Name of village

Diguwa, NP-6 – named Temple Village

Was the Triangle procedure followed in relation to the Settlement Level Planning? Were there any deviations from the standard procedure?

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

How many people were present at the village meeting on SLP?

25 men/27 women and there were 15 from Dalits

How many members are in the committee?

5 men, 3 women

What were the issues raised at the SLP village meeting?

Drinking water, Repairing of foot trail and fair weather road, Health awareness, Income generation activities, women empowerment, Women Skill development etc.

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

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

The villagers decide to spend Nrs. 25.000 to the Repairing of school roof,                                                                                            

Nrs.9.000 for Stool making training, Nrs. 35.000 for Bag making training and micro loan support and Nrs. 11.000 for medicinal plant identification and conservation training from Triangle support money.

Has the committee received the funds yet?

Yes (October) after completion of settlement level planning (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 the vital role in implementation of all activities. VDC Secretary, VDC hired Social Mobilizer and Triangle/ASK responsible person Hari also support implementation and monitoring.

How were the beneficiaries selected?

Following completion of the settlement level planning the committee’s members again organized the meeting to distribute the money for the income generation activities. The villages have developed resource distribution criteria by 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 house condition, Lack of food security for whole year, Labors for livelihood for others , 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 (SLP) some of the villagers raised issues such as the money is very little and there used to be conflict of interest in distribution also, so it was difficult to fulfill the expectation of the villagers. Now the facilitators from their own village, neighbor’s village facilitators and Hari explained about the resources, internal and external, Triangle money and the supporting system from Triangle and the villagers agreed and want to spend in the right way.

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

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

In previous year due to lack of awareness it was difficult to manage the money the right way. But after villagers participation in settlement level planning they realized and fully agreed, and cooperating for realistic and participatory approach. But they need more technical knowledge for the settlement level planning. Triangle Money is ok but they 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

(Diguwa-NP 6)

Named: Temple Village

October 2013

1. Settlement level planning is completed.

2. All planned activities from Triangle Support; Repairing of school roof, Stool (made from bamboos) making training, Bag making training and micro loan support and medicinal plant identification and conservation training are in implementation 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.