Project duration: 2023 (Pilot) to 2027 (Expected)

Funding Organization: The Asia Foundation, Australian Aid

Objectives:

• To enhance awareness and capacity of “TLOs” and their network, especially marginalized members, and their engagement with local government to secure citizen rights, and inclusion with woman leadership to government services and resources.
• To strengthen local governance processes for inclusive annual planning and budgeting process, increased transparency and accountability, and service delivery including health facilities.
• To strengthen resource mobilization mechanisms and enterprise development of members of TLO.

Key approach:

1. Facilitation on Empowerment and Social Transformation:

• Social Analysis and Listening Survey
• Group Formation
• Problem definition, Action Planning and Implementation
• Organizational development.

1. Strengthening coordination with local government
2. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
3. Conflict Sensitivity and Mitigation
4. Local resource-based entrepreneurship/economic growth

Project coverage:

• Birendranagar Municipality of Surkhet
• Tikapur Municipality of Kailali

Target beneficiaries: Marginalized community, underserved, PWDs, and disadvantaged groups, deprived of the WASH facilities.  

Household coverage: 59,307

Project Volume: 125k Euro

No. of project staff: 33