Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

The project plan has three activities: 1) Training of trainers (TOT) to PWDs so they can assist other PWDs to access local grants for DPOs 2) Capacity building on office management, leadeship and adcvocacy 3) One-day awareness raising on disability rights.

The purpose of the project is to increase the level of knowledge and skills in the working area communities of Bhaktapur, Sarlahi and Rukum districts through quality basic education and vocational training. The project will be implemented by Fida Internati onal's partner NGO called Transformation Nepal together with government bodies and local communities. The major target groups are the poor dalit, madhesi and janajati children and youth. The right based approach is emphasized in the project, this means th at the priority is given to dalit, young women, poorest and socially excluded groups. The strategic principles of the project are community initiation, participation and empowerment on issues related to children. The project will support teachers in fiftee n government schools in Sarlahi and Rukum districts to create child friendly education. The project also encourages 8-14 year old school drop-outs to continue their studies through flexible school program, and offers vocational trainings for youth age of 1 6-30 in Bhaktapur, Sarlahi and Rukum districts. The goal of the project is an increased quality of life of the children and youth through improved educational possibilities, employment, and income creation possibilities.

Developing and advocating for the mental health care an child-friendly teaching in schools in Salyan and Kailali.

Nepal has a variety of development challenges related to the nonfulfillment of human rights that need to be addressed. This Country Programme aims to catalyse and equip the local churches and other civil societies to act as strong societal advocates to ful fil the rights of vulnerable children and youth. In local partnership with AGN churches, Rescue Nepal, Relative Nepal, Transformation Nepal and New Life Service Association, the Country Programme improves children and other beneficiary rights, especially i n regards to their rights to health, education, and adequate living standards. The health component of the Country Programme is addressing the health situation, hygiene and sanitation, and unsafe drinking water that have resulted in the poor health situati on in village development areas of Basauti, Pabera, Gadariya, Pahalmanpur and Udasipur in the Kailali district. The Education component of the Country Programme is addressing the improvement on the quality of basic education, school management skills, know ledge and skills of parents in schools, and village development areas of Ishworpur Muncipality in Sarlahi district, in Ramgorpalpur and Hattisarwa in the Mahottari district, Janakpur Muncipality and in Bateshwar, Bagchaura, Mithileshwar Nikas, Bhutahi Pate rwa, Lagmagadhaghuthi and Tulsiyahi Nikash in the Dhanusha district. The adequate standard of living component of the Country Programme addresses the strengthening of institutional facilities and providing awareness and skills to improve livelihood of the families in Pokali, Ragani, Khijichandeshwori, Khijifalate and Khijikati village development areas of the Okhaldhunga district. The capacity building and advocacy components of the Country Programme are implemented with and within the AGN Church denominati on. On the grass root level, the AGN church partner is a motivated social and development actor throughout Nepal. The Country Programme is expected to directly benefit 57 000 people and 305 000 people indirectly already during the Programme period. Moreove r, the Programme will have many multiplier effects for the development of Nepal.

Statistics shows that more than 60% of the children in community schools of Kathmandu are child domestic workers and those in Kabhre one of the major supply side are vulnerable to separation. Teachers still have hangover of traditional teaching practice de spite effort from the government and CSOs. Right to protection of these children is violated or at risk. Making the education system child friendly and improving the quality of education helps to secure children?s right to protection and education as funda mental aspects of child right. The overall objective of the project is promoting child friendly schooling and enhancing quality education in four districts of Nepal: Kathmandu Bhaktapur Lalitpur and Kabhre. The project will promote previously formed struct ures, however reformation will be done to revitalize the community structures and mechanisms as per need.The project works to promote right to protection of the children in community school of Kathmandu and Kabhre districts. This project will directly bene fit the following: Community Schools Teachers Community people, member of Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) School Management Committees (SMC) Village Education Committees (VEC) and Child Protection Committees (CPC) children and child clubs, other local government authorities and political leaders.Following activities will be carried out to achieve the project goal:1 Formation reformation capacity development and mobilization of local child protection and education related mechanisms like PTA SMC CPC CC and VEC2 Capacity development of teachers3 Promotion of value education among the children4 Material support to the needy children for reducing the vulnerability of drop out5 Basic infrastructure support to the needy schools6 Publication of different ICE m aterials7 Identification of legal and policy gaps and lobby with governmentThe project makes mandatory provision 50% participation of women in decision making level of the community mechanisms and promotion of girls? education. Empowerment of women and mar ginalized sector of community, women and children will enhance their bargaining capacity and help to promote their overall human right situation, it also help to reduce climate vulnerability with access to information and resources after being empowered. G ender equality and climate sustainability are taught in the child clubs.

Nepal is a country with a history of conflict lack of education and rule by the few.Our project aims to tackle these issues by strengthening the capacity of a local youth organization - Nepal Scouts - which with 30 000 members working with the youth all ov er Nepal. The objective of the project in the long run is to promote the participation of children and youth gender equality as well as role of the civil society in developing local communities and peace building by strengthening the capacity of Nepal Scou ts. By enabling Nepal Scouts to be more efficient and democratic NGO the project aims to enforce civil participation of Nepalese citizens as well as offer quality non-formal education.The project and it's two hired employees will work from the Nepal Scouts Headquarters in Kathmandu from where they will organize project activities in cooperation with the Nepal Scouts volunteers all over the country.The project's main activities are Youth Participation and Peace Forums Leadership Trainings Trainers' Seminars (ToT) locally organized Community Development Projects and development of Educational Methods. Beneficiaries constitute from young membes of Nepal Scouts volunteering scout leaders scout trainers local community people and key persons of Nepal Scouts.