Name of village

SANABHANJYANG – FOREST Village, NP-7

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?

25men/27 women for Settlement Level Planning, SLP

How many members are in the committee?

5 men, 4 women and 2 Dalits

Ram Prasad Gurung left the village committee because of his personal reason so village called the Village general assembly and village assembly reelected 8 persons and added the 3 new members.

What were the issues raised at the village meeting?

Drinking water, repairing of foot trail and rural road, health awareness, 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 awareness of good nutrition, Nrs 25,000 for garbage management through pit and drain construction and Nrs 45,000 for income generation.

VDC approved to support the small irrigation -Nrs 30,000 and women skill development training project (budget not fixed yet) 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 constructed pit, drain for garbage management, and used the fund Nrs 20,000 in actual basic.
• Good nutrition training for women’s were successfully completed and 38 people got the nutrition knowledge and spent Nrs. 5000.
• 50,000 invested for micro loan to women income generation.
• 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

Sanabhanjyang -NP 7

Named: Forest Village

October 2013

1. Settlement level planning was completed.

2. All planned activities from Triangle Support; awareness of good nutrition and sanitation, garbage management through pit and drain construction and goat rising 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 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.

Sanabhanjyang -NP 7

Named: Forest Village

Jan. 2014

All planned activities were completed

• Pit, drain for garbage management cost reduced from Nrs 25,000 to Nrs 20,000 because of actual basic as well as training for women good nutrition cost also reduced because of local trainer so income generation activities budget was increased.

Use of Microloan until end 2013

Micro loan total collected from pay back of loans: Nrs 1,50,000 (Nrs 100,000 from previous years + Nrs 50,000 from 2013)

• 15 families got the microloan (15 Persons*Nrs 10000) and started the goat raising
• People from the village starting the regular saving, credit, and almost all villagers are involved in the micro-credit group, which is, facilitated by Mr. Tikaram Sharma.

outcome from Previous Year (year 2012)

Achievement of 2012 from Micro loan so far:

• The 11 families who got loan for goat raising in 2012, they got a lot of benefits and extra money (Minimum Nrs 5000 to maximum Nrs 15,000) and spent it for the dress and books for their children, food and some clothes for the families. Now they have felt their livelihood is improving. Therefore, they would like to remember who supported their village.
• Those students who got the scholarship, their study was more effective and the teacher said they improved their study with better mark and position.
• Senior citizens who were awarded from village committee, they want to do award/welcome to Tandlæge Henning Bruun + Bjerregaard who supported their village.
• The women’ and children and the all villagers health situation improved because of improved smokeless stoves, the use of firewood is more economical and smoke emission is less. Now they are happy and give many many thanks to who that support their village with new concept and now every Hhs have improved smokeless cook stove.