Community Organizing to overcome Poverty in Nepal
SummaryMarginalized rural families overcome poverty by organizing into groups to undertake savings and credit, intensive gardening, tree-growing, animal health and income generation activities.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Ramechhap is one of most deprived and inaccessible districts in the Himalayan region of eastern Nepal. Poverty, food insecurity, declining soil fertility, scarcity of fuel wood animal fodder, indebtedness, lack of health care and drinking water, and illiteracy are key problems. Within remote mountain villages, this program targets socially marginalized groups within the caste system, and also women. These people lack skills, knowledge and organization to become more self-reliant.
Activities
Form savings & credit groups, pool resources to construct drinking water systems, set up literacy centers, promote fast growing trees and grasses to provide fuel wood & animal fodder, improve vegetable production & improve soil fertility with compost
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $400
Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $400 as of Feb 26, 2004. The original project funding goal was $30,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Background on Nepal (http://www.wn.org/CountryPrograms.asp?Country=Nepal)
- Overview of Ramechhaap Program (http://www.wn.org/ShowProgram.asp?ProgramID=29&Country=Nepal)
- Approach to Agriculture and Food Security (http://www.wn.org/Food&Agriculture.asp)
- Approach to Community Strengthening (http://www.wn.org/CapacityBuilding.asp)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Project goals are to promote self-reliant groups, reduce dependence of exploitative money lenders, improve food security, and increase revenue from crop and animal production.
Project Message
In Ramechhap, there are 200,000 people scattered on the ridges, slopes and valleys. The majority are caught in a downward spiral of debt and malnutrition. TSS is committed to reverse this trend.
- Jagdish Ghimire, World Neighbors Area Representative
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Jagdish Ghimire
World Neighbors Area Representative
World Neighbors
P.O. Box 916
Kathmandu, Nepal, South Asia
Nepal
011 977-1-546688
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Tamakoshi Service Society (TSS)
PO Box 3274 Manthali, Ramechhap
Kathmandu,
Nepal
South Asia
Nepal
011 977 048-40091
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Nepal
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 28, 2003
