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| IRDS > Poverty Alleviation Program |
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| Program Feature |
| Supported by : Poverty Alleviation Fund. |
| Period: May 2006 to till now. |
| Working Area: Bijulpura and Pashupatinagar VDCs of Mahottari District. |
| Staff: 5. |
| Phase: 1st, 2nd. |
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| Program details / Achievements |
- 50 groups of ethnic and lower casts are formed.
- About 225 household and 1000 poor people are involved in these groups.
- Different types of income generating activities are proposed by target groups for increasing their income.
- Users' groups will become able to fully operate program themselves.
- Linkage and collaborate with local government and other agencies like DDC, VDC and line agencies etc.
- Leadership skill developed in users' groups.
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| Program background |
IRDS/SAMAJ has been working with the poor to uplift their socio-economic status through this program. The main target group of this program is the poor, women, lower castes, indigenous & Ethnic.
This program runs according to the demand and necessities of target groups. |
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| Objective |
| To reduce the poverty level from the society and increased the living status of poor people and demand driven approach to maximum community participation, optimum cost- effectiveness and to increase capacity of local people for leadership, resource management and planning. |
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| Process and Activities |
- Income generating groups are formed.
- 90% grant assistance is provided according to group demand.
- Necessary trainings are provided to empowerment their skills.
- Project will totally depend as per groups' demand and necessity.
- Direct funding to community.
- It will legally register in local authorities.
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| Lesson learnt |
- If all the responsibilities of the program like project selection, designing, estimating and implementation etc. given to the users' groups then program will be succeed and sustainable.
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