VILLAGE

 NP 54 – DUWAGAUN

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

Yes from this year the village committee will follow the Triangle procedure. The committee is to reform to include more women and Dalit. It will reform in next meeting.

How many people were present at the village meeting?

41 male(s) / 17 female(s)

How many members are in the committee?

What are their names and who do they represent?

Chairman:   Chandra Wahadur Taman

Member :     Sharmila Tamang
      ”      :     Buddha Bahadur
      ”      :     Mil Bahdur Taman (He is abroad now)
      ”      :     Bishnu Bahadur Taman

(The committee has to be reformed and it will reform at next meeting.)

What were the issues raised at the village meeting?

Goat farming training, Thanka (Traditional Painting) Training, Plumbing training, Scholarship for poor students, Gardening Training, farming, Drinking water conservation Ambulance service, Computer Education ,Construction of bridge, Training for Hybrid Goat farming, Improvement of drinking water plan etc.

What were the priorities presented by the committees in the Settlement Level Planning in November?

What did the villagers decide to spend the funds on?

The villagers decided to spend the granted Nrs. 85,000 by investing NRs. 25,000/- on scholarships, NRs.10,000/- on plumber training, NRs.40,000/- in income generation(microloan for goat farming) & Nrs.10,000/-for Drinking water improvement .

Has the committee received the funds yet?

Yes in December.

 Activity plan

The villagers spent the granted Nrs. 85,000 by investing NRs. 25,000/- on scholarships for 11 boys and 7 girls,   NRs.10,000/- on plumber training, NRs.40,000/- in income generation for 8 persons(microloan for goat   farming) & Nrs.10,000/-for Drinking water improvement (repairing of water intake and pipeline).

Who is responsible for the implementation?

The committee, facilitator and villagers.

How were the beneficiaries selected?

 The village committee organized the meeting and made the decisions to distribute the money. Generally the meeting classified the people in four groups D is the poorest (Class A, Class B, class C and Class D). They made some determinants to classify the people (land, yearly income, professions, literacy). They included the people in Class A who have more land , high income profession, and can save money from their yearly income, they include the people who can proceed their life only for nine month from their yearly income in class B, they include the people who can proceed their life only for six month from their yearly income in class C and they include the people who can proceed their life only for three month from their yearly income in class D. They selected 8 people from class D and decided to give microloan for goat farming and distribute the scholarships. Scholarship is continued for previous students.

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

They would like to thank the Triangle organization for its support, and they wish continuous help of the organization. And if they got the big amount of money fond they would like to use the fund for constructions of school buildings. Good rest places (Chautari), good roads etc.

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Progress in the reporting period

Changes/delays/comments

Duwagaun-NP 54

January 2013

1. Settlement level planning was completed.

2. All Income generation activities(Vegetables farming, training for improved seed), Skill Training, scholarships, health and sanitation,   environmental issues, drinking water, irrigation plan, cattle farming training, construction of road are under Implementation

All the activities were delayed because of transferring of the money delayed from ASK account to Village account, heavy and delayed rain, local festival, the second Constituency Assembly election and the season of parties. All implementation of all activities is on-going. It is expected to be finalized soon.

Duwagaun-NP 54

Jan. 2014

All planned were completed

All the student who have got the scholarship are happy and they all passed the previous class

1. Scholarships granted.

2. Implementation of sanitary precautions.

1. All student passed the examination but one student has quit school, out of the 16 granted.

2. All toilets are completed so their surroundings are clean.