Ongoing Program
Community Organizing for Sustainable and Empowerment based Livelihood Empowerment Phase 2
January 2021 to December 2025
Funding Organisation: Development Fund, Norway
Implementing partners/consortium:
- Paschim Jajarkot Bikas Samaj, Jajarkot
- Samaj Bikas Sanjal, Dang
- Sambriddha Samaj Samaj, Dang
- Bheri Samudayik Bikas Samaj, Jajarkot
- Tribeni Bikas Samaj, Banke
- Janashakti Bikas Samaj, Bardiya
- Nepal Gandharva Samaj, Banke
Project Impact:
Strengthened climate resilience, well-being & community governance in rural communities of Western Nepal.
The grass-root organizations in meaningful collaboration with the local government will have practiced, implemented, and established CAV, obtaining a sustainable and empowered improvement in the standard of living.
Project Outcomes:
- Improved food security and nutrition for rural households.
- Increased economic empowerment for rural households, especially women, youth, and marginalized groups.
- Improved government services and legal frameworks in line with rural communities. needs, rights, and priorities.
- Rural women and marginalized groups have increased influence and recognition within their households, grassroots organizations, and communities
Key approach:
- Facilitation on Empowerment and Social Transformation:
- Social Analysis and Listening Survey
- Group Formation
- Problem definition, Action Planning, and Implementation
- Organizational development.
- Partnership with local CBNOs
- Community mobilization
- Climate Adapted Village
- Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
- Right Based Approach
- Youth Engagement for Governance and Civic-Participation
- Collaboration with Local Government
- Group fund mobilization (Local resource mobilization based on entrepreneurship/economic growth.
- Community Networking
- Partnership with CBNOs and CBNO Federation
Project coverage:
- Bajura: Jagannath RM
- Banke: Kohalpur Municipality and Janaki RM
- Bardiya: Badhaiyatal RM and Gulariya RM
- Dang: Banglachuli RM and Dangisharan RM
- Jajarkot: Bheri Municipality, Chhedagad RM, and Shivalaya RM
Target beneficiaries: Poor, marginalized, climate-vulnerable women, and food insecure Dalits, women, and lead farmers.
Household coverage: 12,213
Project Volume: 1.3 million Euro
No. of project staff: 40
Other Ongoing Programs
- Facilitating the Implementation of the activities under the Accountability Project
- Livelihood Initiatives for Vulnerable and Excluded
- SAHAJ PROJECT (Integrated Program for Strengthening Security and Justice)
- Capacity development of Community Groups/Tole Bikaas Committee and Community Governance Strengthening Program
- Water Justice Fund
- Strengthening Community Engagement at the Local Level through Mobilization and Empowerment of Tole Lane Organizations (TLOs) to Improve Local Governance
- Community-led Agroecological Practices for Food Sovereignty (CAPFS)
- Enabling Truth, Memory, and Justice (Oct 2022- September 2025)
- SHAKTI (Empowered Civil Societies of Nepal)
- Community Organizing for Sustainable and Empowerment based livelihood Improvement Program Phase 2 (COSELI 2) (2021-2025)