Name of village

Chilaunekharka-Mondanda, NP-11 –  named Ginger Village

Was the Triangle procedure followed for the Settlement Level Planning?

Yes the villagers and village committee followed the Triangle procedure. There were not any deviations.

How settlement level planning in October 2013?

28 men/18 women

How many members are in the committee?

5 men, 4 women             

What were the issues raised at the village meeting?

Construction of Community building, Repairing of foot trail and rural road, Poultry farming, pig rising, women empowerment, Women Skill development etc.

What were the priorities presented during the Settlement Level Planning in October 2013?

What did the villagers decide to spend the funds on?

Triangle supported money:

The villagers decide to spend Nrs. 10,000 to the water stream conservation, Nrs 10,000 to make permanent toilet for poorest of the poor, Nrs 10,000 for production of pig kids, Nrs 12,000 for pig rising and Nrs 38,000for goat rising.

Has the committee received the funds yet?

Yes (October) after completion of settlement level planning (SLP) in Sep-Oct

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

All planned activities will be started after Nepalese festival of Dashain Tihar and will be finalized in December 2013

Who is responsible for the implementation?

The Triangle village committee plays vital role to implement all activities. VDC Secretary, VDC hired social mobilizer and Triangle responsible person ASK Coordinator Hari also support in implementation and monitoring.

How were the beneficiaries selected?

After completion of the settlement level planning, committee member again organizes the meeting to allocate resource and distribute the money for the income generation activities. They made the criteria themselves. Generally the villagers made some indicators for the distribution of money for income generation;

• the family who has no or very little land, poor physical condition of house, Lack of food security for whole year, Labors for livelihood, Landless people, Unemployed family, No guarantee for settlement, etc.

Were there any disagreements – discussions about the priorities?

What was the role of the Triangle facilitator?

Before the training of settlement level planning, some villagers raised issues such as the money is very little. There were also som difficulties in distribution due to conflict of interest, as a result villagers’ expectations could not fulfilled. With the efforts of the facilitators from their own village, neighboring village facilitators and ASK coordinator Hari’s explanation about the resource availability and money allocation and the supporting system (from triangle) the villagers agreed and wanted to spend in the right way.

ASK specially cooperated and fully focused on the settlement level planning process with the critical engagement of communities, provided information on Triangle and supported in planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination and reporting.

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

In previous years, due to lack of awareness it was difficult to manage the money in a right way but after villagers participation in settlement level planning they realized and fully agreed and now called the process as realistic and participatory. But they need more technical knowledge for the settlement level planning. Triangle Money is ok but the villagers have doubt whether the VDC and DDC will support properly or not for this year.

Name of village/cluster

Last visit

Progress in the reporting period

Changes/delays/comments

Chilaunekharka, mondanda NP-11 Named: Ginger Village

October 2013

1. Settlement level planning is completed.

2. All planned activities from Triangle Support; water stream conservation, support to permanent toilet for poorest of the poor, production of pig kids, pig raising and goat raising are in progress

1. All the activities were delayed because of heavy rain, Local festival and the training of SLP. All activities implementation are on-going. It is expected to be finalized in December.

2. VDC is cooperating in the SLP process by assigning the Social Mobilizer for training workshop and planning exercise at village level.