Lease Land Intervention for Improved Livelihood of Poor, Landless and Disadvantage People ‘An Innovative Project’

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Assignment Name: 

Lease Land Intervention for Improved Livelihood of Poor, Landless and Disadvantage People ‘An Innovative Project’

Country: 

Nepal

Location Within Country: 

Chitwan and Rautahat District

Professional Staff Provided by Your Consultant/Entity (Profile):

8-Professional Staff

(Bishnu Bahadur Siluwal-Team Leader, Shailesh Acharya-Project Coordinator (Chitwan), Rajn Kumar Sha-Project Coordinator (Rautahat) Shashikala Poudel-Finance Officer, Ghanshyam Baral-Agri. Technician)

Name of Client:

Poverty Alleviation Fund

Address:

Kathmandu, Nepal

Number of Staff Months:

880 Months

Duration of Assignment:

Start Date (Month/Year): 

April, 2006

Completion Date 

(Month/Year): December, 2017

Approx. Value of Services Proposal:

National Level: Nrs 36,600,000 International Level: US$

Name of Associated Consultant, If Any:

Not Applicable

No. of Staff Provided by Associated:

Not Applicable

Value of Services:

NPR 36,600,000.00 

Source of Financing:

Poverty Alleviation Fund

Name of Senior Staff and Designation (Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator etc) involved and Function Performed: Name: Mr. Bishnu Bahadu Siluwal, Designation: Team Leader

Performed Function: Activity and resource planning, Organizing and motivating a project team, Controlling time management, Cost estimating and developing the budget, Ensuring client and beneficiaries’ satisfaction, Analyzing and managing project risk, Monitoring progress, Managing reports and necessary documentation of project.

Narrative Description of the Project: The overall goal/objective of the project is to improve the living standard of the vulnerable/landless/disadvantaged group of people through social and economic development by conducting on farm and off-farm income generation activities along with saving and credit activity within community organization. All the construction activities were done through the formation of community organization and institutionalizing the community organization.  

Description of the Actual Services Provided by Your Staff: Seven community organizations were formed in Siddhi VDC; Facilitate to receive revolving fund from PAF which were used for income generating activities; Capacity Building of Community Organizations; Revolving fund management training was organized for different community organizations in Siddhi VDC; Assisting Community organizations in account keeping; Motivate CO members to engage in Income generating activities; Regular monthly savings and credit activities; Monitoring of monthly repayment rates; Technical training; Coordination with government and other line agencies; Linkages with DDC, VDC, DADO and other concerned authorities; VDC level planning and meetings; More specifically;

  • 13 federations and 12 Cooperatives has been formed registered in PAF;  
  • 252 COs registered in PAF and regular meeting and saving-credit activities running smoothly; 
  • 185 COs have prepared yearly financial statement, and audited and distributed dividend to all members on the basis of their total sum from monthly saving; 
  • 7 infrastructure projects were completed (2 collection sheds/community building, 2 slab culverts, 1 small bridge, 1 gravel road and 1 school building); 
  • 10 Vet-workers have been trained and started their services in the community; 
  • 257 COs executive members have got leadership development training (account & book keeping and RF management); 
  • 187 COs conducted their General-assembly and Public hearing; 
  • 5500 members of COs trained in agriculture & livestock management and started production with the new knowledge; 
  • About 5000 COs members planted different types of trees in their homestead; 
  • COs executive member of 12 VDCs participated in exposure visit to the Cooperatives of Chitwan and Kapilvastu; 
  • More than 500 farmers have started market oriented vegetable production and earned in an average of NRs. 80,000-100,000 annually;
  • 13 Social Mobilizers are prepared and involved in program planning, implementation and monitoring for the sustainability;
  • Selected 13 members were capacitated in the areas of social inclusion, gender and development, functional literacy, food and nutrition and water hygiene;
  • 2450 animals were drenched and vaccinated against parasites and diseases in former program VDCs under livestock development program; 
  • Skill enhancement and capacity building training was another important support activity of the program in which 3400 members were trained through different types of trainings;
  • MADE Nepal facilitate to construct 150 toilets and ODF declaration in Gedehi guthi VDC.

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