Relief Nepal Organization Profile Mailing Address: Kamalamai-6, Sindhuli E-mail: info@reliefnepal.org.np Website: www.reliefnepal.org.np Ph: 047-520915, Cell: 9851001193 Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 1. Organization Information: 1.1 Registration: a. District Administration Office :571/2065.08.11 (B.S.) b. c. d. Social Welfare Council Registration no Recent renewal date :2066-2-3 (B.S.) :27381 :2071-7-2 (B.S.) e. Date of Validity :2072-3-30 (B.S.) f. Last general assembly :2071-07-30 (B.S) g. Recent Audit date :2071-04-09 (B.S.) h. VAT/Pan Number: :303241636 1.2 Membership Information: Founder Member : 11 (2 Female and 9 Male) Life Member : 11 (6 Female, 5 Male) Executive Committee : 9 (5 Females, 4 Males) General Member : 42 (19 Female, 23 Male) Total Member : 53 (25 female, 28 male) User Member : 19,000 HH (Beneficial Community) 1.3. Targeted Groups: Women, Children, Youths and Marginalized groups Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 1.4 Introduction/Background: Relief Nepal is a non-profit non-government organization dedicated to improve the quality of life of poor, Youth, underprivileged and most disadvantaged people in Nepal. Relief Nepal was founded in 2002 as a Community Based Organization and it was formally registered as a NGO in 2008 in District Administration Office, Sindhuli. It is also affiliated in Social Welfare Council in 2009. It has liaison offices in Kathmandu and field office in Dhanusha. Sindhuli is situated in midst of the Churey and MahabharataRanges. SindhuliGadhi situated around 20 km of the district headquarter SindhuliMadhi is of historical significance. It is said that British forces who has invaded Nepal were defeated and chased away from SidhuliGadhi. Sindhuli district therefore has immense potential for tourism. The social composition of Sindhuli district consists of multi caste and multi ethnic groups. Economically Sindhuli is very backward as more than 80% of the population is depended on agriculture and there are no big industries in the whole district. There are 53 VDCs and one Municipality in the district and some of the VDCs are still inaccessible from the district headquarter due to lacking of transport and communication facilities. Considering the poor development situation of the district, a group of conscious and energetic local female and male youths of Sindhuli decided to work together in the area of social development, and formed an organization named Relief Nepal in 2065. Relief Nepal has made organizational strategy to act in complementary and supplementary of governmental organizations and act in coordination and partnership with international and national non governmental organizations to end social evils of the society and bring positive change, in the lives of poor community children, youth, women, and marginalized sections with especial focus on under privileged children. Vision: Developed society based on social, economic, political and gender equity. Mission: To enhance the livelihoods of children, youth, women and marginalized sections of the society through empowering them to be self-reliant so that ensures their meaningful participation in decision-making process in the society and able to enjoy their rights Goal: Vulnerable and marginalized people especially women, children, youths and people living with marginalized conditions are empowered and participate in decision making process about the issues affecting their livelihood Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 1.5 Objectives: I. To empower women and marginalised groups toward ensure human rights, increase school education enrolment of school age children and reduced domestic violence, dowry system and human slavery, and animal welfare through social mobilisation and institutional building. II. To improve safe drinking water supply, sanitation and hygiene behavior in target groups and reduced communicable and water born diseases. III. To increase access of deprived, marginalised community women and under five children to basic health services, nutritional education, and reduced STD and HIV/ AIDs incidence in community. IV. To improve livelihoods of target groups through integrated management of agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services and renewal energy. V. To promote the livelihood of the marginalized people by promoting local product and enhancing their linkages with potential market system. VI. To facilitate child rights protection and promotional programs as a resource organization in the local level. VII. To conduct non-formal education/literacy program in partnership with GOs/INGOs targeting to the illiterate children, youths and women of the Dalit and disadvantaged groups; linking with income generating activities and saving credit program of the likeminded organizations. VIII. To work against various kind of social abuses like; dowry system, child marriage, child labor, human (especially girls and women) trafficking, etc. in order to ensure their rights. IX. To support and promote developing small scale modern farming, animal husbandry and income generating activities to the marginalized low income groups in association with concern agriculture development offices and financial institutions. X. To provide relief and supports to the disaster (including climate change hazards) affected population of the working area in association with humanitarian support organizations. 1.6 Strategy and Approaches: Along with these approaches Relief Nepal will be guided by the following strategies: Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 Working in partnership with grass roots, marginalized farmer's agricultural workers, marginalized communities, children, Youth and women Relief Nepal facilitates community participation in program formulation, implementation and monitoring with equal participation of women in decision-making and work place. We would like to undertake and implement projects that ensure: I. Participation: Rely on the full participation of children, youth, adult (women and man) with direct experience of targeted problems. II. Networks/Linkages: Creates new networks including such different constituencies as District Administration, VDC, and other government al agencies, academics, lawyers, police, social activists, NGO's, stakeholders and donors committed to work for the empowerment of marginalized children, youth, adult (women and man). III. Rights and Advocacy: Bring about positive changes in attitudes and policies concerning marginalized children, youth, adult (Woman and Man) community through their organization and empowerment. IV. Non-Discriminatory: Build respect for individual/human religious, region, caste, political lines and gender. right across V. Gender sensitive: Provide equal opportunity for women and man at work place and community. VI. Empowerment and conflict reconciliation: Will empower the targeted communities and build peace through reconciliation of interests. VII. Accountability and Transparency: Organization will be accountable to the targeted community and eager to share all information with all concerned and stake holders including line agencies. VIII. Capacity building : Developing skills, practice and attitude for positive change IX. Inclusion: Inclusiveness of target community and disadvantaged groups in decision making and implementing their programs. 1.7 Strengths of the organization: II. Committed leadership accompanied with sufficient qualitative human resources. III. Relief Nepal has formed effective and active youth clubs leaded by girls and child clubs, which have been able to bring positive impacts in the society. IV. Organization is well equipped with appropriate tools and techniques. Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 V. Relief Nepal’s executive committee and general assembly represents the ideal democratic organization where ascent of inclusiveness can be smelt nicely. VI. The organization possess it own rules, regulations and policy accredited by government. VII. Relief Nepal is successful on creating friendly, harmonious relationship and co-ordination between the staff and executive committee. VIII. Possess good capacity and quality to conduct programs in all areas including remote and rural. IX. Have established good coordination and partnership with all agencies including government organizations, non-governmental and private organizations. X. Possess good capacity to reach to expected goals of any project through common effort. 1.8 Values and beliefs of RELIEF NEPAL: I. Responsibility: Indoctrinated a culture of dealing to it’s staff and members with people meticulously. II. Participatory: The organization includes its right holders in decision-making process. III. Cost effectiveness: The organization delivers its services with quality and rightly priced. IV. Dignity of labor: Labor is the product that provides life. It should be dignified. V. Human Dignity: The organizational and its member will demonstrate tolerance in one another, respect one another and upheld the right of the people to live in society with dignified human life. VI. Effectiveness in its programs: The organization will devise a means to deliver its service effectively to its right stakes. VII. Coordination: The inherent quality of the organization is coordination in between different stakeholders to achieve the goal. VIII. IX. Transparency: Transparency is a core value in dealing in every sector. Brotherhood / Reciprocator: Unity in diversity furthermore living in harmony and peace with dignity is another aspect of brother hood. Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 X. XI. Helpful: Extending supporting hand is another value of the organization. Inclusiveness and Good governance: It indicates that people with different background, culture, cast and class should be included in its program and in calculate the culture of inclusiveness. 2. Working Experience: Sn Date Program Donor/ Partner Areas 1. On going Terre des Hommes, Germany South Asia Office Sindhuli , Kabreplanchok 6,927,000.00 2. On going Caritas Nepal Sindhuli 180,000.00 Cash 30,000,000.00 in kind 3. On going Recovery and restoration of living conditions in earthquake affected district of Nepal. Emergency relief response program for earthquake effected families Immediate Relief to the victims of earthquake in Nepal On going Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Kavre districts Sindhuli 2,0915,40.00 4. 5. On going Terre des Hommes, Germany South Asia Office Terre des Hommes, Germany South Asia Office Plan Nepal Sindhuli 6,000,000.00 6. On going CARITAS Nepal Sindhuli 1,750,000.00 7. On going 1,500,000.00 8. 2014 9. 2013 NHA/KINDER Sindhuli MISSION WERK-JERMAN / SKN JV CWS CARITAS Sindhuli Koria/ Nepal Ministry of Sindhuli Youth and Promoting Essential Health and Sanitation Facilities for Rural People HOPE (Reducing the child labour in Municipality area of Sindhuli district) Social and economic empowerment of rural women Disable Prevention and rehabilitation Program Drinking water supply project Climate Change Environment Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 Budget 2,980,000.00 1,787,200.00 205,000.00 Protection and Development Forest Development and Soil Management 10. 2012 11. 201013 River bank Farming 12. 2011 13. 2011 Program for marginalized and Minority Youth Sports Goods Distribution 14. 2011 Butic Training 15. 2011 16. 2011 PLWHA/Youth Relief and Rehabilitation Program Embroidery training 17. 2010 Agriculture for Youth Program 18. 2009 Commercial Vegetable Farming Program. Child Development Program Reproductive Health Program 19. 1 2009 2 20. 2009 Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 Sports Goth Kharka Community Forestry Consumer Committee NARDF/JWAS Ministry of Youth and Sports District Youth and Sports Committee Commercial and Skill development training Center Ministry of Youth & Sports Gov of Nepal small cottage and industry development committee District Sports Development Committee Sindhuli 68,000.00 Sarlahi, Mahottari and Rauthat Sindhuli 3,000,000.00 Sindhuli 10,000.00 Sindhuli 60,000.00 Sindhuli 310,000.00 sindhuli 43,000.00 Sindhuli 89,860.00 Dhanusha 142,000.00 Dhanusha 218,000.00 Sindhuli 25,000.00 257,000.00 JWAS Janakpur JWAS Janakpur Self Women Devlopment Office 3. Major achievements of the program till this date as follows: SN Theme 1 Child Outcomes Development 2 DRR Climate change 2 Agriculture and livelihood Formed 45 Child clubs in participation of 476 children (54% girls) in Sindhuli and Dhanusa and continuing child rights policy advocacy /awareness and child concerned activities. 195 trained children on wall magazine and child journalism regularly publishing wall magazine in monthly basis through child clubs in Sindhuli. 155 Child labor provided education support for continuing their school education 7 learning center Stablish and 49 child labor involved in center 16 child Resque form difficult work of hotel and provided educational and financial support fot continuios education 26 child labor back own home 72 child labor admitted to school on formal school 131 child labor continue to school Community aware on worst from child labor 7000 HH support earth quick victim food and non food item 7 CFS conduct for earth quack affected children Psycho -social Support for earth quack affected children Nutrition support child and special women 6 hector public land in plantation River bank plantation in kamala river Grass(tree) 72 HHs promotion on livelihood and plantation Awareness training on 7 community forest user groups deforestation Plantation on 7 Community forest (add if here in need) 10 landless groups living near to bank of river are producing seasonal fruits and vegetables annually (average Rs. 30,000 per season, per family) from the unutilized land which helping them to ease their livelihoods in Sarlahi, Mohattari and Rauthat. 27 lead farmers dispersed in three different groups and exchanging their learning and best practices to the other farmers in Sindhuli. Total 20 women were trained on embroidery and four among the 20 got relevant job on different organizations in Sindhuli. 20 families dependency on forest firewood minimized through use of Bio- gas in Dhanusa. Provided market development training for the local farmer for potential market promotion 7 women groups are involving in income generation activities such as fruit farming, livestock raising more than 250 HHs have been involving in local enterprises Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 3 Health and Sanitation 4 HIV/AIDS 5 Gender and marginalized community empowerment 6 Adult literacy (agriculture and non-agriculture) Local market system has been established in 2 VDCs of north Sindhuli district and linked with the road corridor of Sindhuli-Banepa highway A women cooperative is established in the rural area of Sindhuli district for promoting economic activities of rural women. Women access to VDCs health post regarding RH services has been increased by 50% after training and mobilizing of 25 Mother Child health motivators in two VDCs of Sindhuli. 59 beneficiary families of drinking water project maintaining drinking water system and using clean toilet properly. 252 HHS facility on safe drinking water water 1150 school children facility on safe drinking on government school 1,000 students including child clubs’ members of different schools made aware on HIV/AIDS. VDC level program on HIV/AIDS awareness including blood test organized in most vulnerable Hatpate and Sirthouli VDCs in Sindhuli. As a result, 42 youths were motivated for testing for HIV/AIDS. Organized 2 camps on HIV/AIDS and distributed 750 condoms in rural market (HAT BAZAR). 42 members of marginalized cast (Majhi and Danuwar) formed 6 Human Right activist groups, advocating on Human rights and collected and submitted issues of the marginalized communities to the Constitutional Assembly through BishamLalDanuar, CA member. 120 graduate women from the literacy classes have been implementing their literacy and numeracy skills in their daily lives and encouraging community people sending their girl child to the school. 4. Human Resources: At present Relief Nepal has human resource in the following sectors: Health and Sanitation Livelihood experts Child rights and protection Formal & Non-formal Education Gender and development Social Mobilization Conflict management & social transformation Human rights / democracy and justice. Disaster preparedness. Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 Agriculture HIV/ AIDS Natural Resource Management. Media person 5. Details of Human Resources: Full name Position Academic Qualificati on Sex Cast & Ethnicit y Expertise Years of Exper ience Mr.Durgaraj Paudel Mr Danda Gurung President MA M B/C Project Develop and Management 13 Vice-president BA M Ethnic DRR and Climate change 15 Ms. Asmita B.K. Ms. Jin kumara chauwan Sectary MBA F Dalit Administration 13 Join-Sectary Intermediat e/ commerce F B/C Admin and Finance 7 Ms. Laxman Ghimire Ms. Pabitra B.K Treasurer BA M B/C Human Rights 9 Board Member BA F Dalit Women Empowerment 11 Mr. Hom Bd B.K Ms. Mina acharya Ms. Uma Khulal Board Member BA M Dalit WASH 8 Board Member ANM/Bed F B/C Health and Education 7 Board Member BBS F Ethnic Accounting 5 Mr. Khushraj paudel Executive Director MBS Male B/c Org Development, Project Planning and monitoring 11 Mr. Suraj Acharya Monitoring, Evaluation & Documentation Officer Admin and finance manager M Phil. Male B/C Project Planning and monitoring 11 MBS Female B/C Admin and finance 5 Logistic Manager BA Female Ethnic Administration 7 Ms. Ruku Bohora Ms. Shivakala Gurung Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 Mr. Ritesh Raut Program Coordinator BA Male B/C WASH 6 Mr. Tej Bd Bhujel Program Coordinator MA Male Ethnic Child Rights 9 Ms. Diksha Baral Program Coordinator MPA/LLB Female B/C WASH/DRR 3 Ms Anuja Khadka Program Coordinator BA Female B/C Women Empowerment 5 Mr. Kundan Chaudhary Program Coordinator BPH Male Medesi WASH/DRR 7 Ms. Uma Paudel Program Coordinator BA Female B/C Child Rights 5 Mr. Prabin Thapa Program Officer MA Male B/C DRR and Climate change 6 Ms Samira Chauwan Program Officer HA Female B/C WASH 4 Mr. Santosh Baral Techinican Male B/C Agriculture 11 Female B/C Child Development 2 Ms. Saradha Adhikari Social mobilizer Isc Ag BA Mr. Madav Pd Baral Social Mobilizer IA Male B/C Women Empowerment 3 Ms. Bishnu Kumari Shrestha Social Mobilizer B.Ed Female Ethnic Child Rights and Education 2 Ms. Gauri Maya Tamang Social Mobilizer B.Ed Female Ethnic Child Rights and Education 3 Ms.Manu Bohora Social Mobilizer BA Female B/C Education 3 Ms. Lila Bhujel Social Mobilizer B.Ed Female Ethnic Child Rights and Education 4 Social Mobilizer B.Ed Male Ethnic DRR Education 6 SM /Facilitator BA Female Ethnic Child Rights and Education 1 Mr. Keshav Gurung Ms.Aasha Shrestha Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 Running Ms. Sunita Timalsina Ms. Bimala Timalsina Mr. Khada Gautam Ms.Aashika Magar SM /Facilitator BA Female B/C Education 3 SM /Facilitator IA Female B/C Education 3 SM /Facilitator BA Male B/C DRR 7 SM /Facilitator BA Running Female Ethnic Child Rights and Education 1 Ms. Isha Shrestha SM /Facilitator BA Running Female Ethnic Child Rights, Education & BLOP Facilitator 3 Ms.Anita Magrati SM /Facilitator BA Running Female Dalit Child Rights and Education 1 Mr. Ramesh Shrestha SM /Facilitator BA Running Male Ethnic Child Rights, Education & BLOP 3 Mrs. Tulasa Thapa SM /Facilitator BA Running Female B/C Child Rights, Education & BLOP Facilitator 3 Mrs. Susila Ghising Mr.Pralad Thapa Mr.Shree Pd. Sah Office Helper Litrate Female Ethnic Store 2 Advisor PhD Male B/C Project Planning 14 Legal Advisor LLB/MA Male Madhesi Law 11 Mr Damador Gaire Mr.Mandip Acharya Mr Rishiram Kattel Mr. Shyam Sah *Consultant M.Sc Forestry Male B/C DRR and climate change 11 *Consultant MD Male B/C Health & Nutrition 9 *Consultant M.Sc Forestry MA Male B/C 14 Male Madhesi Agroforestry and silviculture WASH Mr.C.B Gurung *Consultant Male Ethnic Agriculture 13 Mr.Dipendra Sharma Ms Soni Baral *Consultant M A/ Bsc Ag. Msc, Ag. Male B/C 15 Female B/C Male B/C Natural Resource Management DRR and climate change DRR and climate change *Consultant *Consultant Msc Forestry Mr Kalyan *Consultant Msc gauli Forestry *Consultant Available as per needs. Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 16 17 14 6. Physical Resources: S.N Particular 1. Table Quantity S.N 8 15 Particular Laptop Quantity 3 2. Wooden Chair 6 16 Clock 3 3. Moving Chair 4 17 Computer 4 4. Cordless 1 18 Mobile 2 5. Steel Cup Board 6 19 Plastic Chair 18 6. Bench 2 20 Fax Machine 1 7. Digital Camera 4 21 Telephone 1 8. Bicycle 2 22 Photo Copy Machine 1 9. Printer 2 23 Motorcycle 1 10. Computer table 4 24 File rack 3 11. White Board 11 25 Library 1 12. Wooden Cupboard 1 26 Sofa set 1 2 set 27 Bed 3 4 28 Well furnished office at Sindhuli and Kathmandu 13. Kitchen Utilities 14. Pinch Board 7. Organization's Structure: General Assembly Advisory Committee Program Development & Management Division Education Income generation Child Right WASH Health and Nutrition Good Governance DRR and CCA Executive Committee Audit Committee Executive Director Internal Audit Monitoring, Evaluation & Documentation Division Admin, Finance & HR Division Monitoring & evaluation unit Policy Advocacy unit Publication unit Relief Nepal – Organization Profile-2015 Admin finance unit HR Unit Office management