Children and Hunger Program

Humla District comprises the most isolated communities in Karnali and are at a distance of 2-3 days walk from the district headquarters of Simikot. Simikot itself can only be reached by mule/foot which is 4 days walk from the nearest vehicle road, or by small propeller plane or helicopter. This district is amongst the poorest in Nepal, which in turn is one of the poorest countries in Asia.

Reducing hunger and improving nutrition amongst children with disabilities and other marginalized children in remote mountain villages of Nepal.

Political situation At local level:

There is no elected local government and hence the government officials, VDC secretary and Local Development Officers are not elected, but provide services based on the suggestions of local political parties. In most cases, one VDC secretary is looking after 2-3 VDCs and hence stays most of the time in the district headquarter. People are suffering from a lack of government services. In the absence of local elections, it has been very difficult to hold the local government and political parties accountable to the right-holders. (VDCs – Village Development Committee is the lowest level Nepali government administration. Typically on VDC covers approximately 9 wards – each of which is generally a separate settlement or village)

Socio-economic situation:

With a population of some 27.5 million people and a GNI per capita income of USD 7,30, Nepal remains amongst the poorest countries in the world. It is the second poorest country in Asia. Nepal ranks 145 out of 188 countries in terms of 2015 UNDP Human Development Index . Nepal’s Human Poverty Index is 30.9%. This means that more than 50% of its population live on less than a dollar a day. 81% of the population live in rural areas, pursuing agriculture as their main source of livelihood, most on small plots that produce insufficient food for survival (this accounts for 40% of the GDP). The WFP categorizes almost 50% of the population as food insecure, in part as a result of droughts, flooding and other seasonal disasters. The average life expectancy of males is 57.6 years and that of women 57.1 years. Nepal is the only country in the world in which life expectancy for women is lower than for men. The literacy rate for women is 28% and for men 62%.

The Karnali region:

In the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal, consist of 5 districts among the poorest of Nepal. According to the Poverty ranking statistics of Nepal, Humla ranks 73rd out of 75 districts. According to the data of Poverty Alleviation Fund, 73% of households have resources to meet their basic needs only for 3 months a year, placing them below the poverty line. Cultural Context: Within the whole target area, people have strong traditional beliefs (dhami-jhakri) and practices regarding gods and witches. Menstruation period and delivery period of women is perceived as apabitra (impure) and hence women are not allowed to enter inside houses and to take milk products. There are certain types of domestic tasks like cooking, serving and cleaning, which are culturally assigned for women and girls. Cultural beliefs also discriminate against disability; to be disabled is shameful as it is perceived to be a punishment for sins committed in a previous life. Hence, children with disabilities are hidden away to suffer in silence. This creates enormous difficulties in surveying, registering and then helping children with disabilities.

Gender and Disability Context:

Although the Government of Nepal (GoN) has developed good laws, policies and provisions for the protection and promotion of human rights and to provide an enabling environment, they are not yet all practiced. As for issues of children with disability, they remain largely hidden in the families and societies of Humla, and statistics and surveys on their living conditions are vague. The discrimination against people with disabilities is deep-rooted in the families in the project area. Mission East conducted an assessment on the condition of people with disabilities especially women to highlight the fact that, due to the social stigma and links with social prestige, girls and women living with disabilities are facing the most severe discrimination among all marginalized groups. Survey findings showed that many women with disabilities are not even registered as such: 55% of women and girls with disabilities do not have citizenship certificate, 91% do not have disability card, 94% have no access to assets, 47% no access to education, 84% no access to health and 78% do not have the confidence to start a family. (WWS and Mission East survey under CISU project - 2013).

Local Governance Context:

Given the absence of local service providers from the government side (VDC, Agriculture, Health services), people (especially people with disability) are deprived of basic health services. The most basic unit of the government services is the VDC which is responsible for all basic services including social security. But due to the absence of elected local bodies, VDCs are not fully functional and the VDC secretary is the only person that can be held accountable. All the VDC decisions for planning, resource allocation and spending are done with limited participation of target communities and right holders. This has been hindering the participation of vulnerable and marginalised groups (especially people with disability, Dalit and women) in local level planning, implementation and monitoring process. The few elites and influential local political leaders close to the VDC secretary enjoy the benefits of local government services but the lack of proper management of such processes is leading to the exclusion of some beneficiaries from the development process.

Overall Objective:

To contribute toward Government of Nepal Zero Hunger Challenge Initiative (ZHC) for marginalized children in the remote mountainous districts of Nepal

Immediate Objective

1. Enhance sustainable production and use of diversified crops for improved nutrition amongst children with disabilities and other marginalized children in remote mountain villages
2. HEAD Nepal improves its organisational, financial and programmatic capacities to enable sustained growth

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Case Stories

Success Stories of Pabitra and Meghraj

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Major Activities conducted under the project

Short Video showing all the activities

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Social Welfare Council Government of Nepal Visiting HEAD Nepal

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Successful Completion of Children’s Nutrition Improvement Project

From June 2017 through May 2019, with technical support from Mission East and funded by Danish Radio and AEC Foundation, we implemented “Children and Hunger – reducing hunger and improving nutrition amongst children with disabilities and other marginalized children in remote mountain villages of Nepal”. The project was implemented in Simkot 1, 2 and 8 wards, in all six wards of Chankheli RM, and officially ended in May with completion of all planned activities in April.

With the main objective to enhance sustainable production and use of diversified crops for improved nutrition among children with disabilities and other marginalized children in remote mountain villages, HEAD Nepal achieved all the goals of the project which we believe contributed toward Nepal’s Zero Hunger Challenge Initiative (ZHC).

The project benefited 300 households with children with disabilities and other marginalized children in remote villages of Simikot and Chankheli RMs of Humla district. With two years of project intervention, all beneficiary households are now able to produce and consume diverse vegetables. The final report revealed: 62% overall satisfaction, 11% improved feeding patterns, and 97% satisfied/better nutritious food consumption.

Three hundred beneficiary households established seasonal house plots, and 299 set up off-seasonal greenhouses producing fresh organic vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbage, onion, radish, tomato, rayo, and green chili to improve nutritious food consumption. During the project period, all eligible children with disabilities received disability cards, and established access to government services.

Finally, as one of the objectives of this project was to build institutional capacity for HEAD Nepal, seven key policies were revised and developed in the departments of human resources, operations, finance, anti-fraud, anti-bullying, communication/social media, and intern/volunteer manuals. Complaint handling mechanisms were established and put into practice. Accounting processes and standard operating procedures for reporting were developed; required forms, formats, and templates were designed and used. Accounting system processes were improved, as all transactions are being processed through Tally Software. The five-year HEAD Nepal strategic plan was developed and is under implementation.

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New Policy Workshop: Disability card distribution framework in Chankheli and Sarkegad RMs

Nepal facilitated a one-day orientation workshop on the new disability identity card distribution framework. The workshop was organized by Chankheli and Sarkegad RMs, and technically and financially supported by HEAD Nepal. On April 18th, the workshop was conducted in Piplang of Chankheli RM and on 25th May in Saya of Sarkegad RM. At both workshops, all members from the card distribution coordination committee, ward chairpersons, relevant officers, and authorities participated. The workshop was primarily focused on how to distribute identity card to persons with disabilities. Participants were informed about ten types of disabilities defined by the government of Nepal: nature of the disability and four types of disabilities based on severity. Attendees also learned about the basic methods for screening and identifying persons with a disability. Participants were provided detailed information about proper implementation of the disability card distribution framework and provisions of the coordination committee. With this workshop in both RMs, the new system of disability identity card distribution per government guidelines is now functional.

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District Project Advisory Committee Meeting and Social Audit of Children Nutrition Improvement Project

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Government Linkage Meeting in Simkot and Chankeli RM

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Kitchen Garden Management Program Update

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Meeting and Orientation Workshop: Disability Card Distribution Model Framework 2075 in Simikot RM

The specific objectives were to:

• Introduce the newly developed card distribution framework and guidelines, approved by Simikot RM, to all authorities and local representatives
• Increase understanding of the Disability Identification Card Distribution Framework 2075
• Help staff improve identification of people with a disability based on nature and severity
• Simplify the card distribution process for ward representatives responsible for program referrals
• Collaborate with Simikot RM to improve the processes of future card distribution and benefits access for people with disabilities

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Review Meeting and End Line Survey Training for the Nutrition Improvement Project Staff

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Mission East Visits HEAD Nepal

We would like to thank the entire Mission East team, especially Alex and Santosh, for their outstanding technical support and contributions to HEAD Nepal in capacity building, project development and implementation; for supporting the most vulnerable and marginalized communities of the remote mountain villages of Humla. We look forward to your continuous technical support and to growing our strategic partnership

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Vegetable Seed Distribution and 240 Greenhouses Created for Off-Season Kitchen Gardens

The program supports children with disabilities homes, other marginalized children and their family members to help insure food security and to improve nutrition through agricultural intervention and capacity building training.

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities Celebration

The Syanda event was organized at the Saipal Himal Secondary School where four groups participated including Ghurghure 1 Kholsi, Saipal Group 2 and Ghurghure Group 2 Yangu who respectively won first, second and third place. The Chankheli RM event was organized in Piplang were six groups from all the wards participated. Chankheli 3 Mimi, Chenkheli 2 Darma and Chankheli 4 Shrimastha respectively won first, second and third place. All the groups presented the rights and services provisioned for people with disabilities through Deuda songs which we believe to be the strongest method of communication to the public (rights holders) and the local representatives (duty bearers).

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Nutrition Improvement Program Staff Training

On the 13th and 14th of November, HEAD Nepal conducted a project review and staff training for the Nutrition Improvement Program for marginalized children in Humla. The first part of the training included a review of completed and ongoing activities from July to October 2018. Participants discussed experiences, problems, issues, risks and new findings. Staff were introduced to a new action plan to identify project gaps and potential solutions. Field staff were taught new tips and techniques to improve documentation. Attendees also learned how to monitor a beneficiary’s household, especially focusing on identifying gaps in nutrition practice; distribute seeds and prepare kitchen garden plots for off-season vegetable cultivation; set up a standard greenhouse for vegetable production especially for the winter season and provide information about the rights of children with disabilities.

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Observation of World Food Day: Advocating for the Rights to Food for Himalayan Children with Disabilities

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Monitoring and Project Activities Review of Children and Hunger Project DR002 AEC007

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District Project Advisory committee Meeting for the project DR002

Himalayan Education And Development (HEAD Nepal in partnership with Mission East organized the District Project Advisory Committee Meeting (DPAC) of the project, Reducing hunger and improving nutrition amongst children with disabilities and other marginalized children in the remote mountain villages of Nepal. The Meeting was held on Sunday 15th July 2018 in Mansarowar Hotel Simikot Humla in chairpersonship of the Chief of District Coordination Committee Humla, Mr. Dan Bahadur Rawat. Entire meeting was facilitated by Chhitup Lama, Executive Director of HEAD Nepal. The Chief District Officer, Mr. Madhab Prasad Dhungana was the chief guest and chairperson of Simikot and Chankheli RM, Chief of respective ward, stakeholders were present in the meeting. Tulashi Budhathoki, Community Facilitator of the project welcomed all the guests and participants with welcome speech highlighting the major objective of the meeting and expectation and value/important of the suggestion from the forum.

There were major two presentations, the first, organizational introductory and current project and status by Chhitup Lama and presentation on the status of “Nutrition Improvement Program for Marginalized Children in Humla” DR002AEC007 project by Nirmal Bista. Upon presenting the current situation and status of the project and organization, the participants provided their creative/appreciative comments and feedback. The chief of Simikot and Chankheli RM, respectively Mr. Padam lama and Dhanlal Chaulagai expressed their positive remarks to the project as it directly targets to the most needy and vulnerable children in Humli community. They both presented their commitment to cooperate and support for the project. Mr. Chaulagai stressed that the project is contributing to break the vicious cycle of poverty, malnutrition and disability. Dr. Chandra Kumar Risal, the senior Agriculture Officer at District Agriculture Development Office appreciating the work and the project mentioned that HEAD Nepal has turned the impossible into possible that this project is implemented in Chankheli RM being in the distance from the Headquarter and benefiting children with disabilities the most marginalized segment of society. He however, made some suggestion to the project that even comparing to the DADA Humla, the project has higher budget calculating the number of beneficiaries and total budget. Thus the output of the project has to be also better. Likewise, he further suggested to rephrase the term “houseplot” with Kitchen Garden” wich is most used and technically easier. Similarly Dr. Risal expressed his commitment to be supportive for the project specially in identifying appropriate vegetable seeds for the project location.

Putting forward his advise and views towards the project, Mr. Khagendra Karki, the Deputy-Chief of District Coordinating Committee (DCC), this project is not only helpful/contributing to improve the nutrition of children with disabilities but it also helps to prevent disability in some extend.

The Chief Guest of the meeting, the Chief District Officer, Mr. Madab Prasad Dhungana, speaking in the late part of the meeting provided his valuable comments, suggestion, advice and feedback both for the organization and the related project. He focused on the sustainability of HEAD Nepal in institutional development part. Stressing the important of coordination/collaboration, he suggested to conduct every program and activity together with local government district level as District Administration Office is the main agency to monitor and evaluate the work of local NGOs. He at the end wishes a big success of the project.

In the mean time, the farewell/exit of Mr. Nandalal B. K. JTA of the project was officially acknowledged as handed over an official Letter of Appreciation by the chief guest.

At the end of the meeting, the Chairperson of the meeting, the Chief of DCC Humla, Mr. Dan Bahadur Rawat valueing the great achievement of HEAD Nepal in this short period of 7 years in Humla district thanked the organization and its representatives for its work and positive changes and wished all the best for the future.

Thank you all local representatives, government authorities/officer and participants for your wonderful and remarkable words for HEAD Nepal and we hope the same in the future to bring a change in the society!!!

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Review of 17 days field Classes to Rampal and Raling Group of the Project "DR002/AEC007"

Nutrition and kitchen gardening management and utilization classes review by innovative way by singing deuda, where the beneficiaries of Thehe Village from two group Rampal And raling include their knowledge from the classes in deuda song.

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Agricultural Inputs Distribution of the Project "Children & Hunger DR002/AEC007

On 26th Feb input was distributed to the beneficiaries of Simkot 1 and Simkot 8. Before distributing the inputs orientation class was provided about how to manage kitchen gardening, how to use the crops which is going to provide as a inputs. On the same class few week earlier finished nutrition and house plot classes was also reviewed by Chhitup Lama along with the beneficiaries. After completing the class input was distributed. On 27th of Feb inputs was distributed to the beneficiaries of Simkot 2 only as it has total 62 beneficiaries in one ward. With this group as well same process was repeated. First nutrition and house plot classes were reviewed by asking several question to beneficiaries by Mr. Lama. And as second part of the program input was distributed. This project is jointly conducting by HEAD Nepal and Mission East with the support of Danish Radio (DR) and AEC Foundation.

Following items were distributed as inputs

1. Plastic Drum 1
2. Water Cane 1
3. Plastic Sheet for green house 1
4. 8 types of Seed 1

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Monitoring from Mission East Nepal and HEAD Quarter.

Date: November 6th to November 8th, 2017 (3 Days)

Project Name: Children and Hunger: Reducing hunger and improving nutrition amongst children with disabilities and other marginalized children in rural mountain villages of Humla.

Participants:

There were all together nine members on that field visit. Meanwhile, all members are from different organization.

S.N	Name of Participant	Organization
1.	Mr. Alex Ramos	MISSION EAST HQ Representative
2	Mr. James Samuel	MISSION EAST Nepal country Director
3.	Mr. Prakash Katwal	MISSION EAST Nepal Program Manager
4.	Mr. Jabendra Bhattarai	MISSION EAST Nepal Partner finance officer
5.	Mr. Chhitup Lama	HEAD Nepal Founder/executive Director
6.	Mr. Samir Sharma	HEAD Nepal Agriculture Officer
7.	Mr. Gobinda Shahi	KIRDARC Nepal Program Director
8.	Mr. Lokraj Shahi	HEAD Nepal Community Facilitator
9.	Mr. Yagyan Bdr Shahi	HEAD Nepal Community Facilitator
10.	Mr. Khagendra Dhami	HEAD Nepal JTA

Objectives of the Visit:

To know about the Present scenario of the project. Where we are on the project. How many activities we have completed and how many are pending. What are major and minor Obstacles comes while the smooth running of the Project activities. To identify the Beneficiaries house hold and conduct meeting with members. Share project activities and obtain feedback from local stakeholders, short meeting was conducted on Thehe.

Major Activities

6th November (Day 1)

Five visitors have come to head Nepal from Mission East and conducted meeting. Five members from two different organizations (Mission East & KIDARC) have come to Humla on 6th November.

On November 6th about 1:30 in the day the team visited HEAD Nepal and have a small meeting with all the staff related to New Project “Reducing hunger and Improving Nutrition amongst children with Disability and other marginalized children of Remote Mountain Villages of Nepal”. DR002/AEC007. The meeting was mainly focus on current situation of project, objective and output wise discussion and problem and possibilities of the project. But on the beginning the meeting was started with introduction of the Staff and the meeting was move on the discussion. The meeting was conducted for about 1 hour and the meeting was over and the monitoring team was move on to the their next schedule but they also have schedule for visit HEAD Nepal again on that day in the evening.

On same day the monitoring team again visited HEAD Nepal on 6:00 PM This time the visit was informal. They spend some time with the children of HEAD Vision Home and talk to children, ask some question to the children about their regular life but the talk was not focused on any specific subject. As the monitoring team arrived Simkot that morning they feel tired so they return to Hotel without visiting HEAD Enable Home but they have promised to visit HEAD Nepal again on the day after tomorrow, after visiting Thehe.

The monitoring already have the schedule to visiti Thehe village which in now Simkot RM ward No. 2. The purpose of the visit is to identify the fact and problems of Beneficiaries house hold and also conducted the short meeting with the family members of beneficiaries. Last but not at the least, also conducted the meeting with the Local Stakeholders of Thehe Vilalge (Simkot 2) on 8th November.

7th November (Day 2)

As planned the monitoring team departure form Simkot to Thehe Village around 7 am in the morning by Jeep. The jeep only can go on Syamne River which is mid point of the destination. Jeep took only 30 minutes to reach there. From there the team move forward by foot. Its about 2 hour walk from that point bur regular traveler but for unusual walker it takes bout 3 hours. The monitoring team reach Thehe village on around 11pm. There they have receive a warm welcome form the villagers as well as from Beneficiaries household.

Same day the monitoring team has planned two different task one is to visit several household the project beneficiaries and another task is meeting with the parents/family members of the beneficiaries.

First on around 2 pm there was a meeting with the parents of family members of beneficiaries. The meeting was Started with short introduction of the participants and the team members. There is a short discussion and hearing about the beneficiaries households selected for DR project from the point of view of the villagers. On that meeting some representative of selected household were spoke about their point view. They have also talked about their experience on the past few months of project activities. Mr Prakash informed the participants about the project objective and goal and also the activities which has ben held earlier and which is going to held in the future. On t hat same meeting the also Discussed about the water problem while doing kitchen gardening. The have also purpose the get way of the problem some of the solution are would be to use the wastage water which can be came our from kitchen or from other daily activities, do the water collection and use it for watering. The participation of community people were great in thehe Village. James focusses on participation in the project activities and decision-making. He focused on the point that Community people knows the best what can be done in the location.

Same day on the evening they have visited some household and talk to them about the project as well. Visiting the household is mainly focused on find out the current situation or condition of the beneficiaries.

8th November (Day 3)

In the morning on November 8 the monitoring team have another meeting. This time the meeting was with the local stakeholders. The meeting was conducted In presence of members of ward 1 and 2, health post representatives, teachers and other. In the meeting all the members form monitoring team were participated.

Mr. Prakash explained about the objective, goal and activities of the project improving nutrition program. Regarding the reference of food insecurity in Humla district, He informed to the participants that nutrition program is very needed for the community and even for those households with children who have disability. This project is even more essential. He discusses also about the balance died and changing the food habit of the households in the community. He also describe the assistant we prove to the direct beneficiaries for the children with disabilities. He focusses also the capacity building of the organization. Mr. Chhitup explained about the activities which are already been completed and informed rest of the activities which are soon going to be implemented soon. Mr. Praksh also emphasized on the kind cooperation with the local stakeholders. Alex thanks the representatives of that meeting for being here and wanted to learn from them that if the project is really going to be an effective one and how the community has any concerns about it. Gorasingh Bohora a member of ward no. 2 thinks that so far the project is going clearly and transparently. The past activities were done in participatory manner. He hopes to be done something for the children who are disabled in the community. There is also no any complain about the children and household who are selected. They are more hopeful to support the future career of the kids. The representative also concerns about the past activities of the other organizations which worked in those area. James also focusses on the community participation in any project to be successful. You are the one who makes the project meaningful because you have access to government works and also to NGOs projects and works as a bridge among community government and we together. We work in a component of health issue but we cannot change the entire system of the issue. Alex thanks everybody for time and participation and accountability of the project.

Findings:

From this short two days field visit, we know that, how beneficiaries pays attention towards project. What are the needs of the beneficiaries and how local stockholders help the project on different project activities and also collected local stockholder feedback for the smooth running for Project activities.

After finishing the meeting with parents The monitoring team return to Simkot with the same root. They have leave thehe about 11 am in the morning and reached Simkot on around 3 pm.

On that same day On November 8th on about 4:20 in the afternoon the monitoring team again visited HEAD Nepal as promised. First the team visit HEAD Computer lab where four children from HEAD Vision Home and HEAD Enable Home using computer, and other two children are reading with the help of CEC Camera (Digital Magnifier).

After visit of Computer Lab the team moved to PM office and small chat with Chhitup Lama and the monitoring team together with all children of HEAD Vision and Enable Home went to the front yard of the HEAD Nepal and snaps some group photos. After the group photo they also took some individual photos of children for case study. While other member of the monitoring team was busy taking photos of children ME headquarter representative Mrs. Alex Ramos distributed chocolate to children specially bring for them. Among happy children who had just got chocolate Pyarilal Aidi studying in class 9 residing in Vision home sang a sweet Local Duuda for all guest and monitoring team. After the great song of Pyarilal all of the children tries to sang a mango song but as the song was not sang for long time children were not able to sing that song but they have tried their best.

There was another performance by Pausara Aidi Class six and Gita Bumi Class nine. Together they have sang another sweet local deuda completely dedicated to the guest and monitoring team. For a moment their matching voice make the environment very much silent and everyone made focused on their song by the sweet voice.

As the guest was super excited by the performance there was another performance by Sapana Shahi studying in class seven by residing in Vision Home. The performance was the dance this time. Sapana was qualified on top 20 in the dance competition which was held on September in the simikot. The monitoring team was surprised with the magnificent dance performed by Sapana.

The monitoring team was also planning to collect case study amongst our children so they the monitoring team moved to different room with chosen children to collect information of the children. The collecting information for case study take about 1 hour and on 6:30 pm in the evening the monitoring team return to their hotel.

On 9th of November all monitoring team return to Nepalghunj

Here are some photos of the monitoring

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5/5 days ToT on Behaviour change base nutrition and utilization and management of Houseplot and kithcen gardening of the Project "Children and Hunger (DR002/AEC007

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Induction Program in Simikot Rural municipality level of the Project Children and Hunger

Date: 11th August 2017

On August 11, 2017 HEAD Nepal completed the Simkot Rm based induction program of the project “Reducing hunger and improving nutrition amongst children with disabilities and other marginalized children in remote mountain villages of Nepal.”

HEAD Nepal in partnership with Mission East Nepal has just started this project “Reducing hunger and improving nutrition amongst children with disabilities and other marginalized children in remote mountain villages of Nepal” is a Humla base project covering two rural municipalities, Simikot and Chankheli Rural Municipalities, working areas are remote villages, and beneficiaries are marginalized children including children with disabilities. So this is a public concern. This fact link all newly elected local governance and other related organization. So HEAD Nepal organize introductory program amongst Chairperson of Simikot Rm and Chankheli Rm where all the ward chairperson and other related organization which is working with the welfare of children and active in health and nutrition sector of children were invited. The program was conducted under the chairpersonship of Mr. Kamal Budha “HEAD Board committee member” and Mr. Dan Bdr Rawat “DDC Coordinator” was invited as Chief Guest.

Mr. Dan Bdr Rawat reading the banner Executive director of head nepal Mr Chhitup Lama on induction Program Chef Guest Mr. Dan Bdr Rawat inaugurated the program by reading the banner and the formal program was started. The community facilitator of the project Mr. Lokraj Shai welcomed all the guest by giving short speech. After welcoming all Mr. Nirmal Bista “project Coordinator/communication officer” presented a short introductory PowerPoint slide of HEAD Nepal and its project. After short presentation Mr. Chhitup Lama “Founder/executive director of HEAD Nepal” presented brief description of the new project through the PowerPoint Presentation. Mainly the presentation contain the introduction of the project, direct and indirect beneficiaries group which is about direct 900 children and indirect 900 other family member in total 1800, About the donor and financial status of the project, etc.

After the informative presentation of Mr. Chhitup Lama facilitator of the program Ms. Tulasi Budhathoki invited Mr. Purnalal Sapkota “acting Agriculture Development Officer” for his few words. Mr. Sapkota says it is a great project and in some cases the project is quite similar to other government program like Golden Thousand days, so to avoid duplication of the program co-operation is required and he express his word to support this project from his side.

After the short speech of Mr. Sapkota Mr. Bali Rawat “Assistance Chief of Simkot Rm” was invited by the moderator of the program to express a few words about his point of view of this project. He also express positive response and as local governance and as local citizen/business he admitted that he will support HEAD Nepal.

In the program other ward wise chairperson and media person were presented and they also submit their important comment and suggestion that guides the project in easy, cooperative way.

Purnalal Sapkota Acting agriculture officer of Humla Agriculture office speaking on the program. Nirmal Bista communication officer of HEAD Nepal speaking on the induction program After the short discussion of the of the comment and other aspect of the project facilitator of the program requested Mr. Dan Bdr Rawat “Chief Guest of the program and DCC coordinator” for his few words. Mr. Rawat also expresses his positive feedback to this project and wishes for successful complication.

The chairperson of the program Mr. Kama Budha “Founder/member of HEAD Nepal” requested to say a few words about the project and end the program. He thanked all the participant of the program to attend this introductory program and their positive feedback and their time as well. Finally He declared the formally the introductory program has end.

The program was successfully conducted and all the preplanned guest were presented and all of them shows a positive response to this new project. They also raise some suggestion which has a highest value to the project.

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Inception Program of Children and Hunger Project

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