Projects

Advocacy on Women Empowerment Project

Share and Care Nepal is a non-governmental organization established with the objective to provide community service to the rural and urban communities of the entire Nepal, in health, educational, environmental, cultural, religious, economical, spiritual and social sectors and strengthening the nation provide maximum services for the development of the marginalized communities and the country.

For the past 15 years, this organization has been continuously working in the field of community development, community health, women empowerment and social transformation. At present the organization has been implementing its programmes in 19 VDCs’ of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Sindhupalchowk, Kavrepalanchowk and Makwanpur districts.

Since three years, United Primary Health Service project of Share and Care Nepal, has been conducting women and girls groups formation and their mobilization in Champi and Dukuchaap VDCs. In this context, there are 19 women groups, 2 adolescent groups (girls) and 2 network groups. Identifying the need for the organizational development of the women groups based on the high evaluation of their awareness level and their initiatives as well as their learning’s from experiences and their programme evaluation reports, this programme is scheduled to be started soon.

The total population of Champi and Dukuchap VDCs is 7401 of which male is 3738 and women is 3663. In this project direct beneficiary number will be 773 and indirect beneficiary will be 4251.

Goal

For the improved livelihood of women, empower them through the medium of public advocacy.

  Objectives

• Facilitate the women group empowerment process.
• Facilitate the adolescent groups for their capacity building.
• Initiate women enterprising for enhancing the economical status of these women.
• Establish community based learning centre for developing women knowledge and skills.
• Monitor and evaluate the programmes in most effectiveway.

Guiding Principles  

• Focus on poverty oriented, community oriented, women oriented sustainable development.
• Focus on activities based on local capacity and skills.
• Priority will be given to the women welfare and rights.

Strategic plan

1. Encourage and promote the community initiatives.
2.  Advance towards sustainability.
3. Facilitation for empowerment.
4. Learn and move ahead together.
5. Build capacity.
6. Decentralized working procedure.
7. Coordination and cooperation with government agencies.

Plan period: 3 years.

In the first year, the programme will be focused on capacity enhancement programme for group and networking group. In the second year, the programme will be centered on organizational development and in the third year, focus will be on monitoring, evaluation and hand over activities.