Prosper Global (UK)

Objective 1: Vulnerable households are able to meet their basic food and non-food needs through the receipt of emergency assistance.Objective 2: Improved awareness on Covid-19 prevention & mitigation, nutrition, hygiene practices, key protection messaging, information on social protection schemes and referral servicesObjective 3: Strengthening social protection pathways & access to services including government social protection schemes

The project will primarily work for anticipatory early actions with a preparatory work from identifying the most vulnerable affected population to prepositioning with winterization support and its distribution before the anticipated cold waves sets in. For this, it will closely monitor the weather information, analyse the data from department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) and observe its effect at local level in the targeted districts. Accordingly, it will work with local DRM authorities and stakeholders including District and Local Emergency Operating Centres (DEOCs & LEOCs) to set out the trigger indicators and associated anticipatory early actions to combat the effect of cold wave. The prepositioning of commodities will mainly cover the sectors a. Shelter and NFI, and b. Food Security and Livelihoods. The shelter and NFIs mainly include the winterization kits for family and individuals (both adult and children). The food security and livelihoods covers distribution of survival food package through vouchers in order to support pauperized families and daily wage earners who may have difficulty finding work during the cold wave times. Gender specific requirements are considered in designing the set of commodities and top up nutrition supplement for pregnant and lactating women and children under 5. In addition, project will also sensitize staff and communities on specific protection issues and also disseminate health awareness messages through mobilizing social mobilizers and using the digital platform called Interactive Voice Response (IVR).

Through improved education, increased opportunities for safe livelihoods and a supportive enabling environment, marginalised adolescent girls in Kailali District, Far Western Nepal will thrive as they transition from adolescence to adulthood. Supporting the Education of Marginalised Girls in Kailali II (STEM II) will support adolescent girls in this journey to transform their futures through innovative partnerships with girls, communities, and the public and private sectors. STEM II will support marginalised girls to complete secondary education; transition to safe work or vocational training (VT); increase incomes of those who own small businesses; and cultivate the life skills needed for increased self-agency.

3,000 earthquake-affected HHs (15,000 individuals) have improved access to essential non-food items •3,000 earthquake-affected HHs (15,000 individuals) receive appropriate cash transfers•If appropriate, selected vendors and local suppliers are supported to restock, enabling HHs to purchase items locally and reinvigorate the local market ;

Over fifty-five percent of Nepalese live below the $1.25/£0.78 daily poverty line clustered by geography, caste, and gender. Some of the most marginalised and disadvantaged, in terms of access to education, social and economic life opportunities, are Dalit and Janajati girls and their subcastes living in the Kailali District of the Far West Region. These subcastes include the Tharu people who were previously indentured servants to higher castes , and the Badi people who are the most marginalised of the ‘untouchables’ with adolescent Badi girls socialised and defined by their caste as commercial sex workers at puberty. Dalit and Janajati girls in Kailali District face a triple disadvantage of (1) living in a rural location where education is a low priority, (2) belonging to the lowest of castes and therefore forced to perform undesirable work and social tasks, and (3) being devalued by society for being female. Supporting The Education of Marginalised Girls of Kailali (STEM) will begin to erode the cultural and financial barriers to education and work these marginalised girls face by supporting them to Enrol in school, Learn and pass exams, and begin to Earn their way from school to work. ;

Project’s Goal: Reduction in poverty in Nepal's remote and rural areas, particularly hill and mountain communities in Nepal through sustainable access to finance, appropriate livelihood opportunities and local institution strengthening. Project’s Outcome: Sustainable increase in income and access to finance opportunities of those living in Nepal's rural and remote areas, particularly the hill and mountain communities, bringing about a systemic transformation in the delivery and access of financial services. This is expected to be reached through three outputs: - Output 1: Capacity building of formal and informal community institutions (SACCOS, Agri Coops, CFUGs, etc) for improved access to financial services, livelihood opportunities, and market linkages. - Output 2: Improved access to microfinance services (credit, savings, micro-insurance, and remittance) and livelihoods support for rural and remote clients through catalytic support to MFIs for establishing new branches in financially excluded areas. - Output 3: Piloting and targeted scale-up of innovative practices and technology (guarantee fund, mobile money) to provide financial services through participating financial institutions.