Name of village

PAKHERE-ISKUS Village, NP-8

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?

18 men/32 women for Settlement Level Planning, SLP

How many members are in the committee?

4 men, 3 women

What were the issues raised at the village meeting?

Drinking water, repairing of foot trail and rural road, health awareness, goat rising, poultry farming, pig raising, water resource conservation, income generation activities,   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. 10,000 to the Pakhare Water stream conservation, Nrs 30,000 for Goat raising, Nrs 20,000 for small poultry farming and Nrs 20,000 for Pig raising from Triangle money.

VDC approved to support Small irrigation project Nrs. 70,000, repairing of rural road (budget not fixed yet) submitted by settlement level.

Has the committee received the funds from Triangle yet?

Yes in October 2013

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

• 75,000 invested for micro loan to women income generation.
• 5,000.00 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

(Pakhere-NP 8) Named Iskus Village

October 2013

1. Settlement level planning was completed.

2. All planned activities from Triangle Support; Pakhare Water stream conservation, Goat rising, small poultry farming and Pig rising are in progress

• 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 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.

(Pakhere-NP 8) Named Iskus Village

Jan. 2014

All planned activities were completed

• Nrs 10,000 were planned for water stream conservation but the villagers repaired the water stream themselves so the converted this money for income generation activities.

Use of Microloan until end2013

Micro loan total collected from pay back of loans: Nrs 1,48,000 (73,000 from previous year + Nrs 75,000 from 2013)

• 12 families got the microloan Nrs 76,000 (11 Persons*Nrs 6,000 and 1 person*Nrs 10,000) and started the goat raising.
• 3 families got the microloan Nrs 13,000 (2 Persons*Nrs 5,000 and 1 person*Nrs. 3000) and started the tomato farming.
• 5 families got the microloan Nrs 14,000 (4 Persons*Nrs 3,000 and 1 person*Nrs. 2000) and planted orange tree.
• 1 family got the microloan Nrs 25,000 (1 Persons*Nrs 25,000) and started the pig raising.
• 3 families got the microloan Nrs 15,000 (3 Persons*Nrs 5,000) and started the small poultry farming.
• 1 family got the microloan Nrs 5,000 (1 Persons*Nrs 5,000) and started the mushroom farming.
• People from the village starting the regular saving, credit, and most of the villagers are involved in the micro-credit group also.

outcome from Previous Year (year 2012)

Achievement of 2012 from Micro loan so far:

• The 13 families who got loan for goat raising in 2012, they got a lot of benefits and extra money approximately Nrs 6,000  and spent it for the dress and books for their children, food and some clothes for the families. Now they have feel their livelihood is improving in better way. Therefore, they would like to remember who support the village.
• Those students who got the scholarship their study was more effective.
• The youth club who got the money for dress and volleyball, they won the match in different places and got more than Nrs. 50,000 price from different places.
• 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.