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The Renaissance Society, as called Punarjagaran Samaj in Nepali, is our movement to integrate the disadvantaged people into the democratic mainstream through their empowerment with skills, wealth, income, institutions, justice, and the rejuvenation of heritage. Nepal’s manifold heritages like the nice people, Lord Buddha, Himalayas and abounding resources are far from enriching the majority of people. Ironically, most of the people live with less than one US$ daily and the status of women, children and ethnic people is more severe.
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RSN Board Meeting Held
On Jestha 2, 2068, meeting of RSN Executive Comittee held on Head Office to review the progress of FY 2067/68. The meeting review the progress of Poverty Alleviation Fund Programme Parsa an Pyuthan, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Projects and WASH programme. RSN Board decided to guide the project units on the following aspects:
Focus PAF programme in supporting socio-economic infrastrucre projects,
Help community organization in developing micro-enerprise,
Help to establish market linkages and focus market led production, and
Help in institutional development for earlier sustainability.
In addition, the board decided to review the performance of each project and staffs.
WASH Programme in Ligha, Pyuthan
An agreement between RSN and DDC Pyuthan has been held on 6 April 2011. The project will be implemented from April 2011 to August 2012 (19 months).
The project aims to declare Ligha as Open Defecation Free (ODF) by providing 100 percent access to safe drinking water and sanitation facility. It will contribute in Nepal\'s Millennium Development Goal of 80% sanitation coverage by 2015 and universal access to water and sanitation by 2017.
The ODF declaration is targeted to be within September 2011. RSN has establish Project Site Office in L igha VDC and started providing training, institutional development of stakeholders, construction of water supply and sanitation facilities. It has also focused in health, hygiene and sanitation behavior change through education, triggering and ignition tools.
A total of 545 households will be benefitted from this project. The total budget agreed for project administration is NRs 1,736,300.
Poverty Alleviation Program Extended
Separate agreement for Parsa and Pyuthan district to implement PAF programme for the period of Manshir 2067 to Ashadh end 2068 has been carried out in 17 December 2010.
The main objective of the project is to alleviate the poverty of the targeted communities. The project is being implemented since 2005 in Pyuthan district (seven VDCs) and January 2010 in Parsa district (3 VDCs and Birganj Sub-Metropolitan City.
A total of 190 Community Organizations (COs) covering 5,431 households with population of 33,593 will benefits through income generation, micro-enterprise promotion, infrastructure building and capacity building activities. Till this period, the communities have completed infrastructure development schemes (50 nos), livelihood promotion activities (170 nos) and capacity development of above 4,500 persons.
The present support will focus in institutionalization of COs, their federations and cooperative societies.
The total budget provided to RSN to carry out social mobilization and technical assistance is NRs. 1,469,423 (Parsa 623,392 & Pyuthan 846,031). The cost for programme goes directly to bank account of COs.
