Name of village

JOGITHUM CHHAPA – Water Village, NP-2

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?

29 men/20 women and there were 9 from Dalits for Settlement Level Planning, SLP

How many members are in the committee?

5 men, 4 women

What were the issues raised at the village meeting?

Community health post, drinking water, foot trail,   income generation activities, scholarship for poor children, women empowerment, health and sanitation, education for children, environment sanitation, women skill development   (sewing and cutting), drinking water, enterprise development, irrigation

What were the priorities presented by the committee?

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

• The villagers decided to spend Nrs. 12,000 to the Chhapa foot trail upgrading and improvement, Nrs. 10,000 for social harmony   training, Nrs. 12,000 for construction of Jogithum foot trail improvement, Nrs. 32,000 to income generating such as goat raising and Nrs. 21,000 for small poultry for women, Nrs. 5,000 for Bee keeping training from Triangle support money.
• VDC approved the Ripukhola community healthpost (Outreach clinic) – Nrs 50,000 and stool making training project Nrs- 40000 submitted by settlement level.

Has the committee received the funds yet?

Yes in October 2013

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

• Successfully upgraded and improved the two foot trails and used the fund Nrs 24000
• Nrs 51,000 invested for microloan to income generation activities.
• Training for bee keeping were successfully completed, 12 people got the practical knowledge and spent Nrs 5000.

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 supported 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 in the right way.

ASK cooperates and fully focused on the settlement level planning (SLP) process and explain 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

(Jogithum Chhapa-NP 2

Named: Water Village)

October 2013

1. Settlement level planning was completed.

2. All planned activities from Trianglen Support; Chhapa foot trail improvement and upgrading, social harmony   training, construction of Jogithum foot trail, income generating activities such as goat rising and small poultry for women, bee keeping training are in under Implementation

1. 1.All the activities were delayed because of heavy and delayed rain, local festival and the training of settlement levelImplementation of all activities is ongoing. It is expected to be finalized in December.
2. 2.VDC is cooperating in the SLP process by assigning the social mobilizer in training, workshop and planning exercise at village level.

(Jogithum Chhapa-NP 2

Named: Water Village)

Jan. 2014

All planned activities except Social awareness training were completed

• Nrs 10,000 were planned for Social awareness training but it was difficult to find the trainer in the village so they converted the money from Social awareness training to pig raising.
• Lots of goats died because of not possible to find the veterinary service so this year they do not like to raise goats so the village changed the budget from goat raising to ginger farming.

Use of Microloan until 2013

Micro loan total collected from pay back of loans: Nrs 178000 (Nrs 67,000 from 2011+ Nrs 60,000 from 2012 + Nrs   51,000 from 2013)

• Five families got the microloan (5 persons*Nrs 5000 ) and started the small poultry farming.
• Three families got the microloan (3 persons*Nrs 5000) and started the pig raising.
• 16 families got the microloan (15 persons*Nrs 5000 + 1 person*Nrs 3000 ) and started the ginger farming.
• 12 families got the microloan for 2 years (12 Persons*Nrs 60,000) and started the bee keeping.
• 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 so far:

• The 15 families who got loan for goat raising in 2012, they got a lot of benefits and additional money (Minimum Nrs 4000 to maximum Nrs 9,000) and spent it for the dress and books for their children, food and some clothes for the families. Now they felt improvement in their improved livelihood. Therefore they requested to come in village
• Those students who got the scholarship in different time, their study was more effective and the teacher said they improved their study with better mark and 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 house have improved smokeless cook stove.