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Raleigh International Nepal – Yearly Progress Report, Feb to December 2016 1
Raleigh International Nepal (RIN)
Khumaltar, Ward 15
Lalitpur, Nepal
G.P.Box 26441 Sundhara
Tel: 977 (0)15544325
Email: [email protected]
http://raleighnepal.org
YOUTH. ENERGY. CHANGE
Project:
Inspiring Youth through Active Citizenship (INSAC)
Yearly Progress Report 2016
Period Covered: January to December 2016
Submitted to:
Social Welfare Council (SWC)
Samaj Sewa Bhanwan
Lainchour, Kathmandu, Nepal
Post Box No. 2948
Tel.: 977[1[4418111
Fax: 977[1[4410279
Email: [email protected]
www.swc.org.np
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Table of Contents
Page No.
1. GENERAL INFORMATION 4-5
1.1 Introduction to Raleigh International 4
1.2 Agreement with Government of Nepal 4
1.3 Introduction to partner organisation (POs) and Coverage 4-5
2. PROJECT PROGRESS STATUS 5 -15
2.1 Programme Thematic Areas 5
2.2 Major Activities 6
2.3 Major Programme Achievements 6-15
a. Volunteer training and placement 6-9
b. WASH programme 9-12
c. Livelihoods programme 12-13
d. Youth leadership and Active Citizenship 13-15
3. ACTIVITIES PROGRESS 16-22
3.1 Activity Progress Format 16-20
3.2 Challenges and Lessons Learned 21
3.3 Financial Reporting 22
4. ANNEXES 23-34
Annex 1 : INSAC Project Intervention Budget vs Expenses 2016 24
Annex 2 : Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) 25-28
Annex 3 : Case studies 29-32
Annex 4 : Project 1st
Year Targets vs Achievements 33-36
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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
CBOs Community based organisations
CSEB Compressed Stabilized Earth Bricks
EQ Earthquake
FGD Focus Group Discussions
GA General Agreement
GG Goreto Gorkha
GoN Government of Nepal
HHs Households
ICS International Citizenship Service
ICTs Information and Communication Technologies
IGAs Income Generation Activities
MoWCSW Ministry of Women, Child and Social Welfare
NGO Non-Governmental Organisations
NPR Nepalese Rupees
NRM Natural Resource Management
PA Project Agreement
PNGOs Partner Non-Governmental Organisations
PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal/ Participatory Reflection and Action
RADO Rural Awareness and Development Organization[Nepal
RI Raleigh International
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SSICDC Shree Swanra Integrated Community Development Centre (,
SWC Social Welfare Council
VDCs Village Development Committees
WASH Water Sanitation and Hygiene
WOCHEND Women, Children and Environment Development
WUCs Water Users Committee
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1. General Information:
1.1 Introduction to Raleigh International (RI):
Raleigh International is a sustainable development charity established in 1984 in the UK.
We harness the passion and energy of young people to effect positive change in sustainable
development. Our programmes focus on providing access to safe water and sanitation,
protecting vulnerable environments, building resilient communities, and youth leadership
culture.
The Vision, Mission and Values of Raleigh International and “Raleigh’s approach to
sustainable development” is centred around inspiring young people to be the agents of change
and partners in development, which has great relevance in the present context of Nepal.
Our work is delivered through young people and in collaboration between local communities,
partners and volunteers from wide range of backgrounds, nationalities and s tages in life.
We operate in partnership with communities, non-governmental organizations and
governments in Malaysia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Tanzania, and until very recently, in India.
Recently, Raleigh International has opened its country office as Raleigh International Nepal
(RIN) in Khumaltar, Lalitpur.
Raleigh International has unique competences and longstanding experience in working with and
for young people by engaging youth as partners and leaders in development. Therefore can add
value to working with young people in Nepal. Raleigh International through its projects and
programmes provides huge opportunities to youth in Nepal for personal and leadership skill
development to encourage them to become active global citizens.
1.2 Agreement with Government of Nepal:
In Nepal, Raleigh International has signed the General Agreement (GA) for 5 years and
Project Agreement (PA) for 3 years with the project called “Inspiring Youth through Active
Citizenship (INSAC)” starting from 2016 to 2018 with Social Welfare Council (SWC) under
the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW)), Government of Nepal
(GoN).
The GA was signed on the 11th
June 2015, whereas the PA was signed on the 14th
February
2016. After signing the project agreement with GoN, Officially RI Nepal and its NGO partners
initiated field level interventions.
1.3 Introduction of partner organisations (POs) and Coverage:
Raleigh International Nepal (RIN) started project implementation in Nepal from February 2016.
RIN delivers INSAC project through ICS and Expedition programme streams, engaging youth
as partners and leaders in development in eight Village Development Committees (VDCs)
of two districts namely Makawanpur and Gorkha of Nepal through local partner NGOs
(PNGOs).
1. Rural Awareness and Development Organization - Nepal (RADO - Nepal), Makawanpur
2. Women, Children and Environment Development (WOCHEND), Makawanpur
3. Goreto Gorkha (GG), Gorkha
4. Shree Swanra Integrated Community Development Centre (SSICDC), Gorkha
Table 1: VDC Coverage by Local NGO Partners in Makawanpur and Gorkha Districts
Project Title Partner Name District VDCs
Inspiring Youth through
Active Citizenship
(INSAC)
RADO - Nepal Makawanpur Namtar, Ambhanjyang
WOCHEND Makawanpur Nibuwatar, Bhainse,
Goreto Gorkha Gorkha Darbung, Ghyalchowk
SSICDC Gorkha Namjung, Phujel
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As a complementary programme to INSAC, Raleigh International has also mobilized Build Up
Nepal - a Non-Profit Company - affiliated with SWC with affiliation number 41850 and also
registered at company registrar office, Tripureshow, Kathmandu. Build up Nepal is a technical
resource organisation enhancing the capacity of local partners, young people, volunteers and
communities to rebuild destroyed or damaged houses after the earthquake in Gorkha.
Build up Nepal provides technical knowledge and skills through various trainingand ensures
quality of the construction aspects of the project. Therefore, Build up Nepal complements
the services which are not within the capacity of the selected implementing NGO partners of
RIN. By promoting the Compressed Stabilized Earth Bricks (CSEB) technology and imparting
various training about earthquake resilient construction methods, villagers are able to rebuild
safe and earthquake resilient houses with the “Build Back Better and Safer” motto using low
cost local materials. Furthermore, it supports the establishment of local enterprises to
produce earth bricks, and transfers skills and technology for local sustainability as per the
partnership agreement. Two CSEB enterprises have been set up and 18 houses have been
supported using CSEB technology.
2. Project Progress Status
Based on the RIN country strategy 2015 - 2016, RIN started the project in consultation with
like-minded organisations, stakeholders, government bodies and implementing partners
based on their experiences and lessons learnt.
At the initial stage, RIN initiated rapport building and mobilisation processes in the working
districts starting from 2016. Partners been have involved in rapport building, community
mobilisation and engagement, and motivational meetings in the communities with the
participation of
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community based organisations (CBOs), school teachers, local community/social leaders and
youths to explore and validate the work potential in the following programme thematic areas
as per the INSAC Project Agreement:
2.1 Programme Thematic Areas
a. Youth engagement in development
b. WASH promotion and construction /rehabilitation of water supply system
c. Livelihoods promotion and re/construction of houses in earthquake affected areas
2.2 Major Activities
a. RI Nepal office establishment
b. Office set up, procurement of ICTs, office supplies, and other necessary equipment
c. Recruitment of competent Nepali staff
d. Recruitment of one expatriate staff and acquiring working visa
e. Partnership agreement with four implementing partners
f. Recruitment, training and mobilisation of youth volunteers in Nepal and simultaneously in
UK and internationally for programme intervention
g. Training provided to implementing partners and volunteers (i.e. Nepali, UK and
International volunteers) on youth leadership, youth engagement in Development, WASH,
Livelihoods and health and safety areas and INSAC project implementation in the working
districts
h. Started International Citizenship Service (ICS) activities focusing on youth development,
WASH and livelihood improvements in all 4 VDCs of Makawanpur District
i. Initiated Expedition activities in 2 VDCs of Gorkha District with establishment and capacity
building of two enterprises for the production of CSEBs and training on earthquake resilient
house construction and construction/rehabilitation of water systems, toilets and installation
of hand washing units
j. RIN audit completed for two financial periods: 11th
June 2015 to 15th
July 2015 and 16th
July 2015 to 15th
July 2016
2.3 Major Programme Achievements
a. Volunteer training and placement
As per the project plan, RIN successfully completed three training and programme activity cycles;
Spring (March, April, May), Summer (June, July, August) and Autumn (September, October,
November). In these cycles, we trained, young Nepali and UK/International Volunteer
Managers/Team Leaders about Nepal’s development priorities and how it links with
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Volunteer Training Programme: Practical handsMon training to RI Nepal volunteers
Photo Credit @ RI Nepal and Volunteer 2016
Training usually runs for 14 days and thematically covers topics mentioned below:
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A. Thematic Area: Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
1. WASH, health benefits of improved sanitation and practice of good hygiene behaviour
2. Concept of total sanitation and its indicators set by GoN
3. Promotion and construction/ rehabilitation of safe drinking water schemes
4. Promotion and construction/ rehabilitation of sanitation facilities like toilets and hand
washing stations
5. Capacity building/training of water user committee members
B. Thematic Area: Community Resilience Building/Livelihood Improvement
6. Causes and consequences of Climate Change and Natural Disaster and coping strategies
7. Capacity building of CBOs in Natural Resource Management
8. Livelihood diversification options and strategies (e.g. high value/off season vegetable
production, income generating activities, vocational training and business skills).
9. Local mentors aiding livelihoods support activities
10. (Re) Construction and rehabilitation of earthquake affected houses
C. Thematic Area: Youth Leadership and Active Citizenship
11. Role of youth as an agent of change and as a partner in development
12. Importance of youth groups/clubs, and their establishment or
strengthening
D. Thematic Area: Generic
13. Cultural Sessions
14. Risk Assessments, Personal safety and security
15. Working approach in rural community
16. Communication and relationships with Host Homes
17. Team planning, coordination and reporting skills
“After completing my college, I was not engaged in any
kind of job and started to feel useless. I always wanted
to learn practical and hands on experience. I found Raleigh ICS programme, which helped me to gain new
experience, engage in social work, support in personal development and acquire wide range of skills during my community stay likei constructing a poly tunnel, water collection pond, seasonal and off[seasonal vegetable
training together with UK volunteers. I would recommend ICS to anyone who wants to build confidence, make new
friends and learn practical skills. Riti Rana Magar, In Country Volunteer ICS 2016
After getting above mentioned training sessions, young people are placed in different villages
of the working VDCs in the respective districts. In close coordination with, and facilitation from
partner NGOs, these volunteers work with local young people, youth clubs, women’s
groups, CBOs, WUCs, farmer’s groups, local schools, technical service and input providers.
As per the project agreement, RIN recruited, assessed, trained and mobilised volunteers under
two programme streams:
Community people engagement in the planning processI Photo credit @ RI Nepal and
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1) International Citizenship Service (ICS) and
2) Expedition.
Both programme streams successfully implemented the project activities by completing the
three ICS cycles in Spring, Summer and Autumn and two expedition cycles in Summer and
Autumn seasons. Details of volunteers from two programme streams are given in Table 2.
Table 2: Distribution of Volunteers Mobilized by Programme Streams and Districts
INSAC Project; Volunteer Flow in Year : 2016
S.N Programme Streams under INSAC
Project
Female
Male
Total
Numbers
Nepali
Vols
UKVs and
Intl. Vols 1
International Citizenship Service
(ICS)
a Spring Cycle: March to May 2016 (12
Weeks)
1 In Country Team Leaders (ICTLs) 2 2 4 4 2 In Country Volunteers (ICVs) 14 9 23 23 3 UK Team Leaders (UK TLs) 3 2 5 5
4 UK Volunteers (UKVs) 14 14 28 28
Subtotal (a) 33 27 60 27 33
b Summer Cycle: June to August 2016
(12 Weeks)
1 In Country Team Leaders (ICTLs) 3 4 7 7 2 In Country Volunteers (ICVs) 17 17 34 34 3 UK Team Leaders (UK TLs) 6 1 7 7
4 UK Volunteers (UKVs) 22 16 38 38
Subtotal (b) 48 38 86 41 45
c Autumn Cycle: September to
December 2016 (12 Weeks)
1 In Country Team Leaders (ICTLs) 0 7 7 7 2 In Country Volunteers (ICVs) 17 12 29 29 3 UK Team Leaders (UK TLs) 4 4 8 8
4 UK Volunteers (UKVs) 21 16 37 37
Subtotal (c) 42 39 81 36 45
2 Expedition d Summer Cycle: June to August 2016
1 10 Weeks: Nepali Volunteer Manger
(VM) 1 2 3 3
2 10 Weeks: International Volunteer
Manger (VM) 3 3
3
3 10 Weeks: Nepali Ventures 1 4 5 1 4
4 10 Weeks: International Ventures 2 12 14 14
5 7 Weeks: International Ventures 7 6 13 13
6 5 Weeks: Nepali Volunteer Manger
(VM) 1 1 2 1 1
7 5 Weeks: International Manger (VM) 1 1 2 2
8 5 Weeks: Nepali Ventures 3 3 3 9 5 Weeks: International Ventures 12 13 25 25
Subtotal (d) 25 45 70 8 62
e Autumn Cycle: September to
December 2016
1 10 Weeks: Nepali Volunteer Manger
(VM) 1 2 3 1 2
2 10 Weeks: International Volunteer
Manger (VM) 5 3 8 8
3 10 Weeks: Nepali Ventures 2 9 11 2 9
4 10 Weeks: International Ventures 9 7 16 16
5 7 Weeks: International Ventures 6 4 10 10
Subtotal (e) 23 25 48 3 45
Total No. of Volunteers INSAC
(ICS + Expedition) 171 174 345 115 230
Note: Due to health situations 13 were early returns (UK / International Vol:3 and Nepal Vol:9)
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ICS volunteers are deployed for 12 weeks in Spring and Autumn cycles and for 10 weeks in
Summer Cycle including pre-departure training, while those under expedition are deployed for
10, or 7 or 5-week cycles depending upon the need of the
project and the expressed interest of volunteers. Those
deployed under the expedition stream for 10 weeks will go
through rigorous leadership development training over a
period of two-week adventure expedition/excursion phase,
while those deployed for 7 weeks or less will go through 7 to
10 days’ leadership training. All volunteer managers / Team
Leaders will go through 2-week training while the
ventures/volunteers will go through 4-day induction and will be further trained by the Volunteer
Mangers/Team Leaders during the placement in the communities.
A. WASH Programme
The Global Goals have set an ambitious new agenda for sustainable development. The new
goal for the water sector, Goal 6, aims to achieve universal, sustainable and equitable access
to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. It includes a specific goal to “ensure the
availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”.
The WASH programme of Raleigh International Nepal was focused to address the following
key issues in 2016:
• Supported the national campaign of eliminating open defecation by raising public
awareness about open defecation, which contributed to achieving a critical mass with
behaviour change.
• Supported the national handwashing
communication campaign by promoting
handwashing with soap activities and
construction and installation of proper
handwashing stations.
• Promoted WASH behavioural change
messages related to toilet construction
and use, disposal of faeces, safe water
handling etc.
• Efforts were made to improve water
supply systems in the vulnerable rural communities through construction and/or
rehabilitation of gravity flow water systems comprising of source protection, construction
of water reservoir tank, inlet & outlet services, laying main and distribution pipes, water
purification, improvement of tap & tap-stands, etc.
• Awareness raising events were conducted on women-friendly menstrual hygiene practices
and to strengthen gender equality and inclusiveness in WASH. For example, WUCs were
encouraged to seek the meaningful participation of women and Dalits and youth in WASH
and also to
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better manage, operate, and maintain the water system and promote Community Led
Total Sanitation (CLTS).
WASH Activities Pictures: Technical staff verifying pipes quality & quantity, water supply & tap stands, reservoir tank, practical demonstration on brushing the teeth, newly constructed toilets & handwashing stations
Photo credit @ RI Nepal staff, Partners and Volunteers 2016
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Table 3: Details of WASH Activities by Districts
Districts /
VDC &
Villages
Drinking water
scheme construction
or rehabilitation
House
Holds
benefit
from
water
scheme
Sanitation
facilities
Hand
washing
Stations
Family
Size
Population
Reached
A. Makawanpur: VDCs Aambhanjyang, Nibuwatar, Bhainse and Namtar
Nibuwatar
Ichung
Water scheme design
and Rehabilitation
drinking water after
EQ
50
8
22
5
250
Aambhanjyang
, Simaltar
Water scheme design
and Rehabilitation
drinking water after
Earthquake (EQ)
80
8
27
5
400
Aambhanjyang
,
Bagdali
Water scheme design
and Rehabilitation
drinking water after
Earthquake (EQ)
66
7
15
5
330
Bhainse, Kitini Water scheme design
and New 5000 ltr
construction
24 3 15 5 120
Bhainse,
Simaltar
Ghantekhola
Water scheme design
(2016)
35 2 24 5 175
Namtar, Aghor Na 6 19 5 95
Subtotal A 255 34 122 5 1370
B. Gorkha: VDCs Ghyalchowk, Durbung
Ghyalchowk,
Chuwatar
Water scheme design
and New 10000 ltr
construction
25 Na Na 4 100
Ghyalchowk,
Baltar
Na Na 7 6 4 24
Ghyalchowk,
Nastar
Water scheme design
and Rehabilitation
drinking water after EQ
50 1 Na 4 200
Durbung,
Adhikari Gaun
Na Na 7 6 4 24
Durbung,
Chapthok
Na Na 7 6 4 24
Subtotal B 75 22 18 4 392
Total A+B 330 56 140 5 & 4 1762
Source: Family Size CBS Census 2011 and Water Scheme Design 2016
The above intervention directly contributed to achieve following results in year 2016:
• WASH project activities carried out in the 13 communities (8 in Makawanpur and 5 in
Gorkha)
• 140 hand washing stations constructed (122 in Makawanpur and 18 in Gorkha)
• 56 sanitation facilities constructed or rehabilitated (34 in Makawanpur and 22 in Gorkha)
• 7 safe drinking water schemes designed & surveyed and 6 constructed or rehabilitated
(4 in Makawanpur and 2 in Gorkha)
• 1762 people from rural areas directly benefited from WASH infrastructure programme
(1370 in Makawanpur and 392 in Gorkha)
Volunteers organised WASH awareness raising activities in the community and schools. During
the events, they found that some of the sanitation facilities (i.e. toilets) were totally or partially
damaged as a result of the devastating earthquake. Volunteers in collaboration
w i t h affected families and their in-kind contributions, along with the technical support from
partners and financial support of RIN, constructed 56 toilets in their respective placement
villages of Makawanpur and Gorkha
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RI Nepal Livelihood programme
ctivities focus oni
district. They constructed 22 toilets in Gorkha and 34 in Makawanpur. The construction of
toilets directly contributes towards the ODF campaign of the Nepal Government.
Similarly, volunteers also raised awareness of the importance of handwashing stations, aproper
place to wash utensils and cloths, and the effective utilisation of waste water for kitchen
gardening. As a result, volunteers, with support from community/households and financial
support of RIN, constructed 140 household level handwashing stations, 18 in Gorkha and
122 in Makawanpur district respectively.
Furthermore, while working in the community the volunteers, alongside community memebers,
constructed one new water scheme and rehabilitated five schemes benefitting 295 households
(i.e. Makawanpur: 220 and Gorkha: 75) reaching 1575 of the population (i.e. Makawanpur:
1275 and Gorkha: 300) and further trained and strengthened WUCs and WASH committees in
both districts.
C. Livelihoods Programme
The key focus of RI Nepal Livelihoods Theme is to improves living conditions in communities,
particularly vulnerable groups in the working districts, by addressing rural poverty and
promoting livelihood options within agro-based enterprises.. The key project activities are to
enhance productivity, increase technical knowledge, t o build on successful local practices and
strengthening t h e market-oriented production model through diversifying livelihood
selections and assets creation.
Community mobilisation processes were undertaken by RI Nepal volunteers and partners in
order to implement the Livelihoods Programme in Makawanpur. Direct participation from more
than 400 people from marginalised communities including women, unemployed youth and
small and marginal farmers was ensured with the strategic aim to enhance employability and
increased income at local level.
a
Livelihoods promotion activities: Practical trainings, inputs support, irrigation support, market channel strengthened for promotion of agro based microM enterprises[ Photo credit @ RI Nepal, Partners and Volunteers 2016
• Promotion of agro-based enterprises with greater access to appropriate agricultural
technologies.
• Promoting sustainable natural resource management through awareness raising and
promoting adaptation strategies against the climate change and disaster risk reduction
• Enhanced cash incomes by introducing improved farming practices
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• Adopt market-oriented production systems and learn the skills and gain the experience of
planning and implementing Income Generation Activities (IGA) in the villages.
• Promotion and engagement of SHGs, local resource persons, women groups, farmers’ groups and youth clubs in the livelihood programme.
• Promotion of plastic ponds for rainwater harvesting, resulting in increased e f f i c i e n c y
o f water-use, crop diversification through increased productivity and offseason
production of high value crops.
• Promotion of farmer training through seasonal/off seasonal vegetable production, poly-
tunnel training for vegetable production, manure production, a n d market-linkage
production clusters.
As a result, the participating community members benefited through increased food production,
improved farming practices, hands on practical training, pipe and pond irrigation facilities,
market-linkages and commercial production.
Table 4: Details of the livelihoods related activities completed in Makawanpur District
Argo-Based IGA and Enterprise Activities
Activities Units Village
Fruit farming trainings 43 people Bhalukhola
Training on seasonal vegetable farming & organic
farming 33 people Bhalukhola
Waste Management 40 people Bhalukhola
Bamboo Bridge Construction (helped in mobility and
easy access)
51 people
engaged in
construction
Bagdali
Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Training 20 people Bhalukhola
Entrepreneurship Development Training 24 people Bagdali and Aghour
Kiwi Farming training 27 people Agour
Plastic tunnel farming training events
9 numbers
Bhalukhola &
Simaltar, Bagdali,
Ikchung Aghour
Construction of Plastic Ponds for water harvesting 10 numbers Agour
Pipe irrigation
17
households /
numbers
Basuki
Capacity building events in NRM for CBOs 7 numbers All placements
Knitting Training 10 people Aghor
Organic Farming or Fertilizer and Pesticides Training 52 people Basuki, Aghor, Kiteni
Training on Tomato and Banana Farming 63 people Aghor,
Simaltar,Ghantekhola
Plastic support for tomato farming 19
households
Aghor, Simaltar
Ghantekhola, Basuki
Mushroom Farming training 52 people Basuki, Kiteni
Orientation on Bio-Briquette 20 people Ikchung
Orientation on Tree Sap Collection 15 people Ikchung
Training and Entrepreneurs Promoted on Compressed
Stabilized Earth Bricks (CSEB) Technology 30 people Gorkha
D. Youth leadership and Active Citizenship
The Nepal Government Ministry of Youth and Sports has endorsed the Youth Vision 2025 and
Ten Year Strategic Plan, where youth is defined to be 16 to 40 years of age. Youth Vision 2025
has further classified youth into two age groups of 16 to 24 years and 25 to 40 years and
group priorities have been determined accordingly. The RIN programme on Youth Leadership
and
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Active Citizenship believes that every person should have the opportunity to achieve her or his
potential. This programme contributes to young people increasing their self-respect,
leadership skills, and life skills wh ich in tu rn empowers them and builds t h e capac i t y
of youth-led local CBOs in the working communities.
RIN programme directly trained 345 youths volunteers in 2016, of which, 115 were Nepali
youths and 230 youths were international and/or from the UK. These trained youths went on
to train almost 1000 local community youths and adolescents in order to improve their youth
leadership and, entrepreneurship skills, and encouraged them to meaningfully participate
in decision making processes at local level, taking key roles in CBOs, etc.
The major activities performed under the youth leadership and active citizenship theme are:
• Training youth about leadership and active citizenship
• Training about Youth Club formation and strengthening
• Training sessions in WASH and Livelihoods Activities
• Session on unsafe migration in & outside the country
• Session on gender equality and leadership
• Training session on menstrual hygiene and girl/women empowerment
• Youth engagement in community development initiatives
• Awareness raising events on the role of youth as agents of change and partners in
development
• Establishment of Raleigh National Youth Society is in progress
Youth Leadership Activities performed by RI Nepal volunteers with local youths & adolescents[ Photo Credit @ RI Nepal & Volunteers 2016
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The above activities contributed directly to achieve following results in year 2016
• 40 events/ sessions organised about youth leadership and active citizenship reaching
600 young people & adolescents
• 52 events/ sessions organised about livelihood diversification reaching 800 youths
and adolescents
• 15 activities organised to establish youth groups / clubs and their strengthening at local
level - reaching 310 youths
• 114 young people participated in awareness raising events about youth entrepreneurship
• 44 young people trained in entrepreneurship development
• 34 young people were supported to set up new enterprises
• 783 young people, 446 adolescents & children and 246 adults were oriented in
WASH promotion
• 27 Action at Home projects completed (after completion of volunteering work, volunteers
have to do some kind of social work in their respective society) as a Return Volunteer
• Events organised to share vision and purpose about the establishment of Raleigh
National Youth Society so that learning can be institutionalised
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3. Activities Progress
a. Activities Progress Format
As per the requirement of SWC reporting format, RIN has further allocated the annual targets for Year 1 i.e. February to December 2016. Achievements against
the main activities/physical targets by thematic area are reported in Table 5.
Table 5: Progress of Project Activities by Planned and Achieved Physical Targets for February to December 2016 by Thematic Areas. Please see the details on
target vs achievements, distribution of beneficiaries by social group in Annex 3
S.N.
Activities
Physical
Targets
Annual
Targets
Annual
Plan to
Reach
People
Achieved
Annual
Targets
Annual
People
Reached
Progress
%
Monitoring
Indicator
Effect
1 THEME: WASH 3 Years’ Year 1H 2016 1.1.1.1
Sanitation facilities newly
constructed (162) and
rehabilitated (162)
324 Units
74
56
258
75%
Sanitation facilities
constructed
Household level
sanitation will improve
1.1.2.1
Hand washing stations
installed
324 Units
74
140
610
189%
Hand washing
Units constructed
household members will
practice good hygiene
behaviour
1.1.3.1a
Youth trained in WASH
465 persons
155
63
783
505%
Induction training
reports
Youth will transfer their
learnings at HHs,
schools and community
1.1.3.1
Awareness raising on
health benefits of
sanitation events
162 events with
4,860 people
54
1620
32
690
59% &
43%
Awareness raising
events /activities
conducted locally
Local people will
practice the learning in
their daily life
1.1.4.1
Good hygiene practice
promotional events
1,944
Event/3,888
people
648
1296
31
852
5% &
66%
Events organised
in community, HH
level and schools
Beneficiaries protected
against the water borne
diseases
1.2.1.1
Safe drinking water
schemes newly
constructed (14) and
rehabilitated (21)
35 Schemes
8
6
1420
75%
One newly
constructed and
five rehabilitated
Gravity flow water
scheme provides
sufficient safe water for
beneficiary households
to meet their basic
water needs
1.3.1.1
Capacity building/training
of water user committee
members
45 Sessions/99
members
28
33
6
78
22% &
263%
Meeting &
technical survey
Water User Committee
(WUCs) –
organisational
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/training
conducted
strengthening will
ensure their ownership
1.3.1.2
Operation and
maintenance fund
established
28 WUCs and
Funds
9
6
42
66%
O&M fund
established locally
Will be helpful to
manage the repair and
maintenance of the
water schemes
1.3.1.3
Facilitate WUCs to
organize social/public
audit
35 per year
10
6
0
60%
No of meetings
conducted by
WUCs regarding
project support to
maintain
transparency
Build local ownership of
project contributions to
water schemes
1.1c1.3
Planning, coordination,
placement, supervision
and support visits
24 per year
24
35
0
145%
No of Project
Planning Visit
(PPV) and other
Support visits
completed
Support in continuation
of the project activities
2 Theme: Community Resilience Building/Livelihood Improvement
2.1.1.1
Awareness raising events
on causes and
consequences of CC and
NDs
81 Event/2,430
people
27
810
22
540
81% &
66%
Sessions / classes
conducted
People are aware about
causes and
consequences,
which will support them
to build their resilience
in local context
2.1.2.1
Information and
orientation sessions on
copping strategy
diversification
54 Sessions
540 people
18
180
52
800
288% &
444%
Sessions / classes
conducted
Coping strategies and
possible options are
explored to support
their livelihoods
2.1.3.1
Capacity building training
in NRM for CBOs
135 Sessions
486 member
45
130
7
80
15% &
61 %
Sessions / training
conducted
Natural Resource
Management capacity
increased and practiced
by participating CBOs
at local level
2.1.4.1
Earthquake affected
houses reconstructed
(150) and rehabilitated
(200)
350 Units
100
Completed through
CSEB Initiative
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2.2.1.1a
Youth trained in livelihood
diversification
465 people
155
13
200
129%
Training session/
meetings
Will provide them
options to choose any
livelihoods initiatives
2.2.1.1
Training on high value/off
season vegetable
production
135 Sessions
324 youth
65
108
36
365
55% &
337%
Training
conducted and –
practical
demonstrations
High value or off
season vegetable
farming started
2.2.2.1
Short term vocational
training and business
skills sessions imparted
217 Sessions
270 youth
54
90
38
206
70% &
228%
SIYB / EDT
Training
conducted
Improved enterprising
and business skills
2.2.2.1a
Support to income
generating activities
(youth, women, poor and
excluded)
765 people
65
100
59
34
90%&
34%
IGA started
Increased income &
employment
opportunities
2.2.3.1
Mentors trained in
supporting livelihood
diversification
108 Mentors
25
20
80%
Mentors identified
locally and
Practical sessions
demonstrated
Easy access to locally
available mentors for
support
2.2.4
IGA supported
765
65
255
61
54
93% &
21%
IGA training given
and IGA started
Skills gained and
business started,
increased the family
income
2.1c2.2
Planning, coordination,
placement, supervision
and support visits
24 per year
24
25
104%
Project Planning
Visits (PPVs) and
other support field
visits completed
Support in continuation
of the project activities
3 Theme: Youth Leadership and Active Citizenship
3.1.1.1
Young people trained in
youth leadership and
active citizenship
480
160
40
600
375%
Orientation &
training sessions
conducted
Young people build
confidence and
leadership skills to
perform as the global
citizen
3.2.1.1
Awareness raising on role
of youth as change agent
and develop partner
54 Events/
1,080 people
18
216
15
390
83% &
180%
Orientation &
training sessions
conducted
Young people start to
contribute in the
development from their
level
3.2.1.2
Facilitate youth
representation in CBOs
active in NRM
54 CBOs
18
2
0
11%
Increased Youth
representation in
participating CBOs
Increased importance of
youth in decision
making process
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3.2.2.1
Youth groups
established/strengthened
54 Groups
15
15
310
100%
No. of youth
groups or club
strengthened or
formed
Will provide platform for
youth to initiate the
development works
3.3.1.1
National Youth Society
members engaged in
Raleigh projects
375 Members
50
6
0
12%
No. of youth
engaged in RIN
Will provide opportunity
to harness their
leadership skills
3.3.2.1
National society
organized initiatives to
reach Raleigh Objectives
36 initiatives
8
6
0
75%
Events organised
NS Members
Will provide platform to
innovate and test new
ideas
3.1c3.3
Planning, coordination,
placement, supervision
and support visits
24 per year
24
25
0
104%
Project Planning
Visits (PPVs) and
other Support
Visits completed
support in continuation
of the project activities
4 Volunteer Recruitment, Mobilization and Management
3.1c3.3
Recruit, assess, select
and placement training of
volunteers
816
Volunteers/TLs
272
10
375
137%
Recruitment,
assessments and
training events
conducted
Programme activities
smoothly operated
3.1c3.3
Action at Home of Return
volunteer
204 Events per
year
68
27
39%
No of completed
Action at Home
reports
By initiating the Action at
Home volunteers pass
their leadership skills
and set an example of
Active Global Citizen as
per ICS Programme
Vision
3.1c3.3
Develop Youth Capacity
Building Project with
MOYS
One
Na
5 Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Sharing
1.1c3.3
CPAC and DPAC Review
Meeting
12 events
4 1 25% DPAC report
Will update the major
stakeholders and
ensures transparency
1.1c3.3
Management/Staff/Alumni
Monitoring
300 visits
100 40 40% No. of visit to
support and
monitor the
progress
Enhances quality of
work
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1.1c3.3
Publication of various
training, learning and best
practice materials
100 units
33 40 120% Training materials,
Programme Hand
Book developed
Enhances quality of
work
1.1c3.3
Public relation and media
interaction
12 events
4 4 100% Blog and
newsletters
published
Enhances quality of
work
1.1c3.3
Learning and Best
Practice Sharing events
12 events
4 4 100% Sharing in events,
forums and reports
Will update the major
stakeholders and
ensures transparency
Note: NA stands for not applicable
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b. Challenges and Lessons learned
1. RI Nepal is new in Nepal therefore we are always learning on every stage of our project
operation.
2. Raleigh’s working modality is new to Nepal in general, and at the local level in particular.
Therefore, building capacity at different levels e.g. at partner NGOs and community level
needs to continue.
3. In view of our working modality and of the outreach of the programme, the number of
approved VDCs in working districts needs to be increased so that an increased number of
placement villages and potential host homes can benefit from the programme.
4. The presence of international volunteers in the community seems to have occasionally
triggered unrealistic expectations from the community members. Such expectations are not
only beyond the capacity of the volunteers to fulfil but are also beyond the programmatic
framework. Thus, a proper upfront community mobilisation session by the partner NGOs
to impart the correct information is necessary so that expectations are established at the
outset.
5. It is heartening to note that project outputs are achieved at a relatively low cost and shorter
duration of time when the passion, energy and time of our volunteers joins up with the
beneficiary community members.
6. The awareness raising, motivational effort and peer to peer approach of our volunteers in
the communities has significantly contributed to bring noticeable positive behaviour
change among the community members (e.g. safe hygiene practices).
7. Promotion of small interventions in partnership with the beneficiary community members
are also seen to have quick visible impact on the lives of the people by diversifying their
livelihoods options (e.g. construction of plastic ponds for rain water harvesting combined
with off season vegetable production and marketing).
8. The enhanced level of knowledge, skill, confidence and leadership qualities of both national
and international volunteers are vividly observed upon completion of their placement
contributing to their personal and professional development.
9. Pairing up national and international volunteers in the programme has not only widened
their intercultural learning but also establishes a long-lasting bond.
10. Our local NGO partners have initiated the recruitment of our national alumni volunteers in
field staff roles so as to further strengthen their organisational capabilities in partnership
with young people.
11. Due to health reasons, a few of our volunteers needed to return early, before they
accomplished their placement and respective projects. Additional efforts will be made during
the recruitment and assessment of volunteers to minimize such incidents in the future.
12. The nature and implementation of the RI Nepal programme modality demands that: 1)
local young people are engaged in every activity so that their leadership skills are
developed 2) their participation enables them to b e agents of change, and 3) ensuring
community participation to create local level ownership for the sustainability of project
interventions. More and more often, rural youths are leaving their villages to seek
employment in urban centres and often in Middle Eastern countries. This migration
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phenomenon poses a great challenge to the RIN programme in being attractive enough
to rural youths for their livelihood opportunities so that they remain in their villages.
13. RI operates its country programmes to ensure a high level of health and safety standards.
Therefore, RIN planned to obtain 3 office vehicles for safe movement of staff and
volunteers. Due to the challenging road conditions in the inner parts of the programme
villages and limited availability and mobility of local vehicles, RIN realised that the number
of off-road vehicle needed to be increased. Hence, Raleigh International (Head Office,
UK) decided to donate 4 vehicles to RI Nepal country office. This HO donation of vehicles
is outside of the project budget and enhances quality of work.
c. Financial Reporting
i. Project Budget Reporting
S.N. Project Name Sources Total
Budget NRP
Remark
Donor
Agency
Institutional Others
1
Inspiring Youth
through Active
Citizenship
(INSAC)
Raleigh
International
(UK)
Institutional
NA
297,833,550
This is total
project period
budget 2016
to 2018
ii. Income Expenditure Reporting
The following figures covers the period of January to December 2016.
Income and Cash Flow Statement:
Note: Financial Progress is reported against the Total Income. Budget vs Expenses reported in Annex 1
As above stated Project Expenses: NPR 58,644,197.5
1. Date Audited: 15th July 2016
2. Amount Audited: NPR 22,218,328.6 (2072/73)
3. Outstanding Amount to be Audited: NPR 48,681,023.63
4. Analysis/Comment on Financial Progress as against the Target: As per audit report, financial
position/progress is in line with the project plan and targets.
5. Organisation’s Banking Information (Project and Institutional)
5.1 Bank A/C No.: NPR:00401010259200 & GBP 00401010259217
5.2 PAN: 603632370
5.3 VAT registration No: Not Applicable
S.N. Income Amount Expenditure/
Activities
Amount Progress %
1 Grant Income 70,838,232.23 1. Administrative 9,825,712.5 17 %
2 Miscellaneous
Income
61,120.00 2. Programme 48,818,485.0 83 %
Total Income 70,899,352.23 Total NPR 58,644,197.5 100%
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5.4 Bank Name and Address: Nepal Investment Bank, Pulchowk
5.5 Bank A/C Signatories’ Name and Position:
Mr. Ram P. Risal, Country Director
Mr. Paul Burgess, CR/Country Operation Manager
Ms. Sanchita Upreti, Youth Development Officer
Ms. Priti Shrestha, Youth Development Officer
5.6 Bank Balance (Project and Institutional): NPR 6,505,900.03 (i.e. GBP 49,101.13) as per 31
Dec 2016
Person Submitting: Name: Mr. Ram P. Risal
Position: Country Director
Signature:
Date:
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Annex 1: Budget vs Expenses reported in 2016
INSAC Project Intervention Budget vs Expenses 2016
S. N
Intervention / Activities
Budget 2016
Expenses 2016
1
WASH
22,481,135
18,450,212.56
2
CR/Livelihood
24,558,387
16,066,480.40
3
Youth Leadership
10,853,307
8,168,599.08
4
Volunteer and Team Leader Recruitment,
Mobilization and Management
9,110,590
5,442,138.76
5
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Sharing
2,864,000
691,054.00
Total Programme Cost ( 1 to 5)
69,867,418
48,818,485
6
Administration Cost
16,020,020
9,825,712.05
GRAND TOTAL (1 to 6)
85,887,438
58,644,197
(Grand Total in £ )
536,796.49*
440,933.81**
Summary
Programme %
81%
83%
Admin %
19%
17%
Notes
* The project budget was developed at the exchange rate of 1 GBP = NRP 160
** While implementing the project in year 2016, the exchange rate remained at 1 GBP
= NRP 133
Year 2016 is the first year of project operation? the fund flow will be higher in
subsequent years
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Annex 2: Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) – INSAC Project 2016–2018
Logical Intervention Objectively Variable Indicators Means of
Verification
Risks and
Assumptions
Impact
Improved living conditions of
economically poor and socially
disadvantaged youth, women
and men in the selected
communities of Gorkha and
Makwanpur districts and
nationwide active citizenship by
enabled youth as agents of
change and partners in
development
1. 80% of the targeted youth, women and
men
(by poverty level and social group) reports
overall improved living conditions by 2018.
2. 80% of targeted youth, women and men
(by poverty and social group) reports
increased income by at least 10% by 2018
3. 80% of targeted youth (by gender, age,
poverty level & social group) reports voices
heard and space availed for active
engagement in local and national
development by 2018.
Midterm and
Final
Evaluations
Baseline and
Endline
Household
Surveys
Political stability,
social
cohesiveness,
and macro-
economic
stability with
growth continue?
no noticeable
natural disaster
occurs.
Outcome 1: WASH
Outcome 1.1 Increased demand
for and access to adequate
sanitation facilities and improved
hygiene practices in target
communities.
Outcome 1.2: Increased
demand for & access to safe,
reliable and affordable drinking
water in target communities.
Outcome 1.3: Mechanisms that
ensure the participation of local
communities in managing the
improvement of water and
sanitation services are
established and/or strengthened
in targeted communities.
Outcome 2: CR/Livelihood
Outcome 2.1: Increased
resilience and reduced exposure
of target communities to climate
change related extremes and
other natural disasters
Outcome 2.2: Diversified
livelihoods for the poor and
disadvantaged, particularly
women and young people, in
target communities through
access to farm inputs, knowledge
and skills, financial services and
markets, and opportunities for
value addition and non-farm
employment
1.1.1. 90 % of 700 households (3,500
people) with access to improved sanitation
facilities are regularly using it at critical times
(by gender, age, poverty level and social
group) in target communities
1.1.2. 90% % 3,500 people reported
increased understanding of health benefits
of sanitation and demonstrated improved
hygiene practices in targeted communities
(by gender, age, poverty level & social
group).
1.2.1. 90 % of 700 households (by poverty
level and social group) received adequate
volume of safe drinking water (25lpcpd) from
new/rehabilitated water schemes at least
350 days a year in target communities.
1.3.1 90% of 35 gender balanced, socially
inclusive and youth represented water user’s
committees still functional with reasonable
amount of operation and maintenance funds
one year after establishment.
1.3.1a 465 Youth trained in WASH
1.3.2. 90% of 35 water user committees in
target communities completed social/public
audit once a year.
2.1.1. 90% of 486 households in targeted
communities are aware of the causes and
consequences of climate change and other
natural disasters.
2.1.1a 465 Youth trained in livelihood
diversification
2.1.2. 90% of 486 households in targeted
communities are equipped with at least one
coping strategy
2.1.3. 90% of 486 households in targeted
communities are members of local CBOs for
improved natural resource management
(e.g. Water and Forest user groups)
Baseline and
end line
household
surveys
Partner
Progress
Reports
Annual
Progress
Reports
Baseline and
end line
household
surveys
Partner
Progress
Reports
Annual
Progress
Reports
Beneficiary
households are
open and willing
to learn and
utilise the
learning into
practice.
Local community
members are
motivated to
become active
members of the
groups and to
play meaningful
decision-making
role.
Beneficiary
households
mobilize critical
minimum
resources
(physical, human
and financial).
Non-farm
employment
opportunities
exist.
Service providers
are responsive to
demand for their
services (e.g.
traders, financial
intermediaries).
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Outcome 3: Youth Leadership
Outcome 3.1: Increased ability
and motivation of young people
to lead change in their
communities.
Outcome 3.2: Targeted
communities and CBOs better
recognize the role of young
people in development
Outcome 3.3: Provide platforms
and opportunities for young
Nepalese to engage in the
development of the country
through the establishment of a
youthrun national society
Outputs: WASH
Output 1.1.1: Sanitation facilities
constructed/ rehabilitated
Output 1.1.2: Hand washing
stations installed
Output 1.1.3: Awareness raising
on health benefits of sanitation
Output 1.1.4: Promotion of good
hygiene practices
Output 1.2.1: Safe water
schemes
constructed/rehabilitated
Output 1.3.1: Water
user’s committees trained.
2.2.1. 90% of 594 youth have taken action
to increase economic resilience.
2.2.2. 90% of 594 youth with increased
income (disaggregated by age, gender,
poverty level & social group).
2.2.3 90% of 50 enterprises and/or value
addition initiatives established by the target
group still functional after 1 year (by gender,
age, poverty level & social group).
2.2.4. 90% of 324 women and youth with
increased knowledge of agricultural inputs,
access to finance and markets (by gender,
age, poverty level & social group)
3.1.1. 90% of 712Ttargeted youth (by
gender, age, poverty level & social group)
reported increased leadership skills and
knowledge of development issues in Nepal
and global active citizenship.
3.1.2. 80% of 712Ttargeted youth (by gender,
age, poverty level & social group) actively
engaged in community development
initiatives 6 months after the training.
3.2.1. 90% of 54 trained CBOs represented
young people in the decision-making body.
3.2.2. 80% of youth groups strengthened or
established, still functional after 1 year.
3.3.1. National Society is established in a
formal structure
3.3.2. 80%% of National Society members
(by gender, age, poverty level & social
group) believed that the national society is
providing a space for young Nepalese to
engage in the development of Nepal
1.1.1. 324 sanitation facilities constructed/
rehabilitated
1.1.2.1. 324 hand washing stations installed
1.1.3.1a 465 youth trained in WASH
1.1.3.1.162 awareness raising events
organized (e.g. house visit, campaign, peer
to peer) to reach out 4,860 people (by
gender, age, poverty level & social group)
1.1.4.1. 1,944 Good hygiene practice
promotional events organized (e.g. house
visit, campaign, peer to peer) to reach out
3,888 people (by gender, age, poverty level
& social group)
1.2.1.1. 35 Safe drinking water schemes
constructed/rehabilitated
1.3.1.1. 45 training/capacity building
sessions imparted to 99 water user
committee members in the O&M of water
supply and sanitation service
Baseline and
end line
household
surveys
Partner
Progress
Reports
Annual
Progress
Reports
Raleigh
Society News
Letters
Baseline and
end line
household
surveys
Partner
Progress
Reports
Annual
Progress
Reports
Youths are active
to make better
use of emerging
opportunities.
Local
stakeholders are
receptive to the
leadership role of
youth
Raleigh Society
Members are
motivated to
become active
global citizens
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Output: CR/Livelihood
Output 2.1.1: Awareness raising
in targeted communities on the
causes and consequences of
climate change (CC) and other
natural disasters (NDs).
Output 2.1.2: Communities are
informed of the diversified coping
strategies
Output 2.1.3: Increased
knowledge and capacity of local
CBOs engaged in natural
resource management
Output 2.1.4: Houses
repaired/reconstructed in
earthquake affected communities
2.1.1.1. 81 Awareness raising on CC and NDs
events organized to reach out 2430 people (by
gender, age & social group)
2.1.1.1a 465 youth trained in livelihood
diversification
2.1.2.1a. 54 Information and orientation
sessions on copping strategy diversification
organized to reach out 540 people (by gender,
age & social group)
2.1.3.1. 135 training sessions in natural
resource management organised for 486
members of 54 CBO
2.1.4.1. 350 Units of houses
reconstructed/rehabilitated (by gender, age,
poverty level & social group
Baseline and
end line
household
surveys
Partner
Progress
Reports
Annual
Progress
Report
Output 2.2.1: Target group
trained in agricultural
diversification
Output 2.2.2: Target group
trained in non-farm livelihoods
Output 2.2.3: Mentors trained to
support established livelihood
initiatives
Output 2.2.4 IGA Supported
2.2.1.1. 135 training session in high value/off
season vegetable production organised for 324
youth (by gender, age & social group)
2.2.2.1. 216 short term vocational training and
business skills sessions imparted to 270 youth
by gender, age & social group
2.2.3.1. 108 mentors trained in supporting
livelihoods improvements
2.2.4.1 765 income generation initiatives
supported
Baseline and
end line
household
surveys
Partner
Progress
Reports
Annual
Progress
Reports
Outputs: Youth Leadership
Output 3.1.1: Youth trained in
youth leadership and active
citizenship
Output 3.2.1: Awareness raising
in targeted communities on the
role of youth as agents of change
and partners in development
Output 3.2.2: Establishment /
strengthening of youth groups at
the community level
Output 3.3.1 Engagement of
National Raleigh Society
promoted
Output 3.3.2: National Society
Members implemented activities
that support reaching of Raleigh
Nepal objectives.
3.1.1.1. 480 young people trained in youth
leadership and active citizenship.
3.2.1.1. 54 Awareness raising events
organized to reach out 1080 people
3.2.1.2. 90% of trained 54 CBOs have ensured
youth representation in decision making body.
3.2.2.1. 80% of strengthened or established
youth groups still functional after 1 year
3.3.1.1. 375 National society members
engaged in Raleigh projects and programmes
3.3.2.1. 36 initiatives organized, supported or
collaborated by national society members
Baseline and
end line
household
surveys
Partner
Progress
Reports
Annual
Progress
Reports
Raleigh
Society News
Letters
Activities 1.1) Construction/rehabilitation of safe drinking water schemes 1.2)
Construction/rehabilitation of sanitation facilities? 1.3) Installation of hand washing
stations? 1.4) Awareness raising on health benefits of sanitation? 1.5) Promotion of
good hygiene practices? 1.6) Establishing and/or strengthening water, sanitation
and hygiene Users Committees (WASHUCs)? 1.7) Establishing WASH operation
and maintenance fund? 2.1) Awareness raising on the causes and consequences
Inputs
Human
Resources
and Financial
Resources as
indicated in
the Project
Preconditions
1.Political
stability in the
working VDCs,
districts and the
country.
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of climate change and other natural disasters? 2.2) Increasing the knowledge and
capacity of local CBOs engaged in natural resource management through
orientation and training? Repair and/or reconstruction of selected earthquake
affected houses? 2.3) Information and orientation sessions on diversifying the
coping strategies? 2.4) Increasing farm income through agricultural diversification
and increased knowledge of agricultural inputs, access to finance and markets?
2.5) Supporting value addition initiatives and/or micro enterprises and small
business 2..6) Providing non-farm livelihoods opportunities through short term
vocational training, business skills and mentoring services? 3.1) Awareness raising
on the role of youth as agents of change and partners in development? 3.2)
Imparting training to youth on leadership development and active citizenship? 3.3)
Establishing and/or strengthening the youth groups? 3.3) National Society
established in a formal structure and capacitated? 3.4) National Society members
supported and engaged in programme and project initiatives.
Proposal are
provisioned
2. Communities
are willing to
participate in the
project.
3. Partners are
capable of
delivering the
mandated tasks.
4. Youths are
motivated and
committed to
participate in the
project with the
spirit of
volunteerism.
5. Local
government
bodies are
supportive to the
project.
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Annex 3: 4 Case Studies
Sitaram Titung is 60, lives in Kiteni, Makawanpur, has 10 family members, with 3 daughters
and 2 sons, but they do not live at home. Sitaram works as a farmer, however he used to
work in the cement factory but he didn’t like it so he left. He grows crops, including lemons
and tomatoes and also keep goats.
Sitaram is a member of the water user’s committee and has been involved with helping
volunteers to improve the water system of the village.
The community works hard in the fields, however, they do not have a high crop yield. This is
mainly due to the fact that there is very little irrigation, with them only having lots of water in
the monsoon season, which is only a few months of the year. This does not provide enough
water for them to store to use throughout the rest of the year, especially the dry season.
During monsoon season, the villagers can earn 40-50,000 Rupees from their crop sales, but
the rest of the year they cannot achieve anywhere near this.
Sitaram is pleased that the volunteers are placed in the Kiteni, especially as they are from
the UK and different parts of Nepal. People in the village aren’t very well educated about
many issues, so he found awareness raising events helped many to increase their
knowledge about WASH, protection of water sources and other WASH related issues. With
this support, the villagers and volunteers are working together in learning and practicing
WASH related activities. This has helped to bring about positive changes in the village. Also,
Sitaram found that the community youths are getting closer to the volunteers. He believes
this is a good sign that young people are taking responsibility and learning from their peers.
Additionally, he believes that the village has the potential to raise its standards by
working alongside the volunteers to improvement the water system by constructing new or
rehabilitating the system, if this thing can be done during the Raleigh programme then it could
directly impact on children’s education, decrease women’s work load, improve WASH
facilities and increase farm based livelihoods opportunities for the Kiteni people.
Finally, his personal hopes are for better learning opportunities / good education in the
school in order to reduce young people’s migration. This alongside continued awareness
raising events/teaching by volunteers on WASH & livelihoods activities in the community
will support the community to have a better health status and to raise more reliable income
in Kiteni
Raleigh programme in Kiteni, Makawanpur
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Background: Raleigh International Nepal with its partner Goreto Gorkha carried out a
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project in Darbung VDC ward no. 3, which is one of
the VDCs in Gorkha district.
The following case study reflects how the face of Chapthok community has completely
changed for the better after the implementation of this project. Member of community Ms.
Susmita Chhinal in the project share how life has become easier for Chapthok residents.
Susmita Chhinal: “Whole Darbung VDC
was declared Open Defecation Free (ODF)
before earthquake but after earthquake,
most of the toilets were damaged along with
homes. Some of them were totally damaged
and some of them were partially damaged.
After that again we started observing faeces
everywhere, on roads, riversides and land.
This was the scenario of our village not long
ago. It is amazing that our village has now
gone through a wonderful transformation in
a short amount of time. Our village is neat
and clean now and there are no signs of
faeces in the area.
We never imagined that we could bring such changes to our village just through the
implementation of a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project. I can now say that all
it takes for success is awareness and interest, this is why we have been able to achieve
such positive changes within a short time span.
As noted earlier, before the WASH project intervention, the WASH condition of the village
was not so good. A WASH project was implemented by Goreto Gorkha in 2016 through the
funding support from RIN and active partnership of volunteer and community.
Before this, community members use to be suffer from water borne diseases. This was
attributed to the open defecation practices and the consumption of contaminated drinking
water. Community members spent thousands of rupees on medical treatment each year and
a lot of time was also wasted in collecting water from the water source, this time could have
been used for other chores. All this had given our village a bad reputation. Thanks to the
WASH project, now the village has transformed into a model village with total toilet coverage
again.
There are still sanitation issues that the community would like assistance with. We would like
to improve awareness of diseases and how they are spread. We would like more personal
hygiene information, including information on when it is necessary to wash hands (for
example, after using the toilet, before cooking) and how to wash hands properly. Many of
the older people in the village do not wash ingredients (for example, vegetables) before
cooking them. Education on this is required.
The primary water source is 15-20 minutes’ walk away. As many people use the primary
water source, we often need to wait in a queue for water. The primary water source dries
up for four months of the year. After the earthquake, a water tank was built nearby the
primary water source. The water tank only has a limited supply of water and when the tank is
empty, the community must walk to the secondary water source to collect water. The
secondary water source is very far away 45 minute walk down hill, then an hour and a half
walk back up.
“Now what we need is more education about sanitation and hygiene and appropriate facilities
for water so that we can save the time that we use to spend during water collecting from
the unprotected source which is very far from the community”.
Case study from community` Chapthok Gets a Facelift
Sunita Chiinal Photo Credit @ RIN NepalVolunteer 2016
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When Dipesh was searching for a job, he saw the Raleigh website with a vacancy for
volunteers. Having previously volunteered and worked for organisations involved in
addressing earthquake-damaged housing and training communities, he was inspired by the
blogs and decided that he wanted to join a Raleigh Expedition.
Dipesh had a desire to visit and help remote communities and was keen to build knowledge,
develop leadership skills and improve his understanding of what Nepali and international
volunteering really means. He was also hoping to meet and work closely with like-minded
youth from around the world.
The project involved the delivery of WASH education events to give the communities a better
understanding about health and hygiene and the construction of new toilets and hand
washing facilities. Volunteers lived in the communities amongst the families they were
supporting, helping to build trust and foster strong relationships, as well as increasing cross-
cultural awareness.
“We conducted WASH education sessions after we had been trained by RI Nepal, WASH
Manager for Raleigh. I worked alongside many other volunteers. I worked with many Nepali
and international volunteers from the UK, America, Spain and Holland, and both
international and Nepali volunteer managers helped us.
I improved my speaking skills - I am not as hesitant to speak in front of a group of people.
I also developed and learnt a wide range of personal skills and have become more confident,
more focused and more decisive, [as well as] helping people directly by building new toilets.
I learnt much about village life and made many new friends from around the world. One key
thing for me has been active listening - it is something I will do more of in the future.
Raleigh acts a bit like a glue that brings everyone together with a common goal.”
Dipesh Shrestha, Country Volunteer Nepali
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After being jobless for almost three months I started feeling useless. I always wanted to engage
myself in some volunteering work, hence, I chose ICS as the platform to start volunteering.
ICS has been an incredible experience, filled with varieties of challenges faced during different
phases. With each challenge, the perspectives of looking at the situation has varied, each
challenge has made me more confident, forethoughtful, reinforced, commonsense oriented
and has raised the level of resilience in me. There were various challenges like, accommodating
with people coming from different background, speaking different language, and practicing
different culture, which made me stronger. Today, as I look back at those 11 weeks of my life,
I feel proud of myself for being string and resilient enough to cope up with such challenges. It
was really difficult in the beginning of the program where we were showered with the good
deeds done by the previous cycle. However, at the end, I have this feeling that I have been
able to engrave my doings on their mindset by now too. Similarly, working with the villagers
has been equally challenging. Punctuation was always an issue in the community as people
more often than not, were late to attend the events we organized. I also suffered with physical
challenges while digging the pipeline as I was not used to such hard labour. However, the
villagers’ enthusiasm kept me stimulated till the end.
ICS program for me has been an unforgettable experience of my life, filled with learning new
things on an everyday basis. ICS has taught me about the contentment gained through simple
living. It was undoubtedly not an easy job to fit in this society that is unfamiliar than your own,
but eventually, it taught me the importance of selfishness (as in service above self). I have
learnt thousands of ideas about leadership and the importance of listening as well as speaking.
It has taught me how to sustain in a cross-cultural environment. I have learnt how to deal with
difficult situations in a calm and patient way. It has also taught me the importance of being rude,
mean and even selfish at times. I believe, I can now handle problems in a more sensible way.
One of the major reasons why I joined ICS program was to learn new behaviour that I could
practice in my day-to-day life. Therefore, today as I compare myself with 3 months before, I find a
lot of positive behavioural changes with me. I have learnt to tackle situation more sensibly and
as mentioned earlier, have come out to become a more confident, resilient and forgiving
person.
There was a point of time in my life, before ICS practically started, where I was in a dilemma
about whether or not I should go do this but looking at the changes ICS has brought in me
today makes me feel proud of myself. In addition to this, after the demise of my father, we 3
sisters have millions of responsibilities on our shoulders and I’m quite confident that once I go
back home, I can now handle the responsibilities in a more responsible way just like my father
used to do.
Hima Sharma, Host Country Volunteer Nepali
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Annex 4: Project 1st Year Target vs Achievements (Distribution of beneficiaries by Age groups, Social Group, Gender9 Male & Female)
Project Output
Possible Activities
1st Year Target
Age Groups
Social Groups
Poverty Level (Indicate with %)
Gender
Total Plan
Achieve
d
Total
Beneficiar
y
Reached
1. Output WASH
Activities
Target Unit
No. of
Beneficiaries
Childen /
Adolesents
below 18 yr
Youths
18 to 40
yr
Adults
40+ yr
DM
DF
JM
JF
MM
MF
OM
OF
Ultra Poor (i.e. food
security max
3 months)
Poor (i.e. food
security max 3
to 6 months)
Medium
Poor (i.e. food
security max 7
months to 1
Male
Female
Output 1.1.1.1: Sanitation facilities
constructed/ rehabilitated
No . of sanitation facilities construction/
rehabilitation
74
90
70
98
23
23
94
88
0
0
15
15
20%
65%
15%
132
126
56
258
Output 1.1.2.1: Hand washing
stations installed
No . of hand washing stations installation
74
250
145
215
24
96
62
248
0
0
36
144
10%
40%
50%
122
488
140
610
Output 1.1.3.1a Youth trained in
WASH
No . of youth training in WASH
155
446
783
246
195
155
365
455
0
0
175
130
0%
30%
70%
735
740
63
1475
Output 1.1.3.1: Awareness raising
on health benefits of sanitation
No of awareness raising events on health
benefits of sanitation
54
1620
435
160
95
31
38
230
245
0
0
66
80
0%
40%
60%
327
363
32
690
Output 1.1.4.1: Promotion of good
hygiene practices
No of good hygiene practice promotional
events
648
1296
491
252
109
55
69
216
272
0
0
110
130
0%
30%
70%
381
471
31
852
Output 1.2.1.1: Safe water
schemes constructed/rehabilitated
No of safe drinking water schemes
construction/rehabilitation
8
525
255
640
120
85
425
430
0
0
150
210
20%
40%
40%
695
725
6
1420
Output 1.3.1.1: Water user’s
committees trained.
No of training/capacity building sessions to water user committee
28
33
4
50
24
8
5
25
18
0
0
17
5
5%
50%
45%
50
28
6
78
1.3.1.2: Operation and
maintenance fund established
Operation and maintenance fund
established
9
5
2
14
7
0
0
9
5
yes
yes
yes
28
14
6
42
1.3.1.3: Facilitate WUCs to organize
social/ public audit
Facilitate WUCs to organize social/ public
audit
0
0
0
0
6
0
1.1R1.3 Planning, coordination,
placement, supervision and support visits
Planning, coordination, placement,
supervision and support visits
0
0
0
0
35
0
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2. Output: CR/Livelihoods
Output 2.1.1.1: Awareness raising
in targeted communities on the
causes and consequences of
climate change (CC) and other
natural disasters (NDs).
No . of awareness raising on CC and NDs
events organize
27
810
9
180
264
166
110
45
25
110
116
0
0
124
120
10%
30%
60%
279
261
22
540
No. of youth training in livelihood
diversification
155
50
750
300
200
300
60
40
240
200
0
0
140
120
15%
50%
35%
440
360
52
800
Output 2.1.2.1: Communities are
informed of the diversified coping
strategies
No of orientation sessions organize on
copping strategy diversification
18
180
6
50
60
20
8
5
20
12
0
0
25
10
5%
45%
50%
53
27
7
80
Output 2.1.3.1: Increased
knowledge and capacity of local
CBOs engaged in natural resource
management
No of training sessions in natural resource
management to CBO
45
162
20
45
2
47
76
10
5
43
26
0
0
26
15
8%
62%
30%
79
46
27
125
Output 2.1.4.1: Houses
repaired/reconstructed in
earthquake affected communities
No of houses reconstruction / rehabilitation
100
0
0
15
4
25
8
25
15
85%
15%
0%
65
27
92
Output 2.2.1.1: Target group
trained in agricultural
diversification
No of training sessions in high value/off
season vegetable production
65
108
6
100
95
165
105
2
19
101
153
3
0
29
58
10%
60%
30%
135
230
36
365
Output 2.2.2.1: Target group
trained in non-farm livelihoods
No of vocational training and business
skills session organise
54
90
8
100
40
80
86
15
8
80
45
43
15
15%
20%
65%
138
68
14
206
Output 2.2.3.1: Mentors trained to
support established livelihood
initiatives
No of local resource persons and mentors
train in supporting livelihoods
improvements
25
36
20
0
0
20
0
Output 2.2.4 IGA Supported
No of income generation initiatives
support
65
255
23
34
10
2
15
5
18
4
20%
60%
20%
43
11
61
54
Output 2.1P2.2 Planning,
coordination, placement,
supervision and support visit
Planning, coordination,
placement, supervision and
support visit
15
0
0
0
25
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3. Output: Youth Leadership and Active Citizenship
Output 3.1.1.1: Youth trained in
youth leadership and active
citizenship
No of training for young people in youth
leadership and active citizenship.
480
82
220
380
0
40
30
180
160
0
0
120
70
340
260
40
600
Output 3.2.1.1: Awareness raising
in targeted communities on the
role of youth as agents of change
and partners in development
No of awareness raising events organise
18
360
120
170
100
25
15
115
85
0
0
95
55
5%
45%
50%
235
155
15
390
Output 3.2.1.2: Facilitate youth
representation in CBOs active in
NRM
Facilitate youth representation in CBOs
active in NRM
0
0
2
0
Output 3.2.2.1: Establishment /
strengthening of youth groups at
the community level
No of activities organise for strengthening or establishment of youth groups
15
106
195
9
20
5
90
85
0
0
64
46
10%
40%
50%
174
136
15
310
Output 3.3.1.1: Engagement of
National Raleigh Society promoted
No of national society members engage in
Raleigh projects and programmes
50
6
Output 3.3.2.1: National Society
Members implemented activities
that support reaching of Raleigh
Nepal objectives.
No of initiatives organize to support or
collaborate by national society members
8
6
Output 3.1R3.3: Planning,
coordination, placement,
supervision and support visits
Planning, coordination, placement,
supervision and support visits
25
4 Volunteer Recruitment, Mobilization and Management
Output 3.1R3.3: Recruit, assess,
select, training and placement of
volunteers
Recruit, assess, select, training and
placement of volunteers
10
375
Output 3.1R3.3 Action at Home of
Return Volunteer
Action at Home of Return Volunteer
27
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5 Monitoring, Evaluation, learning and sharing
Output 1.1(3.3: CPAC and DPAC Review
Meeting
PAC and DPAC Review Meeting
1
Output 1.1(3.3: Management/staff/ Alumni
Monitoring
Management/staff/ Alumni Monitoring
40
Output 1.1(3.3: Publication of various
training, learning and best practice
materials
Publication of various training, learning and best
practice materials
40
Output 1.1(3.3: Public relation and media
interaction
Public relation and media interaction
4
Output 1.1(3.3 Learning and Best Practice
Sharing Events
Learning and Best Practice Sharing Events
4