Name of village

OKADI- PUMPKIN Village, NP-1

Was the Triangle procedure followed? Were there any deviations from the standard procedure?

Yes, the villagers followed the Triangle procedure. There were not any deviations.

How many people were present at the village meeting?

30 men/52 women and there were 18 from Dalits for Settlement Level Planning, SLP

How many members are in the committee?

3 men, 4 women and 1 Dalit

What were the issues raised at the village meeting?

Repairing of foot trail and rural road, goat raising, poultry farming. pig rising, pond conservation, women empowerment, women skill development etc.

What were the priorities presented by the committee?

What did the villagers decide to spend the Triangle funds on?

The villagers decide to spend Nrs. 55,000 to the goat, pig, chicken and vegetables farming, Nrs 10,000 for women skill development for stools making, Nrs 10,000 for pond conservation and Nrs 5,000 for sustainable development approach training to the village members

VDC approved support in repairing of rural road (budget not fixed yet) submitted by settlement level.

Has the committee received theTriangle funds yet?

Yes in October 2013

Activity plan: When are the activities going to be implemented?

• Successfully repaired the pond and used the fund Nrs 10,000 and other villagers gave personal contributions to the pond.
• Stool making training to women for income generation from local materials Bamboos were successfully completed and 10 people got the practical knowledge and spent Nrs. 10,000.
• 55,000 invested for micro loan to income generation.
• 5,000 Still in account for the emergency fund.

Who is responsible for the implementation?

The village committee plays the vital role to implement all activities and after that, VDC Secretary and Triangle responsible person Hari support the implementing and and monitoring.

How were the beneficiaries selected?

After completing the settlement level planning the village committees’ member again organized the meeting and made the criteria to distribution of money. Generally the villager made some indicators for the distribution of money

• the family with no or very little land, poor house condition, lack of food for whole year, Labors for others for livelihood, unemployed family, no guarantee for income etc.

Were there any disagreements – discussions about the priorities?

What was the role of the Triangle facilitator?

The villager’s perception was that the Triangle support was very low. After the settlement level planning training and exercise and facilitation from ASK that the money is for supporting system. Now villagers understood and spending in right way.

ASK cooperates and fully focused on the settlement level planning (SLP) process and explain that that the SLP is done through training from Triangle, which also included the engagement of communities to plan and apply for projects from the Village Development Committee. The villagers saw that the Triangle in partnership with ASK is supporting planning, implementation, monitoring, coordination and reporting.

Did the villagers have any comments/questions for the Triangle?

Due to lack of awareness it was difficult to manage the money in the right way in previous year and because of some conflict of interest. But after villagers participated in SLP they developed trust and realized, fully agreed, and called it a realistic and participatory way of planning for the village. However, Triangle/ASK has to provide more technical support for the SLP.

Name of village/cluster

Last visit:

Progress in the reporting period

Changes/delays/comments

(Okadi NP-9 Named: pumpkin Village)

October 2013

1. Settlement level planning was completed.

2. All planned activities from Triangle Support; goat, pig, chicken and vegetables farming, women skill development for Stool making, pond conservation and sustainable development approach training are under Implementation

• All the activities were delayed because of heavy and delayed rain, local festival and the training of Settlement Level Planning. Implementation of all activities is on-going. It is expected to be finalized in December.
• VDC is cooperating in the SLP process by assigning the Social Mobiliser for training, workshops and planning exercise at village level.

(Okadi NP-9 Named: pumpkin Village)

Jan. 2014

All planned activities except sustainable development approach training were completed

• Nrs 5,000 was allocated for sustainable development approach training but it was difficult to find the trainer in the village so they decided the money to be transferred from sustainable development approach training to emmergency fund of village.

Use of Microloan until end 2013

Micro loan total collected from pay back of loans: Nrs 1,20,000 (65,000 from previous year + Nrs 55,000 from 2013)

• 12 families got the microloan Nrs 1,00,000 (1 Persons*Nrs 9,000 , 6 person*Nrs 8000 and 1 person*7000) and started the goat raising
• 1 family got the microloan Nrs 10,000 (1 Persons*Nrs 10,000) and started the small poultry farming.
• 1 family got the microloan Nrs 10,000 (1 Persons*Nrs 10,000) and started the vegetables farming.
• People from the village starting the regular saving, credit, and almost all villagers are involved in the micro-credit group also.

outcome from Previous Year (year 2012)

Achievement of 2012 from Micro loan and others so far:

• The 8 families who got loan for goat raising in 2012, they got a lot of benefits and extra money (Minimum Nrs 6000.00 to maximum Nrs 20,000) and spent it for the dress and books for their children, food and some clothes for the families. Now they feel their livelihood is improving. Therefore, they would like to remember who support the village.
• Those students who got the scholarship, their study was more effective and the teacher said they improved their study with better mark and position one student got the third position.
• The women’ and children and the all villagers health situation improved because of improved smokeless stoves, the use of firewood is more economical and CO2 emission is less. Now they are happy and give many many thanks that support their village with new concept and now every Hhs have improved smokeless cook stove.
• 2 pregnant women took the emergency fund and went to hospital to give the birth of their children so the villagers send thanks to donor because if there had been no emergency fund it was   really difficult to go to hospital and give the safe birth of child.
• School is safe because of the compounding.
• Villagers are happy because the karavane rejser team from Denmark also visited the village