Name of village

Taruk, NP-5, Named Tomato Village

Was the Triangle procedure followed? Were there any deviations from the standard procedure?

Yes, the villagers followed the triangle procedure and held settlement level planning in September. There were not any deviations.

How many people were present at the village meeting?

18 men/21 women, including 15 Dalits

How many members are in the committee?

3 men, 4 women

What were the issues raised at the village meeting?

Income generation activities, drinking water, women empowerment, health and sanitation, community building, Play ground, women skill development , vegetables farming, road etc.

What were the priorities presented by the committee?

What did the villagers decide to spend the funds on?

The villagers decide to spend Nrs 20,000.00 for vegetables farming; Nrs 30,000.00 for ginger farming and Nrs 40,000.00 for repairing of drinking water tank from Triangle supported Money.

Has the committee received the funds yet?

Funds are in transfer process, and will reach the village in October 2014, after completing the settlement planning and resource allocation plan in September.

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

All planned activities will be started after Nepalese big festival Dashain and Tihar and finalized in December 2014

Who is responsible for the implementation?

Same village committee plays the vital role to implement the all activities and after that VDC Secretary, VDC social mobilizer and triangle responsible person Hari support to implement and monitoring.

How were the beneficiaries selected?

The village committee plays the vital role to implement all activities and after that VDC Secretary, VDC social Mobilizer and Triangle responsible person Hari also support to implement and monitor.

Were there any disagreements – discussions about the priorities?

What was the role of the Triangle facilitator?

After finishing the settlement level planning the village committees’ members again organized the meeting and make the criteria to distribution of money. Generally the villager followed some indicators for the distribution of money which is indicated by LGCDP(Local Government Community Development Programme):

• The family with no or very little land.
• Poor house condition.
• Lack of food for whole year.
• Labours for others for livelihood.
• Uunemployed family.
• No guarantee for settlement, etc.

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

Before the training of settlement level planning, some of the villagers found that the Triangle donation could not fulfil all aspects of the wishes the villages had. However, the facilitator and Hari explained about the money and the supporting system from Triangle (getting to know how to influence VDC and DDC to get projects approved, and how to ask for better services). Specially ASK cooperate and fully focus on the settlement level planning process with the engagement of communities, give the information of the Triangle, and about the resources of the VDC block grant and the District Development Office possibilities of supporting the village. The villages have seen that the Triangle support to ASK and the villages, has given the villagers more tools for managing their own resources and influencing the local bodies (VDC and DDC).

Name of village/cluster

Last visit:

Progress in the reporting period

Changes/delays/comments

(Taruk Khorbar -NP 5 Named: Tomato Village)

September

2014

1. Settlement level planning is completed.

2. All planned activities are   under Implementation

1. 1.All the activities were delayed because of heavy and delayed rain, Local festival and giving approval from Ministry of Local Development for settlement level planning. Implementation of all l activities is on-going. It is expected to be finalized in December.
2. 2.VDC is cooperating in the SLP process by assigning the social mobilize in training, workshop and planning exercise at village level.

Use of Micro Loan in 2014

• Village committee decide to give Nrs 50,000.00 for the microloan (Nrs 20,000.00 for vegetables farming; Nrs 30,000.00 for ginger farming)

Use of Micro Loan until 2013

Micro loan total collected from pay back of loans: Nrs 187,400.00 (112,400 from previous year + Nrs 75,000.00 from 2013)

• 1 family got the microloan Nrs 10,000 (1 Person*Nrs 10,000) and started tomato farming.
• 3 families got the microloan Nrs 57,400 (1 Persons*Nrs 20000+ 1 person*Nrs 19600+ 1 person*17000) and started small poultry with vegetables farming.
• 11 families got the microloan Nrs 1, 15,000 (3 Persons*Nrs 15,000+ 5 Persons*Nrs 10000+ 4 persons*5,000) and started goat raising.
• 1 family got the microloan Nrs 5,000 (1 Person*Nrs 5,000) and started vegetable farming.
• 1 person who took a loan for goat raising but the goat was not produce a kid so it was difficult to return all the money so the committee decide to repay Nrs 800.00 next year from that family.
• People from the village starting the regular saving, credit group, and now almost all villagers are involved in the micro-credit group.