Donor:
Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA), Nepal.
Components:
A) Social Mobilization, B) Rural Finance, C) Skill Development, D) Economic Promotion
E) Community Infrastructure Development F) Natural Resource Management.
Project area:
Rasuwa District: Bhorle, Yarsa, Dhaibung, Laharepauwa, Dhunche, Ramche and Syafru VDCs
Target Groups:
- (i) Women groups,
- (ii) Deprived caste such as Kami, Damai and Sarki (KDS) and
- (iii) Tribal groups such as Tamang communities
Activities Conducted:
1. Social mobilization:
- CBO (SCO, PGs, WUGs, FUGs, and FA) formation and monthly meeting organized
- Linkages with District line agencies developed
- Semi- Annual and Annual Review and planning meeting organized
- Coordination meeting with DDC and VDCs organized
2. Rural Finance:
- SCO organized
- Saving collected and mobilized for income generation activities
- SCC legalized at district level
3. Skill Development:
- Leadership Development Training
- Book keeping and Accountancy Training
- Saving-credit Training
- Cash crop Production
- Postharvest handling
- Forest management
4. Income Generation:
- Introduced and support of improved saplings and seeds of fruits, vegetables and cash crops
- Demo nursery established
- Support of agriculture inputs
- Market network established for PGs
5. Community Infrastructure Development
- Construction and Rehabilitation of micro-irrigation schemes, drinking water schemes
- Construction of Rustic Stores
- Installation of Water Mill (Ghatta) and
- Marketing install (Ghumti Pasal) constructed
6. Natural Resource Management
- Aromatic and Medicinal forest plants plantation
- Forest Tree saplings and fodder plants planted at leaseland.
Achievement During Project Period Phase I
| Particulars | Total |
| No. of Staff mobilized | 18 |
| No. of VDCs covered | 7 |
| No. of Ward covered | ? |
| Settlement covered | ? |
| Total HHs beneficiaries | 2766 |
| Total value of vegetable production by PG members | NRs. 9,617,019 |
| Total value of fruit production by PG members | NRs. 938,064 |
| Total saving by SCO members | 1,337,059 |
| CBOs formed | |
| PGs | 59 |
| PG Members (HHs) | 1503 |
| Registered FAs | 2 |
| SCO | 61 |
| SCO Members (HHs) | 2017 |
| SCC | 1 |
| Women members in SCO | 49.5% |
| Loan recovery rate | 94% |
| WUGs | 32 |
| FUGs | 18 |
| FUG Member HHs | 707 |
| Micro-irrigation projects (Constructed) | 11 |
| Drinking water schemes (constructed) | 14 |
| Drinking water schemes (Rehabilitated) | 7 |
| Improved Water Mill (Ghatta) | 1 |
| Marketing stalls (Ghumti Pasals) | 2 |
| Agro-vet Enterprise established and Promotion | 1 |
| Rustic Stores | 1 |
| Total Fruit saplings introduced by type | 14 |
| Total Vegetable introduced by types | 12 |
| Plantation and cash crop introduced by type | 10 |
| Cardamom saplings | 2200 |
| Broom Grass | 15650 |
| Total forest plant plantation (ha) | 55.25 ha |
| Total no of skill based Trainings | 41 |
| Total budget NRs (Approved) | 13296000 |
| Total Expenditure NRs. | 12239015.77 |