Name of village

REEPA-ORANGE Village, NP-10

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?

21 men/32 women for Settlement Level Planning, SLP

How many members are in the committee?

5 men, 4 women and 2 Dalits

The committee was very big and difficult to organize the meeting. It was out of side of Triangle procedure so the villager organized the village assembly and reduced the committee member from 13 members to 7 members.

What were the issues raised at the village meeting?

Construction of community building, repairing and upgrading of foot trail and rural road, poultry farming, pig raising, 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. 18,000 to the vegetables farming, Nrs 10,000 for incense smell stick making training, Nrs 18,000 for repairing and compounding of play ground, Nrs 16,000 for pig raising and Nrs 18,000 for small poultry farming.

VDC approved support the repairing and upgrading of foot trail project in Reepa -Nrs 20,000, community house construction project -Nrs 50,000 (partially) submitted by settlement level.

Has the committee received the Triangle funds yet?

Yes in October 2013

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

• Successfully repaired and compounded the play ground and used the fund Nrs 16000; the youth club gave personal contributions to the playground.
• Incense smell stick making training to women for income generation were successfully completed and 10 people got the practical knowledge and used the fund Nrs. 10,000.
• 49,000 invested for micro loan to income generation.
• Nrs. 5,000 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

(Reepa NP-10 Named: Orange Village)

Oct.2013

1. Settlement level planning was completed.

2. All planned activities from Triangle Support; vegetables farming, Instant smell stick making training, Repairing and compounding of play ground, pig raising and small poultry farming are under Implementation

• 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 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.

(Reepa NP-10 Named: Orange Village)

Jan. 2014

All planned activities were completed

• Activities were same but the budget is little bit changed

Use of Microloan until end 2013

Micro loan total collected from pay back of loans: Nrs 1,92,000 (1,43,000 from previous year + Nrs 49,000.00 from 2013)

• 23 families got the microloan Nrs 1, 19,000 (22 Persons*Nrs 5000 and 1 person*Nrs 9000) and started the goat raising.
• 3 families got the microloan Nrs 25,000 (20 Persons*Nrs 10,000 and 1 person*Nrs 5000) and started the pig raising.
• 2 families got the microloan Nrs 17,000 (1Persons*Nrs 12000 and 1 person*Nrs 5000) and started the vegetables farming.
• 1 family got the microloan Nrs 11,000 (1 Person*Nrs 11,000) and started the ginger farming.
• 1 family got the microloan Nrs 20,000 (1 Person*Nrs 20,000) and started the small grocery store.
• 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 18 families who got loan for goat raising in 2012, they got a lot of benefits and additional money and spent it for the dress and books for their children, food and some clothes for the families. Now they have feel the improvement for their livelihood. Therefore, they would like to remember who support the village.
• The 2 families who got loan for vegetables farming in 2012, they got a lot of benefits and extra money (Nrs. 15,000 and more) and spent it for the food and some clothes for the families books and dress for children etc.
• The 2 families who got loan for pig raising in 2012, they got a lot of benefits and extra money (Nrs. 10,000 and more) and spent it for the food and some clothes for the families etc.
• 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 to the people that support their village with new concept and now every house have improved smokeless cook stove.