 Nepal
Country info
Population: 27 million
Child mortality: 74 per 1,000
Illiteracy: 51%
Life expectancy: 63 years
HDI rank: 142 out of 177
Small-scale enterprise
Tear´s commitment in 2008: €90,853
Partner: UMN
Programme content:
- Support for local organisations, focusing on strengthening small-scale enterprise among poor groups. Tear also deployed a couple here to help develop this programme, who ended their term in May 2008. A new Enterprise Development Advisor was recruited in 2008 and joined UMN in January 2009.
- Training staff of the partner organisations and those they reach with their work.
Target group: 2,000 families and 18 local partner organisations in four districts in Nepal
Healthcare
Tear´s commitment in 2008: €10,000
Partner: INF
Programme content:
The health programme in the district of Jumla supports the local government in its efforts to provide a better service to its own population. INF provides training for the staff at various clinics and health posts. Clinics are, for example, supported in the areas of pregnancy checks, mother and child care, nutritional education and the treatment of malnourished children. Thanks to greater access as the civil conflict has been reduced, new clinics further away from the district capital have been receiving support and training, while the programme phased out some of the clinics that had already been supported for some years.
Target group: 5,000 families
Education
Tear´s commitment in 2008: €20,000
Partner: Lifelight Community Development Services
Programme content:
The programme focuses on teaching people to read, write and work with numbers. The programme works mainly with women. The groups of women are also encouraged to develop income-generating activities. An evaluation of the literacy work was done and discussed during the 2008 visit.
Target group: 793 people
Climate change
Tear´s commitment in 2008: €25,000
Partner: UMN
Programme content:
Disaster risk analysis with local partners, with special emphasis on disasters that are climate change-induced. A plan will be developed with the communities to address the risks.
Target group: This is still to be decided, as the programme is in its initial stage.
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