Development projects in Nepal

The project will aim influencing policies, programmes and practices of government in favour of smallholder farmers, women and poor community and also aim at ensuring their rights and entitlement through developing a mechanism to engage with policy makers, researchers, NGOs and donors. The project will thus adopt the strategies of alliance and network building, research and policy studies, and advocacy and campaigning.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

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Timeline

Nov 1, 2013 → Mar 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

There is no community level mechanism or model for poor and vulnerable people to access land in Nepal. This project will develop and pilot a Community Led Land and Agrarian Reform model for accessing land by land poor and other vulnerable people in Nepal's hill areas. More than 2,500 families in 5 Village Development Committees (VDCs) of 3 districts will be well aware of joint land ownership policy including land rights issues. Among them, at least 500 will have received joint land ownership. At least 50 land poor families will have gained access. A report on status of previous land lease programme will be used to contribute and influence land lease policy of Nepal.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

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Timeline

Jun 1, 2013 → May 31, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

Awareness level of targeted communities on health and WASH preparedness and response mechanism i will be ncreased by 30% compared to baseline.Increase capacities of targeted health facilities to manage MCI based on baseline and end line survey.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2013 → Aug 30, 2014

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

To contribute to improving local governance through direct participation of poor and marginalized women, especially Dalits and ethnic minorities, in the governance processes, keep transparency and accountability of selected local decision making structures, advocate for women's political participation and incorporate their issues in political parties' manifestos during constituent assembly election process

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2013 → Mar 31, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

The project is a part of a global programme initiated by Oxfam in partnership with Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and World Resource Institute (WRI) implemented in four countries - Uganda, Zambia, the Philippines and Nepal. The programme focused on four key areas - mapping of national landscape of adaptation and/or resilience finance; follow the money and improve national and local transparency, accessibility and accountability; fostering learning and exchange of experiences and linking the global and locals. In Nepal, the project focused on first two areas.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2013 → Nov 27, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

The project will be implemented by Practical Action Lead consortium with Mercy Corps Nepal and Oxfam as consortium partner in 8 vulnerable districts of Nepal. The project has 3 broad results as follows; Result 1: Linkages between stakeholders from National to community level developed and strengthened. Result 2: Methodologies and approaches for replication and mainstreaming developed and adopted Result 3: Stakeholders strengthened to better support instituational and technical approaches

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2013 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

Digital Vison Training to Programme Colleagues, buy good quality camaras, laptops and trainging on photography and videodocumentary and devlop a documentary on Economic Leadership.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 1, 2012 → Dec 27, 2013

Coverage

Nepal

In line with PIP P00709,urban survey will prepare a baseline status on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Governance related to DRR of the selected 27 Municipalities. Model building construction will be implemented in three selected municipalities (Chandrapur, Lumbani Sanskritik and Kawasoti) where Oxfam will replicate the model for Institutionalization of National Building Code Implementation from Dhangadi of Kailali District.Where as strengthening capacity of Kathmandu Upatayaka Khanipani Limited (KUKL) will support to strengthen the existing water supply facilities during earthquake emergency.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jul 1, 2014 → Dec 30, 2015

Coverage

Kathmandu, Kailali

The project will attract the attention of the government, private sectors and civil society organizations toward formulating appropriate policies and developing favourable mechanism for local level pre -departure orientation to the potential migrant workers. The piloting project specifically seeks to protect the migrants from losing the money and other pitfalls through these orientation package. The project will also provide financial literacy with an objective to utilize the remittances for improving livelihoods. The project activities and outcomes will be well documented and will be used for evidence based advocacy

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2012 → Oct 31, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

In line with PIP P00709, the project is centred on reducing suffering and loss of life following a major earthquake in Nepal and increased resilience of 2 municipalities to disaster risk in Nepal. The project covers 14 wards/2 Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp sites in Kathmandu Valley and Two Terai Municipalities in the Far Western Region of Nepal: Dhangadhi (Kailali district). Mahendranagar (Kanchanpur district) and 4 wards (communities) in these Municipalities.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2012 → Mar 31, 2015

Coverage

Kathmandu, Kailali

To contribute to improving local governance through direct participation of poor and marginalized women, especially Dalits and ethnic minorities, in the governance processes

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2012 → Dec 30, 2013

Coverage

Nepal

- Increase the production of vegetable seeds and fresh vegetables by involving larger number of farmers as well as by improving the yield. -

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 1, 2011 → Mar 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

The project worked with poor and vulnerable farmers of nine Village Development Committees (VDCs) in three districts to build their knowledge, skills and capacities and network them in 90 farmer groups and networks at community and VDC level.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jan 1, 2013 → Dec 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

The project focuses on reducing vulnerability of disaster prone groups through WASH preparedness at community and household level. It covers 24 VDCs of 4 flood prone districts in line collaboration with NPLA86. The current focus is on preparing emergency WASH facilities as well as capacity building of community and stakeholders on emergency WASH preparedness and response.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2011 → Mar 31, 2014

Coverage

Sudurpashchim, Nepal

The project will be implemented by a consortium of UNDP -UNOCHA -OXFAM through local partner in district (Saptari, Nawalparasi and Dadeldhura) and 2 Municipality of Kathmandu Valley. The project is funded by European Commission for Humanitarian Aid Department, under its 6th Action plan in South Asia.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2011 → Mar 31, 2013

Coverage

Saptari, Kathmandu

The project, core programme of the PIP P00709 is focussed on reducing poverty and vulnerability of disaster prone groups. It has three major interventions in line with JCS; livelihood integrated community based disaster risk management and climate change adaptation, humanitarian capacity building and humanitarian advocacy. The project covers 24 VDCs in 4 districts. The current focus will be on federating communities in VDC level cooperative and gradually transferring the role of partners to the local institutions on DRM and CCA.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2011 → Mar 31, 2016

Coverage

Nepal

The specific objective of the project is to increase readiness and response capacity of health authorities, health institutions and community for an earthquake in Kathmandu District.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2011 → Mar 31, 2013

Coverage

Kathmandu, Bagmati

The project aims to improve children, youth and young mothers' right to health through good quality free health services. It will contribute to increasing capacity of the target groups to identify their needs, influence decisions affecting them and advocate for the implementation of existing free health policies and specific children, youth and young mothers' health needs they identify. It will also support to build collaboration between right holders and duty bearers to interact the right holders' concerns related to health and work collectively to address them.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 15, 2011 → Mar 31, 2016

Coverage

Nepal

This project is developed on the basis of the learnings of We Can campaign and will be implemented through the two self emerged We Can networks in the western and central regions. The project will be implemented in eight Village Development Committees (VDCs) of four districts in the western and central regions. The project is aimed at creating an enabling environment for effective participation of women at the community level in influencing local institutions and society to reduce social acceptance of VAW in close coordination with local government bodies such as VDCs and other local institutions .

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 1, 2010 → Mar 30, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

The project focuses on responding water and sanitation needs of vulnerable communities in five Districts ( Surkhet, Dailekh, Dadeldhura, Baitadi and Darchula) of PHABLeS programme with the aim to reduce the incidence of water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases through provision of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, and improved hygiene/sanitation practices.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Apr 1, 2011 → Mar 31, 2015

Coverage

Dailekh, Surkhet

The project focuses on responding water and sanitation needs of vulnerable communities in Darchula District with the aim to reduce the incidence of water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases through provision of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, and improved hygiene/sanitation practices.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 1, 2010 → Dec 31, 2011

Coverage

Darchula, Sudurpashchim

Fighting against poverty and suffering through land rights campaign for landless tillers will be focussed in mid and far western region,Nepal. The partner Community Self -reliance Centre (CSRC) works as network with community based organisations to access to landless tillers at the grass root levels and policy level, so that they are able to influence policies, practices and decisions affecting their lives. RtF National Network works for policy advocacy to the government and development agencies on food security. It raises the issues from local level to national level and linked with the government policy on food security.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jul 8, 2010 → Mar 31, 2014

Coverage

Sudurpashchim, Nepal

Public Health and Basic Livelihoods Support Programme - PHABLeS in Nepal is one of the key programme. This project covers the management and support costs of 01 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 fiscal year. This project will provide the necessary staffing and programme management funds to enable the programme to achieve the results with partnership of national and local partners in 5 districts of Nepal. Programme support costs include the salaries of programme staff, finance staff, communication, trainings, monitoring, exposure visits and logistics.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 2, 2010 → Mar 31, 2015

Coverage

Nepal

The main thrust of the project lies in political and economic empowerment of poor rural women throughout Oxfam's country programme. The strategy is to develop their skills through women's discussion classes referred to as Women's Empowerment Centres (WECs) that are based on REFLECT approach. The women leaders will demonstrate their leadership skills within local community decision -making structures such as Community Forestry User Groups, School Management Committees, Sub/Health Posts management Committees, Water and Sanitation User Groups, village to national level disaster management committees, cooperatives etc.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

May 31, 2010 → Mar 29, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

The project aims to improve awareness and understanding among the main stakeholders including staff, and users of health facilities, water and sanitation user groups, policy makers and civil society organisations on the main issues regarding delivery of Free Health Services (FHS), and free maternity health care to the poor and marginalised groups. The project will contribute to increasing capacity of civil society groups to enable them to advocate for, monitor and support the implementation of FHS, and water and sanitation policies so as to make sure that free health and watsan policies and programmes benefit the poor and marginalised groups.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

May 21, 2010 → Mar 31, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

The vision of the Project is a thriving women farmer led business that produces and markets high quality vegetable seeds for local and regional markets. This will be achieved by supporting the existing Pabitra Janakalyan Agricultural Cooperative from Surkhet District to develop and execute a focused marketing strategy for seeds and provide technical support to it's members who are largely poor and an anticipated 3 fold small scale subsistence farmers to increase the quality and quantity of their produce.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Oct 1, 2010 → Mar 30, 2015

Coverage

Surkhet, Karnali

The project aims to reduce the incidence of water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases in landslides/ flood affected communities in Baitadi District through provision of safe drinking water and improved hygiene/sanitation. Specific objective is to improve access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities and knowledge and practice of safe hygiene behaviours in the target communities.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Nov 15, 2009 → Apr 30, 2011

Coverage

Baitadi, Sudurpashchim

This project represents funding from the EU Food Facility. A separate project represents the co -financing elements (Top Project). The combined project addresses food security in chronically food insecure areas through social safety net support, increasing agricultural productivity through increased access to seeds and small -scale irrigation and increased access to technical support. These activities also support national advocacy work targeting the development of long term national food security strategies.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Dec 8, 2009 → Mar 31, 2014

Coverage

Nepal

The project aims to enable communities to adapt to climate change by supporting farmers with climate change resistant vegetable seeds, building model checkdams for management of catchments to enhance water recharge in natural springs and by influencing inclusion of community based adaptation in national and district plans and programmes. The project will build the capacity of Oxfam and partner staff, community members and district line agencies regarding climate change adaptation. It will build advocacy alliance to influence climate change policies, plans and programmes.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Aug 1, 2009 → Sep 30, 2013

Coverage

Nepal

This project aims to reduce the vulnerability of poor and marginalized communities (including dalits) in flood prone districts of the Terai Region of Nepal. The project shall be implemented in the 28 communities of Saptari, Sarlahi and Nawalparasi districts at local level while there will be national level advocacy, coordination and networking. The project shall directly benefit 21,407 people from community, schools, government and non -government actors in disaster risk reduction. This project, with learning from previous DIPECHO/regular DRR projects, focuses on local disaster management components, IEC, small -scale mitigation and advocacy.

Organization

Oxfam in Nepal

Budget

— · not reported

Timeline

Jun 15, 2009 → Dec 30, 2010

Coverage

Saptari, Sarlahi