The disenfranchised in Nepal will have access to loans and training to improve health, income, and education.

Providing Access to Credit in Southern Nepal

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Summary

To assist 13,350 people in low-caste communities to organize, through self-help groups; increase their social and economic status; reduce gender restrictions; improve their health and education.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The Terai region of southern Nepal suffers from dowry, purdah and caste systems. These give low status to poor women and create problems such as wife-beating. Over 75% of women are illiterate. Most girls marry at age 17. Women lack access to family planning and reproductive health services. Over 30% of pregnancies are unwanted. Most women lack income to pay for health services and get into debt.

Activities

Provide training and capital for women's savings and credit groups; increase percentage of women obtaining pre-natal healthcare and assistance at birth; provide couples with access to family planning and reproductive health services.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,149
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $16,851
Total Funding Goal: $20,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The savings and credit groups provide a strong opportunity for change, education for women, motivation and hope. The groups come together and focus on long-term, essential needs in their communities, such as the urgent need for safe drinking water.

Project Message

All of our work is to empower marginalized women to meet their basic needs. All our partner organizations use savings and credit and health as tools to mobilize poor women.
- Jagdish Ghimire, area representative for World Neighbors

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jagdish Ghimire,
Area Representative for World Neighbors
P.O. Box 916
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nepal
011 977 1-546688
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Project Sponsor

World Neighbors

Organization

World Neighbors South Asia
P.O Box 916
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nepal
011 977-1-546688
http://www.wn.org/FAQ.asp

Learn more about World Neighbors South Asia and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nepal and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on June 04, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 01, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

Bindamaya Bhujel

By World Neighbors - World Neighbors, June 04, 2007 05:02 PM

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