Annual Learning Report (April 2018 – March 2019)
Project Country: Nepal
Project Title: Women, Girls and Child Rights Program (WoGCRP)
Start date: (01/04/2016) End date: (31/03/2019)
Reporting Period
From: (01/04/2018) To: (31/03/2019)
Due date: (30/04/2019) Date submitted: (13 /05/2019)
Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development (Caed)/ Implementing Partner: Women, Girls and Child Rights Program (WoGCRP) Project Manager: Samita Pradhan
Phone contact: 977-1-5180340 / 9851070634
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Abbreviations
AAO Asian Aid Organization ANC Antenatal Care ASRH Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health ASRHR Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Rights CAED Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development CAFs Child Activists Facilitators CAGL Child Activist Group Leaders CAs Child Activists CFCD Child Focused Community Development Program CFUGC Community Forest User Group Committees CRP Child Rising Program CSP Child School Program CWB Child Welfare Board CWC Child Welfare Committee DCWB District Child Welfare Board DHO District Health Office ECA Extra-curricular activities GBV Gender Based Violence GEP Girls Empowerment Program HFOMC Health Facility Operation Management Committees IPFC Integrated Plan Formulation Committee MCC Model Couple Campaigners MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MHM Menstrual Hygiene Management NGO Non-governmental Organization NTFP Non-Timber Forest Products POP Pelvic Organ Prolapse PTA Parent Teacher Association RM/M Rural Municipality/Municipality SEE Secondary Education Examination SLC School Leaving Certificate SMCs School Management Committee VCPC Village Child Protection Committee VCPPC Village Child Protection and Promotion Committee VDC Village Development Committee WoGCRP Women, Girls and Child Rights Program
A. Stakeholder Update
How many of the people in the following groups have benefitted or participated in the project to date?
Stakeholder Male Female Boys Girls Total Direct 6,379 (29%) 15,834 (71%) 3,458 (39%) 5,362 (61%) 30,998 Stakeholder Indirect 12,758 (29%) 31,668 (71%) 6,916 (39%) 10,724 (61%) 61,996 Stakeholders
Child Representatives Boys Girls Total Current numbers 169(28%) 331(72%) 500 New this year 82 (46%) 98 (54%) 180 Number who left the 17 (45%) 21 (55%) 38 program this year
B. Project Achievements
B.1 Contribution towards Target Outcome Areas
Target Outcome Major Project Achievements Relate Outcome Area Story Areas to the Target Outcome Areas Survival: Children Among the four target outcome Human Interest Focus Story: have improved areas, WoGCRP has been designed Bal Krishna Bishwakarma is 13 years old Child access to health and executed on survival theme Activist. He lives in Simta Rural Municipality-6, services and based on CFCD approach. Rakam, Surkhet, studies in grade five in Shree increased Bageshwori Secondary School. He lives with his knowledge of This year, WoGCRP covered 500 CAs father, mother, two sisters and a brother. He health and and 250 Peer Educators (70% girls) likes to play and study. His family is very poor lifestyle choices in 5 schools. The major beneficiaries and his father has migrated to India to work as of the projects were CAs, peer a seasonal wage labourer. Many people of his educators, adolescents, parents, community go to India for seasonal work due to pregnant and post-natal mothers, extreme poverty. Most of the children and newly married young couples, POP women of this area are malnourished. Girls Survivors, teachers religious leaders, leave their school education and marry off at community leaders, health workers very young age. and stakeholders such as school, women networks, child clubs and Bal Krishna’s sisters and brother also go to local government. school; it is often a problem to manage stationery for them as their family is poor. Bal During the period, peer educators Krishna had to miss the school sometime due were provided with life skills training to lack of basic stationeries. It is also difficult and were mobilized for peer for the parents to manage nutritious for Bal education in and out of school. The Krishna and his siblings. project also provided with life skills training to out of school adolescents Bal Krishna was selected as CA. Child Activist encouraging them to continue their Facilitator (CAF) visited his house regularly and school education and delay child discussed with him and his parents. CAF often marriage. There were regular meet him in school and guide him. WoGCRP discussions with adolescents in and also supported him with basic stationary for out of school mainly on girls him attend school regularly. Along with other empowerment issues such as parents, his parents were provided with good unequal gender relations, parenting skills training and kitchen gardening consequences of child marriage, training with some seasonal vegetable seeds child rights, ASRHR issues, support to the family by the project. The importance of formal education, project also discussed about importance of myths and consequences of nutrition for children’s development. chhaupadi practices (banishment during menstruation) and girl He attends classes regularly in school and has friendly environment at school, been participating in various activities such as adolescent friendly reproductive group meeting, extra-curricular activities. He health services and various life skills maintains his personal hygiene and encourages to make decisions for their career other children to come to school neat and and healthy life. clean. He also studies at home which helped him to improve performance and progress in CAs was provided with orientation his study at school. His parents grow seasonal on child rights issues, carried out vegetables in their kitchen garden round the regular discussion on child rights. year. He is very happy getting selected as CA. CAs and adolescent age peer His family thank WoGCRP whenever CAF and educators were given responsibility other team members visited his house. to monitor and report the practices of corporal punishment at school, Children/Young People's Involvement in child friendly teaching and learning Activities Example 1: practices, school attendance of Krishna Kumari Khatri, 17, is a peer educator, friends during menstruation, child studies in grade nine at Panchabhayar marriage in their community, Secondary school, Jajarkot. She was interested menstrual isolation practices, birth to take part in games such as long jump, high registration of their friends, their jump and running and actively took part in kitchen garden with number of almost all the extra-curricular activities vegetables and fruits grown, study organized in school. This year she took part in and play time at home and other Inter- Municipality running shield competition activities related to child rights and held in Nalgadh Municipality, Jajarkot and ASRH. secured first and second position at 100 meter and 200 meter race respectively. She was very CAFs conduct meeting and happy, she said “thanks to WoGCRP, School discussions with CAs every weekend, and teachers for providing me opportunity and dividing them in smaller groups, motivating me boost my good confidence.” selecting group leaders on a monthly rotational basis in order to Children/Young People's Involvement in be able to talk to each of them Activities Example 2: Umesh BK, 15, a Child closely. CAF organised meeting with Activist, studying in grade seven at Shree CAs and The group leader monitored Jeevan Jyoti Secondary School, Gutu, Surkhet. school attendance of CAs every day His parents are subsistence farmer with poor and reported to CAF. economic condition. He was good in drawing (art) but was hesitant to perform in front of They monitored school attendance others and take part in the competition. After and learning progress of CAs, child being selected as CA, he participated in various friendly environment, hygiene and meetings, trainings and discussions. He was sanitation facilities in school as a motivated by CAF to take part in drawing part of child rights. They meet competition organized jointly by school and the parents of CAs through household project. He won prize getting second position visits and discuss with parents for in the competition. He thanked CAF and providing enough study (atleast two WoGCRP for motivating him and boosting his hours a day). They also carry out confidence. discussions focusing on child rights, child marriage, and importance of formal education, sending girls to school during menstrual period, nutrition issues, regularity and retention of girls in school. The project provided parent of CAs and adolescent peer educators with good parenting skills helping them in adopting skills required for overall development of their children and encouraging them to fulfil their responsibility, end gender discrimination, child marriage, menstrual isolation practice, sharing household works among their son and daughters, eliminate harmful social norms and practices starting from themselves and visit school periodically to know about progress of their children in school.
WoGCRP and school organized various extra-curricular activities (ECA) in school. Primary school teachers were provided with training on child-friendly teaching techniques which has resulted positive outcome both for teachers and students. The program also coordinated and collaborated with different governmental and non- governmental organisation working for the rights and wellbeing of children.
Project mobilizes local Model Couple Campaigners (MCC) in all its working wards for raising awareness on various issues at community level. They carried out discussion with visiting door to door focusing to pregnant and postnatal mothers, POP survivors and newly married couple discussed about growing vegetables for nutrition and adopting healthy life style, ante- natal and post-natal care, prevention and treatment of POP and ensuring child rights of sons and daughters issues etc. These sensitization discussions have contributed in increasing their awareness on health, hygiene and life style choices of covered households.
B.2 Project Achievements Key Status Column: Exceeds Target, On Track, Partial Progress, Major Gaps, No Progress
OUTCOME 1 Adolescent children and their mothers access essential reproductive and child health services and increased knowledge of health and lifestyle choices Indicator Baseline Target Status No of adolescent girls currently pregnant or 692 985 886 already mothers Exceeds Target 65% (15% 75% No of school graduate girls 50% per year Exceeds Target increase) No of mothers accessing reproductive health No separate data services available in DHO report Outcome Progress Summary
There was increasing trend of CAs and adolescent girls participating in various extra-curricular activities conducted in schools. They participated in meetings conducted in schools and decisions are made taking an account of also their opinions and concerns. They also participated in the planning process. Child clubs and groups of CAs in school work together to organize different programs and sports competitions on special occasions. Teachers have enhanced knowledge and skills on child friendly teaching learning skills, comprehensive sexuality education and counselling skills through different training and workshops. They have been applying the skills in schools. Adolescent girls and CAs have increased their retention and regularity rate in school as well as reading, writing and numeracy skills. Retention rate of girls in grade 3 was increased by 21% from 43% to 64%. Regularity of girls in grade 7 increased by 3% from 79% to 82%. Similarly, regularity of girls in grade 9 was increased by 9% from 68% to 77%. Number of peer educators attending school during menstrual period increased by 9% from 89% to 98% among life skills trained peer educators. Number of girls passed Secondary Education Examination (SEE) with 'C' and/or above grade was increased by 22% from 53% to 75%. They do their homework of all subjects regularly and learning progress is becoming better. This has helped to orient children towards social work such as ending child marriage of their peers. Nine girls who had dropped out of school re-joined the school in 2018/019.
More CAs and adolescent girls have been capacitated to conduct discussions with their peers, parents and other family members about consequences of child marriage and its legal provision. Parents have started consulting their children before making any decisions about them or affecting them. CAs and adolescent girls are supported to take up their issues to the concerned persons/authorities and find out solutions/way outs of their problems. Adolescent girls participated in the village level meetings of parents, women's networks, HFOMCs and SMCs. This has helped them enhance their advocacy skills. Number of child rights Issues taken up by Child Welfare Board and Women and Children Office at local government level increased by 32% from 22 in the year ended 31 March 2018 to 39 in the year ended 31 March 2019. These included cases of sexual abuse, child marriage, rape, exclusion from scholarship recipients and children trafficking.
There was increasing trend of parents taking their children to health facilities for treatment when they get ill. Before they used to rely on shamans and faith healers. CAs and their parents have increased understanding about the method of washing hands with soap properly, drinking clean water, having nutritious foods including seasonable vegetables and fruits. Parents are providing adequate time to their children to study and play. More parents have started growing vegetables in their kitchen garden. A total of 2,399 households have managed kitchen gardens with 7 different types of vegetables. Parents are aware of vaccination for babies and children, breastfeeding their babies for at least 6 months, attending ANC regularly, taking rest and having nutritious foods by pregnant and postnatal mothers during pregnancy and postnatal periods and going for child delivery in health centre and birthing centre. 31,432 women and adolescent girls visited nearest health facilities for medical services, percentage increased by 8% from the previous year. More couples have started using contraceptives. Number of couples using contraceptives increased by 22% from 1,963 to 2,393. 1394 pregnant women attended ANC visits 4 times regularly. Number of women attending ANC four times regularly was increased by 26 % from the number in last year. Husbands of 1887 pregnant and 1010 postnatal women provided support to their pregnant and postnatal wives. Number of households with husbands providing care and support in household chores, heavy lifting and strenuous activities to their postnatal wives increased by 17% from 46% to 63% out of households covered by household visits. 1,314 pregnant women carried out institutional delivery in health centres. There was decreasing trend of detecting sex of the child before birth and aborting the female foetus.
There was increasing trend of households stopped practising menstrual restriction and isolation practices in WoGCRP covered 20 villages. Approximate quantification of households stopped practising menstrual untouchability showed that there was increasing trend of households loosening traditions and lifting restrictions on women during menstruation. Estimated data showed menstrual restriction and isolation practices for 7 days decreased from 24% to 9% and for 5 days decreased from 47% to 37% during 2017/018 to 2018/019, majority women are found practising menstrual restriction for 3 days instead of 5-7 days. At the same time, in some areas, non-hindu (indigenous people) households got influenced by hindu community to practise menstrual restriction, increasing percentage by 14% from 5% to 19%. It maybe because they are looked down upon if they do not practise the system in the community.
81 news articles/stories related to POP issues and child marriage were published in national and local level newspaper and aired from FM radio stations in three districts. Number of women represented in executive committees of SMC, HFOMC and CFUGC in villages increased by 60% from 120 to 192. 13 local health facilities provided Adolescent Friendly Health Services in WoGCRP working area. 113 women received ring pessary application services for early stage POP problem. More survivors with early stage of POP have been benefiting from home-based herbal therapy and pelvic floor exercise. Amount of budget allocated by local governments on POP/SRHR issues increased by 35% from NRs 21,75,400 to NRs 29,27,000. 21 ANMs working in government health centre trained by WoGCRP are providing ring pessary insertion and counselling services were.
Output 1.1 Girls are empowered with access to education and Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (ASRHR) services Indicator Target Status No of adolescents including 70% 1200 (70% girls) 1494 adolescents (73% girls). Girl's participation girls participating in the GEP has been increased since last year. Exceeds Target. 60% of girls in grade 7 in each of 60% of girls 82% of girls in grade 7 attended 75% days of the 5 schools attending school for school year. Girls school attendance rate have at least 142 days (75%) of the been increased by 3% since last year. Exceeds school year target. No of girls in the GEP accessing 10% than last 47% of girls accessed health services. The health services for ASRH year (40%+10% = number has been increased by 7% since the last 50%) year. Partial progress. No of schools operating the GEP 5 (100%) 80% Schools (4 schools) operating the GEP has have girl-friendly toilet facilities girl friendly toilet facilities. One of the school namely Bageshwori School Rakam does not have water facility in toilets due to water scarcity round the year. Partial progress. Output ProgressOverview < Provide a summary of progress made towards the project output> This year, GEP covered a total of 1,174 adolescents including 72% girls’ participation with the increment of 18% girls in comparison to last year. Similarly, 47% of girls accessed health services for ASRH, 4 schools (80%) operating the GEP have girl friendly toilet facilities.
The program has increased the regularity of adolescent girls in the school also during menstrual periods (and menstrual isolation period). Now, 98% of adolescent girls attended school even during their menstruation period. Similarly, 75% of girls of grade 10 attending Secondary Education Examination (SEE) scored C grade and above. More adolescent boys and girls started talking about ASRH issues without hesitation with their peers, family members and teachers in their schools and communities. They conducted campaigns against menstrual isolation and restriction practice, menstrual hygiene management and child marriage issues in schools and in community. Nine school dropped out adolescent girls re-joined the school. Data showed that 82% of girls studying in grade 7 and 77% of girls studying in grade 9 attended school for at least 142 days (75% of total school days). All life skill trained adolescent girls are committed to deny marriage proposals and have been continuing their studies.
Output 1.2 Child School Program (CSP) (age 7-13 years) is successfully operating in one school in each district as a pilot program Indicator Target Status No of community schools managing 3 5 schools (100%) managed and operated child and running Child Friendly classes friendly classes. Exceeds target. for three years 60% of students in grade 3 studying 60% of 61% of students in grade 3 attended 75% of the in five schools attended school for students school year. On track. at least 142 days (75%) of the school year No of child clubs (one in each 3 6 child clubs (2 in Lakuri school) are holding their school) hold their meetings meetings regularly on quarterly basis. On track. regularly on a quarterly basis No. of boys and girls in the CRP 50% 87% of boys and girls in CRP demonstrated demonstrate understanding of child understanding of child rights, which was an increase rights by 12% from the previous year. Exceeds target. Output Overview of Progress WoGCRP is implementing, Child Rising Program (CRP) supporting five public schools to run child friendly classes (2 each in Surkhet and Jajarkot, 1 in Dailekh). This year, the project involved 500 (210+170+120) Child Activists and enhanced their understanding on child rights through orientations, trainings and discussions. Child Activists along with representatives of Child Clubs participated in various meetings, ECA and campaigns. Teachers were provided with training on child friendly teaching techniques and child friendly school helping them to enhance their understanding on child rights and child friendly teaching methods. Similarly, teachers, School Management Committees (SMC), Stakeholders, elected representatives were oriented on CFCD approach, child friendly school environment and child rights on initial review meeting which was helpful in implementing and monitoring the basic requirements of child rights in schools. The program also supported child friendly IEC materials to covered schools focusing on the students of grade 1.
CAs, peer educators and representatives from child clubs organised a campaign on birth registration in which 241 children registered their birth at their ward. Few CAs also facilitated in stalls regarding child rights issues during the educational fair in school. According to pre and post-test result, information and understanding of CAs on child rights issues had increased to 87%. CAs also discussed and monitored the child rights issues in their school and home and reported to CAF. CAF also visited CAs house and shared the information with their parents about child rights, regularity at school, household works by CAs, nutritious food and availability of time for work and play at home. This has been effective in increasing regularity of children and improving the performance of CAs at school. Data showed that 61% of children studying in grade 3 in CRP covered school attended school for at least 75% (142 days) of the days in a school year. Six child clubs are holding their meetings regularly on quarterly basis. 69% of girl CAs had time (at least 2 hours before 9 PM) to study at home.
Teachers said that, the CAs who was shy at the beginning were vocal in classes and started sharing their opinions with teachers, friends and CAF. They also maintained cleanliness and personal hygiene. One of the head teacher from CRP school said “we can distinguish between CAs and non-CAs through their cleanliness and personal hygiene”. Children in primary classes, which were supported for child friendly classroom, enjoyed learning and coming to school regularly than in the past.
Output 1.3: Local organizations strengthened to undertake GEP, CSP, women's reproductive rights program and advocate above issues with concerned government agencies Indicator Target Status No of local NGOs implementing GEP, MCC 5 (100%) 5 (100%) local NGOs are implementing GEP, and Advocacy activities in collaboration MCC and advocacy activities in collaboration with CAED with Caed. On track. No of local NGOs demonstrating 4 (80%) 5 (100%) local NGOs demonstrated understanding of CFCD approach and understanding of CFCD approach and working working with Child Representatives for with Child Representatives for program project monitoring monitoring. In previous year, 3 local NGOs demonstrated CFCD approach. On track. No of local NGOs having increased 3 (60%) 5(100%)local NGOs have good coordination engagement (join meetings or some sort of and engagement in CWB. In previous year only connection) in District Child Welfare Board 3 NGOs were engaged in meetings of CWB. On track. No of local NGOs have formulated child 5 (100%) 5 (100%) local NGOs have formulated child protection policy protection policy. On track. Output Overview of Progress WoGCRP undertakes the program by supporting local NGOs and strengthening their capacity to undertake GEP, CRP, women's reproductive rights program and advocate above issues with concerned government agencies. Thematic training and workshops were conducted as required and provided with in-site need- based support and coaching regularly. Review, reflection/learning and planning meetings with local NGOs and WoGCRP are organized on a quarterly basis where achievements are discussed, learnings generated, gaps are identified and feedbacks provided to improve the program.
All 5 local NGOs have been working on CFCD approach and also have formulated and implemented child protection policy. They have good coordination with Rural/Urban Municipalities, ward (formerly called VDCs) executives and Women's networks. WoGCRP and its local NGOs have increased visibility as an organisation working on POP, girls and child rights issues. Local government often invites WoGCRP team and Local NGOs as resource person to conduct training on child rights and SRHR issues. The project strengthens local women’s networks formed under local government at ward level sensitizing them on child, girls and women's rights through trainings, regular discussions and organizing campaign and advocacy. Women’s networks are responsible for mobilizing women and children focused budget allocated in local government.
The capacities of MCC have been also increased. They are recognized in the community and are invited to participate in public meetings and community decision-making processes. They have established good rapport and built trust in the community as local resource persons working on the issues of SRHR.
Output 1.4 Families in project areas have improved reproductive health and gender relations Indicator Baseline Data Target Status No of women attending 4 1,108 1,219 (10% increase 1,394. Exceeds target. ANC visits against baseline) No of women having 1352 1,487 (10% increase 1,314. Major Gaps. institutional deliveries against baseline) No of girls who have enough 57 64 (10% increase 110 adolescent girls had enough time to play and study at against baseline) time to play and study at home. home Exceeds Target. No of men who 50% of men 60% of men covered 53% of men covered in demonstrated how they are covered in in household visit household visit demonstrated reducing domestic labour for household visit (10% increase against sharing work load with their their pregnant or post- baseline) pregnant or post-delivery wives. delivery wives Partial Progress. Output Overview of Progress Household visit to targeted households such as of newly married couples, pregnant and postnatal mothers, etc. and group discussions with different groups and networks in the community such as mothers' groups, community forest user groups, etc. by MCCs, RH and nutrition fair, street theatre, video show, interaction with key influencers (matchmakers, priests, shamans, faith healers, political party leaders and other elites) on GBV and men’s involvement on SRHR issues, were some major activities undertaken in the community.
As a result of undertaking these activities, more women started talking about POP and SRHR issues. There is increasing trend of men taking care of their pregnant and post-natal wives. Data from MEL system shows that 53% of men were providing care and support to their wives, taking responsibility of household chores. Husbands of 1,887 pregnant and 1,010 postnatal mothers provided support to their wives. Number of couples using contraceptives increased to 2,393, which is in increasing trend. 1,394 pregnant women attended ANC visit 4 times regularly is increased by 26 % from the number in last year. 1,314 pregnant women went for child delivery in health centres. Sex determination is in decreasing trend for female foeticide.
Output 1.5 Families in project areas have better nutrition for mothers and children, reduced workloads for women and increased income through kitchen gardens and Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) based income generation Indicator Target Status Number of families managing 5, 3 and 2 varieties of 2,399 number of families managing kitchen kitchen gardens with 5, 3 and vegetables, fruits and gardens with 7 types of vegetables. Kitchen 2 varieties of vegetables, fruits fodders respectively gardening training was conducted this year only. and fodders respectively Only vegetable seeds were distributed to CAs parents. Number of families engaged in Not applicable as no agriculture and NTFP-based activities were Not applicable income generation planned for this year
Output Overview of Progress Training on kitchen gardening was provided to parents of CAs with the aim of increasing nutrition level for mother and child and reducing the workload of women in the project area. 2,399 families have managed kitchen gardens. Seeds and saplings of 7 different types of vegetable were distributed to them. A training on Good Organic Agricultural Practices and organic certification of the produce was provided to parents/farmers engaged in NTFP collection and selling.
Output 1.6 Stakeholders attention drawn to address POP management and child rights issues at multiple levels (National, Provincial and Rural Municipality/Municipality (RM/M) Indicator Baseline Target Status No of health facilities providing 0 3 13 local health facilities, among that 2 in Adolescent Friendly Health Surkhet (Rakam, Kunathari and Lekhgaun), Services within three years 4 in Dailekh (Dullu, Gamaudi, Lakuri and Dadaparajul) and 4 in Jajarkot (Bhoor, Khagenkot, Ragda Bhagawoti, Jagatipur and Punma) in WoGCRP working area provided Adolescent Friendly Health Services. Exceeds target. Percentage of the provisioned 21,75,400 25% of In total NPR 16,87,000 has been allocated amount of VDC block grants the for Women's Group and child clubs to received by women groups and provisione address POP and child protection issues. On child clubs for POP and child d amount track. protection issues No of women maintaining silicon 139 153 113 women maintained the use of ring ring pessary use pessary. Number of women maintaining silicon ring pessary did not increase due to change federal structure local government representatives did not allocate budget in this issue. Partial Progress. Comprehensive strategy on POP 0 1 No formulation of comprehensive strategy management formulated and on POP management yet. No progress. services provided by Ministry of Health No of Child Rights issues 36 20% 39 (22 in Surkhet, 17 in Jajarkot and 0 in addressed by District Child increase Dailekh) were addressed by Women and Welfare Board (DCWB) and Village against Child Unit at RM/M (District Child Welfare Child Protection and Promotion baseline Board and Village Child Protection Committee (VCPPC) Committee (VCPC) do not exist according to new structure). On Track Output Overview of Progress WoGCRP coordinated and collaborated with different stakeholders at multiple levels such as local government and provincial government drawing the attention to address comprehensive POP management, child rights and ASRHR issues. Collective campaigns in various occasions and special days at ward and district level were organised jointly with other likeminded organisations. Training on SRHR, POP and Child Rights issues were provided to women’s networks, mothers group. They were supported to go for delegation demanding for provision of silicon ring pessary in the district. Interaction and workshops with local government stakeholders for ensuring quality reproductive health and child rights focused services at local level, media advocacy on child rights, ASRHR and POP issues were major activities undertaken during the period.
At ward level, interactions with various stakeholders (political parties, Shamans, faith healers, Priests, teachers and local elites) were conducted which helped to make the issues prioritize in the village. Women’s networks were formed with supported to coordinate with ward office and take up issues of women, POP and SRHR. Interaction was held with Mayor/Chairperson, deputy mayor/deputy chairperson, Chief Administration officers in municipality. Stakeholders from local government undertook joint monitoring of WoGCRP working areas.
In total NPR 1,687,000 has been allocated for Women's Network and child clubs to address POP and child protection issues. In three working districts, there are 13 government run Adolescent Friendly Health Service centres. This year 113 women using ring pessary in 20 wards. 15 health facilities started keeping the record of POP survivors and ring pessary use. There were no health facilities keeping records of ring pessary use earlier. Similarly, 39 cases of child rights issues were addressed by Child Welfare Committee (CWC) this year. 81 number of news articles/stories related to POP issues and child marriage were published in the national and local level newspaper and broadcasted from FM radio stations in the district.
C. Reflection and Learning
C.1 Monitoring
Monitoring How have Who has done the monitoring? you WoGCRP carries out regular monitoring of project activities by CAs, adolescent groups, monitored CAF, MCC, local NGOs and CAED. Project gives priority in involving children, young people the project’s and local organisations in monitoring process. work?
Program monitoring and staff performance monitoring is carried out periodically at different levels by WoGCRP staff, model couple campaigners (MCCs), coordinators and executive members of local NGOs based on defined in logframe matrix – objective, strategy, approach, output, outcome of the project.
CA and Peer Educators (adolescents group) child activist group leaders (CAGL), child clubs and CA Facilitators (CAF), carry out monitoring for specific activities. Other children who participated in life skill training monitors the attendance of girl children during menstrual period and if they are staying in Chhaupadi. Local NGO staff and executives monitored inputs, activities and outputs delivered at their levels. Project area is visited periodically by CAED Kathmandu team for program monitoring following with review and reflection meetings with WoGCRP team and local NGO team. A joint program monitoring was conducted by a team comprising of municipality Mayor/Deputy Mayor, Chief Administrative Officer, Officials from health, education and women and children unit from local government and media persons (journalists) once a year.
CAs are given responsibility to monitor regular attendance of children in school and they report to CAF through CA group leader which is compiled by CAF in progress report. In addition, CA group leaders also monitors participation of CAs and child club members in extra-curricular activities in school, play and study time provided by parents at home. MCCs monitored preventative measures of POP taken by target groups and access of mothers and children to reproductive health services at local level. They also monitor health seeking practices of adolescents, girl friendly environment in schools and participation of children in extra-curricular activities conducted in school. Corporal punishment practice and hygiene and sanitation facility is also monitored by children in schools. CAs also monitor progress of kitchen garden in their respective houses as well as in neighbourhood in terms of nutrition aspect. WoGCRP organizes review and reflection meeting at quarterly, half yearly and annual basis with local organisations and among the team. Local organisation conduct monthly review and planning meeting and progress report is prepared on a quarterly basis as a part of monitoring.
WoGCRP held dialogue, interactions and meetings with local government stakeholders. It has been undertaking program in coordination with municipalities, ward level women's networks, sectoral units such as health, education and woman and children. It organizes review and planning meeting with local government and school once a year before implementing its program in order to receive their feedback for the program implementation. WoGCRP tracked its actual progress on a quarterly/yearly basis against the baseline established and reported in the quarterly and annual learnings reports. How often? In general, monitoring was carried out on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly basis, CAF carried out weekly monitoring meeting with CAs, MCCs conducts monitoring every month at community level. CAF and MCC submits their monitoring report to coordinator at monthly basis. In addition, quarterly meeting is conducted with local organisations, WoGCRP team organizes half yearly and annual review meeting with MCCs, CAFs, coordinators, local government and with model schools. WoGCRP organizes quarterly review, annual review and planning meeting with local NGOs' executives, coordinators, staffs, MCCs and CAFs. What is done with the information gathered during monitoring? Monitoring helps in tracking the program implementation, outputs and outcomes against baseline systematically to measure the effectiveness of program. The gathered information during monitoring was used to track the changes and that creates a basis for modification of interventions and assessing the quality of activities being conducted. Periodical monitoring give opportunity for all to reflect and improve oneself and the program. Success, evidence, challenges and problems are identified and learnings are generated from them and corrective actions were taken as necessary. How have community members or project participants and beneficiaries been involved in monitoring the work? WoGCRP believes that community members, right holders and beneficiaries should be the integral part of program monitoring. They are involved in the project monitoring at different levels with different perspectives. The involvement of beneficiaries and right holders in program monitoring basically focuses and drives its future direction with the necessary improvement of the program. They see the changes making difference in people lives which gives energy to do it more for the benefit of children, girls and women. Frequent dialogue and discussions are held with stakeholders such as local government, men and boys, women and girls in the community and in schools, health centres in order to review and reflect on the program implementation and receive their feedback for the improvement of program. CAs monitor at their own pace and level, such as monitoring school attendance, kitchen garden, time provided by parents to play and study for boys and girls, girls missing school during menstrual period, gender friendly environment in schools, adolescent friendly health services and incidences of child marriage. At the same time, community leaders and local government executives are also involved in monitoring the program once a year providing their comments and suggestions in the program. How have WoGCRP carries out regular monitoring of project activities involving CAs, adolescent children and groups, CAF, MCC, local organizations. young people CAs has the responsibility to monitor attendance of their class mates which they report it been to CAF through their group leader. CA group leaders also monitor participation of CAs in involved in child focused activities and child right issues. If CAs get irregular in school, CAF visits to monitoring? parents and motivate them to send their CAs regularly to school. This has increased the awareness and importance of attending school regularly and participation children in extra-curricular activities. Peer educators group monitor if girls missed school during menstrual period and staying in menstrual shed or if they are practicing menstrual isolation (chhaupadi). Peer educators educate their peers in school and out of school regarding consequences of child marriage, menstruation management, motivate school dropped out friends to go back to school and importance of education for their life. How has your A review and planning meeting with local government executives and stakeholders, organisation parents, teachers, SMCs, political party leaders was organised. During an advocacy sought the program organized on the occasion of 4th Menstrual Hygiene (MHM) Day in Surkhet feedback of district, provincial government ministers, political party leaders and other stakeholders project appreciated the program that the issues covered by the project is holistically addressed, stakeholders? they also expressed their commitments to address the issues raised by WoGCRP, also suggested the project to expand the program in other areas and schools in the district.
Sustainability What How the community is involved in managing established services i.e. early childhood progress has development activities? been made WoGCRP has been working with local organisations equipping them with necessary towards knowledge, skills and attitude to undertake the program with rights based approach and ensuring advocate the child rights, POP and SRHR issues with concerned government agencies. It has services or been developing and mobilizing local resource persons on the thematic issues such as structures MCCs, CAF, peer educators and CAs. It has been strengthening advocacy groups of local established women such as empowering them by the women’s network, peer educator groups, child clubs through various activities. It works closely with health centres, schools and its management project will committees, providing them necessary support, training for enhancing their capacity. These be are the human resources at local level to help sustain services, structures and changes sustainable produced by the program. It is also working in close coordination and collaboration with post direct local governments such as municipalities and service providing units in order to bring project attention and influence them on the issues raised by WoGCRP. support? Therefore, WoGCRP has been focusing on building human and social capital in the community and believes that such capital will sustain the changes and continue managing services or structures established by the program even after the phase-out of the direct project support. What capacity development activities have been undertaken to ensure that community groups i.e. saving groups will be sustainable? WoGCRP has been working to strengthen capacity of local NGOs to undertake GEP, CRP, community level promotional and preventive program and advocate the identified issues with the concerned government agencies. It has been providing them with necessary trainings, workshops, exposures and in-site coaching/support, involve them in planning, monitoring, review and reflections undertaking activities jointly in order to apprentice them to be capable of taking over the roles of WoGCRP and managing services or structures established by the program for the long term after the phase out of the support. It has been conducting several capacity building modular trainings to MCCs, adolescents and young people, CAs, teachers, parents and Health workers. It has also been ehnacing knowledge of men and women at community level on child rights, POP and SRHR. Good parenting skill and kitchen garden training was provided to parents of CAs. Psychosocial training and child friendly teaching technique training was provided to teachers. Training on POP, SRHR and Advocacy was provided to Women's Network. Life skill including ASRH issues training was provided to adolescent peer educator groups. Child activist, child clubs, adolescent groups and women’s networks were supported to organise themselves and take their issues up to concerned authorities, making their group active and functioning.
What strategies have been put in place to ensure that participation of children in community decision-making will continue post direct project support? WoGCRP has been working with the following strategies: (a) Enhance meaningful participation of children in the following formal structures and processes recognized by the state: . Rural Municipal/Ward level Integrated Plan Formulation Committee (IPFC): Representative of child clubs are participated in IPFC. WoGCRP is providing support to child clubs in working areas, sending their representatives to the IPFC and claim their stake in children targeted budget and programs of municipalities and local development discourses. Child Welfare Committee (CWC): WoGCRP is providing support to child clubs and peer educators groups to influence the committee to address the child rights issues. (b) Continue conscientizing local communities on child rights issues including their rights to participate in community decision-making processes. WoGCRP has been conscientizing local communities on child rights issues through household visits by CAFs and MCCs. Similarly, life skills trained adolescents and peer educators are engaged in educating their peers in and out of school children who dropped school on ASRHR issues. (c) Apprentice local NGOs to undertake child focused program successfully and increase participation of children in community decision-making process. (d) Organize and empower the right holders (children, adolescents, mothers, parents, guardians and caregivers) and support them to advocate on the issues to the concerned authorities. What How is the project sharing information about government and other services? progress has Has the project established any formal relationships with local government and other been made services? to improve the How has the project improved access for children to government and other services? community’s WoGCRP coordinates and collaborates with different governmental and non-governmental access to organisation working for the rights and wellbeing of children. It works with with Rural government Municipalities, Community Leaders, Ward level Women's Network, Child Welfare Board and other (CWB) and Woman and Children Office, Education Office, District Police Office, child clubs, services? political party representatives, media for more collaborative efforts to protect child rights
and wellbeing. WoGCRP also works with health facilities and schools providing them with training on child friendly and gender friendly environment and services for the wellbeing of the children. MCCs discuss about services provided by different government units at rural municipal/municipal, ward and village level during household visits and group discussions in the community. Household visits and group discussion with different groups of men and women in ward has helped to increase the access of people (especially women) to health facilities. Report from health facilities shows that the number of women and adolescent girls visiting health facilities for services has increased. Health service providers also appreciated the programs of WoGCRP. The school stakeholders (teachers, SMC, PTA, students) are also positive about the work of WoGCRP and have good rapport with WoGCRP team. Various trainings conducted for teachers, and students helped to enhance the relationship with schools. Local government stakeholders (Municipality Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chief Administrative Officer, Sectoral Unit Heads, Ward chairpersons and media) are engaged in joint program monitoring in WoGCRP working areas every year providing feedback and planning accordingly. This event has given space to local government to understand the depth of the project work, resulting smooth relation and supporting environment in coordination and collaboration. The stakeholders have appreciated well designed program including the approach and multi- layer target groups. The project also organises review, program sharing and planning workshops in the year beginning period to establish ownership feeling by the government and service providing units.
WoGCRP is mainly focused on improving access of children to government program and other services. Capacity building of children (CAs) and adolescents is done through trainings, workshops and meetings to empower them to visit local service centres of government. This has improved retention and regularity of children and adolescents in schools and flow of adolescents and children to health facilities. WoGCRP has been supporting CAs and child clubs to help enhance their meaningful participation in state recognized formal structures such as IPFC and CWC. Such structures/platforms may be useful for children take up child rights issues and influence concerned government agencies address their problems.
C.2 Lessons Learnt Table
Lesson Learnt Outcome Output Proposed Change to Programming Approach What are the key ideas or lessons that are Indicate the Indicate the Is there anything you need useful for your organisation and that you outcome that output the to do or do differently as a could share with Asian Aid? the lesson lesson learnt result of the lesson you learnt relates directly have learned? to. relates too. WoGCRP works with local organisations, Outcome 1 Output 6 This year WoGCRP has various groups and networks of women, planned to work with adolescents and children advocating their different youths issues with concerned stakeholders. In the groups/organization for course of time, it was felt that involvement advocating the issues of of youth was missing in the program. Young women, girls and children. people's organizations can work as watchdog or pressure group for minimizing and ending harmful social practices such as child marriage and chhaupadi practice (menstruation isolation). Local youth groups/organizations can be interlinked with other youth groups in municipality, district and province level, women's groups and child clubs to take up the issues of child marriage and chhaupadi. It has been realized that former life skill Outcome 1 Output 1 This year leadership trained adolescents are left out as WoGCRP training is planned to was not able to track them and provide selected adolescents (peer required support. Adolescents themselves educators) to enhance showed their interest to get involved in the their skills and mobilize group activities as change agents carrying them to lead the peer out the campaigns against child marriage groups. and Chhaupadi System. Former life skill trained adolescents can be mobilized for advocacy and campaign providing leadership and advocacy skill training. Religious leaders (Shamans and Pundits) Outcome 1 Output 4 and From this year the project hold a special power in establishing and 6 has planned to support encouraging the continuation of harmful and mobilize shamans, social practices such as child marriage, faith healers to work as menstrual restrictions and Chhaupadi change agents to make System. The project has also worked in contribution in ending sensitizing them on the issues of menstrual child marriage and restrictions, Chhaupadi System and Child menstrual isolation or marriage. During the program banishment (Chhaupadi). implementation, it was realized that Shamans and Pundits can be mobilized as resource persons to conscientize local people and stakeholders on gender-based discriminatory practices such as menstrual untouchability. Issue-based capacity building video shows, workshops can be organized for them during their periodic meetings to help enhance their understanding of the worldview based on science and reason.
Organize exposure visit of adolescent boys Outcome 1 Output 1 and Exposure visits within the and girls to real life situations of child 2 village will be planned marriage survivors and POP survivors in with the adolescents. villages to help them feel and understand the consequences of child marriage. It is important to prepare 'in-depth biography or autobiography' of those child marriage/POP survivors and provide it adolescents as the reading materials during the exposure visit or other events such as workshops and meetings.
Involving parents has good outcome in the Outcome 1 Output 2 Project has planned to regularity of adolescents and children to work with parents more the school. A monitoring group of mothers intensively and link them can be formed and mobilized linking to school and community school, teacher, adolescents and children. service providers. Capacity They can also be mobilized as watch dog building and sensitization for looking at school, education quality, will be done on the issues corporal punishment, children and girls of adolescents and friendly environment at school. Regular children. meeting and interaction can be held by CAF for building their capacity and motivating them Add and delete rows as needed.
C.3 Changes to the Project Plan
Are there any changes to the project plan that are needed? Changes outlined in this section should have been included in the Annual Activity Plan (submitted prior to the due date for the Annual Learning Report), however you can provide detailed explanation about the changes in this section of the learning report. Additionally, if there are supplementary changes to the Annual Activity Plan as a result of thinking about the project for this report, write them here. Yes. This year WoGCRP could not implement the following activities; - Training for teachers on child rights and child friendly teaching technique - Visual Documentary on Girl Child Rights - Training on Appreciative Inquiry and Do No Harm to Thematic Team
D. Cross-cutting Issues
D.1 Self-assessment Key: Effectively Targeting, Requires Improvement, Not Targeting
How is the project addressing the key cross-cutting issues? Cross-cutting Issue Project Assessment
D.2 Narrative Description
Cross-cutting Issues Narrative In this section provide an explanation for the above self-assessment. The narrative should include information from the beginning of the project to the current reporting date and clearly outline any risk or opportunities relating to the integration ofcross-cutting issues and any actions underway/planned.
1. Child Protection: WoGCRP takes child protection issue together with other outcome areas. During this period, the project focused on children and adolescents to enhance their understanding about their rights, conducted campaign on birth registration, advocated for the elimination of harmful social practices like child marriage and chhaupadi system, campaign against child labour, corporal punishment, promotion of child and gender friendly school, inter-generational interaction with child and teachers and parents, training to school teachers on child friendly teaching techniques, good parenting skills etc. helping children to live in safe environment.
2. Gender and Development: WoGCRP keeps gender and development as one of the major cross-cutting issues. It focuses and empowers women and girls at all stages of its project. The project selects married couples named as Model Couple Campaigner (MCC) as social mobilizers and mould them to demonstrate changed gender power relation characteristics such as not marrying off daughters at young age, providing son and daughter equal access to education, sending daughters to school regularly and providing spaces and time for play and study at home and practicing gender equality. It assumes that this will have spill over effect to other couples in the community improving gender relation among community members. Male and boys involvement is seen as major part of the project by changing their misogynist mind set for ensuring women and girls sexual and reproductive health rights. WoGCRP advocates reducing discriminatory gender practices and encourages inclusion of women and girls in general life and local political and developmental structures and processes.
3. Environmental protection: WoGCRP focuses on environmental aspects while conducting its activities. During any activity conducted by the project, participants are not allowed to throw litters haphazardly everywhere instead they are motivated to throw it in certain place or in a dustbin. CAs and Peer educators are also encouraged to plant trees around their school and houses and protect them. The importance of environment for our surroundings and health is discussed during meetings and gatherings. Organic farming techniques training was given to the farmers of two working areas (Bhoor and Khanikhola) this year. In future the program aims to undertake, plantation of fruits and fodder trees and such activities will contribute in environmental conservation in the long run.
4. Disability: - The project focuses on different able children during selection of CAs and Peer Educators, conducting activities and involving them in different activities. This year 8 CAs involved in the program were differently able. Special attention was given to the CAs and adolescents having different ability.
E. Project Management
Staffing Please provide information about project staffing. Did you have any needs that you did not foresee in the planning? Are any changes required to staffing levels for the next project year? SN Position of staffs Number Remarks 1 Team leader 1 50% time 2 M & E Documentation Coordinator 1 30% time 3 Finance and Administrative Officer 1 30% time 4 Training and Advocacy Officer 1 35% time 5 Project Coordinator 1 Full time 6 District Program officer 1 Full time 7 Gender and RH Training officer 1 Full time 8 Girl Child Empowerment officer 1 Full time 9 District Advocacy Officer 1 Full time 10 Admin and Finance Assistant 1 Full time
F. Financial Report
Financial Statement for the period 01 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
Budget Activities Budget Amount Total Expenses Balance code A Children Rising A.1 Interaction & Review with parents, 45,000 45,095 (95) PTA, SMC and teachers, representatives from Child Clubs, CA and Peer Educators A.2 CA selection committee formation 13,500 13,720 (220) and orientation A.3 Support for Child Friendly Class 50,000 51,000 (1,000) A.4 Creatives Activities for Children 50,000 48,545 1,455 A.5 Organising and mobilising child clubs 100,000 89,230 10,770 and CAs A.6 Campaign on birth registration 10,000 9,770 230 through child clubs A.7 Agro-based and NTFP based income 400,800 318,955 81,845 generation training for parents of CAs A.8 Seed and Nursery Support 150,000 100,000 50,000 A.9 Good Parenting skill and child rights 125,250 123,300 1,950 orientation to CA parents A.10 Child Rights Fair 90,000 89,800 200 A.11 Training for teachers on child rights 270,000 - 270,000 and child friendly teaching technique A.12 Child right Session 10,000 8,090 1,910 A.13 Basic Educational support for 275,000 263,707 11,293 deprived children A.14 Visual Documentary on Girl Child 250,000 - 250,000 Rights A.15 Development of child friendly IEC 90,000 278,230 (188,230) materials A.16 Child Activist Facilitator mobilization 910,000 903,000 7,000 A.17 Travel cost of CAF Field Mobilization 60,000 60,000 - A.18 Resource person/Trainer's cost 200,000 123,491 76,509 including travel A.19 Coordination and monitoring cost 210,000 205,000 5,000 A.20 Thematic support including travel 200,000 226,122 (26,122) Sub Total 3,509,550 2,957,055 552,495 B Girls Empowerment Campaign - B.1 Workshop with Teachers, Adolescent 33,750 5,740 28,010 Peer educators, parents, Health worker and SMC B.2 Life Skill Training for Adolescent Peer 218,750 213,318 5,432 educators B.3 Organising and mobilising adolescents 50,000 44,835 5,165 groups for peer education and advocacy on ASRHR B.4 Life skill training including child rights 65,625 70,055 (4,430) issues for out of school adolescents B.5 Mobilization of out of school 15,000 12,495 2,505 adolescents group B.6 Increasing understanding of ASRH 50,000 49,055 945 and child rights with mural art/ wall paintings in public places, drawing cpmpetition, special celebration events, sports and games etc. B.7 ASRH Fair in neighboring schools 40,000 32,820 7,180 B.8 MHM Education including pad making 45,000 49,782 (4,782) for adolescent girls of neighbouring schools B.9 Orientation on MHM including pad 56,250 50,326 5,924 making for teachers of neighbouring Schools B.10 Girls focused Sports 50,000 49,275 725 B.11 Training to teachers on 165,000 180,000 (15,000) comprehensive sexuality education and ASRH B.12 TOT on Life skill for CAF and GEC 231,000 227,748 3,252 Activists B.13 Training on Appreciative Inquiry and 264,000 - 264,000 Do No Harm to Thematic Team B.14 Coordination cost for Schools 50,000 50,395 (395) B.15 Adolescent friendly IEC materials 40,000 - 40,000 development B.16 Discussion with out of school 252,000 250,382 1,618 adolescents and parents. B.17 Coaching, Coordination and 420,000 410,000 10,000 monitoring cost B.18 Thematic support including travel 200,000 197,100 2,900 Sub Total 2,246,375 1,893,326 353,049 C Prevention and Promotional Activities for reduction of POP C.1 Discussion with newly married Young 378,000 371,000 7,000 Couples C.2 Discussion with men groups or any 252,000 243,000 9,000 other specific groups C.3 Discussion with UP survivors and their 378,000 346,000 32,000 family members C.4 Household Visits and discussion with 504,000 500,000 4,000 pregnant and post delivery mothers C.5 RH and nutrition Education in groups - 64,000 93,130 (29,130) Pregnant women and husband or mother in law at village level C.6 Seed and Nursery support for 96,000 95,650 350 Pregnant women C.7 A/SRHR and POP training for ANM 304,000 265,118 38,882 C.8 Modular Training for MCC 540,000 539,688 312 C.9 IEC & BCC Material Development 90,000 28,900 61,100 C.10 Coordination and monitoring cost 315,000 300,000 15,000 C.11 Thematic support including travel 200,000 386,597 (186,597) Sub Total 3,121,000 3,169,083 (48,083) D Advocacy, Campaign & Networking D.1 Program Sharing with ward level 119,000 116,481 2,519 stakeholders and key influencers D.2 Program Sharing with R/ Municipality 192,000 188,826 3,174 level stakeholders D.3 Interaction with rural/municipality 384,000 429,287 (45,287) women representaives on SRHR, POP and child rights. D.4 Collective Campaigns in various 240,000 232,230 7,770 occasions and special days and at ward,rural muicipality and municipality level D.5 Orientation on SRHR, POP and child 40,800 26,120 14,680 right issues to women networks at ward level D.6 Organising & Mobilization of 136,000 136,305 (305) Women's networks D.7 Intensive Campaign on elimination of 96,000 82,215 13,785 menstrual untouchability (chhaupadi) practice and menstrual hygiene management D.9 Research on Child Marriage, A/SRHR, 250,000 42,575 207,425 Gender and Child Rights Status D.10 Media advocacy on child rights, child 75,000 74,910 90 marriage, ASRHR and POP D.11 Delegation by womens' Networks to 80,000 79,695 305 demand for Ring Pessaries , AFHS service and child rights focused services D.12 Collabration with government 400,000 289,036 110,964 organisations D.13 Joint monitoring by district 180,000 150,699 29,301 stakeholders D.14 Support womens' network in 504,000 495,000 9,000 advocacy programs and GEC activities D.15 Coordinate and attend various 252,000 240,000 12,000 meetings at ward level D.16 Coaching, monitoring & coordinatio 420,000 303,333 116,667 cost D.17 Thematic support including travel 220,000 394,013 (174,013) Sub Total 3,588,800 3,280,725 308,075 E Local NGO Strengthening - - E.1 Management support for local NGOs 225,000 224,787 213 E.2 Monitoring by board members Plus 100,000 96,690 3,310 Supervision/coaching to PC E.4 Account keeping 240,000 262,200 (22,200) E.5 Travel Cost of CNGOs Coordinators for 180,000 174,500 5,500 field visit E.6 Review & Planning Meeting by CNGOs 142,400 137,965 4,435 E.7 Review and Planning meetings with 432,000 579,308 (147,308) CNGOs and WoGCRP Sub Total 1,319,400 1,475,450 (156,050) Grand Total 13,785,125 12,775,639 1,009,486 Personnel cost 4,933,061 4,906,215 26,846 Admistrative Cost 658,000 604,913 53,087 Overhead Cost 1,378,513 1,277,564 100,949 G Total 20,754,699 19,564,330 1,190,368
Summary Budget A Children Rising 3,509,550 2,957,055 552,495 B Girls Empowerment Campaign 2,246,375 1,893,326 353,049 C Prevention and Promotional Activities 3,121,000 3,169,083 (48,083) for reduction of POP D Advocacy, Campaign & Networking 3,588,800 3,280,725 308,075 E Local NGO Strengthening 1,319,400 1,475,450 (156,050) F Personnel cost 4,933,061 4,906,215 26,846 G Admistrative Cost 658,000 604,913 53,087 H Overhead Cost 1,378,513 1,277,564 100,949 Total 20,754,699 19,564,330 1,190,368 AUD 269,542 176,742 15,459
Annexes:
Annex I Project Logframe Phase I
Logframe Descriptor Performance Year I (25 VDCs) Year II (20 Wards Year III (20 Wards Indicator – former VDC) – former VDC) Goal No. of women 42,324 women 29,236 31,432 This project and girls and girls women and women and contributes to receiving health received health girls receiving girls receiving ensuring girls and services from services from health health women in Surkhet, local health local health services from services from Dailekh and Jajarkot facilities facilities local health local health districts of Nepal are Percentage of facilities facilities empowered to enjoy girls passed SLC 46% of girls 50% of girls 75% of girls their reproductive exam at least passed SLC passed SLC passed SLC rights and live with C Grade exam with at exam with at exam with at healthy and dignified (>40%) least C grade least C grade least C grade lives Percentage of (>40%) (>40%) (>40%) pregnant girls/women <20 years visiting health facility for 692 pregnant ANC 1011 pregnant 813 pregnant girls/women girls/women girls/women <20 years <20 years <20 years visited health visited health visited health facility for facility for ANC facility for ANC ANC Outcome 10% per year 1,166 pregnant 985 pregnant 692 pregnant Adolescent children reduction girls/women girls/women girls/women and their mothers against baseline <20 years <20 years <20 years access essential in proportion of visited health visited health visited health reproductive and adolescent girls facility for ANC facility for facility for child health services currently ANC ANC and increased pregnant or knowledge of health already mothers and lifestyle choices 15% per year 46% girls 50% girls 75% girls increase against graduated graduated graduated baseline in school graduation by girls 10% per year increase in no. of mothers accessing reproductive health services Output 1: Girls are 1,200 3134 (54% girls) 1174 (72% 1494 empowered with adolescents over adolescents girls) adolescents access to education one year participated in adolescents (73% Girls) and Adolescent participate in the the GEP participated in participated in Sexual Reproductive GEP, with the GEP the GEP Health Rights minimum 70% (ASRHR) services girls engaged 60% of girls in 64% of girls in 79% of girls in 82% of girls in grade 7 in each grade 7 in each grade 7 in grade 7 in of the 6 schools of the 6 schools each of the 6 each of the 6 attend school for attend school schools attend schools attend at least 142 days for at least 142 school for at school for at (75%) of the days (75%) of least 142 days least 142 days school year the school year (75%) of the (75%) of the 10% of girls in 9% girls in the school year school year the GEP each GEP each year 40% girls in 47% girls in year access access health the GEP each the GEP each health services services for year access year access for ASRH ASRH health health 100% of schools 4 schools (80%) services for services for operating the operating the ASRH ASRH GEP have girl- GEP have girl- 4 schools 4 schools friendly toilet friendly toilet (80%) (80%) facilities facilities operating the operating the GEP have girl- GEP have girl- friendly toilet friendly toilet facilities facilities Output 2: Child 3 public schools 3 public schools 5 public 5 public School Program (CSP) manage and run manage and schools schools (age 7-13 years) is Child Friendly run Child manage and manage and successfully classes within Friendly classes run Child run Child operating in one sc three years Friendly Friendly hool in each district 60% of students classes classes as a pilot program in grade 3 in each school 52% of students 64% of 61% of attend school for in grade 3 in students in students in at least 142 days each school grade 3 in grade 3 in (75%) of the attend school each school each school school year for at least 142 attend school attend school 3 child clubs days (75%) of for at least for at least (one in each the school year 142 days 142 days school) hold (75%) of the (75%) of the their meetings school year school year regularly on a 4 child clubs 6 child clubs 6 child clubs quarterly basis hold their hold their hold their 50% of boys and meetings meetings meetings girls in the CSP regularly on a regularly on a regularly on a demonstrate quarterly basis quarterly basis quarterly understanding of basis child rights 50% of boys 79% of boys and girls in the and girls in the 87% of boys CSP CSP and girls in demonstrate demonstrate the CSP understanding understanding demonstrate of child rights of child rights understanding of child rights Output 3: Local 5 (100%) local 5 (100%) local 5 (100%) local 5 (100%) local organizations NGOs implement NGOs NGOs NGOs strengthened to GEP, MCC and implement GEP, implement implement undertake GEP, CSP, Advocacy MCC and GEP, MCC and GEP, MCC and women's activities in Advocacy Advocacy Advocacy reproductive rights collaboration activities in activities in activities in program and with CAED collaboration collaboration collaboration advocate above 80% of local with CAED with CAED with CAED issues with NGOS 60% of local 100% of local 100% of local concerned demonstrate NGOS NGOS NGOS government agencies understanding of demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate CFCD approach understanding understanding understanding and working of CFCD of CFCD of CFCD with Child approach and approach and approach and Representatives working with working with working with for project Child Child Child monitoring Representatives Representativ Representativ 3 (60%) local for project es for project es for project NGOs have monitoring monitoring monitoring increased 3 (60%) local 5 (60%) local 5 (60%) local engagement NGOs have NGOs have NGOs have (join meetings or increased increased increased some sort of engagement engagement engagement connection) in (joint meetings (joint (joint District Child or some sort of meetings or meetings or Welfare Board connection) in some sort of some sort of 5 (100%) local District Child connection) in connection) in NGOs have Welfare Board District Child District Child formulated child 5 (100%) local Welfare Board Welfare Board protection policy NGOs have 5 (100%) local 5 (100%) local formulated NGOs have NGOs have child protection formulated formulated policy child child protection protection policy policy Output 4: Families in 10% per year 1,090 women 1,108 women 1,394 women project areas have increase against attended 4 ANC attended 4 attended 4 improved baseline in visits ANC visits ANC visits reproductive health number of and gender relations women attending 4 ANC visits 10% per year 1,414 women 1,352 women 1,314 women increase against had had had baseline in institutional institutional institutional number of deliveries deliveries deliveries women having institutional deliveries 10% per year increase against 13 girls had 57 girls had 110 girls had baseline in enough time to enough time enough time number of girls play and study to play and to play and who have at home study at home study at home enough time to play and study at home 10% per year increase against 58% of men 51% of men 53% of men baseline in demonstrated covered in covered in number of men reducing household household who domestic labour visit visit demonstrate for their demonstrated demonstrated how they are pregnant or sharing work sharing work reducing post-delivery load with their load with their domestic labour wives pregnant or pregnant or for their post-delivery post-delivery pregnant or wives. wives. post-delivery wives
Output 5: Families in Number of Not applicable 335 families 2,399 families project areas have families this year managing managing better nutrition for managing kitchen kitchen mothers and kitchen gardens gardens with 5 gardens with children, reduced with 5, 3 and 2 types of 5 types of workloads for varieties of vegetables. vegetables. women and vegetables, fruits increased income and fodders through kitchen respectively Not applicable Not applicable gardens and Non Number of Not applicable this year this year Timber Forest families engaged this year Products (NTFP) in agriculture based income and NTFP-based generation income generation Output 6: 3 local health 12 local health 10 local health 13 local health Stakeholders facilities provide facilities facilities facilities attention drawn to Adolescent provided provided provided address POP Friendly Health Adolescent Adolescent Adolescent management and Services within Friendly Health Friendly Friendly child rights issues at three years Services Health Health multiple levels 25% of the Services Services (National, District and provisioned In total NPR In total NPR Village Development amount of VDC 21,75,400 has 16, 87,000 has Committee) block grants is been allocated been received by for Women's allocated for women groups Group and Women's and child clubs child clubs to Group and receive for POP address POP child clubs to and child and child address POP protection issues protection and child 10% increase issues. protection against baseline issues. in number of 121 women 139 women 113 women women maintaining maintaining maintaining maintaining silicon ring silicon ring silicon ring silicon ring pessary use pessary use pessary use pessary use Comprehensive strategy on POP management Not Formulated Not Not formulated and Formulated Formulated services provided by Ministry of Health 20% increase against baseline in number of 46 Child Rights 23 Child Rights 39 Child Child Rights issues issues Rights issues issues addressed addressed by addressed by addressed by by District Child District Child District Child Women and Welfare Board Welfare Board Welfare Board child office at (DCWB) and (DCWB) and (DCWB) and respective Village Child Village Child Village Child RM/M Protection Protection Protection Committee Committee Committee (VCPC) (VCPC) (VCPC)
Annex II Peer Educators active in eliminating child marriage Tulasi Khadka, Peer Educator, studies in grade 10 at Shree Janakalyan Secondary School, Lakuri, Dailekh. She is very active and participates in peer educator meeting, interaction, discussion with teachers and parents at school and community. She talks about child marriage, menstrual restrictions and Child Rights issues with her friends, family members and other people in the community. She also participates in different campaign against child marriage and menstrual restriction. Once she knew that her relative son was about to marry a girl of grade 8 of her school. She along with other peer educators met boys and girls separately and talked about disadvantages of child marriage and asked them to marry only after reaching the age of 20 years. They also met and discussed with the families of boy and girl and asked them to stop the marriage. The families were very angry with the group and did not obey them. Tulasi and the group said that child marriage is made punishable by law and they will report this to concerned authorities to take legal action against the families if they do not stop this marriage. The families were afraid of them and immediately stopped marriage and continued the girl education. Now the girl is in grade 10 and boy is a migrant worker in India. They both thanked Tulasi for making them and their family stop the marriage aware about child marriage.
Out of school adolescent active in chhaupadi campaign Basanti Bogati is an out of school adolescent girl. She is 17 years old and lives in Barahatal Rural Municipality 8, Surkhet with her father, mother, 3 sisters and 3 brothers. Her family depends on agriculture and is difficult to manage food for all members round the year. She left her school education at grade 10 due to burden of household chores. Menstrual Isolation is a big problem of her community. She and other women and girls had to leave their house and live in a small hut during menstruation. They are not allowed to enter their houses, go to school and eat nutritious food during this period. It has been 6 years she is staying at menstrual hut (chhaugoth) during her monthly period. The project organised life skill training to out of school adolescents in her area and she was one of the participants of the training. She said the training was very effective for her and other adolescents in the community. She knew about chhupadi system and also the legal provision and punishments against it. After receiving the training she decided to talk this with her family and stop following chhupadi system. She discussed this with her family members and also made them aware about the legal provision against this system. At the beginning her family were very angry with her but slowly she was successful in making her family understand on this. Now she do not go to chhaugoth (menstrual hut) during her period. She also talked this with other adolescents and started the campaign. The adolescents visited 209 houses and discussed on chhupadi system and legal provision associated with this. She is supported by WoGCRP team, local government and other social activists. Because of her campaign and continue effort 65 houses stopped following chhaupadi. She said “ I could not have done this without the support of the project. I thank WoGCRP and the entire team from bottom of my heart for this.”