CASE STUDIES
At APRIL 10, 2020 And this time it is Strawberries in the poly houses of Nepal Maya Tamang 40 years old woman lives in Gamailo and was selected as one of the farmers for poly house beneficiaries in Nuwakot district of Kakani Gaupalika.
Maya has a family of 7 members and has 2 children. Being illiterate, Maya Tamang did not have enough alternatives for livelihood which made her a potential beneficiary and work as a farmer for poly house in Nuwakot District of Kakani Gaupalika.
Maya Tamang in her polyhouse where she has planted strawberry. Looking at the development indicators of life of villagers, KCDC implemented the project called “Improving Rural Livelihoods, Water & Sanitation in CSEC and trafficking affected and vulnerable Areas of Nuwakot where a holistic rehabilitation program is being delivered in Kakani.
Current interventions are aimed at addressing critical needs of poor households affected by risky migration and CSEC in four affected village in Nuwakot. The interventions are focused on water and sanitation, short-term income generation, long-term livelihood development and protection of girls and women from gender-based violence.
Selected as one of the livelihood package beneficiaries under the project, Maya decided to take this opportunity in the hope of providing better support to her family. Under the project staff’s supervision, she adopted poly house for strawberry production. After receiving support for the polyhouse like silpaulin sheet and bamboo, she zealously spent her time on the construction of poly house. Furthermore, the number of training she received from KCDC organization during the previous year helped her to implement the technology, appropriately.
The variety of strawberries cultivated in Nuwakot requires an altitude of 1500 – 2500m with a temperature range of 4 – 25 degree Celsius and 3000 – 4000 ml of rainfall, making Kakani the ideal location for such cultivation. The preparation for strawberry cultivation begins around the month of June. After the months of tending, the actual plantation is carried out during September and the produce is ready by November. Before planting strawberry in poly house, Maya Tamang used to cultivate maize in her farmland. During that time the income she incurred was very less which was not sufficient for her family. But after the strawberry cultivation in the poly house, she is able to have a good yield. In Maya’s words, it was not only her effort alone, her family members have also contributed equally to the cultivation of the strawberries.
They helped in watering the plants and put fertilizers and nutrients regularly in the soil. Maya has already sold about 100 kg of strawberry this season and earns 30,000 NRs and is still selling the strawberries. Her target is to achieve an income of 1, 50,000 NRs. She is happy and satisfied with what she has gained and wants to work harder to make more money from the strawberry fields.
Strawberry in Maya Tamang’s polyhouse. We have seen difficult times when we did not have money to pay for children’s school books for school. Now life has become easier as we are able to manage our daily expenses smoothly, says Maya Tamang.
Together, Maya and her family have planned to save half of their income for their children’s education and invest the other half to buy food grains that will keep them secure for the entire year. She wants to bring women in the community together, who are interested in strawberry farming along with her and are willing to develop micro-entrepreneurs so that the women in that area have migrated to other places in search of work which will also help in stopping human trafficking and CSEC in this area.
At April 10, 2020 Climate-smart, empowerment, food, food security, Gender Based Violence (GBVs) greenhouse, hilly, Himalayan mountain in Nuwakot. KCDC, poly house, solution, women bringing children back to schools. Poverty, CSEC and migration affected in Nuwakot had an enormous impact on the country’s poorest communities and poverty effect on Nuwakot.
Life Change Stories/Testimonies.
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Portrait of Thuli Kanchhi Tamang of Kawlethana of Okharpauwa VDC Nuwakot District
Location:
Member of Savings and Credit Group
Okharpauwa – 3, Kawlethana
Godawari Mahila Samuha
For one year
Participant of BLC and EEC
in Collaboration with HLI Project/KCDC/World Education
Introduction:
In 2011, Thuli Kanchhi Tamang participated In Basic Literacy Class for learning reading and writing. Now she is able to read and write Nepali texts and solve numerical calculations. She knows to make familiar with the existing situations related to education, health, livelihood, environment, girl trafficking, child rights, innate rights, etc. she tells her friends and neighbors. She is dedicated to strive for improving the conditions and for the betterment of the community.
Thuli Kanchhi Tamang, around 40 years of age, is literate from BLC, but never went to school or college, and she is mother of four children. She is very active in group work for savings and micro business. Her children are all attending school. Before she took the BLC class, she used to go to somewhere; she can’t read any kinds of reading materials with her some friends. Now she is capable to read message and information materials elsewhere.
THE KAKANI CENTER for DEVELOPMENT of COMMUNITY – KCDC
Change Stories/Testimonies.
Project for Prevention of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Nuwakot (PP-CSEC)
Keep voices of the Chairperson of CSEC – Ward Vigilance Committee in Thanapati VDC – 1
Portrait of Anju Tamang of Kharivanjyang of Thanapati VDC – Nuwakot District
Location:
Chairperson of CSEC Vigilance Committee
Thanapati – 1, Kharibhangyang Nuwakot
- Awareness raising.
- Prevention of child at risk on involvement in commercial sexual exploitation.
- Strengthening protection and support of vulnerable groups of children at risk as poor children, orphans, and migrated children;
- Network and research on the current trends in commercial sexual exploitation of children in the project area.
- Providing ideas to promote the Rights of the child with comprehensive assistance; and meaningful child and youth participation in combating commercial sexual exploitation of children.
- With the long term objective to stop Sexual Exploitation of Children to migrate to cities, Kathmandu Valley and abroad.
- CSEC Vigilance Committee has been provided evidence-based knowledge to guide effective decision to the community to stop the CSEC.
- Provide an integral and updated picture of sexual exploitation of children in migration and seeking job in other side, including an analysis of emerging trends and new developments.
- Provide, where possible and available, statistical data and figures on child at risk and travelling sex offenders, including quantitative trends.
- Mapping and assess current responses to the sexual exploitation of children in migration and job seeking, including VDCs Network and Ward Network, sensitization campaigns.
- Capacity building and a range of measures and interventions by different stakeholders to address this challenges.
- Propose a set of recommendations to improve government, non-government and private sector responses to the sexual exploitation of children in migration and seeking job.