Name of village

Reepa, NP-10 – named Orange Village

Was the Triangle procedure followed for the Settlement Level Planning? Were there any deviations from the standard procedure?

Yes the villagers and village committee followed the Triangle procedure in line with local governance. There were not any deviations.

How many people were present at the village meeting?

21 men/ 32 women

How many members are in the committee?

5 men, 8 women

What were the issues raised at the SLP 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 villagers during the Settlement Level Planning in October?

What did the villagers decide to spend the funds on?

Triangle supported money:

The villagers decided to spend Nrs. 18,000 on the vegetable farming, Nrs 10,000 for Instant smell stick making training, Nrs 18,000 for Repairing and compounding of playground, Nrs 16,000.00 for pig raising and Nrs 18,000 for small poultry farming

Has the committee received the funds yet?

Yes (October) after completion of settlement level planning (SLP) 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 vital role in implementing all activities. VDC Secretary, VDC hired social mobilizer and Triangle responsible person Hari from ASK also support to implement and monitoring.

How were the beneficiaries selected?

After finishing the settlement level planning, the committee members again organize a meeting to distribute the money and resources for project activity and for the income generation activities; they made the criteria 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 physical condition of house, 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, some villagers raised issues like money is very little and there were conflict of interests in distribution also, so it was difficult to fulfill villagers’ expectation. But now with the efforts of facilitators from their own village, neighboring village facilitators and ASK-Triangle Coordinator Hari explanation about the money and the supporting system (from Triangle) the villagers agreed and want to spend in right way.

ASK specially cooperated and fully focused on settlement level planning process with the critical engagement of communities, provided information of the Triangle and support to planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination and reporting.

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

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

Reepa NP-9 Named: Orange Village

October 2013

1. Settlement level planning is completed.

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

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 VDC Social Mobilizer for training workshop and planning exercise at village level.