Annual Report FY 2075/76

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Dalit Welfare Organization (DWO) PO Box: 12030, Kalanki, Kathmandu Tel/Fax: 977-015130013 Email: [email protected] Website: www.dwo.org.np Dalit Welfare Organization

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Dalit Welfare Organization (DWO) Khadka Gaun, Kalanki, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 015130013 Fax: 01-5130013 PO Box: 12031 Website: www.dwo.org.np Email: [email protected]

Advisors: Ishwori Prasad Bishwokarma, President Sanju Singh Bishwokarma, General Secretary

Compiled and edited by: Tanka Bahadur Bishwakarma, Executive Director

Contributors: Nirmala Purkuti, Admin and Account Officer Raksha Khadka, Technical officer

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1. Message from the board President and the Executive Director

In Nepal, emerging issues regarding rights of so-called Dalit people are in need to be properly addressed. Dalit Welfare Organization (DWO) has been actively involved in addressing these issues. The main aim of DWO is to create discrimination free justifiable society through advocacy and development process. It has been striving to protect civil and political rights of people of underprivileged communities raising voice against caste and gender-based violation since 1994. It has 25 years working experience of establishing just society. It has also been executing and implementing different projects and programs in collaboration with government, I/NGOs and members in fiscal year 2075/76. It is a matter of great pleasure for DWO team to present its annual report for fiscal year 2075/76. This annual report includes all activities and achievements of Dalit Welfare Organization as the result of the coordination and collaboration among staffs, funding agencies and other government agencies. Amidst various challenges, DWO has been able to raise issues of Dalits and other vulnerable communities at local, national and even at international level and has become successful with its interventions. Its targeted people are women, youth and children those who are socially excluded community. Thus, this annual report is the immediate outcomes of the activities conducted in FY 2075/76. We would like to pay our sincere gratitude to all supporters who believed in us and supported us. We have been able to get continuous support from donors, national and international I/NGOs, governmental agencies, political parties, civil society organizations and relevant stakeholders and individuals too. This organization looks forward to seeking more encouragement in future.

Ishwori Pd. Bishokarma Tanka Bahadur Bishwakarma Central President Executive Director

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2. Geographical Coverage

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3. Introduction of DWO

Dalit Welfare Organization (DWO), a non-governmental organization was established in 16th September 1994 with the vision of establishing 1. Three justifiable society all over Nepal by principle eliminating all forms of discriminations approaches especially caste- 2. Right based based discrimination and untouchability advocacy facing by Dalit community. It was 3. Media registered at District Administration mobilization office, Kathmandu, Nepal with 4. Developme registration no. 110/051/052 and nt program affiliated with Social Welfare Council with affiliation no: 1983. The head office of Dalit Welfare Organization is located in Kathmandu Metropolitan city, ward No- 14 Khadkagaun, Kalanki, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Our Vision Our StrategicStrategicStrategic themes

A justifiable society by eliminating caste-based discrimination o Advocacy and untouchability. o Education o Economic Empowerment o Organizational Development o Health and Sanitation Our Mission o Climate Change and disaster To enable and ensure access of Dalit community in all sectors response to protect and promote their rights, authority and dignity o Gender equality and social inclusion through economic, social, educational and inclusive participation Strategic Philosophy

DWO follows three philosophies in its activities Our Goals and projects:

o To increase the inclusion of women and children in mainstream 1. Holistic- To eliminate caste-based society. discrimination in Nepal, DWO addresses o To enhance the capacity building mechanisms for activists and issues Dalits are facing from all private DWO employees in the process of organizational development and public sector from economic o To strengthen the economic status of Dalits and to improve the empowerment to policy advocacy access of education for all Dalit communities. 2. Local- DWO emphasizes social change of o To aware people to address issues of Dalit to ensure equal human people who experience discrimination as rights and opportunities. a bitter social reality. o To include Dalit communities in decision-making process to raise 3. Democratic- DWO puts power in the their issues while making policy. hands of its members and beneficiaries. Executives, regional and district

DWO is working with the vulnerable groups of Nepal i.e. so-called Dalit people continuously working to ensure the rights and integrated development programs. It has 25 years of working experience in Nepal to establish and ensure a justifiable society by eliminating caste-based discrimination and untouchability bad custom. The organization prioritizes on providing opportunity in all sectors by influencing and implementing government policy to protect rights of Dalits and help them to survive dignified life where they are equally treated in all socio-economical, educational and political sectors. Its primary target groups are women, youth and children of vulnerable communities especially who are Dalit and marginalized. DWO’s programs stretch across all Nepal with active funded programs of different funding agencies, INGOs and support of the government. It consists of 56 district chapters engaging more than 16000 general members, around 120 skilled staffs, 200 volunteers at regional/ provincial and center level board committee members all over the country with active participation of women employees. It has been working with two main approaches to empower the marginalized community: • Right based advocacy • Development of programs and • Media advocacy.

DWO is the first non-government organization to broadcast radio program to address dalit issues and to conduct awareness through media advocacy since 1995. DWO owns a radio station named 'Radio Pratibodh FM 102.3MHz' in Banke district. Due to DWO's long and systematic advocacy for “Caste-based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offence and punishment) Act 2011, discourse on UPR, MDGs and SDGs, CERD and CESCR regularly, it has been accorded with media member of HSEB scholarship program, District Child welfare committee and so on by Nepal Government. DWO submitted alternative report to the UN in 1995 on CERD and was awarded by 'UNICEF award 2013'. It has also established Youth Employment Fund and provided entrepreneurship support to youth. Currently, DWO has been implementing following programs, projects and advocacy at all level

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1. Rights Based Advocacy 2. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion 3. Education and Health 4. Organizational Development and Capacity building 5. Economic Empowerment

6. Good governance 7. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

4. Key Highlights of FY 2075/76

Overall program portfolio:

Fiscal Year 2018-19 has been won ‘Adaptation at Scale’ prize from successful in completion of workshop the same funding agency to honor for ‘Strategic paper preparation’ for 5 DWO’s experience on Climate and Years (2019-2023) where people from DRR. The prize money worth 10,000 35 Districts showed active pounds equivalent to 1.3 million participation. Its main focus is to rupees was awarded in Kathmandu in ensure rights of dalits and the presence of Population and marginalized community as per the Environment Minister Jay Dev Joshi. SDGs. The workshop was chiefly DWO intervened in overcoming focused on finding ways and means to problems of flood in Bardiya district. reach its goals. Chaite rice plantation, tunnel farming,

improved stove and irrigation supports DWO also won award from UK are its other intervention areas. In total, aid for its contribution in mitigating 518 HHs were directly benefitted from and adapting climate change and DRR the project. Around 68% women were with innovative practices. The prize actively engaged in CAV (Climate worth 12,500 pounds equivalent to 1.7 Adaptive Village) activities and million rupees. In 2016, DWO again decision-making process. The best 8

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model of ‘River-bed Farming’ was to quality education for children. They introduced in unused riverside land of could not afford to go even to cheap Rukum district. DWO won the prize government school due to poor competing with other fifteen economic condition of their families. organizations working in same theme In that area, around 100 students from in different districts. Dalit and marginalized community were supported with education DWO distributed ‘Panche Baja’ materials and hygiene kit. People of set to a dalit community who plays this this district were provided with particular instrument on different sanitation and personal hygiene related occasions but did not own the trainings. Schools were also supported instrument. Prior to this, they had to by E-libraries and other educational ask for musical instruments with materials. DWO became successful to people of other communities for which get IDSN membership which is a great they had to play music for them in their privilege for organizations who work personal occasion free of cost. But on social sectors. after owning their own instrument, they had to do this no more. Previously, in remote areas of Dhading district, there was no access

5. Major activities and achievements of FY 2018/19 • Advocated and contributed to make • Won an honorable prize on climate Dalit friendly policy. change work performance. • Around 8000 Beneficiaries were • Revised the GESI policy as per the benefited from overall activities. present context. • Supported municipality to make • Around 100 students from citizen charter at municipality, wards marginalized community were and for updating supported with academic materials and Their profile and online database in health and hygiene kit. Achham district. • Contributed in including right to food • Prepared Five years’ strategy paper’ and sovereignty in government's from 2019 to 2023. policy. • Got membership of IDSN. 9

6. DWO's Thematic Areas and Activities

6.1 Advocacy 6.1.1 National workshop on DWO’s Five years strategic plan 2019-2023 and formulation of its plan of action: Dalit Welfare Organization is one of the target goal and objectives. From 25 the leading organizations working for years, the organization has been rights of dalits and marginalized continuously intervening on many people since its establishment through issues related to Dalit and advocacy, lobbying and conducting workshops and campaigning. At the end of October 2018, DWO organized a strategy formulation workshop at World Trade Center, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu for the future guidance of the organization with strategic plan 2019-2023. In the workshop, consultation was facilitated by entire stakeholders i.e., DWO executive board, office staffs, partners, NGOs and INGOs’ representatives, Dalit marginalized community. The country activists from different districts and entered constitutionally in new era external stakeholders. with the promulgation of Nepal’s new Due to changing scenario, the constitution 2072. The strategy plan organization should move with has played a technical role as guiding strategic plans and action to achieve document to frame work its entire organizational fruitful to improve the access of Dalits structure along with its actions. It is in decision making process by presented in papers of various experts developing the ability to formulate and that DWO’s team members are implement policies that affect the dalit acquainted with the knowledge in community in order to ensure rights of different contemporary issues of the dalit women, children and youth country. The strategy workshop was through empowerment campaign and Dalit Welfare Organization programs, to research and preserve art, media advocacy (electronic and print) culture and history for cultural identity and to protect the rights of Dalits and empowerment of dalit capacitating dalit campaigners and communities and to raise social staffs through institutional awareness on dalit issues through development

6.1.2 Interaction program on "Right to food Act" The interaction program on "Right to highlighted the recent government's food Act" was organized by DWO at policy and provision on right to food Nepalgunj on 25th August 2018. The and role of media to flow the program was attended by twenty information to the general people. The participants with 18 media persons and program was successful in gap filling two participants from central office. in ‘Right to food policy’ of new National and local media like Naya constitution and explaining how any Pattrika, Annapurna post, Nagarik social media can play effective role to Dainik, Nepal Television (NTV), flow information about “Right to food" Radio Pratibodh, Kantipur Dainik and among general people, especially of etc. made various presentations dalit communities and other socially regarding the issue. The program excluded communities.

6.1.3 Actively participated in Inclusive Movement against PSC (Public Service Commission) advertisement: Public service commission published local government bodies on 29th May advertisement regarding vacancy post 2019 where quota reservation as per for nine thousand seats in different ‘New Constitution’ was not

Dalit Welfare Organization mentioned. The advertisement was period of time. As a result, the issue of highly criticized. People organized inclusion attracted national and movement against PSC. In the international attention, people became movement, hundreds of people from aware about this issue and finally, the NGOs, INGOs, CSOs, political government addressed the issue of parties, students etc. were participated inclusion and the advertisement was against PSC’s non-inclusive republished as per demand of the advertisement. The movement was to movement. pressurize the government for revised advertisement as per country's

Constitution in an inclusive manner. The movement kept going for long

6.1.4 Celebration International Human rights’ day (21st March): On the occasion of International Human rights’ day, DWO central office organized a rally coordinating with other NGOs and INGOs. Around 200 peoples were participated. The rally started from Brikuti-Mandap, Kathmandu and ended into a Shanti Batika with statements. All the organizations which work on human rights participated in the rally. over the Nepal. In Achham district, Similarly, rally was conducted in other DWO, Achham organized a workshop representative districts of Nepal too. on this occasion Human rights’ day was celebrated all

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6.1.5 Celebration of International Women Days (8th March):

On the occasion of International Women Day, DWO central office involved organized a rally coordinating with of other NGOs and INGOs. Around 200 peoples were participated. The rally started from Brikuti Mandap end into a Batika with statements.

6.2 Education 6.2.1 Dalit and Marginalized children education Program (DMCEP)

DWO Dhading has been implementing up different kinds of activities to a three-year education support project support those needy children who are funded by ‘Shaping Young deprived of education. To Minds Foundations’, USA. The Around 100 support children to educate children project’ target areas are three received in primary schools is one of Village Development support of its major activities. Under Committees (VDC); academic this activity, the Project has Aginchowk, Salyankot and materials. supported 100 Dalit and Jyamrung. Since Jyamrung marginalized children of six VDC was one of the most earthquake schools from Aginchowk VDC. damaged districts of Nepal, it has been Likewise, it interacted with school working in this district to increase teachers, school management access of dalit and marginalized committee and teacher and parent. children to school. The project has set

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Success Story Sandesh Pariyar, a seven-years-old of their marriage; he was not a boy, son of Rita Pariyar & Dipesh drunkard like he is now. But suddenly Pariyar, who belongs to very poor after the birth of the child he developed family background is currently the habit of drinking and as a result, studying in Sundari Secondary School dispute arose in the family. Everyday in grade four. There are four members fights, arguments and conflicts lead in his family. He has a elder sister Rita to make a decision to leave her named Sanjila Pariyar; who is 11- husband. years-old and is in same standard. ‘Shaping Young Minds Foundation’ Recently he is living with his proved to be boon for her family. This grandparents. His father was an foundation provided aid to his sister alcoholic and did not earn money for and him in academically. They were his family. His provided with all mother had very academic materials difficult time raising including school two children in such uniforms. Sanjila situation. Therefore, always stands first she decided to go position and abroad to earn Sandesh too scores money to provide relatively good good schooling for marks in his exam. her children. She Both are very left her children sincere, obedient with their and disciplined. grandparents. Sandesh was only 3- They are very understanding. They years-old then. want their mother to come back home and stay with them. Rita Pariyar was only 14 years old when she got married. Despite of her Sandesh wants to be a pilot in future. dream to get better education and be He and his grandparents are very successful person in future, her parents thankful to ‘Shaping Young Minds forcefully arranged her marriage with Foundation’ for supporting him. Dipesh. The relationship between Rita Sandesh is really happy to get school and Dipesh was good at the beginning uniform every year and other 14

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educational materials; he said that he his mother in future and make her will study very hard and be a good happy. person in coming days and look after

6.2.2 Skill Development and Education Support Project (SDESP):

DWO Bardiya is implementing a four- 11th and 12th standard during year years project in Geruwa rural 2018/19. Around 180 students got municipality, Rajapur, scholarship who were Thakurbaba, from deprived family. In total 180 students from Madhuban and deprive communities got Twenty disable people Barbardiya scholarship from this program and fifteen deprived municipalities with where 50% of students from 11 women got training on an 50% from 12. target groups who are 20 disable people got Sewing sewing and cutting to ‘Persons with cutting training to improve their improve livelihood and disabilities’ (PWDs), livelihood. live dignified life. 15 deprived women Sewing deprived Women and cutting training to improve their The expected results students. The project livelihood. from this project are:

objectives are: • 800 children from • Improve the social and economic deprive communities will be able to condition of the disable women and continue higher education. men of poor, marginalized and • 100 disable people will be able to deprived communities. improve their livelihood and they will • Provide education support for be able to lead a dignified life. economically deprived children to • 70 deprived women will lead promote educational status. improved lifestyle. The project provided training on sewing and cutting for disabled people, marginalized women and students of

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Interaction with disable trainees of Sewing cutting at Gulariya training Center, Bardiya

Being Independent-Champha Rawal"

Champha Rawal, resident of Gulariya she returned to home due to her Municipality ward no. 2, was born on physical disability. As she was unable 13th Bhadra, 2042 B.S. She was to engage herself in agriculture deprived from because of getting formal her disability, education due to she decided poor economic to take condition. sewing- However, she cutting took informal training and education. In her successfully younger age, she completed it. got involved in After Maoist's people's completion liberation army of ‘Nepal Communist training, she started cutting and sewing Party’ in 2058 B.S. After four years, at home and started earning Rs. 9000 she got married with Gorakha Bahadur per month. She expresses happiness Rawal who is also one of the people's and extreme gratitude for the training liberation army. They have a son and a she received which made her daughter. After being severely injured economically independent. in a gunshot from the government side,

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6.3 Economic Empowerment

6.3.1 Improving Food Security Governance in south and south East Asia through strengthened participation of marginalized farmers.

The program was conducted in five income generating activities as well VDCs & municipalities of Achham providing support on modern farming district in FY 2075/76 with the technologies. Under the project, objective of raising critical various activities and interventions has understanding of the targeted people been done including orientation, on food security of the target group in trainings, workshops, interaction, relevant forums to protect and promote public dialogue etc. on right to food indigenous, eco-friendly farm and local food security. The project practices and to address loopholes in F chiefly focused on the capacity & NS policy and practices through enhancement of the RTF leaders and collective advocacy programs. The leader farmers on negotiation and project was successfully implemented coordination and skill development of in Achham District with approach of RTF leader and leader farmers for right-based intervention and information collection through media advocating right to food for small and advocacy, social audits, meetings, marginal farmers. The project was cooperative support etc. focused on agricultural support and

6.3.2 Building resiliency capacity of poor and marginalized farmer through Goat farming: The project is being implemented in this project, DWO provided goats to Achham district as gift project for certain farmers. The main objective of livelihood improvement of Dalit and the project is to improve livelihood marginalized community. Through through goat farming.

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6.3.3 Livelihood Improvement of Socially Excluded Community (LISEC) project- Dang & Salyan The LISEC project is a project funded of governance for poverty reduction by ‘Development Fund Norway’ and are other major working areas of this DWO is implementing it in two project. Therefore, it is a model project districts viz. Dang and Salyan. This for reducing poverty. Ultimately it will four-years project started from 1st help to ensure food and nutrition April 2017. Its main aim is to reduce security and also contribute to the HH level poverty by working on SDG’s zero hunger strategy. Now it is multidimensional poverty measures. In running in five rural and urban this project, DWO has been promoting municipalities of Dang and Salyan agriculture-based income generation district. Altogether fourteen activities and skill-based trainings to community groups were formed and support improved economic condition provided with different types of of dalit, marginal farmers and people agricultural base, market linkage, of most vulnerable communities. training and orientations in skill Climate change adaptation, gender development, climate change equality and social inclusion, adaptation and agriculture technology. strengthening of community Approximately 500 HHs are directly group/organization and improvement benefited by these project activities.

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Success Story Leasehold farming changed living standard of Suntali Badi

Mrs Suntali Badi is a permanent resident of After this regular support and guiding now Sharada Municipality ward No. 7 of Salyan she is earning from her commercial vegetable district which is a remote hilly district of production. About Nepalese Rupees 80 Karnali province, Nepal. She belongs to Dalit thousands to 100 thousands. she is earning Community. Badi each year from her community is a so called vegetable farming. lowest caste group and From her earning she minority group. She has 4 also purchased the he family members in her buffalo and in the home. She was poorest Dashain season she family. She and her husband sold Rs. 32 survive with daily wage thousands. From the labour in the village and earning she local market in a very low purchased small wage. They faced extreme piece of land. Due to caste-based discrimination empowerment in the community. In some days they had training she knows about the people's slept with hunger. They have lot of loan with housing government program and abled to high interest. She is illiterate and landless. So get support for house construction support she and her husband struggled for survive. from the local government and she made her house in the purchased land. She deposits the

money into the local Cooperative each Since 2017, DWO has started the month. She left to take loan from the "Livelihood Improvement of Socially traditional Creditors and now she has taken Excluded Community" project to the funding some loan from Cooperative and from her support of DF Norway. DWO has identified earning she purchased the Auto Rickshaw for the most poor and vulnerable community her husband that's why her husband also through the baseline survey. Mrs Suntali Badi earning money nowadays from the Auto found through this process. DWO has formed Rickshaw. She enrolled children in boarding the Leasehold farming group in her village school and managed the education expenses and involved her in the group. DWO has from her and her husband's income sources. provided her vegetable farming trainings, The children are regularly going school. technical support, input support, seeds and From her changing life, her neighbours are fertilizers, lease land rent, irrigation, GESI surprised. Her families painful struggle life and Leadership development training, replaced into easy and towards dignity. empowerment training and so on. She is hard She is happy with DWO, project contribution working and honest farmer of her group. and guiding who helped to change her living standard. They are also feeling of reducing caste-based untouchability behaviour with them as well. 19

6.3.4 Socio-economic empowerment training for Dalit community In order to improve socio-economic Altogether thirty-one people (twenty- conditions of dalit community, Dalit one males and nine females) welfare organization decided to participated in the training conduct training including all Training approaches: members of all wards of of Narainapur VDC of Banke district. The training • Group discussion approach lasted for three days (16th-18th Jestha, • Display approach 2076). It was focused on improving the • Speech living standard of people of dalit • Training in pairs communities by socially and • Problem solving approach economically empowering them and • Story telling approach raising public awareness. • Extras (singing/dancing) The objectives were: Major achievements: • To raise awareness about rights of dalit People of targeted communities to all target men, women and children, became: • To aware people about human • Aware about consequences of human trafficking and drug trafficking as and drug trafficking and hence helped heinous crime and help mitigating these crimes at the same time. in mitigating these social problems. • • To improve social standard of targeted Socially and economically empowered and hence helped in leading quality groups through empowerment life. programs. • Able to highlight the major causes of • To improve economic condition of targeted dalit women through self- being backward in comparison to so- employment programs. called elites.

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6.3.5 Farm machinery manufacture and maintenance training, Kohalpur, Banke With the aim of improving economic marginalized people by improving condition of marginalized and economic condition. underprivileged people by enhancing • To manage proper market for their inherent skills, a fifteen-days manufactured farm equipment. training on “Farm machinery Training approaches manufacture and maintenance training’ was conducted by Dalit • Group discussion approach Welfare Organization, Kohalpur, • Sharing of practical knowledge and Banke. The targeted people were from experience regarding manufacture of dalit communities of Banke district. farm machineries. Altogether of 15 blacksmiths (one • Display approach female and 14 males) participated in Expected outcomes the training. • Participants will be able to Objectives: manufacture and repair farm • To enhance skills of local blacksmiths machineries. of ward no. 15 of Kohalpur district • Iron works will be established as through training about manufacture reputed profession. and maintenance of modern • Poor and marginalized people will be agricultural equipment. able to get proper health, education and • To establish metal works as respected nutrition as a result of their improved profession. economic condition. • To distribute iron wares to fifteen • Modern farm equipment will be blacksmiths. manufactured in local level and will be • To improve health, education and available in cheaper price. nutritional status of poor and

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• Manufactured machineries will get proper market.

DWO promoted Leasehold farming plot monitoring by local authorities.

6.4 GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

6.4.1 Promoting Equality and Participation of Dalit and Women (PEPDW) project in Achham

DWO is implementing this project participation and dignified life of with the funding support from DCA dalits; especially dalit women and Nepal since 1st April 2017 till 2019 other socially excluded women of the with the possibility of being further targeted area. Beacause of the active extended. The project is currently participation of people and their operating in Bannigadhi Jayagadh empowerment, local dalits are aware rural municipality, Sanfebagar about importance of inclusion, local municipality and Panchadewal participation and access to justice, Binayak municipality of Achham government funds and resources. This District. The project is keen in project is mainly focused on contributing for the Protection and advocating against caste based Promotion of social justice, inclusive discrimination. Its group networks are

Dalit Welfare Organization involved in various kind of activities Sangharsha Dalit Women Saving and related with sensitization on Credit Cooperative Limited is one of government provision, policies. This the examples of the women's active project promotes unification of involvement in the economic activity. excluded group networks to The cooperative was formed in the government bodies for proper initiation and technical support of information and access on allocated Dalit Welfare Organization in budget deployed for local level. This 2064BS. It is registered in District project also work through GESI’s Cooperative Committee, Banke. perspective which highly promotes Currently 11 members are there in the involvement of females in group cooperative including 9 dalit and 2 networks and their mobilization. Madeshi women representatives. They have mobilizing fund of around four The project’s main theme is to increase crores through their regular saving knowledge on government policies, account, educational account, social provisions and related laws, to build up service account providing monthly leadership, to ensure access of poor interest of 12%. They have share and underprivilged communities to member of 1505 which includes 1030 resources and budget and to make dalit, 365 janajati and others 210 and people able to raise voice against geographically covers the Kohalpur, violence. It has provided trainings for Rajhena, Chisapani and Naubasta building up leadership. It mobilizes VDCs. The cooperative was successful group networks for the participation in adding up the share members from and promotion of gender equality and 1158 to 1305. The cooperative has social inclusion. Till date, forty-two conducted one day accounting training groups have been formed. And to all the added group members. Also, approximately one thousand right DWO Banke organized 2 days training holders were directly benefited by the on policy making of cooperative and project activities. district cooperative association Women of dalit communities are still organized 6 days cooperative lagging behind in the developmental management training where the and economical activities in the cooperative participated. The community. Women are not believed cooperative is mobilizing with the to be capable of involving themselves internal fund as well as the loan in developmental activities. support from USC Canada. Besides

Dalit Welfare Organization regular financial transaction, maternity for 29 females, mourning for cooperative has supported to the 7 members and 1 fire victim.

“Succeed to construct drinking water tap in dalit community by effort of Ward member Shanta Sarki" Shanta Sarki is from dalit and poor in “Kalika Women's Group’ and community of ward -4 of Timalsen, participated in GESI trainings, Achham. She has family of seven leadership trainings and regular members including two daughters, two meetings of groups. Slowly, she sons, husband, and mother in law and became proactive in each and every father in law. She owes only three group related activity. She won ropani land in hilly areas with a very candidacy of ‘Dalit Women Ward low production potential. To earn her Member’ and won the election. She living, she is compelled to do labor said that the motivational factor was work and used to work on other the project run by DWO. After being people’s farm on daily wage basis. Her elected as a ward member, she began husband used to India for seasonal to engage herself in social works. She earnings. She was a timid woman and constructed a drinking water tap to felt uncomfortable to speak in public ensure clean drinking water to all Dalit affairs. After the launch of PEPDW Households. She is not compelled to project in Achham by DWO with live poor and backward life anymore support of DCA, her lifestyle changed. and gives full credit to PEPDW project This project formed groups and launched by DWO for this change. networks and she also engaged herself

Women in leadership Amrita Tiruva is a hard-working dalit which, her husband was compelled to woman. She embraced agriculture as go to India to work as a labor. She her primary profession but did not get could not afford higher education return from agriculture as she had because of her poverty. Then ‘Srijansil expected. The food she grows became Women’s Group’ brought drastic enough for only six months. Due to change in her life. She was elected as a 24

Dalit Welfare Organization president of the group and got chance president of Dalit Network formed to involve herself in various awareness under the local government. She programs and trainings organized by mentions PEPDW project run by Dalit Welfare Organization. programs DWO to be source of her inspiration and trainings organized by Dalit and success. Furthermore, she has Welfare organization. As a result, in shown her commitment to provide 2075, Ward office formed a Dalit continuous support to DWO and to network where she gave her candidacy fight for rights and welfare of Dalit and elected as a president women. unanimously. She succeeded to be a

6.4.2 National level workshop to revised Gender equality and Social Inclusion

A one-day workshop on Gender external stakeholders. It ensured GESI equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) rights to Dalits and other people of was conducted to revise existing marginalized community. Nowadays, GESI’s policy as per the changing GESI issues has been a very sensible context and issues. In this workshop, issue in every sector. To find out the consultation program was conducted real issues, challenges and problems with active involvement of entire regarding GESI was the major stakeholders i.e.: DWO executive objective of this workshop. From this board, office staffs, partners, NGOs workshop, a draft of GESI policy was and INGO’s representatives, Dalit made to guide the organizational activists from different districts and culture from GESI’s perspective.

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6.5 Good Governance and OD 6.5.1 National Level Interaction Program on Dalit rights and Sustainable Development Goal: Opportunities and Challenges

On the occasion of ‘International experts presented a paper on Dalit Racial and Caste-based Discrimination Rights and Sustainable Development Elimination Day’, DWO conducted a Goals. The paper was focused on national level interaction program at access of dalit and marginalized Alfa House in Baneshwor, people to justice and resources and Kathmandu. It discussed about focused on inclusion and participation Sustainable Development Goals to of dalit people and implementation of address dalit’s rights and submitted the SDG in favor of Dalit. Different suggestion/ recommendation paper to stakeholders and experts presented the Nepal Planning Commission and their recommendation papers with UN Nepal office to endorse the dalit's valuable suggestions. There was an development. The workshop helped to open interaction program among the make common concept regarding dalit invited participants and delegates to rights and their participation ensuring prepare agendas on rights of Dalits. It amended laws and implementation of focused to incorporate new laws and SDG in favour of Dalit. The objective of workshop was to ensure rights of dalit people in SDG by building common understanding among multi stakeholders for sustainable dignified life of dalits. It was entirely an interaction program among the representatives of different sectors of GON like representatives of National Planning Commission, National Human Right Commission, National policies as per the new constitution and Women commission, National Dalit implementation of SDG for welfare of Commission, Dalit Civil Society, UN dalits. The total numbers of agencies, experts, lawyers, dalit participants were 92 including male leaders and activists from different (59) and female (33) from Ministry of districts and media persons. The Youth and Sports, Save the Children, 26

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National Planning Commission, World CWAD, NDA, NDC and Samata Vision, NNDSWO, FEDO, PDRC, Foundation etc. DNF, CIN, ADWAN, UNRCO,

6.5.2 Organizational General Assembly and Plenary session: DWO is practicing good governance coordination. It was a three-days since its establishment and has program (Dec 28 to 30th December) especial governing mechanism. It and around 100 representatives believes in democratic governance so, showed their participation. In this in every three years, it changes its program, existing teams shared governing body. At the end of financial and programmatic updates December 2018, it conducted plenary till date in the mass and handed over to session and general assembly in the new team. Rupandehi with participation of 56 district chapters' representatives where a new governing body was elected as board team and secretariat team. Formation of new team underwent process of election as well as

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6.6 Climate Change and DRR 6.6.1 Winning of Honorable Prize on Climate change and DRR: DWO Rukum had implemented River Bed Farming in the Sanibheri River Bed which is an innovative farming idea for landless people and a preventive idea for soil erosion. The major achievements of this project are:

• 150 local people are now aware about the issue of climate change with CAV ED Mr. Tanka Bahadur Bishwakarma receiving the Award (Climate Adapted Village model),

• Integrated farming system has been practiced. Major crops cultivated are watermelon, peanut, fruit vegetable, Congratulati species, maize, potato etc. in river side, on!!! DWO won the • People have been aware about the Adaptation

consequences of climate change and at Scale Prize. have been actively involving in climate change adaptation practices.

• Riverside soil has been conserved by the plantation of 1,000 saplings of banana, forty mango plants and bamboo plantation which has supported income of people and has

been useful to resist river flow and hence helped in soil conservation.

DWO won honorable prize on climate change and DRR from UK aid. The prize money worth 125,00 pound. 28

7. Other activities

7.1 Study report of dalit communities of Narainapur VDC, Banke Dalit Welfare organization, Banke personal in-home survey method conducted a five-days survey on taking direct interviews asking demographic, social and economic question and discussion with the status of Dalit households of ward no. respondents. 1 through 6 of Narainapur VDC of Major findings of the survey Banke district. It was found out that ward no. 7 of Objectives: Narainapur VDC was most densely • To identify demographic status. populated with Dalit people whereas • To find about the profession that Dalit ward no. 2 was sparsely populated. Big community embraces. proportion of people were found to be • To find out educational status of Dalit landless and earn living working as community and to ascertain their cheap labor. Most of them are involved literacy rate. in agriculture sharing 46.5% of all • to find out exact number of students of professions. Survey reports showed Dalit community involved in both poor economic condition of Dalit public and private schools. communities. It also reflected low access of Dalit children to quality Survey Approach: education. Dalit Welfare Organization, Banke collected all the required data through

7.2 Awareness interaction program against human trafficking, Nepalgunj, Banke. Targeting underprivileged and socio- sub-metropolitan city Nepalgunj, economically backward people of Banke. Daduwa VDC of Banke district, a two- Objectives: days interaction program against human trafficking was conducted in • To adapt the original slogan in practice that ‘all are equal in eyes of law of Dalit Welfare Organization

nation and any types of discrimination help to draw attention of responsible is offensive’. agencies to solve them. • to aware people about human • To find out ways to help drug addicts trafficking to be the terrible crime. get rid of addiction and to make them • To find out root causes of criminal responsible member of his/her activities prevalent in societies and community.

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DWO board

President-Ishwori Prasad Bishwakarma Co-President-Bhumi BK Senior –VicePresident- Ganesh Kaliraj Sunuwor Vice Presidents- Bhim Nepali Sharada Swornakar Bal Bahadur Sarki Samjhana Mote

General Secretary- Sanju Singh Bishwakarma Treasurer- Surya Bishwakarma Secretary- Tularam Bishwokarma Tanka Bahadur Bishwakarma, Executive Director Members- Gayetri BK Mangala BK Urmila Kumari Ram, Krishna Bahadur Bishwokarma Kismat Bishwokarma Kopila BK

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DWO Structure

RegionalSub-Branch Office

Development Region Level (General Assembly and Executive Board)

District Office

District level ((General Assembly and Executive Board)

Constituency level (General Assembly and Executive Board)

Branch

Village Development committee level

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International Partners/Networks • Action Aid International • Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) • Dan Church Aid (DCA) • The Development Fund, Norway • International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) • International Commission for Dalit Rights (ICDR) • Lutheran World Federation (LWF) • Marryknoll Project Nepal • Save the Children International • Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) • USC Canada Asia • World Vision Nepal • Shaping Young Minds Foundation (SYMF), USA

National Partners/Networks • Dalit NGO Federation • Human Rights and Treaty Monitoring Committee (HRTMCC) • National Alliance of Children Rights Organization (NACRO) • Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) • Professional Development Research Centre (PDRC) • Right to Food Network (RtF) • LI-BIRD • Social world Institute

Local Partners/Networks • District Agriculture Department Office (DADO) • District Children Welfare Committee • District Child Welfare Board • District Development Committee • District Disaster Response Committee (DDRC) • District Education Office • Local Dalit NGOs • Women and Child Development Office 33

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