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Flood Control and Natural Disaster Management Program

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Project Duration: 1998-2001 Nature and Target Group: The Program was service delivery and construction oriented, which also included sensitizing people through training, meeting and workshops. This Program supported people in Chitwan, Bara and Rautahat who were the victims of natural disaster, mainly flood and landslides. Livelihood improvement of victims and the management of disasters were […]

Out of School Children Program

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Project Duration: 1997 to 2001 Nature of the Project: This project’s mission was to increase the enrolment of children in schools. This initiative focused on children who were out of school for various reasons. After completion of the nine-month Child Literacy Class, the children were in the “Let’s Go to School” bridging session. On its […]

Fri PAD Fundraising Program

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Project Duration: 1997- 2003 Nature and Target Group: The goal of this project is to improve the health and quality of life of people living in towns by constructing or extending the water supply, provide drainage and sanitation facilities and providing a health and hygiene sanitation Program in 40-50 towns across the country. Fri PAD […]

Management of Soil Insect Pests in the Mid Hills of Nepal

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Project Duration: 2000-2001 Nature and Target Group: This project aimed to research ways to control and solve some of the serious pests that plague farmers. Pest control is important because on an average 33% of cereal crops are destroyed by insects pests per year. The Agriculture Perspective Plan (APP) also emphasises on the control of […]

Rural Self-Help Promotion Program (Microfinance)

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Project Duration: 1996-ongoing Nature and Target Group: The idea behind this initiative is to assist marginalize families specifically the disadvantaged and indigenous women of Gunjanagar, Shukranagar, Saradhanagar. It is a self-help promotion Program through the microfinance mechanism replicated policy of Gramin Bank of Bangladesh towards poverty alleviation. This Program provided micro loans to the women’s […]

Self Reliance through Saving and Credit Groups

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Project Duration: 1998-1999 Nature and Target Group: The idea behind this initiative is to assist the disadvantaged and indigenous Tharu community of Ratapur and Jabka VDCs. It is a self-help Program towards poverty alleviation and the ability to meet the basic human needs through off-season vegetable farming, and bullock cart business. Through this Program the […]

Foster Family Survey Project

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Project Duration: 1999-2000 Nature and Target Group: Fri PAD has to carry out household socioeconomic survey in the entire VDCs of the proposed districts. Altogether 12052 households of Rautahat and Bara districts were the primary target groups of this project. Achievements: Altogether 12052 households of Bara and Rautahat districts were surveyed. Baseline information on socioeconomic […]

The Women’s Empowerment Project: Literacy and Economic Participation (WEP)

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Project Duration: 1998-2001 Nature and Target Group: Nepal is a patriarchal society and the education of women is neglected. Although many young women have attended schools and colleges, they are unaware of their basic human rights. This project aims at teaching Women’s Rights, Responsibilities and Advocacy (RR&A), as a component of the Women’s Empowerment Program […]

Lal-Bakaiya River Basin Project

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Project Duration: 1997-2001 Nature and Target Group: The Lal-Bakaiya suffered from a major flood that covered the entire valley killing many people and destroying entire crops. Thus, there was a desperate need of a rehabilitation program to assist the families who were the most affected. The project aimed at assisting those families who have suffered […]

Mulberry Variety and Cultivation Practices and Silkworm Variety Test

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Project Duration: January 1999- December 2000 Nature and Target: Fri PAD conducted a field based action research project on the testing different varieties of Mulberry in Madi in Chitwan district and Baireni in the Dhading district as well as Silkworm testing in Madi. This was a research project and aimed to examine the efficiency of […]