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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

mailto:[email protected]

http://raleighnepal.org/

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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


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


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


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


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:


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


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)



Subtotal (b) 48 38 86 41 45

c Autumn Cycle: September to

December 2016 (12 Weeks)



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



(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


(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



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)


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


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


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


Earthquake (EQ)

80

8

27

5

400

Aambhanjyang

,

Bagdali

Water scheme design

and Rehabilitation


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


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


• 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


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


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


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


/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


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



and support visits

24 per year

24

25

104%

Project Planning

Visits (PPVs) and

other support field

visits completed

Support in continuation


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


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



and support visits

24 per year

24

25

0

104%

Project Planning

Visits (PPVs) and

other Support

Visits completed

support in continuation


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


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


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


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%


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:


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


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


communities are equipped with at least one

coping strategy


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).


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


Output: CR/Livelihood


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



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.


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.


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


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


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


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


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


2. Output: CR/Livelihoods



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


placement, supervision and

support visit

15

0

0

0

25


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



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,


Planning, coordination, placement,


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


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

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