one. 15,612 Boys) are directly benefiting from project • 79 early grade teachers have been trained in interventions. The reading skill of the students early grade reading and importance of medium has been increased with 11 to 30 percent in early of instruction. grade in the project area. BASE works for capacity • Increased students reading skill by 11% in building of SMC, PTA, ECD facilitators and early grade one, 26% in grade two and 18% in grade grade teachers and material support for teaching three. and learning and effective class room management. • 43 teachers have received training on remedial BASE also provides onsite support to early grade package in Math, Science and English subject. teachers in class room activities where as they • Increased student's regularity by 5 days in teachers face difficulties. Yearly BASE conducts average and decreased students drop out rate students' learning assessments in early grades by 3% in project school. and shares the assessment results to teachers • 100% school out of 27 have developed and parents. BASE applies community mobilization Opportunity to Learn (OTL) based SIP through approach as cross cutting to retain students in participatory approach and implementing as schools, increase parents' involvement in schools well. and make accountable to school stakeholders • Increased involvement of the parents, SMC, and parents in school system. Mother tongue PTAs in school activities. 00

B) Literacy Project is being implemented in C) To retain literacy skill through advance Banke, Bardiya and Kailali districts with technical literacy course BASE has implemented Soshan and financial support from Room to Read. The Se Shikshya Wor classes. The project also project aims to develop reading habit and skill of emphasizes to break the gender discrimination primary students through establishing library, through empowerment and raise awareness library corner, and class room management on economic and cultural rights in rural area of support to grade one and enhance capacity of Dang district with the support of UNESCO. The the grade one teachers as well as library focal advance literacy course was designed locally persons. In this year 90 schools have been relevant and the facilitators training were supported library and capacity enhancing provided in close cooperation with DEO. activities in three districts. In 2015, BASE has • Successfully conducted 22 advance literacy handed over 203 libraries to the respective classes with covering 440 adult women. schools in Bardiya district. • Improved literacy skills and adult women • 90 schools received library support and aware on gender discrimination, environment teachers were train on library management conservation, cultural and economic rights. training under the literacy program. • Improved leadership skill and playing vital role • 100% schools have well managed library and in community development process. the book checkout system also well recorded. • Early grade students have got opportunity to improve reading skill through library. 0

Case Study

Nepal Rastriya Lower secondary School, Kumbhar under Binauna Resource center is situated in Baijapur VDC, Ward no. 3 in Banke district, established in 2045 BS. In this school, Early Child Development to grade 8 classes are running with 320 students and 8 teachers. Previously, teachers of this school used to teach straight without doing any assessment of students hidden knowledge and skill of the students. Textbooks usually were only the written materials. Other than textbooks, students only had their notebooks to read, which contained text copied from the blackboard. The school had no library; book corner in classrooms, absenteeism of students and teachers was not touching the minimum standard.

The project provided EGR training and refresher training frequently to early grade teachers. This training enhanced the teaching capacity of the teachers with innovative ideas and using of five major components (phonological awareness, letter reorganization, vocabulary development, reading fluency and comprehension). Teachers were trained about the child friendly teaching methodology and using of teaching learning materials in effective way. Furthermore teachers were oriented about the importance of medium of instruction in early grade and school was supported T/L materials developed in both local and Nepali language.

Now, the teachers are teaching with lesson plan, following Mother Tongue Instruction and applying the knowledge and skills which they learnt in training and for creation of child friendly class. Students spend their leisure time in library reading varieties of books. 70% of G1 students, 90% G2 students and 95% G3 students can read consonants and 52% of G1, 55% of G2, 85% of G3 students can read vowel easily. 56% students of G1, 84% of G2 and 90% students of G3 could read simple word. 15% students of G1, 35% students of G2 and 74% students of G3 can read paragraph. The school has gained school management experience, effective teaching learning approach and able to create its own standard. 00 Ex-Kamaiya empowerment program The Government of Nepal given less priority about quality support. Many Kamaiya children declared Kamaiyas freedom from education, health and income have either never enrolled in bonded labor on 17th July 2000 but generation facilities for the ex- mainstream schools or have their needs were not addressed Kamaya families, and on the dropped out due to work even after a decade where most other hand 200 Kamaiya families pressures or poverty – families of the Kamaiya families still have in average have been staying migrated for seasonal work for not received Kamaiya identity in a Kamaiya camp (temporary daily subsistence, families are card, land, housing materials and settlement) in five districts, where unable to afford school uniforms other facilities announced by the epidemic disaster may arise due as well as pressure to assist their Government. to unsafe drinking water and lack parents through work both in The record from Ministry of Land of health and sanitation practices and outside of the home. The ex- Reforms and Management - and services. Due to lack of Kamaiyas those were received fiscal year 2065/2066 BS (2011) various services and meager land is not in productive and are shows that there are 32,509 management, Kamaiya families close to nearby river/streams. Due Kamaiya families in Dang, Banke, have not got an opportunity to to employment opportunity in Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur enjoy their freedom of life even surrounding their settlement area districts where 20,402 have been after a decade of freedom from it is also difficult for them to afford rehabilitated and remaining the bonded labor. for other income generating number of families still are The situation is particularly activities in which also create to be rehabilitated. But the worrisome for the ex-Kamaiyas for food insecurity. Additionally, most of the Kamaiya families and large numbers of ex-Kamaiyas Kamaiya children who go to school who are rehabilitated from the are left from the government's often face discrimination based government have been provided rehabilitation entitlements and on caste and gender. Realizing unfertile land on the side of river their children have less access to the fact BASE has been working banks where the lives of Kamaiya attend at school. for the overall development of the families are in hazardous Kamaiya families through support Many Kamaiyas face big obstacles for their livelihoods with the situation due to floods during in receiving identity card from the rainy seasons. financial support of DFID (GPAF) government and due to this they and Anti Slavery International. In one hand, the government has are not entitled for rehabilitation 00

220 Major ex- Kamaiya families received livestock achievements support with some basic knowledge and skills.

122 ex- Kamaiya families 1051 received retail shop out of school ex-kamaiya support from the project children were enrolled in with basic knowledge on the government school business enterprises. with the support of BASE in project districts. 252 ex- Kamaiya families 443 received agro based micro ex- Kamaiyas adults enterprises support. received account and book keeping mobilization training- 300 ex- Kamaiya adults received 4-6 months vocational training in various sectors. Enhanced leadership capacity of ex-kamaiya leaders through several engagements such as leadership 743 skill development training and (male 154 and female 589) paralegal training. They are doing have received IGA support advocacy at local and national level for and skill development. Out their entitlement. Pressurized to change of 743 participants, 595 policies at national level through advocacy (80%) beneficiaries are (rehabilitation packages increased from continuing applying their NPR, 150,000 to NPR 355,000). trade wise business and earning money. 00 Kamlahari practice abolition through education and livelihood Historically Tharus in the western the practice prevails of sending different forms of abuse involved districts (Dang, Banke, Bardiya, girl children, mostly below the in trafficking and denied basic Kailali and Kanchanpur) of Nepal age of 18, to landlords or well- rights. were enslaved as bonded laborers off people to work as domestic Considering the above situation through the Kamaiya system. servants for a meager income. In Plan International Nepal and Having been established as an some cases the daughter is sent BASE is implementing Kamlahari advocacy based organization, to the landlord as a form of debt abolition through education and BASE was at the forefront of the relief, while in other cases the livelihood support with the goal: movement to free the Kamaiya family is compensated with land to contribute to the realization and abolish slavery in Nepal for subsistence farming or small of rights of the children in the in July 2000. BASE's efforts amounts of cash. According to Kailali district through abolition ultimately led to the abolition of the Friendly Needy Children (FNC) of Kamlahari practice and the Kamaiya system however survey 2009, altogether there are enlarging opportunities for their slavery continues to exist today 13073 Kamlahari girls in 5 districts. overall development. through the practice of Kamalari. The condition of Kamalari is very Particularly, in poor Tharu families poor, they are often subjected to

The specific objectives are: • To prevent and the protect girls from the practice of Kamlahari through mass awareness campaigning and advocate for the enforcement of the laws and policy by the end of the project period. • To ensure access to education for all Kamlahari. • To promote life skill and sustainable livelihood of rescued and vulnerable Kamlahari girls and their families. 00

3 main components under the Kamlahari Practice Abolition Through Education & Livelihood Project

Gender & Child Education Livelihood Rights

This component focuses on Under this component the The rescued over age Kamlahari raising gender and child rights rescued Kamlahari girls are girls and their parents are to eliminate the discriminatory supported for their formal supported with the vocational behavior of parents, community education through scholarship training, book keeping people and stakeholders. The support for school education, management, leadership skill, interventions mentioned below higher education and technical/ agro based training and support are implemented to promote vocational education. The initiative for income generation and food the gender and child rights also supports to create learning security. The initiatives also through capacity building on without fear environment in make linkages and registration better life options session for schools. The interaction among with cooperatives for their youth girls, formation of girls the stakeholders in the district sustainability group, information dissemination and VDC level for maximize the of gender and child rights effectiveness of program. The through wall magazine, enhance joint monitoring is also conducted capacity for the participation in together with stakeholders. national or regional advocacy and lobby, mobilization of traditional networks for wider communication and prevention of Kamlahari practices and strengthening village child protection committee. The coordination and collaboration has been also made with stakeholders such as VDCs, DDCs, VCPCs, WCDO, Human rights activist and media house for rescue and rehabilitation of Kamlahari girls. 00 Major achievements

810 Kamalari were rescued in 2015.

Among them 600 are studying in higher level education.

40 students passed school leaving certificate (SLC).

25 Kamlahari passed (10 + 2).

11 Kamlahari have been studying in bachelor level.

4 students received homeopathic training.

2 students received JTA training for 15 months.

Child friendly code and conduct prepared in 26 schools and 14 schools were declared as child friendly schools.

4042 women (parents of Kamlahari girls) are involved in 175 Swabalambi Mahila Samuha and they have NPR. 4,330,446.00 in saving and mobilizing the fund for productive purposes.

9 cooperatives with 2214 members have been registered and they have NPR. 5,79,112.00 in saving and mobilizing fund in IGA

218 over age Kamlahari girls have received different types of vocational skill training and started their own business. 00 JEEVAN Women Empowerment through Organic Agriculture Promotion

Women Empowerment and Economic Development is one of the major themes of BASE. BASE has been implementing series of activities; skill development training, vocational training, record keeping training, kitchen gardening training, saving and credit management training, herbal and essential oil crop production training and demonstration, marketing management training, organic vegetable farming training. In addition to this BASE also acknowledges to women groups about provision of service and schemes of local service providers like VDC, health post, agriculture service centre, livestock service centre, forest office, post office and cooperatives and empowers to women groups to make linkage and cope those opportunities and for local level decision making body to make their access for positive influence in the decision making process. NRM Training Baijapur- training briefing on bio liquid fertilizer

BASE has been implementing Jeevan Project in capacity building of project staff (orientation three Village Development Committees; Baijapur, & initial trainings on SHGs),Community Bankatawa and Rajhena VDCs of Banke district of mobilization and awareness raising events, Nepal, funded by Department for International Training of SHG members on group dynamics Development (DFID) and technically supported and leadership skills and support to SHGs, by Find Your Feet for the period January 2014 to Training of CBO members on advocacy/ December 2016 with objectives to empower and campaigning, Agricultural training in natural build capacities of Tharu and other marginalized resource management and irrigation and women to access government services, entitlements, farmer workshops, Sustainable agriculture and natural resources and start IGAs for their workshops for lead farmers at district level, sustainable livelihood through SHGs and CBOs Training of SHGs on IGAs in farm & non improving food security, incomes and self-reliance farm sector/entrepreneurship development through the adoption of environmentally sustainable ,Exposure Visit Staff and Beneficiaries, agriculture and will provide access to low-cost credit Coordination and consultation meetings with to establish micro-enterprises. The project achieves CFUG's and communities at VDC level. this through series of interventions ,Orientation and 14

Major Achievements

2624 women have been Altogether 148 people have 288 beneficiaries have been involved in the project been benefited from the practicing two sustainable through Self Help Group scheme of the government agriculture techniques such as improved seeds, after their participation in (SHG) and 2903 (1691 F, seedlings. training on natural resource 1212 M) are actively involving management and irrigation – through CBOs for community bio-pesticides and mulching. development. Chand SHG in close consultation and support from Rajhena VDC amounting 126 beneficiaries In total of NPR. 3,915,783 NRS. 50,000 organized households have been have been mobilized through awareness campaign related benefitted from tube wells SHG members for productive to gender based violence. 9 purposes and Community irrigation support 582 SHG Animators have been members are aware of their assigned to provide technical roles and responsibilities as backstopping. 331 people have increased their access to the services member of the CFUG. provided by the local government institution. The Altogether 375 women services include availing vital 67 SHGs are independently been benefitted from the IGA events such as birth, death operating. training and among them, and marriage registration, 139 have initiated their own and citizenship card. business (Vegetable Farming, 562 women have been Piggery, Poultry Farming, provided group dynamics and Retail Shop) and started Altogether 504 beneficiaries leadership skill training. making income.- Shyam Devi have been practicing earned nearly NRs 60, 000 composting sustainable in two different seasons. agriculture techniques 00 Case Study

Maya Heading Towards Headway Maya Chaudhary lives in Bankatwa -7 Bhajyagauri with her husband and two tender aged children. Her family depends on agriculture which is their main source of subsistence. She joined the Gulab Self Group on 16-April-2014. Initially, her decision to join SHG was criticized by the family members but she was able to make them understand about its significance. Now, her family has been supporting her wholeheartedly in attending the meeting Earlier Mayadevi's economic status was very weak. The agricultural productivity was not sufficient for merely nine months and as a result they were suffering from food insecurity. Despite working from dawn to dusk in agricultural field, Her husband used to work as wage laborer at the local market. Owing to lack of knowledge, they were unable to access to government services and schemes. After her involvement in the project as a treasurer of Gulab SHG, she got several opportunities to attend the training on relevant themes and issues which played central role in augmenting her status both economically and socially. She attended the training on poultry organized by Jeevan Project. Mayadevi Chaudhary started a poultry farm with partial support from her relatives with regards to finance. It turned out be a success in which she earned a whopping amount of NRs 50,000. Currently, she is earning NRs 9000 per month. She thanked Jeevan Project for the trainings and workshop that widened her understanding on these issues and infused a great zeal in her to launch poultry farm. Now, they are planning to expand their business and take it to new level. She expressed her gratitude to Jeevan Project for providing such an opportunity. Now can Maya Devi Chaudhary put forth her views and opinions with others. She has widened her knowledge and understanding about her roles and responsibilities as a citizen, and interfaces the government official and holds them accountable for rights violations. What is very important is that she has been sharing the practiced based knowledge and experienced gained while running the poultry farm among the other members of the Gulab SHG. 00

LEAP Project 2015 Livelihood, Environment & Alternative Energy Promotion

Nepal is among the least As of 2008, poverty among rapid economic development. developed countries in the world Tarai Janajatis 35% compared Further, reducing poverty and according to the United Nations to 14% and 18%, respectively, addressing the widening socio- Human Development Index for Newars and Brahmans. economic disparities remains (HDI), Human Poverty Index Energy is essential to economic as Nepal's key development (HPI) and Gender Development and social development and to challenge. Persistent poverty (GDI) Index. Poverty is still high improve the quality of life of the in rural areas is linked to the in the Midwestern and far Nepalese people. Total energy unequal distribution of state western regions, and rural-urban consumption in the year 2008/09 resources, lack of connectivity, disparities continue to exist with was about 9.3 million tons of oil and created high transport rural poverty at 35% compared to in the country out of which 87% costs, which trouble movement 10% in urban areas. were derived from traditional of goods and services, including Poverty was reduced in the resources, 12% from commercial ideas and technologies within and advantaged groups such as sources and less than 1% from outside the region. These factors Brahmans, Chhetris, and Newars, the alternative sources. Thus, have contributed to regional whereas very less or no progress a significant increase in energy disparities in economic and was made among several socially consumption will be required human development outcomes excluded groups including Dalits, to meet the national goal of as well. Adibasi Janajatis and Muslims. improved living standards and 00

The following are the major issues of the project VDCs:

Lack of market access the planning period of the Tharu women and the local They are able to produce their local government where they institution with the overall farm products well with the have to go in other to ensure objective; to improve livelihood new technical knowledge and for the resources. of 900 disadvantaged women skills. It has also increased through the promotion their income and generated of alternative energy and Lack of information leadership development. self employment within the and services house. But the level of income and self employment is not The group members have satisfactory because of the not the sufficient system of The specific objectives lacking of market access. collecting information on are: The farmers cannot sell improved farm production, • To identify the change their production easily in the its care and marketing. The in access of the women market and many times they agriculture service center of to financial and natural have faced this problem. Government of Nepal is the only agency of this area which resources for income can provide technical support generation after project Lack of to the group members. But interventions entrepreneurship skills the one service center has to • To identify the changes The group members have provide support for at least in present household been doing agriculture works four VDC. So, it is very hard to income and its major but they have the gap of quality get support from the service resources of entrepreneurship skill. They centers properly. They are not • To analyze the start their enterprises without getting the require information level of awareness any proper plan and just start about the market because on environmental seeing other’s income from of the poor information sustainability especially the same enterprises. They sharing mechanism. In on climate change in don’t plan for the investment addition to these above the community after and think about the market issues, the community has project intervention. from the beginning. They been facing violence against have some problem in fixing women. Environmental the prices of their products sustainability has not properly as they are unaware about been institutionalized by the calculating the cost benefit community and the local of their production. So, at the government. end, they face the problem. Considering the above situation, ADRA in partnership with BASE has already Linkage and networking implemented economic The women need a good development projects in level of linkage with the local the area and LEAP phase-I governments and other actors was also the part of those to access the resources and projects in 2014. The second to ensure the sustainability phase LEAP project in 2015 of their enterprises however, was focused on addressing they have very limited linkages. the remaining community They were not informed during issues in partnership with the 00

The project interventions are expected to contribute on MDG 1 for income increment of the women through decent employment, on MDG 3 for gender equity and women empowerment and on MDG 7 for environmental sustainability. The project has formed interest groups (such as agriculture, pig rearing, goat rearing, cow & buffalo, mushroom farming and bamboo crafts), formed the women and youth groups and mobilized as well, supported village library with different types of books, boxes and stationary materials, developed the capacity of the youth groups and women groups on value based social mobilization approach and business competences, established the link between interest group and wholesalers / costumers and encouraged community people for agriculture alliance meeting, encouraged youth and women groups to develop health plan through health post and sensitization for environment aspect and supported for market centre infrastructure. The projects interventions have given very good results in the community specifically in capacitating the rural women in literacy, household and community sanitation, gender, saving credit mobilization and income generation through farm productions. In addition to these, the women have been aware about gender issues and environment. However, they have been facing some difficulties on marketing their production in managed way which has resulted in to the drop out of the women in continuous production. 00

Major Achievements

The end line shows reduction 58.71% in gross within the 66.67% of total responded in farming (70.21% in period of one year. that they have heard about value chain at the time of end base line and 66.67% in The end line data shows line where as it was only 14.73 end line) and increment in the improving status of the % at the time of base line foreign employment (1.71% access to the local resources. in baseline and 5.41% in Almost 2.48% increment Around 90% of total end line end line) as the main source identified in access of the respondents responded that of income of the group community people to the local they have been the member member’s households. resources after the project of CFUGs. intervention although it is The numbers of persons who not so noteworthy. The end Above 54% of total have got the training for the line data shows increment respondents had responded income generation has been in irrigation facilities after that they had heard about increased by 50.02% than project intervention by 16%. climate change at the time of the baseline (22.95%). The Around 55% of end line baseline but has increased by number of trained person in respondents responded that 37.44% after the project vegetable farming has been they use the irrigation for intervention. increased by 31.52% from commercial vegetable farming and kitchen gardening where the baseline (64.18%). 14.41% respondents as it was only 29.41% at the responded at the end line that time of base line survey. The data shows that the level they have the access in local level decision making bodies of household income of the The end line data shows the group members has been where as it was only 8.56% at good level of awareness about the time of base line. increased. The households the cooperatives among the who used to earn more than community people and it The majority (72.97%) of 10000 NPR per month has increased by 7.26% group members are using were only 12.33% but it now after the project intervention. firewood as the means of 42.87%. The gross average Around 2.05% respondents cooking fuels. per month income of all were not doing saving and respondents in four project credit at the time of baseline but the 100% group members VDCs was NPR 4541.17 are now doing saving and at the time of baseline survey credit practices in their group. but it has been increased by 00 WASH Water Sanitation and Hygiene

Around 80% of diseases in Nepal to health providers. The rural Tarai partnership with Water Aid are attributed to water and has some of the lowest levels of Nepal with the goal: to increase sanitation related causes and safe drinking water in Nepal (CBS the provision of integrated account for around 13,000 child 2004), and open field defecation WASH practices and to increase deaths each year from diarrhoeal and other ‘bad’ WASH practices access to, and use of sanitation diseases such as dysentery, are common place. These services by marginalized target jaundice, typhoid and cholera problems are particularly acute communities so as to improve (Ministry of physical planning in marginalized freed-Kamaiya their use of best practices in and works, 2008). Despite these and Dalit communities located in WASH. frightening statistics, the Ministry remote areas of the mid west and of Health and Population (MoHP) far west Tarai. After being freed The specific objectives are: Long-Term Health Plan (1997- from hereditary bonded labour • To find out the challenges 2017) is unable to address the in 2000, most of the 32,509 faced by marginalized target improvement of water supply, freed-Kamaiya families now live communities in relation to sanitation and health (WASH) as in isolated settlements with little WASH. a specific target, even though the access to government facilities. • To influence strategic improvement of WASH in Nepal Freed-Kamaiya settlements behaviour change at the would significantly contribute are often located near to rivers government institutions to the achievement of its other which flood during the monsoon (Department, DDC and VDC) health goals and targets, as well damaging safe drinking water level in the way sanitation as MDGs 4 and 5.Due to limited supplies and causing diseases. and water supply services resources available, WASH Due to using the improper water effectively incorporate provision has therefore not been most of Kamaiyas has been WASH best practices and adequately incorporated into facing diarrhoea and other health advice. existing primary and sub health problems. • To increase health care. This problem is further Considering the above situation workers' ability to access exacerbated by the remoteness BASE has been implementing the of marginalized target of poor communities who are project- "Enhancing health status community clients, and often unwilling or unable to leave among Freed Bonded Labour increase their skills in using household chores in preference community through WASH WASH best practices and in for health services, as illustrated services" in two districts Bardiya offering WASH advice during by the fact that only 27% of and Kailali since 2014 with the such interactions. children with diarrhoea are taken

The target communities of the project are the most marginalised freed-Kamaiya, communities identified by the program. However, a core element of the program is also works with, and deliver activities tohealth staff and other key stakeholders associated with the target communities these include the DDCs, VDCs, District Public Health Offices (DPHOs), District Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Offices (DDWSSO), District Disaster Response Committees (DDRC), Primary Health Care Centres (PHCC), health posts, sub-health posts, Female Community Health Care Volunteers (FCHV) and Rural Health Volunteers (RHV). In 2015, the project targeted to increase access to improved drinking water facilities in 1046 waterusers, and 27550 sanitation users of free bonded labour as well as other indigenous community (Madheshi, Muslim, landless and dalit) as in VDC coverage in 2 Districts. Empower communities to construct and use of improved sanitation facilities and achieve ODF status in freed bonded labour camps in 2 districts (Bardiya and Kailali). The project intervention will enhance the local capacity to change hygiene and sanitation behaviours in the working communities. It covers two municipalities and one VDC (Sanoshree Taratal, Basgadhi municipality and Kalika VDC) of Bardiya district and three VDCs (Chaumala, Narayanpur and Joshipur VDCs) and one municipality Lamki-Chuwa of Kailali district Nepal. 00

The project is emphasis to inclusive and equitable BASE is strengthening hygiene promotion. Our services approach and gender and social inclusion key works on hygiene were focused on MHM issues is taken into consideration during the in schools, hygiene promotion through routine selection of the target beneficiaries. From among immunization, School WASH and hygiene behavior the beneficiaries, 52 percent were women, 85 were change in identified communities where we have from ex bonded labour community and indigenous targeted in programmes. communities, 10 percent were Brahman/ Chhetri, The sanitation promotion is done through and 5 percent were Dalit. triggering the communities to raise awareness The project has two major interventions such on the sanitation and hygiene practices which as; advocacy and lobbying and service delivery. leads to communities leading collective actions The project is strongly mobilizing community people to improve the sanitation and hygiene situation. in the target areas to do advocacy and lobby for Sanitation promotion and support mechanism marginalized and vulnerability communities for were different in recovery programme area with access to resources and services and policy change. the alignment of relevant district WASH networks It is also to influence strategic behaviour change at from local to national based. the government institutions (Department, DDC and The major activities conducted during VDC) level in the way sanitation and water supply this year (2015) are: formation of water user services effectively incorporate WASH best practices. groups, caretaker hands-on training maintenance The project also advocates and lobby for replication workers/pump operators, support to raised hand and sustainability of best practices through WASH pump installation, rehabilitation of hand pumps, networks including FEDWASUN. The project will support for water quality test, raising awareness build capacity of target beneficiaries to mainstream on multiple use of water, distribution of Frame the WASH program in local planning process for long (Farma) to build cemented ring in the VDC, conduct term sustainability. health camps, capacity building to the community Under the service delivery approach the project user groups, child health clubs, mother groups is focusing mainly two part; Hygiene and and local government institutions through various sanitation promotion. The Hygiene promotion training and exposure visit, support for Open was remaining an integral part of our work and Defecation Free (ODF) Declaration. 00

Major Achievements

The ex-bonded labours have Water Hygiene gained knowledge regarding their WASH rights and 1046 water users get pure 27550 users are practicing enhanced skill and knowledge water for drinking after hygienic behaviour (hand washing, menstruation on water purification installation of 22 hand pump hygiene & environment techniques and adopted in /raise hand pumps and 47 hygiene) their Household level. hand pumps rehabilitation focusing house hold of ex- In Six VDCs of Bardiya & The community people in the bonded labors in Bardiya and Kailali district Child Health project areas constructed Kailali districts. Clubs are formed and the improved toilets in developed their capacity on household level and used 274 Water Quality Testing of WASH intervention and two for improving the hygienic Hand Pump was conducted community health camps are behaviour in their daily life. in Bardiya & Kailali Districts conducted where more than and Water and Care taker community people were Water and Sanitation User 22 900 Group were formed and benefited by the health camp. Committees are affiliated capacitate them for regularity with Federation of Water functional of Hand Pump 8 Improved Hygiene trainings and Sanitation Users conducted and more than Network (FED-WASUN) Sanitation 50 participants aware about which is apex forum to pit the WASH activities. issues and voices on behalf of 27550 (Male 13,147 and users with government and Female 14,403) user are using other stakeholders improved toilets.

The community people In 6 VDCs of Bardiya & Kailali developed the mechanism of district Latrine Maintenance involvement of community Group have been formed people in monitoring and and more than 30 women & evaluation of activities in men from ultra poor families their VDCs which has created were trained on Latrine ownership of the activities. Construction. 00

Case Study Power Through Awareness sanitation movement organized by BASE has developed consensus. The coordination among stakeholders (VDC, Health Post, Local leaders) has been strengthened from this project intervention. Mrs. Lauti Tharu from the inception period of sanitation campaign has spent most of her time in the campaign for toilet construction in spite of some difficulties. She says,' I was confident that we can do if we put our full effort from the sanitation campaign, I have been participating in all kinds of meetings, workshops, seminars and programs continuously and have learnt lot about water and sanitation'. In this process, there is not a single household where she hasn't reached to aware and empowers people for water, sanitation and Mrs Lauti Tharu inhabitant of ward and stream bank for defecation hygiene. She has visited some of no. 4 of Juktinagar ex-bonded exposing /leaving toilet outside. the households for ten times. Her labour camp in Kalika VDC of Due to open defecation, the village, regular involvement, commitment Bardiya had migrated from Dang path ways, water collection stations and leadership resulted to declare district 15 years ago. Currently, etc all were dirty and foul smelling. ward no. 1 and 2 as ODF. That was she is living with her family of eight Every year hundreds of people so encouraging for her. members including her husband, died due to infected environment, The joint effort from IDS Nepal three daughters, one son and two inadequate sanitation and and DWSO Bardiya was supportive nephews. They don't have any land unhealthy habits. There was about to BASE for providing 1 set of for doing farming activities neither million/ year health expenditure of pan, 1 sack of cement and 2 have their other source of income. village people because of various meter polythene pipe as well as They are dependent on husband's diseases. Her family members used construction support for very poor labour wages income that he suffer from diarrhoeal and other households to construct toilets. earn by working in neighbouring eye infection disease 2-4 times/ Similarly, the support provided village and district headquarters to year along with other water borne from women groups, Child health manage daily needs of family. Due diseases. Due to frequent disease clubs, political parties collected to very minimum income they are suffering they found hardship funds to make toilets and finally unable to send their children into in managing health expenditure in Baisakh 2072, they were able to schools and her elder daughter had and so maximum income of my declare their VDC ODF. That was the to drop out after class five. husband was needed to spend in happiest moment of my life' says health/disease treatment. Mrs. Tharu got married in her Mrs. Lauti Tharu and she always early ages so she also missed the Since BASE started WASH activities, thanks BASE for taking initiation opportunity to education. Since she the surroundings of our community to make our village clean and tidy. came to her husband's temporary were totally changed. We She also is playing role as leader camp, she has found it very dirty. community people including myself to aware people, suggest children. Only some of the well off people are much aware about water, The village, roads are much clean had pit toilets at their homes. Rest sanitation, hygiene as we have got and easy for walking without bad of the people in the community trainings, participated in meetings, smell. Mrs Tharu says, 'In my used to have open toilets sitting workshop for triggering and raising understanding the awareness part around bigger stones, small bushes, awareness. The campaign as is most powerful or strong part to change human habit and attitude'. 00

Conflict Mitigation Through Dialogue Groups (Sambad Samuha)

For more than a decade Nepal witnessed an insurgency (‘People’s War’) which has resulted more than 13,000 deaths and many people suffered from the conflict. Thus, by the time the Comprehensive Peace Accord was signed in 2006 between the Government of Nepal (GoN) and the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoists (CPN-M). In Nepal, the historical rapid implementation of the new Dang, Banke and Kailali districts Constitutional Assembly (CA) constitution of Nepal. Current with financial and technical election in April 10, 2008 (2064 fears of minorities spiraling into support by The Asia Foundation Chaitra 28) but it has failed to full-blown ethnic conflict as the (TAF). The main objective of make new constitution in Nepal boundary delineation process the program is: to craft space, within given deadline. The second progresses exists particularly in relationship and mechanism to CA election was held in November two types of geographic areas: supports inter-ethnic dialogue 19, 2013 (2070 Manshir 4) and on areas who experienced ethnic and use to transform inter-ethnic September 20, 2015 (2072 Ashoj violence during the conflict and relationships in conflict mitigation 3) Nepalese people received new in the post-conflict flare-ups, and and peace building collaboration constitution however some of areas that are ethnically diverse at the local level through dialogue.

the political parties and ethnic and are located in the confluence In 2015, in Dang and Banke communities are not accepting of proposed ethnic federal districts, two Regional Dialogue the new constitution. states. In such areas, there is an Groups (Sambad Samuha) and urgent need to reduce conflict, Conflict Analysis Groups (CAG) After the promulgation of new prepare spaces for dialogue are actively involved for the constitution the implementation and collaboration, and increase dialogue process and finding out of federalism, and particularly people-to-people connections. major conflict issues in the region. boundary delineation, is a The Dialogue Groups member potential source of conflict even Taking into consideration, belong to different political parties, as the country's future stability BASE has been implementing human rights activist, advocates, depends on a well-managed and Regional Dialogue Program in civil society representatives, dalit 00 representatives, women leaders The Dialogue Groups (Sambad to disputes and conflict. To make and traditional leaders. The CAG Samuha) hold the meeting bio- effective and efficient dialogue members are chief district officer monthly basis, if require then there is youth and women (CDO), Local development officer they hold meeting as per need thematic groups to address the (LDO), district police officers, or based on conflict situation issues related to women and and department of investigation in the region. The Dialogue youth as well. The meetings officer, executive officer of Groups (Sambad Samuha) are facilitated by independent municipality, representatives organize dialogue in the basis of interlocutors. from Para legal, VDCs, civil society forwarded/prioritized issues by The regional dialogue program and journalist. CAG. Some time they observe has also created opportunity the issues and conduct feasibility The Conflict Analysis Groups to enhance capacity of regional study on the spot with preliminary (CAG) hold regular meeting in dialogue group members on circle analysis of dispute, consultation quarterly basis, if require then and facilitation skill and mediation with stakeholders separately. they hold meeting as per need and facilitation skills so that The dialogue group also analyzes or based on conflict situation dialogue process would sustain the issues/disputes in micro level in the region. The CAG find out after external support phase over. carefully and identifies the cases the issues of conflict or potential This year 17 male and 7 female for further dialogue process. source of conflict through regular members were participated in The Dialogue Groups fix the meeting and forwarding to the the skill development training. venue, date and time for dialogue dialogue group (Sambad Samuha) based on the seriousness of the with the prioritized list. The CAG issues considering the security organize meeting in participatory concern and corresponding to way within the groups to map the the stakeholders who are related source of conflict or disputes. 00

Major Achievements

1365 (male 982 and female 383) Youth belonging to different parties having including regional dialogue members different perceptions have come together participated in the dialogue process in for their rights and roles in constitution different thematic issues. and federalism. Also their contribution in resolving local, ethical, social conflicts. The regional dialogue (Sambad Samuha) identified altogether nine cases in this Government stakeholders and decision makers year and resolved four among nine. participating in meetings, workshops as well The cases are documented with all the as interactions to discuss about the issues and process. take them in to serious consideration for the solution. Especially women are raising their All major parties coming together voices to effectively implement. in a common platform to interact with local people in regards to The burning issues after the Tikapur, constitution building and federalism. Kailali incident the dialogue has made The views and expectation of peoples positive impact as the situation has been about constitution and federalism being normalizing. People from different ethnicity collected to deliver them to constitution are sitting together and having positive assembly. interaction with each other and initiating development activities together. 00 Inclusive Resource Management Initiative (IRMI) Natural Resource Based Conflict Management & Mitigation

To promote peace and social harmony, BASE has been implementing Inclusive Resource Management Initiative (IRM for conflict mitigation and management in Dang Bardiya and Kailali covering 15VDCs funded by USAID/Mercy Corps from June 2013 to July 2016. The project has thus so far reached 4120 households and 24782 family members (12,621 male and 12,161 female). The project aims to enhance stability through natural resource conflict resolution and inclusive natural resource management with the objectives: Strengthen the ability of key stakeholders to resolve community-level natural resource conflicts in an inclusive, sustainable manner, Increase inclusive and participatory resource-related decision- making among community Land and Natural Resource Mapping Motipur Bardiya and government bodies and Enhance the sustainability of resource-based conflicts which development of conflict resolution negotiated agreements by causes due to the exclusionary agreements by key stakeholders, engaging communities in joint governance practices, and Strengthen internal governance environmental and economic competition for scarce natural of community user groups development initiatives. This will resources. Through this (Group Capacity Assessment, be achieved through a holistic; program BASE has trained Good Governance and Advocacy people-to-people approach peace facilitators who are playing training), Raise awareness of that: 1) facilitates the resolution vital roles in facilitating natural rights and responsibilities related of resource-based conflicts; 2) resource based disputes for to natural resources (Natural Promotes inclusive decision- resolution in their respective resource based education making related to natural areas. The project achieves with session, Radio program), Support resource use and management; interventions: Mapping natural community participation in and 3) Reduces natural resource resource conflicts, Conduct joint government decision-making competition through joint training for key stakeholders in processes, Community peace environmental and economic conflict analysis and resolution building forums ,Joint natural initiatives. IRMI works with (Interest based community resource management initiatives Community Forest User Group mediation training, Dialogue and Support environmentally (CFUG) and facilitates natural skill training), Facilitate the sustainable economic initiatives. 00 Major Achievements

3 days training on good The trained peace facilitators A total of 1239 HHs have governance at district level have been facilitating the been directly benefited from in Bardiya, Kailali and Dang disputes on natural resource environmentally sustainable reaching 78 (M 38, F 40) based conflict and have economic activity which has participants from 15 resolved 4 cases; three created the opportunity for CFUGs, which has supported cases of boundary conflict alternative livelihoods and CFUG members to improve in Bardiya and Kailali and it has supported to reduce their internal governance one case of extraction of the dependency on forest practices and identify issues stone and sand from Khutiya and tensions over the use for advocacy. rivier relating Suryodaya and management of natural CFUG, support community resources. people for participation 5 days TOT to project in government local level Around 11.5 hectors of staffson multi-stakeholders planning process in 15 encroached land has dialogue and interest based communities , negotiation. been protected by barbed wire fencing and trench Group self capacity digging and this activity 3 days training to 291 assessment in 15 CFUGs has supported to rebuild key stakeholders on where 282 (M166, F116) degraded resources (forest). multi-stakeholder dialogue CFUG members participated and interested based and developed their action District level advocacy negotiation from 15 CFUGs. plan based on the findings of workshop, Bardiya , district assessment. project advisory committee 4192 (M 1984,F 2208) meeting in Kailali and Bardiya community people 2 days CFUG which has supported to have been made aware on management training unlock the bottle necks government forest related in 5 CFUGs in three districts regarding legal process of guidelines, policy provision and this has helped them CFUGs forest managements and acts and their roles and systematic recoding keeping and uses of resources. responsibilities through in their respective CFUGs. community level natural Establishment of Natural resource education session. Conducted hold forums to Resource Management disseminate information Strengthened the conflict at VDC level in 15 VDCs Forum in 15 VDCs for resolution skills of 312 where 754 ( M 538,F 312 trained peace (Female 124, Male 188) 216) stakeholders facilitators which created key stakeholders( peace a forum for peace facilitators participated. for registration and facilitation through facilitators) of cases through. Interest based Community 20 events community/ Mediation, NRM based District level cross visit have Community Mediation and A total of 29,656 seedlings been undertaken where CFUG have been planted in Dialogue Skills , Multi- members got opportunities stakeholders Dialogue and for sharing and learning 16.8 hectors of land in Interest based Negotiation experiences for forest three districts. and Dialogue Facilitation management and use for Training. forest products. 00 Case Study Protecting Land Through Bio-engineering

In last year, flood on 15 to 17th Aug 2014 affected badly Neulapur and a total 1701 HH with 10214 populations in Neulapur VDC. Neulapur VDC ward no. 9 Godana is one of flood affected) area where A total 110 HH were affected, about 50 bigha's crops was damaged, 70 cattle were swept away and community forest has been affected by the flash flood in 2014. There was fraction among the community because as the community suffers from floods yearly. Some community people take it as a problem of particular people those who have their land nearby river. The river yearly washes away some portion of land. Due to that people use to go to reside in the forest area which causes over pressure on forest. Executive committee used to shift them somewhere as a result it caused conflict. Through Inclusive Resource management Initiative (IRMI), BASE has implemented series of activities; self-group capacity assessment, good governance and advocacy training, education sessions, through CFUGs. They have been supported to develop their internal capacity development plan based on the assessment findings and they are taking action accordingly. As a part of project this community has developed small community grant proposal for bio-engineering project with aim to support sustainable forest development of CFUGs. Bio-engineering works has been implemented with the partnership of CFUG as hardware activities under this project. NPR 48,000 budget was provided as a small contribution from the project for this work. Community people also contributed by collecting local material and provided unskilled labor as community contribution to complete the initiative. 300 meters of piling works has been constructed. After completion the works a total 155 HH 893 people (Female 433 and Male 460) and about 30-40 Bigha arable land has been protected from river erosion and flood. 00 Strengthening, Implementation of Women, Peace & Security Agenda in Nepal (SIWPSAN)

witchcraft. Victims are frequently women and girls from weaker social-economic backgrounds, including single, older and/or Dalit women. The cases of rape, torture and abduction have also increased due to a lack of coping mechanisms and lack of strength of peace building civil society organization. Still the exact and real identification of the conflict victims is a big concern in the society. There is still discrimination among the women, girls and children of ex- The peace dynamics, boarder environment. The transition combatants, the returnees in the national context has formed many phase has aroused the issues society. There is an issue of justice programs and policy reforms, of impunity for serious human and accountability as well as the addressing the root cause of rights violations, power struggle, long-term psycho-emotional conflict in Nepal. The Nepal and lack of local political bodies, effects of exposure to conflict Peace and Development Strategy issues of criminal outfits and which needs to be addressed 2010–2015 and the Nepal small armed groups at local level. in order to remove the cycle of government’s Three Year Interim conflict. The taboo surrounding sexual Plans (TYIP), the United Nations violence has unreported many There exists gender policy, GESI Peace Fund for Nepal (UNPFN) cases in the society. There is policy provisions related to and Nepal Peace Trust Fund an increasing trend of settling marital rape, domestic violence, emphasized to reduce poverty, the Sexual and Gender Based property inheritance, citizenship social integration and inclusive Violence (SGBV) cases outside transfer and sexual harassment development create employment of formal justice system. The in public and workplaces. The and rehabilitate infrastructure women and girls lack information negative cultural and social damaged during the conflict about their rights, legal aid norms and prejudice still and improve services in the mechanism, Government of impede the participation and social sector. The Peace Support Nepal initiatives in reconciliation, fully implementation. There is Working Group (PSWG) is also reconstruction, structure and lack of institutional mechanisms formed to coordinate activities procedural dimensions of peace and the capacity for effective for the UNSCR 1325/1820. The processes, benefits shared to implementation of the policies, Alliance for Peace, OHCHR and conflict victims in the present post and less understanding of human Nepal Human Rights Commission conflict scenario. Discrimination rights in local level especially in are also working for Human against women and girls the poor communities. Rights and social inclusion. especially those belonging to The capacity building initiatives Despite the effort from all vulnerable groups such as; Tharu, in the community are not linked the stakeholders in conflict Dalits and other indigenous to peace and security issues, transformation phase, there group remains widespread concern over the low women’s still exists a volatile political and includes allegations of 00 representation and participation reconstruction of psychological Implementation of National in the peace process and decision- and social (psychosocial) Action Plan on UNSCRs 1325 making levels in the society , a low capacities of women, girls and 1820” in Kailali District in level of awareness on UNSCRs who witnessed violence and 4 VDC (Masuria, Narayanpur, 1325/1820 and procedures for became victims and then to Thapapur and Bauniya) and access to justice, in most of the take sustainable action in order one Municipality (Lamki-Chuha cases there is political pressure to break the cycle of violence. of 1-8 wards) of Kailali. The and mediation preventing access The peace building initiatives project initiative has enhanced to justice, refusal by authorities are more focused on immediate the knowledge and technical to entertain complaints of those requirements; there is a need to expertise about the Nepal facing discrimination, barriers support the long term structural Action Plan UNSCR 1325/1820 to education and resources for reforms. among the key stakeholders. the poor and language barriers. The strategic interventions have Considering the above In transition phase scenario in been increased social cohesion in facts that BASE has been across the country has shown peace-building initiation together implementing “Strengthening an immense need to address with social inclusion at local level Implementation of the not only the reconstruction of to promote interaction between Women, Peace and Security physical capital, but also the socio-cultural groups and civil Agenda in Nepal: Towards society institutions.

The project intervention has promoted the five pillars of Nepal Action Plan (NAP), Participation ensuring the equal, proportional and meaningful participation of women in every decision-making level of conflict transformation and peace building process. Protection and Prevention protecting the rights of women and girls and preventing the violation of these rights during the conflict and the post conflict period. Promotion promotes the rights of women and girls and to mainstream the gender perspective in all phases and stages of the conflict transformation and peace building process. Relief and Recovery address the special needs of women and girls and to ensure their participation in the formulation and implementation of all programmes related to relief and recovery and Resource Mobilization, and Monitoring and Evaluation, has been assisted to guarantee means and resources required in the implementation of the NAP, to institutionalize the monitoring and evaluation system and to maintain collaboration and coordination with concerned stakeholders. The project activities have developed the capacity of stakeholders at the grass root level which will further promote the practical use of NAP. 00

Major Achievements The key stakeholders' capacity has and enhance the productive committee in kailali district in 4 been developed and united the role of women, girls and conflict VDCs and one municipality. beneficiaries to develop network, victims through the effective Four VDCs and one share the information and implementation of reconstruction municipality in Kailali district address the issues that resonate actors in post conflict situations. has prepared VDC level action across their communities, with In additions to this, the capacity plan and implementing as per women and men, as well as with development of stakeholders has specific VDC plan. key stakeholders to the conflict enhanced the participatory and and mediators. Intra Party Women Alliance inclusive, decision making process, (IPWA), Kailali district has There is an immense need for equitable representation in local developed annual work plan and support and rebuild the lives of political process policy-making implementing based on their women and girls; to reintegrate mechanisms and processes plan. a number of them back into and accountable, transparent, society and help them cope with responsible authorities. District Coordination Committee psychological problems and (DCC) of Kailali district has 108 Conflict Affected Women issues that they often have to developed District level Action (CAW) and 41 Former Women face daily. The key stakeholders Plan Monitoring Mechanism Combatants (FWC) identified also developed the capacity to and implementing as per plan. and maintained record with close tackle the emerging problems coordination with district peace

Yamuna Ghimire, Teacher of Saraswati Higher Secondary School Thapapur, said, "Women are always dominated by their husbands. They do have freedom and even office worker women are affected by domestic violence. Male always think that they are superior. Many husbands drink alcohol and beat their wives without any reason.''

Maya Shah, Secretary inter party women network Baliya VDC, said, ''I saw street drama. It is nice. I suggest you that our community is changing day by day. We have got some positive changes. So please include positive change messages in street drama. Now a day many girls go to school and collages. Some women are working at some commercial and office based jobs. I came to know more about 1325 and 1820through drama. 00

Initiative for Agriculture Productivity and Commercialization Program (IAPAC) Initiative for Agriculture enhanced nutrition. The project project fund, result oriented Productivity and had reached 4160 households leadership training, training Commercialization (IAPAC) is a in 188 groups (vegetable -160 and support for management, 3-year (March 2013 to February and essential oil crop-28) and cultivation and processing of 2017) project funded by the 72% women were represented perennial essential oil, post European Union and Austrian under core houses, where 1079 harvest management, plant Development Cooperation. households in Dang in 46 groups protection/IPM orientation and The project is being technically and 1081 households in Banke in vegetable nursery management supported by ADRA Nepal and 46 groups. training, assist in business plan, iDE Nepal in partnership of registration, incorporation in The major interventions of the other consortium organizations CFUG operational planning , project includes farmers capacity including BASE in Banke, Dang development facilitators, nursery building, group management/ and Rolpa districts. And BASE operator training, village resource institutional training, has been implementing in Dang nursery development, IPM demonstration of mentha ( Gadhawa, Sisahaniya, Lalamaity technology demonstration, solar crops, develop crop calendar VDCs and Lamahi Municipality) lift irrigation support, support for for commercial vegetable and Banke ( Fattepur, Gangapur, community bio-gas, individual production, bottom-up planning Mataihiya, Kalaphanta, Laxmapur bio-gas support, MIT promotion, based on cropping system, poly and Katkuiya) districts. The project support and strengthen existing house vegetable production, has three specific objectives MPC, challenge fund program treslling of tomato, varietal to contribute towards its goal; implementation for value chain demonstration, consultative increased agricultural productivity, household through private meeting and coordination increased commercialization sectors. with agriculture stakeholders, of agricultural outputs and support for challenge seed 00 92 (64 farmer groups and 28 essential oil groups) under the project where majority is of janajati women in the groups.

2436 (156 M, 1776 F) farmers' group members received Major training on nursery management and post harvest. Achievements 4 group management training has been conducted where 126 (52 M, 74 F) members participated.

33 (22 F, 11 M) have been involved in different market and collection centers.

Variety demonstration (sukha-3)

Nursery raising Planting of Citronella in Milan Jadibuti group 00 Case Study Subsistence Vegetable Farmer Kamala Chaudhari

My name is Kamala Chaudhari, aged 33 living in Lamahi Municipality-2, Sonpur Dang, with a family of four including husband, a son and a daughter. I have been adopting subsistence vegetable farming in approximately 1 bigha (2/3 ha.) land since 2065 BS to run my livelihood but I was not able to commercialize this farming system. Due to the lack of appropriate technology regarding modern farming, I’ve not been able to grow and produce offseason vegetables to meet the ever growing market demand. I was also not getting the kind of support (training and visits) I was looking for from NGOS, INGOs or any Government organizations which was demoralizing my interests in vegetable farming and I was pursuing livestock (goat) farming as an alternative.

That’s when, in March, 2015 Initiative for Agriculture Productivity and Co mmercialization (IAPAC) Project was launched in 4 VDCs of Dang district including my village Sonpur, and I came across this project while they were briefing about the objectives of the project to a group of farmers. After understanding this we formed a Farmers Group and I was chosen the Leader farmer. Following this in 2072/03/17 we got training on nursery management and Integrate Pest Management (IPM) organized by IAPAC. I was motivated by the training and started the vegetable farming from new perspective based on the training. Within a very short period of 4 months time after training I was able to sell 55kgs of cauliflower and 43kgs cabbage at the rate of Rs 55/kg and Rs 60/kg respectively and production is still going on. I am very happy with the program of this project and whenever any staff or technicians visit my farm I present them with fresh vegetables grown in farm. With my growing income from the farm, I plan to send my both kids to boarding school (currently daughter goes to Govt. school). And my future plan is to expand the farm and integrate it with livestock (goat) farming. I am very grateful to the IAPAC project which played a key role in turning over my subsistence farming into a commercial one. And I wish this project will continue to conduct different agriculture programs Planting of Citronella in Milan Jadibuti group to uplift the economy of farmers like me. 00

National Rural Renewable Energy Program (NRREP) Alternative Energy Promotion BASE has been running Alternative of women and men in rural getting clean drinking water Energy Promotion Program in communities. During this period, facility. 70 Micro, small & Medium Dang, Pyuthan, Rukum, Rolpa, power output test has been Enterprises (MSMEs) establised. Salyan, Dolpa and Arghakhanchi carried out in 15 MHPs where 127 people have got employment district since 2013. The main 445.5 kw electricity is produced opportunity from those MSME. objectives of the program are from which people of 4,197 HHs 320 HHs Income generation to; improve the living standard are getting lightening facility. We activities (IGAs) are supported. of rural women and men; to have forwarded 91 Improved 51 times energy meter logbook increase employment of women Water Mill Project Completion from 17 MHPs collected. 10218 and men as well as productivity; Certificate (IWM PCC) has been mud improved cooking staves to reduce dependency on forwarded the testing and (ICSs) and 181 Metallic improved traditional energy and to attain commissioning of 7 rural solar cooking staves MICS are installed. sustainable development through drinking water pumping (RSDWP) 6 VDCs has been declared as integrating the renewable energy project is carried out from which Inner Air Pollution (IAP) free VDC with the socioeconomic activities 1583 people of 301 HHs are in working district. 00

Case Study Basantas family known as a Mud stove maker

Pyuthan, the geographically poor, less productively and lack of employment area even though must of people from Pyuthan district are farmer. Some people from there also migrate for local employment in Neighbors country India and gulf country. A successful man from that geographically rural area and poor in economically spend more than seven years in India and other Gulf country to manage daily needed material for his home but he can't manage properly. And decided to return back to birthplace and wished to take Stove promoter training and served in local area with help of training. After that he returned back to his home Nayagaun VDC ward no 4. Nowadays he simply manages his daily needed materials for home. With the help of Mud ICS construction in local areas, the character who accomplishes something in ICS field is Basanta Khatri. A family with five member did not manage properly by Basanta before ten years but his family became professional mud ICS technical man with the help of Stove master training held in Pyuthan district. He is earning forty to seventy thousand per month and collected 1 Ropani and 5 Aana (668m2) with the help of his wife who is also make ICS in local area. A local organization, Malla Rani Community Development centre has organized stove master training to make technically perfect manpower in ICS field. Basanta and his wife also involved in that training to refresh. After that training, they feel their job is going smoothly. Nowadays, Basantas family seems as Mud Stove maker family. Their family is much happier and charming family in their society due to his better skill. His family always gives advice about skill and hard work in any kinds of task and work can meet good achievement. His family always inspires that family who are tragic in any kinds of business and foreign employment. Let’s hope all tragic family may success in their life by Basantas path line. 00

Livelihood recovery & disaster risk reduction

Considering the above problems BASE was ex-bonded labors (landless), families living near the implemented the Livelihood Recovery and bank of river. The project targeted 1000 household Disaster Risk Reduction project in Bardiya district including the 40 % of women participants as direct in 2015 in partnership with Lutheran World Relief beneficiaries. and targeting flood affected families including the

The project objectives are as follows: • To enhance knowledge, capacity and skills of community to be prepared proper plans for floods/disaster. • To strengthen knowledge, capacity and skills of farmers regardin

The major intervention of the program is to; support flood affected farmers to increase their knowledge and skills by conducting a meeting with agriculture and livestock service centers to request technical assistance, conduct 3-day technical trainings for 800 farmers on improved vegetable farming, conduct 3-day technical trainings for 200 farmers on improved livestock raising, procure and distribute corn, lentils and rice seeds for 1,000 farmers, procure and distribute vegetable seeds for 800 farmers, procure and distribute livestock animals, tools and equipment for 200 farmers, facilitate debris clearing of irrigation canals for 10 days conducted by 500 community members and repair and re-construct 8 irrigation canals and 4 pump sets. Moreover, in order to develop access to the rural markets of flood affected farmers the project for facilitated clearing of debris from culverts and roads for 10 days by 50 community members, repaired and maintained 6 market centers (Kirsi Hat Bazars), conduct meetings with VDCs, suppliers, buyers and NGOs to establish linkages with the farmers. Similarly, to increase capacity of flood affected farmers on diversify source of livelihood the project also trained 50 local disaster management committee (LDMC) and CBO members in DRR, supported local disaster response committee (LDRC) in conducting emergency simulation exercises, and support LDMCs in training to community members. 00

Major Achievements

Flood affected 800 farmers The irrigation canal has re- To support LDMCs, 259 of Bardiya district trained on established for irrigation facilities community members were improved vegetable farming in 154 hectares of land and trained in DRR through 10 training. 6 irrigation cannels (500 step-down DRR trainings. mended) which were damaged 200 farmers of Bardiya district by the floods through Cash for Reactivated the LDMC in trained on improved livestock Works and provided the different Baniyabhar VDC and Prepared (100 Pig and 100 Goat) raising material construction work during LDRMP in the coordination training. the works. of DDRC, the copy of LDRMP were provided to VDC, DDC 1158 farmers got lentil seeds (3 Facilitate and support to debris and DDRC. VDC has endorsed kilograms each). 1000 farmers clearing of 12 Culverts and the LDRMP and allotted NPR got corn seeds (5 kilograms each) 20000 Meters Roads which 100000 budgets for Disaster and 1000 farmers got rice seeds were blocked and 12 Culvers Management as an emergency (paddy) (7 kilograms each). and 15618 meters Roads were fund to mitigate disaster risk 800 farmers got six types of repaired which were damaged for this fiscal year (2072/073). vegetable seeds like (Okra 200 by the floods through Cash For Vulnerability Mapping grams, Chili 5 grams, Pumpkin Works and provided the different Exercises of 9 Communities 40 grams, Cucumber 10 grams, material during the construction. were conducted and Bitter guards 40 grams and Bottle 2 Market center were newly board established. 151 guard 40 grams) and 35 Spears established and 1 market community people, were distributed need based. center was repaired in target CBOs, VDC representatives 100 farmers got support of VDC and flood-affected farmers and community leaders piglets and 100 farmers got goats have access to the rural markets. participated in vulnerability (2 piglets and 2 goats), each 200 mapping exercise. Local Disaster Response farmers got NPR 3500 support Committee (LDRC) was supported to prepare improved shed and to conduct 6 emergency supported to vaccination to all simulation exercise. the pets. 00

FOOD FOR ASSETS (FFA) - Flood response The mid and far western Nepal The flood swept away personal non-government organizations was the most affected by the as well as public infrastructures provided with immediate relief natural calamity occurred in that made the peoples live away supports. Besides those it has August 2014. The heavy rainfall in temporary settlements. been very essential to help these resulted to human loss as well as people to rehabilitate them back The flood affected populations physical infrastructures damage to their permanent communities stayed suffering lack of food, mostly in four districts; Dang, by securing their livelihood as shelter and other basic Banke, Bardiya and Surkhet. 6,600 well as food security. Similarly necessities. In order to address people (as per DRR committee) both housing reconstruction and the immediate needs of those in these districts lost their assets renovation are major recovery people many government and and became homeless, landless. needs.

In this above situation, World Food Program (WFP) with partnership to Backward Society Education (BASE) implemented Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) second phase -Emergency Operation Program (EMOP) project in above mentioned districts in the mostly affected VDCs of Mid-western Region Nepal from February 2015 to May 2015 with the objective; to provide employment opportunities through "Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) to allow displaced people to return home to protect and rebuild their livelihoods and increase their resilience to future shocks, in close collaboration and linkage with local government institutions; Chief District Officer (CDO), Local Development Office (LDO), VDCs, Municipalities, DRR committees, and NRCS. At first, project team collected / verified data of 6,600 (426 HHs from Dang, 1,878 HHs from Banke, 3,008 HHs from Bardiya and 1,288 HHs from Surkhet districts) affected household beneficiaries in all four districts from DDRC, Red Cross and VDCs.

The district field staffs of FFA Altogether 148 sub groups for The projects were implemented visited the affected communities particular activities smooth as per the selection and decision and conducted focus group implementation and monitoring made by User Committees. discussion. They also oriented in each project site were formed There were interactions carried about the project concept and in four districts, among which out with User Committees and working procedure of entire FFA 13 groups in Dang, 35 groups in stakeholders before finalizing project. The district team along with Banke, 65 groups in Bardiya and the Community Projects in all technical staff and beneficiaries 35 groups in Surkhet district. four districts. Then UC and further discussed and identified Altogether 116 UC were formed stakeholders prioritized road relevant community projects. in FFA project working districts. rehabilitation schemes in their Furthermore User Groups (UGs) 820 UC members were involved. communities. and User Committee (UCs) were Among them 470 member were formed according to criteria female and 350 member were agreed during agreement. male. 277 female members held leadership position. 00

The community service projects schemes where non skilled labors written agreement with each UC were identified as FFA schemes in got involved in construction after the selection of community four districts. The schemes were activities as planned schemes and project. This agreement helped selected with the participation also got paid daily wages. Total in smooth implementation of the and involvement of community 317 community projects were project and reduced the hassles members, beneficiaries, identified and selected in four which could arise during project user committees and VDC districts. All selected community implementation. representatives in all four districts. projects were successfully During implementing phase of A total of 35 days of FFA; Cash completed after the approval the project, there were some for work was included under the from DDRC. BASE has done

In Surkhet district, many organizations worked on reconstruction works. But WFP and BASE supported us for house wiring skill. This skill has helped us to earn and manage our livelihood and has made our life easier

Mr. Ammar Bahadur Rokaya, Beneficiary Thurmuse, Lekhparajul

beneficiaries including pregnant mushroom farming, sweet and Cash was distributed in two lactating women (PLW), single snacks, bamboo stool making installments in all 4 districts by women, and elderly people house wiring, plumbing. After NABIL bank in close coordination incapable to work under the the completion of the project, with BASE. All together 6,600 criteria of FFA project. So for such beneficiaries can continue households received NPR persons some vocational training the same activities as income 81,513,357.00 for 35 days work was selected with the help of UC generating activities that help through their personal bank and BASE field staffs. The main to increase their income and account. Customer Identity card objective of vocational trainings manage livelihoods in the future. was also distributed mentioning was to provide food security Altogether 304 beneficiaries installment amount during cash by participating in the training participated on 11 different types distribution. For the smooth and creating employment of vocational training schemes in implementation of community opportunities to the beneficiaries. 4 districts. projects various tools were Also to enhance the skills of the distributed in each scheme. The project has encouraged to affected HHs members as well Female member from affected the beneficiaries to open the Bank as support those for livelihood household were given more Accounts in close coordination of vocational trainings are to be priority to open bank account BASE staff and banking partner conducted. Most of the trainings in their name to encourage the Nepal Investment Bank Limited have been prioritized and excess of women in cash and 63% (NIBL) staffs. All together 6,600 conducted in the communities women are benefited through bank accounts were operated by utilizing and mobilizing this system. by all the verified beneficiaries in locally available resources as entire districts. Meanwhile, the well as raw materials. Trainings concept of saving, interest and lunched in four districts includes other various facilities of bank was mudha making, candle making, also described to beneficiaries. 00

In Betahani VDC of Banke In Dhongrahi village of district, the road that was Baniyabhar VDC in Bardiya damaged by the flood was district, Irrigation Division rebuilt in collaboration Office of Gulariya has with VDC office. FFA project provided 2,500 pieces of provided support for filling plastic bags for the purpose up the mud on 2800 meter of river protection training. road. Then VDC provided In Bagnaha VDC (ward support equivalent to NPR number 7, 3, 2) 6500 meter 800,000.00 for gravelling the road was maintained and same road. This collaboration gravel in collaboration has been successful and between BASE and VDC fruitful. Similarly in Phattepur, office. The total amount VDC office supported for that VDC contributed for gravelling 3500 meter road the road gravel in that VDC that was maintained by BASE was 1,050,000.0. Similarly under FFA project. In the same in Baniyabhar VDC (ward VDC there was collaboration number 4 and 8) 55,000 meter Major for the scheme of river road maintenance was done protection (check dam). VDC by BASE and VDC contributed Achievements provided with Gabin box for road gravel equivalent to (Taar Jali) equivalent to total NRP 110,000.00. amount of 1750,000.00.

In Bardiya district, DDC Improved food security, was collaborated for road especially among women gravelling. BASE contributed and children in the flood for road maintenance affected communities whereas DDC provided and ensured access to support for gravelling the nutritional food. The project same road of amount NRP also promoted long-term 500,000.00. Municipality office, community preparedness contributed for road gravel for and responses to future in ward no 4, 5 and 11 of disasters. Gulariya Municipality where FFA project had supported for road maintenance. 00

Case Study Bio-Check Dam Constructed

Bio-Check Dam has been maintained in Baniyabhar-4, Dhungrahi, Bardiya which lies in between Kushamdanda to north-west and Kumragaon to east and Babai river to south. Total numbers of beneficiaries in this village are 222, 50% Dalit, Brahmin, Chhetri are staying and 50% indigenous people (Tharu Janjati). Total numbers of fully affected family in this village are 116. The main occupation of the people staying in this village is Agriculture and people become engaged in cultivating different types of seasonal crops. This has helped them to sustain their life. Travelling to neighboring country India for earning and engaging them in the collection of sand and aggregate from the Babai River for at least 4 months is the other source of income in this community. Literacy rate of the people living in this community is about 90 percent. Among the flood affected area, Baniyabhar V.D.C is also one. Dhungrahi village ward no.4 lies in Baniyabhar V.D.C and size of the village is around 230 Bigha. Geographical feature of the Dhungrahai is almost plain. The observable impact was sidewise cutting of the stream and eroding the land. Seeing this view, villagers almost lost their hope to survive and threatened. This flood badly affected almost 116 households in this village, people faced several problems due to the lack of sufficient amount of food, drinking water, as well as they were unable to stay in their own shelter because their houses were swept away by flood. In many cases, entire village was swept away by erosion of land and floods creating damage of houses. So, beneficiaries began to settle in the camp since they do not have any other options. Therefore, both housing reconstruction and renovation were the major recovery needs in the worst affected communities for resettlement. After the implementation of Food Assistance for Assets by BASE on the financial and economic support of WFP on 1st February 2015, it brought positive impact to the villagers of Dhungrahi. During orientation in Baniyabhar VDC, when social mobilizers introduced the target of FFA program and told all flood affected beneficiaries to participate in the implementation of cash for work program, villagers became extremely happy. Then, BASE team made an agreement to construct bio-check dam in Murkatta stream. Empty bags, bamboos, stones, gabin box, iron rods were provided to the community and 98 fully affected beneficiaries become involved in maintenance of this check dam in Dhungrahi. On 23rd April 2015 when High level Mission Team of WFP visited constructing bio-check dam in Dhungrahi and interact with beneficiaries, they requested for additional days in the check dam maintenance scheme for the completion of the work. Their request was agreed by WFP and additional 11 days were added in this project. After the successful completion of project, beneficiaries are extremely happy and satisfied their threat towards future flood has been reduced. They are proud towards BASE and its supporting partner WFP. 00

Strengthening Sthaniya Sushasan (Sajhedari Bikash program)

Across Nepal and throughout groups/networks, awareness And the objectives: Dang District, the current post- of available or issued grants 1. Enabling environment for conflict dynamic is experiencing is non-existent among those community development higher levels of demand from purported to be represented, established, citizens and User Groups, (UGs) the most in need, especially the 2. Communities access increasing awareness of their marginalized poor, Janjati, Dalit, resources for development rights and resources. Major Women, and disadvantaged 3. Communities implement gaps still exist in accountability, people. CAC and WCF have not inclusive development transparency, tangible service yet proved sophisticated enough policies effectively delivery and inclusive community to expose or even understand participation. The low capacity all the unlawful practices. The 4. Local government units and awareness of roles and various accountability tools such function effectively. responsibilities within the as Public Expenditure Tracking, The project focuses & benefits Citizen Awareness Centers Citizen Charters and Complain marginalized Women, Ward (CAC) and Ward Citizen Forum Boxes, Public Hearing, Social Citizen Forum (WCF), Integrated (WCFs), combined with the lack Audit and joint field monitoring Planning Formulation Committee of accountability measures are poorly maintained. This has (IPFC), Citizen Awareness Centre further distorts an inclusive and enabled target group budget (CAC) and Village Supervision and representative process. Despite misuse by powerful local elites Monitoring Committee. Direct the formal dissolution of All Party and influential personalities to beneficiaries of the project are Mechanisms (APMs) in January continue in the VDCs. The majority total 4832 (WCF, CAC, IPFC and 2012, its influence is still felt in of VDC offices are continuing with VSMC group members). Indirect resource allocations throughout business-as-usual with no input beneficiaries are the whole the district. from public audits. population 57413 (census 2011) Common practices include the Considering the facts, BASE has of the 10 VDCs (Shreegaun, manipulation and leeching of been implementing Sajhedari Hekuli, Tarigaun, Bijauri, Phulbari, funds by local elites through poor Bikaas project with the goal: Dharna, Laxmipur, Chailahi, transparency and low levels of Targeted communities are Gangaparaspur and Gobardiha) awareness amongst marginalized empowered to better direct their of Dang which is benefitted by the people. Within the local social own local development. SB project.

For meaningful participation of marginalized and Dalit communities, to make accountable to service providers towards public, and effective mobilization of local resources and to increase the access decision making process of marginalized and disadvantage communities, BASE has been conducting its interventions for support Local bodies' strategic Documents preparation ( VDC Profile, VDPP, VDC Revenue Assessment , Local Disaster Risk Management Plan and Community Resource Management Plan) , support and building capacity to Ward Citizen Forum (WCF), CAC, IPFC and local level political party representatives for local level planning process (14steps of planning process). The intervention also strengthens Village Supervision and Monitoring Committee (VSMC) for effective use of resources and inclusive development. Furthermore the intervention emphasis to enhance capacity and support to develop social Accountability Tools such as VDC Citizen Charter, Public hearing , public and social audit. It also supports for small scale Infrastructure project (micro Grant project. 00

Major Achievements

All project implementing VDCs 16 VDCs Internal Revenue Through 10 micro grant are conducting public hearing, Assessment Plans have been initiatives; cannel, road public and social audit to developed in participation of Ward gravelling, gabion spur and maintain transparency and Citizen Forum, Citizen Awareness birthing center and community accountability. Committee and representatives building, 6,744 households of political parties. And as result, have been directly benefited. In 2015 in facilitation of revenue of working VDCs project 9 VDCs Profiles have These initiatives created increased with 73.41% in been prepared and taken opportunity for the average within 3 fiscal years. ownership. This profile is being marginalized women, used during the planning for the In 3 VDCs (Dharna, Dalits and indigenous VDC and using the source of VDC Gangaparaspur & Gobardiha) communities. They are information. VDC's performance Local Disaster and Risk exercising for effective increased in the Minimum Management Plans have been resource mobilization and Condition of Performance developed and allocating budget taking ownership. Measurement. for disaster reduction based on the plan. In technical support of project 8 VDCs Village Development Community's engagement Periodic Plan (VDPP) has been increased significantly in local prepared. VDCs have started to level planning process and make annual plan on the basis of the VDC council endorsed the VDPP plan. projects prioritized by Ward Citizen Forum. 00 CASE STUDY Women Role Model

31 years old Gita Regmi is one active woman from committee. When Sajhedari Bikaas project Hekuli VDC Dang. She is Vice President now in the Ward started to work in our VDC from April 2014. Citizen Forum committee of Ward No- 7 in Hekuli VDC The project involved women massively in -7. In addition to this she in the Project Management every activity such as Local Level Planning Committee of the SB project Micro Grant Project as an Process, WCF/CAC meeting, Orientation. This active treasurer. Being an active women member of WCF, encouraged me to have the leading position She got chance to be the member of Integrated Planning in the committee. I came to know about the Formulation Committee (IPFC) of the VDC. target group budget, role and responsibility of Before Sajhedari Bikaas Project, she was not aware WCF/CAC in the planning process and role of about the community work, VDC planning and the community participation for sustainable budgeting. She said, "In the past our VDC local male development. Then I realized by my heart leaders are very cunning, they selected women only to that I've to do something for community and show 33% participation .But they never give women the became active member of the committee. Now responsibility of leading and decision making position. I I'm working as a treasurer of the PMC. I am able used to think that women can also handle the key position to fulfill my responsibilities a Vice President. I of the committee but never got the chance to lead the heartily would like to extend my thanks to VDC committee. I can remember once I gave my candidacy and SB project for making all the community for a treasurer in a Beneficiaries committee of the VDC people aware on the VDC's budget and role of annual budget project in the community but male the citizens." Hence Gita Regmi has proved that participants ignored me blaming that women cannot women also can hold vital position and fulfill fulfill the responsibility I became only a member of the their responsibilities. 00 Micro Finance BASE has been implementing Micro Finance Program in the financial support of SHIVIA UK Major achievements from May 2009 to 2015 in Tarigaun, Hekuli, Duruwa, Urahari VDCs and Tulsipur Municipality • 38 women are rearing buffalo, cow, goats of Dang District with the objective to set economic and pigs by taking loan from groups. management and village banks for exposing loan • 15 women have established retail shops. facility through organization and empowerment. • 5 members have built toilets and 3 The project focuses marginalized, indigenous, members have built houses. Dalits and vulnerable. The project is empowering women in economic, education health and • 10 members have opened bank account political arena and develop village bank to with the income they made by taking loan bring economic and social change. BASE has from groups. conducted social impact assessment, women • 148 members have been able to return are collecting saving and credit and investing back their loans. loan regularly. 00

Sabitra Devi Basnet, a memorable person of Duruwa VDC ward No 1 Saraiya was living with her family; her husband and two sons. Her life was passing so hardly due to the low cost income. Before involved in Micro finance project of BASE, her family was doing traditional cultivation and farming and put one or two cattle like buffalo, goats. She had to spend all days long to look after these cattle. There was not enough water for farming and had to depend on rain fall water for the crops. Even she couldn't prepare the seedling and seeds of different corps in time, sometime her land had to become bared and deserted. When micro finance project was implemented in Duruwa VDC from 25th April 2012 she also involved in the group and started to do group saving. She became aware on the importance of saving due to different training, workshops and interaction. In her groups all the members use to discuss on saving, loan investment and other social issues in their monthly meeting. They found the problem on farming areas and discussed in their groups irrigation on the croups and started to find the resource for the fund for water pump. They wrote the application to BASE asking for water pump. BASE Project team, district and board members monitor and see the possibility for water pump and provided the 8 HP of water pump. After receiving the water pump women group members started to do non seasonal vegetable farming and becoming busy in their farm all days. Among group members,Sabitra Devi Basnet is one of remarkable women of that group who is doing very hard work for income generation. She has started to do vegetable farming, onion farming, maize, paddy and mustered farming. She got enough water for seeding in times. The crops become nice and had good production. Her income is now growing up and being easy to solve her household. She said, "I used to look after my cattle all day before involving in microfinance project when our groups got water pump all of us started to do different seasonal and none seasonal farming like vegetable, onion, potato and maize paddy in time. Now you can see me busy in my farm, and doing income about 5000 thousand from the farming, the pump has changed our lifestyle." She is the example of that group all the members are busy in their farm and growing their income. Now days about 40 household are directly being benefited from the water pump and about 16 hectors of land is irrigating with the water pump provided by BASE. The community people are very happy and thanks to BASE and SHIVIA. 00 Youth empowerment program

Over three billion people – nearly half of the world's population – are under the age of 25 years. Almost 90% of all young people live in developing countries. Youth are valuable asset to their countries and using their capacity would make effective social and economic benefits. Today's decision is important to get youth involved in development process for tomorrow. In Nepal, according to the Ministry of youth, about 38 percent of the population is currently unemployed and 400,000 young people enter the labor market every year. The majority of young people who work (92.2 per cent) are engaged in informal employment with no entitlements like basic wage, paid annual and sick leave. Considering the above fact, BASE has been continuously implementing youth empowerment program in mid and far western Nepal i.e. Dang, Banke, Bardia, Kailali and Kanchanpur districts. Over 30,000 youth belonging to different communities including marginalized communities across five districts through (1 central committee, 5 district committees, 21 area committee and 820 village youth committees) were mobilized under this project with the objective to enable them to promote peace and reconciliation through various non-violent activities such as holding camps, organizing street dramas, organizing parent-youth interactions, sports competitions and peace promotion competitions. Youth have been empowered through various capacity building trainings, created a forum for uniting in groups and getting an opportunity to share ideas and knowledge among them.

District wise youth clubs/networks:

Member S.N. District # of AYC # of VYC Male Female Total 1 Dang 7 169 4081 2577 6658 2 Banke 2 103 2089 1243 3332 3 Bardiya 4 207 4414 3310 7724 4 Kailali 5 175 5209 3120 8329 5 Kanchanpur 3 166 3104 2271 5375 Total 21 820 18897 12521 31418 00

Mobilization of youth for child labor rescue and rehabilitation

With the mobilization of youth clubs, 124 child labors have been liberated from child labor and rehabilitated with facilities. Liberated child labors have been provided training for self employment as well as education support. These children are now at their houses and are continuing their school education.

Details of liberated child labors

# of liberated child labor S.N. Districts Boys Girls Total 1 Dang 3 14 17 2 Banke 10 16 26 3 Kanchanpur 3 35 38 4 Kailali 9 24 33 5 Bardiya - 10 10 Total 25 99 124

Capacity building of youth Club

Different capacity building trainings on leadership and management skills development to youth clubs and child club members have been provided to make them conscious about their responsibilities and rights as well as sustainability of clubs.

Details of youth members receiving leadership and management training # of freed child labor received training S.N. Districts Boys Girls Total 1 Dang 134 96 230 2 Banke 34 26 60 3 Kanchanpur 20 22 42 4 Kailali 12 10 22 5 Bardiya 15 19 34 Total 215 173 388 00

Major Achievements

31,418 (18,897 M, 12,521 F) youths have been involved in youth clubs.

388 youth members received leadership and management training and have access in leadership position in VDCs body, SMC, PTA, Youth networks and CFUGs.

124 child labors have been rescued through the mobilization of youths.

Actively participated in local level planning process in order to mainstream the issues of youth for inclusive development and mobilizing local resources effectively. 00

BASE General Assembly 2015 The 15th General Assembly of BASE was convened on Magh, 2072 in Chakhaura, Dang, Nepal amidst a massive gathering. Around 10,000 people had taken part in the inaugural session of this assembly. The various cultural glimpses were performed before commencement of the inaugural session. Various personalities including representatives of national level politicians including former Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba , attended and delivered the speech. BASE central Chairman Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has also urged the Nepal government to provide full packages of rehabilitation of ex- Kamaiyas those are left from the support. The 15th General Assembly concluded with its renewed commitment to intensify social movement for eradication of child labor, land rights, education and proper rehabilitation of freed Kamaiyas. The Assembly also made various decisions related to organization's internal management and its future strategy.

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Important People's visit in BASE in 2015 • Former Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuwa • Mr. Manoj Kumar Basnet, UNDP, UN Head Quarter, New York • Mrs. Beth...... Mission Director, USAID, Kathmandu, Nepal • Ms. Maria Barron, DGO Director, USAID, Kathmandu, Nepal • Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthy from New Delhi, India • Monitoring Team from Social Welfare Council, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Local Development and Ministry of Women and Child development. • 2 students from UK London and Germany came and learn about grass root development 00 EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE On April 25, 2015 a strong (7.8) Many (historic) buildings affected area. BASE collected earthquake hit Nepal in the area collapsed, temples have been one day salary from staffs and near Barpak, a mountain village ruined, roads destroyed. Nearly deposited NRS, 91,600.00 in total between capital Kathmandu 8000 deaths in Nepal and tens for severely affected people. In and tourist town Pokhara.The of deaths in India & Tibet. The addition to that, BASE distributed earthquake was followed by quake was followed by more than 42 pieces Tripal in Tulsipur-16, many powerful aftershocks and 300 aftershocks and another Ghorneti and 20 pieces Tripal in a very powerful one (6.7) hit huge earthquake (6.8) on May Gothuwa, Karanga, Murusuwa Nepal on Sunday April 26. The 12 Dang was also affected by and Malwar in Duruwa VDC to earthquakes caused extensive Earthquake. BASE as dedicated those who were badly affected by damage to buildings and to helping those most in need, earth quake. thousands of deaths and injuries has obligation to support the and were even felt in Pakistan, recovery efforts in the Earthquake India and Bangladesh. 00

Consolidated Fund Accountability Statement For the year ended and as on 31 Ashadh, 2073 (15 July 2016)

Fund Particulars Doner Receipt Payment Balance Grant Fund Kamlahari Abolition Project (KAP-II) Kailali Plan Nepal 2,980,811 2,978,811 2,000 Literacy Program Room to Read 7,622,134 7,340,700 281,433 SWIPSAN Project UN WOMEN 1,646,591 1,664,601 (18,010) Sustainable Education Development Program (SEDP) Volker & Wally 608,714 224,136 384,578 Reading Room /Litracy Program(Bardiya) Room to Read 1,935,416 1,959,816 (24,400) Livelihood Environment and Alternative Energy ADRA Nepal 1,845,785 1,845,130 655 Promotion Project (LEAP-II) Hygiene Promotion Package (HPP) Training WaterAid Nepal 2,773,826 2,773,826 - Lutheran World Livelihood Recovery & Disaster Risk Reduction (LR/DRR) 1,825,349 1,825,349 (0) Relief Litracy Program Room to Read 10,098,961 9,548,963 549,999 JEEVAN Project Find Your Feet 12,754,958 12,701,391 53,567 #REF! PACT 10,554,725 9,194,220 1,360,505 Sajhedari Bikas Project-WEG PACT 14,175,677 11,531,287 2,644,390 Soshan Se Shiksha Wor UN-UNESCO 750,000 750,000 (0) Micro Finance -Dang Shivia Foundation 7,188,689 629,502 6,559,187 Sangai Sikau Sangai Badhau (SSSB) Opportunity School World Education 17,958,287 14,291,168 3,667,119 Program Protecting Nepalese Student from Bounded Labour ASI 2,177,853 2,047,080 130,772 Through Education (NEP) Project Initiative for Agriculture Productivity and ADRA Nepal 12,125,007 9,144,058 2,980,949 Commercialization (IAPAC) Project Regional Dialogue(RD-1) TAF 2,113,222 2,113,222 - Nepal Ex-Kamaiya Education and Poverty Alleviation DFID 8,076,818 6,993,212 1,083,605 (NEKEPA) Project Inclusive Resource Management Initiative (IRMI) Mercy Crops 15,533,922 11,987,296 3,546,626 Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Project Water Aid Nepal 6,451,061 6,092,813 358,248 National Rural and Renewable Energy Program (NRREP) AEPC 14,977,602 14,977,602 - South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) AEPC 557,037 557,037 - Food Assistant for Assests (FFA) Project WFP 2,500 2,500 - Food Response to Bardiya & Dang Flood affected ADRA Nepal (0) - (0) Community Project Flood Recovery Project (Education, Livelihood & child Save The Children 47,368 47,368 - protection) SED Project,DRR Preparedness ADRA Nepal - - - SSSRP, CCRDD, YSP Program -Kailali Save the Children 0 - 0 Sundar Nepal VMLR Project- Salyan - - - Sanshtha Regional Dialogue(RD-2) TAF 1,239,434 655,875 583,560 Sub-Total (A) Total 158,021,746 133,876,962 24,144,784 Own Fund Add: Institutional Development Fund 1,403,574 1,390,231 13,343 BASE Own Fund Sub-Total (B) Total 1,403,574 1,390,231 13,343 Grant Total FY 2072/073 159,425,320 135,267,193 24,158,127 00

Previous and current projects of BASE

Duration Name of Name of the Geographical Target development projects coverage beneficiaries From To partners Tharu Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kamaiyas, women 1991 2002 education for Kailali, Salyan and Danida and children transformation Kanchanpur Adult (NFE HIV and AIDS Dang, Banke, Bardiya, American participants), 1993 1995 awareness Kailali, Salyan and Foundation for Truck/ Bus drivers, program Kanchanpur AIDS Research commercial sex workers Integrated Reproductive age Dang district (13 community- The Asia couple, under age 1993 2004 VDCs) and Bardiya based family Foundation 5 children and district (12 VDCs) health program poor family Legal literacy The Asia 1994 1996 Dang Tharu women project Foundation Women and Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Save the Women (including 1996 1998 empowerment Kailali, Salyan and Children/US Kamlahari) project Kanchanpur Strengthening Dang, Banke, BASE village, and mobilization 1997 2003 Bardiya, Kailali and MS/ Nepal area and district of civic Kanchanpur committees organization Poor/ Sustainable disadvantaged community NPC/SCDP/ 1997 2003 Kailali poverty stricken development UNDP group including program (SCDP) women Income generation Plan Kamaiya and rural 1998 1999 Salyan and Banke and child care International poor family support project Danida, SC, Kamaiya freedom Dang, Banke, Action Aid, 2000 2001 movement Bardiya, Kailali and Kamaiya families MS/Nepal and project Kanchanpur CARE Kamaiya, Radio Khyala Dang, Banke, British Kamlahari, 2001 2002 (gathering) Bardiya, Kailali and Embassy children and other project Kanchanpur general people Food Security DDC, GTZ and 2001 2002 Project for freed Banke and Dang Kamaiya families WFP Kamaiyas 00

Nepal Dang, Banke, Basic Primary Government Kamaiya family 2001 2002 Bardiya, Kailali and Education Project (Department including children Kanchanpur of Education) Kamaiya relief Dang, Banke, SC, Action aid, and rehabilitation 2001 2006 Bardiya, Kailali and MS/Nepal and Kamaiya families and advocacy Kanchanpur CARE project Nepal Government Crop Diversity Dang, Banke, Bardiya, 2002 2004 (Department Poor farmers Program (CDP) Kailali and Surkhet of Agriculture/ DADO) Nepal Women’s Poverty 2005 2008 Dang and Banke ADRA/Nepal Adult women Alleviation Project Education and Global fund for Child labor and at 2005 2009 awareness to Kailali children risk children child labor Youth initiative Dang, Banke, peace and 2006 2008 Bardiya, Kailali and Mercy corps Youths reconciliation Kanchanpur program Sustainable Women 2006 2008 Empowerment Dang and Banke ADRA/Nepal Adult women and Development (SWED) Poverty reduction 2008 2009 of women in Dang and Banke ADRA/Nepal Adult women Nepal (PREWIN) Youth March Aug. Dang (Hekuli and Employment 2008 2008 Tarigaon VDC and SC Youths through Social Tulsipur municipality) Enterprises Education Dec. June Emergency Relief Kailali Unicef and SC School children 2008 2009 Support Water and July Dec. sanitation Kailali SC School children 2008 2009 program 00

School Based Population Behavior School Children Jan. April Banke, Bardiya, Kailali Service Change and and rural poor 2009 2009 and Kanchanpur International Communication family (PSI) (SBBCC) March June Protection risk Flood affected 2009 2009 reduction of Kailali ADRA/Nepal family operation (PRRO) Integrated community development Save the 1995 2011 Kailali Women, children through Children sponsorship management Freedom for Dang, Banke, Banyan Tree Child Labor, At risk 2003 2011 Child Labor Bardiya, Kailali and Foundation Children, Project (FCLP) Kanchanpur Kamaiya and Education for landless family, 2003 2010 Freedom Project Bardiya MS/Nepal children, poor (EFP) and marginalized people Disaster affected Disaster Jan. Dec. families and at Preparedness Dang and Kailali SC 2005 2010 risk family and and Response stakeholders World Brighter future Kanchanpur and 2005 2010 Education Youths and adults program Salyan International Dalit, Janjati, Livelihood women and 2007 2010 Rukum LFP/DFID Forestry Program marginalized community School physical Jan. DEO, Kailali 2014 improvement Kailali School children 2008 and SC program Child Labor Rehabilitation Royal Dutch Child Labor, At risk 2008 2010 through Child Dang and Banke Embassy Children, Friendly Village (CLRCFV) Partners for Protecting School children, 2008 2010 Dang and Salyan PPCC alliance Children in Arm teacher Conflict (PPCC) 00

Children Associated with World Ex- combatants 2008 2011 Arm Force and Salyan Education and their family, Arm Groups International school children (CAAFAG) Dang, Banke, Youth and Action Open Society 2009 2010 Bardiya, Kailali and Youths Fund (YAF) Institution Kanchanpur Banke, Bardiya, Nepal Flood Kailali (first phase) Flood affected 2009 2010 Recovery Project and Kailali and Fintrac/USAID family and area (NFRP) Kanchanpur (second phase) Dang, Banke, Tharu (first phase) Support to Bardiya, Kailali and and Tharu, Participatory Kanchanpur (first Women, Dali, 2009 2010 Constitution UNDP phase) and Dang, Madhesi, Janjati Building in Nepal Banke, Bardiya and marginalized (SPCBN) (second phase) community Sustainable Economic and Banke, Bardiya and 2009 2012 Environment ADRA/Nepal Adult women Kailali Development (SEED) School children, Reading Room parents, guardian, 2009 2010 Bardiya Room to Read Program SMC and PTA member Sustainable School children, Jan April Education Volker and Bardiya SMC and school 2010 2011 Development Wally teacher Program (SEDP) School Children, Seminar on Feb April Child Labor, SMC, Nepal March for Nepal ILO 2010 2010 PTA and student quality education and teacher union School Based Population Behavior School Children Jan April Banke, Bardiya, Kailali Service Change and and rural poor 2010 2010 and Kanchanpur International Communication family (PSI) (SBBCC) Women’s Empowerment in Decision Making Malaware and July District June in Irrigation Baruwa Gaon 2010 Dang Irrigation 2010 Operation and irrigation Kulo Office, Dang Maintenance of Users Groups Malaware and Baruwagaon Kulo 00

Current/ongoing projects of BASE

Duration Name of Name of the Geographical development Target beneficiaries projects coverage From To partners Inclusive Resource June Aug Dang, Bardiya and Community Forest Managements Mercy Corps 2013 2016 Kailali User Groups Initiative ( IRMI) People of all Nepal Dang, Pyuthan, community with government National Rural & Rukum, special focus to July June (Alternative Renewable Energy Rolpa, Salyan women, janjaties 2012 2017 Energy Program (NRREP) Arghakhanchi and , Dalits and Promotion Dolpa district differently able Centre) people Sangai Sikaun Sangai School teachers, Oct Nov 3 VDCs of Dang World Education/ Badhaun (SSSB) students and 2011 2016 and Banke District BTF Opportunity parents School Project Banke, Bardiya & School children and 2009 2016 Literacy Program Room to Read Kailali Teachers jan Dec Find Your Ffeet Marginalized Jeevan Banke 2014 2016 UK women and men Initiative for Agriculture Mar Feb Formers Groups & Productivity and Dang and Banke ADRA Nepal 2014 2017 CFUG members Commercialization ( IAPAC) Political parties, 15 civil society, human Nov Dang, Banke and The Asia Mar Regional Dialogue right activists, 2016 Kailali Foundation( TAF ) 2012 conflicting groups, media , advoactes 00

Feb Sep Sajhedari Bikaas – USAID/PACT WCF, IPFC & VSMC/ Dang 2014 2017 Governance World MSMC members Sijhedari Bikaas Oct Sep USAID/PACT Marginalized – Women Dang 2015 2017 World women groups Empowerment Enhancing health Ex-Kamaiya status among Families, Oct Mar Freed Bonded Bardiya and Water Aid Nepal marginalized 2013 207 Labor community Kailali and vulnerable through WASH communities services Food Assistance Dang, Banke, 1 Feb May for Assets (FFA) Flood affected Bardiya and WFP 2015 2015 Cash for Work communities Surkhet Project Protecting Nepali Dang, Banke, Ex-Kamaiya Oct Sep children form Ani Slavery Bardia, kaiali & Families and their 2010 2015 bounded labor International Kanchanpur children through education Darchula, Baitadi, Raising Incomes Dadeldhura, Doti Feb Jun Small & Medium Kailali, Dailekh, Agriculture Farmer Groups 2013 2017 Former Project Surkhet, Bardia, Department/ ADB (RISMFP) Banke & Dang

Nepal Ex-Kamaiya Dang, Banke, Ex-Kamaiya Jan Dec Education & Bardiya, Kailali & DFID/GPAF Families and their 2013 2015 Poverty Alleviation Kanchanpur children Project (NEKEPA) Socially – Micro Finance 2009 2015 Dang SHIVIA/UK economically rural Project poor women 00

BASE Working Districts

Awards and Honours Tulsipur Municipality, Ward No. 6, Dang, Nepal Phone: +977-82-520055, 520312, 522821 Fax: +977-82-522212 [email protected] www.nepalbase.org