PROJECT PROPOSAL

REBUILD FOR CHANGE (RFC)

A Compassion Based Community Regrowth Program
Pilot Project: Manegaun Village (Burunchuli)
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BACKGROUND
It had long been prophesized that Nepal is susceptible to natural disasters such as earthquakes. When the disaster in the form of an
earthquake struck on 25th April, the entire nation was engulfed in panic and chaos. The buildings, which seemed to touch the sky, were
reduced to rubble. To be quite specific approximately 9,000 people lost their lives and over 23000 people were injured as well as 800,000
houses were destroyed on a nationwide scale. The epicenter of that devastating earthquake was East of Lamjung district, which was
measured with a 7.8 magnitude.

The RFC project was conceived by keeping these tragic events in mind. There were some villages and communities which were very difficult
to get access to, because of poor infrastructures and poorly constructed roads. These places had not reached any relief from government
or any other organizations.

1. Rationale
Rebuild for Change (RFC) is a compassion based community
regrowth program. Rotary International District 3292 Nepal-
Bhutan is the main donor and supporter of the program and the
whole program has been designed and developed by CREASION/
Volunteer for Change Nepal (VFC) and Rotary Club of Jawalakhel-
Manjushree (RCJM).
Our vision is clear: to facilitate the growth of self-sustainable, self-
reliant and conscious communities that offer every individual their
universal human rights, and also expands and pushes the very
frontier for human well-being and development.
When we describe our program as compassion based, we do not
mean in its original latin root; passio - meaning “I suffer (with)”, but
defined as the realization of interconnectedness; that all parts are
dependent upon each other to form a whole - prompting a natural
empathy and increased awareness in our daily work. Harmony
in any of our projects is reflected by the gracefulness of each
particular, connecting every single beneficiary, partner, volunteer
and staff. This infusion of the concept of compassion with our
innovative developmental-models unites joy and fulfillment
with the standard-index of success, measured in economic and
infrastructural terms.

The RFC initiative was born in the aftermath of the major earthquake
and aftershock that hit Nepal on 25th April and 12th May 2015,
respectively. Both caused extensive damage to buildings and
infrastructure while thousands of lives were lost - with many more
injured.
To be more exact, and to understand the scope of the situation;
around 9,000 people lost their lives and around 800,000
houses were destroyed on a nationwide scale.
RFC never considers communities to be a passive beneficiary -
on the contrary we see each member of those community as an
active participant in their own rehabilitation. A community to us is
synonymous with resourcefulness and creativity and we recognize
that every underprivileged community is an untapped potential
unto itself. We aim towards empowering such communities through
traditional means of socio-economic initiatives and infrastructural
innovation; but also through igniting individual intelligence by
virtue of education and personal development programs.

RFC realized early on that many villages and communities were
not, and have not yet been reached by either national government
agencies, or international organizations.
We take it upon ourselves to reach and embrace these ‘forgotten’
villages and to bring with us long-term solutions based on our
unique approach to rehabilitation. Specifically we endeavor, on a
community level, to initiate 6 components that we identified as
vital through extensive surveys and post-earthquake assessments:
Nepal ranked 145th out of 187 countries on the Human
Development Index (HDI) 2014. The limited set of parameters and
premises encircling this conclusion thoroughly disagrees with the
RFC approach. We recognize that such numbers and diagrams
does little to justify the bountiful, many-faceted reality that is Nepal.
In worst case such a limited definition may distort and cloud a clear
envisioning of what Nepal is and what she can be: a nation with a
rich heritage inspiring a world torn by extremities.

• Permanent housing
• Education
• Socio-economic development
• Health/sanitation and water
• Energy
• Community based facilities
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2. Previous Experience in Nepal
VFC started its activities in 2010 working as a volunteering platform
based in Nepal. Since our inception we have been providing a
variety of internships and volunteering opportunities in the areas of
education, community-work, agriculture and vocational trainings
to many passionate youths from all over the world.
However, following the earthquake we decided to put our total
efforts into the newly initiated RFC program. In the first days
we have distributed first aid materials in the locations that were
most hit by the catastrophe, and provided temporary shelters for the
communities of Burunchili-Lalitpur, Ratatar-Sindhuli, Jeetpur and
Chaling-Bhaktpur. Furthermore, we have rebuilt schools in Nuwakot,
Ratatar-Sindhuli, Mulbari-Dhading and Aam Dhadha-Dhading
through successful collaborations with different associations.
3. Pilot Project Location: Manegaun (Burunchuli)
Need-assessment and previous VFC engagement in the area
We have chosen Manegaun based on three accounts; first and
foremost because the community here belongs to the Tamang
people - an often exposed and marginalized ethnic-group.
Secondly, for the population willingness to active participation and
openness towards innovative approaches. Thirdly, for its proximity
to Kathmandu that makes it easier to transport materials and keep
our presence vivid and alive.
According to our recent census data, Manegaun encompasses 55
households, and counts total populations of 395, among which
170 are male, 154 are female and 71 are children. All the houses
have been destroyed and the villagers are now residing in the
55 temporary metal shelters that RCJM and VFC erected in the
aftermath of the earthquake with the help of BVS- Nepal.
Our need assessment involved a focus group discussion with the
community and a household based survey with each member of
the village. We quickly learned that the majority of the villagers
are involved in agriculture, and that most of them are women (42
females versus 10 males).
A soil assessment has never been done in this village and for
this reason the crop production is only sufficient for personal
consumption- with no way of selling excess- production due to a
non-existent market-economy. Moreover, there is not a irrigation
In addition, VFC helped facilitate a Teacher Training Program (Nawa
Marga) in Nuwakot School in collaboration with another local NGO
Karkhana.
As this initial phase of recovery is slowly coming to a transition
point, we are moving all of our resources into the compassion
based regrowing of communities as per our 6 components.
We have decided, upon careful consideration, to launch our
Rebuild for Change pilot-project in the village of Manegaun,
Burunchili, Karyavinayak-14, Lalitpur, just an hour drive from
Kathmandu.
channel that reaches the farm land, and therefore, the irrigation
system needs to be improved as well.
In fact, at present time, the main source of income for the
population seems to stem from informal business, especially the
making of local alcohol (an illegal practice in Nepal), in which we
have assessed that as many as 30 women are involved.
Our findings further suggest that all of the households own at
least 2 animals - mostly goats and chicken, and that many wish to
expand this number substantially.
Furthermore, almost all the houses use wood-fuel for cooking
(wood from logs, sticks or twigs) which carries with it a number of
health-related risks that could be greatly reduced with a switch to
a cooking stoves and other alternatives.
Manegaun has still not been declared an open-defecation-free
zone. That means, sanitation is also one of the major issue, which
cannot be left behind. The most common diseases are water
related diseases, as water-purifiers are not usually utilized. We
have also witnessed an increase in skin/eye infections diseases,
related to the general lack of hygiene living in temporary shelters.
Another concern is street-lighting during night hours.
There are 71 children who go to 8 different schools in the area.

40 of them go to the government school called Shree Bhimsen
Secondary school - which is in bad repair / critical condition.
Having learned all these facts and considering the overall status
of the village, we analyzed the premises and boundaries for
socio-economic reintegration - with the overall development of
Burunchuli as a community in mind. We are aware that the very
heart of rehabilitation and self-reliance lies in the provision of
economic opportunities - an uplifting of the valley as a whole,
that we endeavour to facilitate most efficiently.
As already stated we have been working with the village community
from the very first week after the initial earthquake; focusing on
building temporary shelters and sanitation facilities (toilets) and by
providing each household with solar-lights and mobile chargers.
RCJM and VFC did organized the first health camp, in partnership
with Alka Hospital, in which we have conducted a health-screening
and a vision screening, and provided necessary medical support,
as well as an Inner Healing Training for Post Traumatic Stress
Disorders (PTSD) - conducted by trained professional from the
‘Hug and Heal’ organization.
4. Objectives
The overall objective of the project is to provide the community of
Manegaun with the tools to become self-reliant, resourceful and
resilient, by working with them in the following aspects:
• Re-building permanent housing in an innovative
earthquake-proof manner and creating community-
based facilities;
• Securing appropriate health-education and
sanitation, both on a structural and non-structural level;
• Secure a viable flow of water and provide solar
energy;
• Enhance overall socio-economic development,
self-sustainability and economic reintegration of
the community, through the provision of soft loans and
new technologies in the field of agriculture, livestock
and small businesses, as well as the promotion of local
tourism.
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5. Strategy
Our strategy entails three key-points:
1. Education and innovation
We approach education in a distinctive manner where
the creative ability to analyse and question outweighs
traditional methods of memorization. We want to impart
the values of logic and critical thinking, as well as inspire
a natural curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit. Besides
children’s education we also strive to provide the means
by which a community becomes self-reliant; this means
offering training and seminars on how to utilize new
technologies, how to manage business, how to manage
new ways of farming, seed distribution, how to be
involved in local tourism etc.
2. Community empowerment - with special emphasis
on women’s empowerment:
In our need assessment it resulted clear that women
represent the major work force in Manegaun, it is
therefore equally clear that women will play an essential
role in the long-term rehabilitation. We will actively involve
them and the rest of the village in our socio-economic
development initiatives - through the provision of soft
loans and trainings on different vocational skills and
home based businesses. The community as a whole
will work actively with our staff in all the phases of the
project. Empowering women empowers children and
empowering children empowers society.
3. Eco-sustainability
We strive to create communities that leave as little
impact on Earth as possible. We endeavor to find the
right balance between what is desirable and what is
viable for a village-community of this size and character.
Our structures are created from indigenous, recycled
materials, and we seek to power our communities
through sustainable energy and green agriculture.
In accordance with our need assessment we identified the
aforementioned 6 critical components, which will actualize these
key-points:
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Permanent housing
After meticulous research into viable housing-models the RFC
project will introduce Natural Building Principles focusing primarily
on earthbag construction. The primary reason for this choice
is that we have realized that after the earthquakes that affected
Nepal of over 50 earthbag constructions built in Nepal every
single one survived the catastrophe.
Moreover, earthbag construction has the tremendous advantage of
providing either thermal mass or insulation, depending on content.
When filled with soil they provide thermal mass, but when filled with
lighter weight materials, such as crushed stone, or rice hulls, they
provide insulation. The bags can even act as natural non-wicking,
somewhat insulated foundations when they are filled with gravel.
If the earthbags are stacked in a wide variety of shapes, including
domes, they have the potential to virtually eliminate the need for
common tensile materials in the structure, especially the wood and
steel often used for roofs. This not only saves more energy (and
pollution), but also helps save our forests, which are increasingly
necessary for sequestering carbon.
Another aspect of sustainability is found in the economy of this
method. The fill material is cheap, especially if on-site soil is used.
The earthbags themselves can often be purchased as misprints
or recycled grain sacks, but even when new are not particularly
expensive. Rotary International District 3292 Nepal-Bhutan
through RCJM and VFC will build earthquake-proof homes for
55 families in Manegaun - all based on Natural Building
Principles.
Together with a team of experts, VFC and RCJM will help design
earthquake-proof structures using natural and recycled indigenous
materials as described above to reduce the cost. At the same
time, project will try to incorporate other innovative utilities in
accordance with Natural Building Principles such as renewable
energy, rainwater harvesting, sewage treatment and “tempered
indoor climate” as additional funds become available.
Though the size of the family might vary, the houses will be of
standard size comprising 2 rooms for the family and an additional
room will be provided in order to accommodate tourists for the
homestay programme we will be promoting (see: socio-economic
development).
The community will be provided trainings on earthbag and will be
actively engaged with our staff in all the phases of the construction.
Education
During our household surveys it became evident that basic
education is a major point for remedy in Manegaun. The data we
collected show a high degree of illiteracy among the population,
but also a strong desire to address this issue. For this reason RFC
will provide basic literacy classes in conjunction with building/
rehabilitating the relevant educational infrastructures.
We will construct a multifunctional centre (see paragraph on
community-based facilities) that will provide Computer classes,
Literacy classes and an Early Childhood Development
Center (ECDC). UNESCO defines “early childhood” as the
first 8-years in a child’s life - a time of remarkable cognitive and
psychological growth. These essential years lay the very foundation
for subsequent learning and development. It is our estimate that
an ECDC will serve a noble purpose as both an educational and
advisory institution.
We furthermore envision the community-center as an ample setting
for future programs in support of our ambition for an enlightened
youth. It is VFC’s firm intent to provide long-standing support for the
youth that are undergoing primary education. Our efforts towards
children’s education in this area also extend to a partnership with
Shree Bhimsen Secondary School - the institution which most
of children from Manegaun village attend. In this respect, we will
improve the inherent structural facilities and provide pedagogical /
academic trainings for the resident teachers.
With these points in mind our education initiative will assist in a
harmonious integration of the community as a whole - also by
providing relevant workshops and trainings needed to enact our
socio-economic initiatives (see next paragraph), and offer a space
for the newly formed cooperative and its meetings.
Socio-economic development
As per our need assessment agricultural enterprises on a minor
scale is the predominant way of life - this involves but is not limited
to goats, chickens, buffaloes and cow-rearing. As it stands today
however, a large portion of the community-income is derived from
alcohol distillation - an activity entirely conducted by the local
women.
It is clear from the data we gathered during our household
interviews that almost all the villagers are interested in either
improving their current business, or engaging in new ones. Also
the women now engaged in alcohol distillation are open towards
trying new approaches at generating an income.

With these points in mind we have planned a series of actions that
will improve both current economic chains such as agriculture and
animal farming, but also promote new types of businesses.
Furthermore we have established a cooperative composed of
selected members of the local community whose responsibility will
encompass activities related to these socio-economic components
- in time, as our project reaches a natural conclusion. This group
will take full responsibility and ownership of the community-based
facilities.
a. Agriculture
For this component we will be partnering with the
District Agriculture Department, which will provide
us with the necessary expertise for soil assessment, the
distribution of improved seeds and the introduction of
new green technologies to scale up the crop production.
For those activities the District will cover the 50% of the
expenses.
Since it was a concern raised by the community, we
will also improve the existing irrigation canal by using
natural techniques that will prove more sustainable
than the ones built using cement. In relation we are also
introducing improved methods for compost-making.
Moreover, we have partnered with Ask Foundation
in introducing and promoting their “Agricultural App.”,
connecting local farmers to the relevant markets
eliminating the need for middle-men. They will also
assist us in providing proper trainings on using the
phone app.
b. Animal farming
We will be partnering with the District Livestock
Department and Animal Nepal NGO, and engage
in different activities aimed at improving livestock
business - in terms of expansion and improvement of
animals shelters, provision of trainings on free range
animal farming to the community, a space for animals to
be able to roam freely outdoor, and individuation of new
markets.
In this respect, we are creating a livestock bank, that will
be handled by the cooperative and that will be given a
grant to issue to the villagers. The amount of this grant
is based on their needs to expand their current cattles
business (in terms of number/type of cattles owned
and shelters) that we have gathered during our need
assessment.
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c. Soft loans
We will be providing grants to the newly formed agro-
based cooperative who will issue soft-loans (with no
interest rates) to those members of the community
who apply with the purpose of starting new business
enterprises or to improve existing ones.
Moreover, we will engage the women that are currently
involved in alcohol making, through home based
enterprises like candles, incense, pickles making.
These activities will be followed by different vocational
trainings and courses on small enterprise and proper
management.
d. Homestay
Given its proximity to Kathmandu and natural beauty,
Burunchuli could easily be made to appeal to both
locals, expats and international tourists for short
treks and hiking. A potential that would contribute
with both extra work opportunities and a subsequent
increased income-flow. To actualize this potential we
will organize a series of consultative meetings with
the Nepal Tourism Board, as well as Trekking and
Travel agencies. (local youth clubs and expat living in
Kathmandu). Furthermore we will generate an online
presence by launching a website to promote the village
along with our campaigns and events. The community
will be provided with different types of tourism and
hospitality related trainings to develop their capacity to
accommodate in this sector.
Health/Sanitation and Water
As far as the health and sanitation component is concerned, RCJM
and VFC organized a preliminary health camp, in partnership with
the Alka Hospital of Lalitpur, to assess the main causes of illnesses
of the community, and be able to define the type of trainings on
basic health and sanitation that could benefit the community.
We also organized a free eye camp, in collaboration with Tilganga
hospital where 25 people who were diagnosed with cataract
were provided with medical assistance and were given specific
instructions to visit Tilganga Hospital for further medical treatment.
The transportation for these patients suffering for cataract was
arranged by RCJM and VFC.
Throughout the project, 3 additional health camps will be
conducted in the community to monitor the health conditions
and the progress after the several health camps. Moreover, the
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structure of the health post office of the village will be enhanced.
As far as the water component is concerned, we will improve
the existing water reservoir of the village. The reservoir will be re
strengthened by using retrofitting and it will be covered from the
upper side so that external means do not pollute the water.
Energy
During the initial need assessment we have realized that a lot of
the health issues of the community were related to the extensive
use of firewood for cooking purposes, whose gas emissions are
very harmful. We will provide all 55 households with innovative,
improved cooking-stoves. We are always researching viable
options for green alternatives to introduce to the community.
Moreover, in order to address the lack of street lighting during night
time, we will be providing the village with 25 solar street lights,
that will certainly benefit the community, especially children, during
night hours.
Community based facilities
During our need assessment, we realized that the community does
not have any privacy while bathing nor a cohesive gathering place.
For this reason we have decided to provide 2 Pandheros (one for
women and one for men) - which will act as community-based
drinking and washing facilities, that while securing more privacy
would function as important focal points for social interaction.
Each pandhero will be provided with an attached bathroom.
We will renovate the green area of the village, equipping it with
benches in order to transform it into a public garden, or small park,
and we will also pave the walking paths of the village as a further
means to integrate the community in the daily life. When designing
these facilities we keep both tourist and the community in mind -
especially children.
Finally, we have partnered with the District Education Office,
Lalitpur in constructing a resilient multifunctional community-
center, based entirely on our Natural Building Principles, complete
with a library, musical instruments and sporting-goods, where the
ECCD and all our trainings will take place during our project. (See;
Education.)
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6. Activities
Component 1 Permanent housing
S.No. Activities Sub-Activities Output
1 Assessment i. Organize a meeting with community to introduce the initiative, set out
expectations from the community and make sure they will be effectively
involved in the construction.
ii. Conduct individual household survey to assess everybody’s need.
iii. Conduct engineering assessment of each household.

2 Documentation i. Focal group discussion with the community.

and verification ii. Verification of legal document to build the house.
iii. Demarcation of lands by the VFC engineering team and Govt. officials.
iv. Meeting with the government officials for the design and project approval.
3 Training i. Analysis about debris management and how it can be reused for the building of
the houses.
ii. Trainings on natural building techniques for the community.
iii. Volunteer engagement.
iv. Volunteers training on first-aid and safety

4 Construction i. Hiring of engineers (external consultants).

ii. Volunteers and community engagement in the construction work.
iii. Clearing of site for house construction.
iv. Construction of 55 houses based on Natural Building techniques
v. Final retouch and painting of the houses.
vi. Stone pavement in front of every house.

Component 2 Education
S.No. Activities Sub-Activities Output
1 Assessment i. Conduct a focal group discussion with the community to introduce the
educational aspects of the project and discuss the implementation plan.
ii. Conduct a literacy survey on a household basis to know the exact literacy rate
of the community.
iii. Carry out an engineering assessment of the Shri Bhimsen Mabi school/
classrooms and their maintenance.
2 Early Childhood i. Equipping an ECDC for the children aged below 5 (within the multifunctional
Development centre- see paragraph on community-based facilities).
Centre (ECDC) ii. Recruit and train 2 care takers on child care and education, and provide a
monthly salary for the project duration.
3 Literacy Classes i. Train the volunteers that will conduct the classes through modern teaching
and various methods and curriculum-based trainings and provide literacy classes to the
trainings population.
ii. Develop a curriculum for the literacy classes in order to facilitate the proper
functioning of the program.
iii. Trainings on life skills, civic engagement and environment.
4 Capacity building i. Conduct Instructive and Academic trainings to the teachers.
and training to ii. Improvement of school facilities (furniture, paintings, sports etc) with the help of
the teachers of the volunteers.
Shree Bhimsen
Madhyamik
Vidyalay
5 Computer i. Formulation of a teaching curriculum.
Classes ii. Set up a small computer lab with 2 computers.
iii. Providing Computer trainings to the population .
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Component 3: Socio-Economic Development

S.No. Activities Sub-Activities Output
1 Assessment i. Focal group discussion and assessment on the socio-economic activities to
engage with the members of the community.

2 Agriculture i. Meeting for partnership with the Dist. Agriculture Office for technical
collaboration.
ii. Carry out soil testing to enhance crop production.
iii. Introduction of new technologies to scale up the production and provision of
trainings to the farmers.
iv. Distribution of improved seeds to the farmers.
v. Construction of an irrigation canal.
vi. Trainings on reusing agriculture waste for compost making.
vii. Finding possible markets and trainings on a phone App to connect the
farmers to the markets.

3 Livestock i. Meetings and consultation with the District Livestock office (GoN) on available
grants to facilitate the community.
ii. Provision of trainings to the community on free range animals rearing
methods and provision of an open space for the animals to roam freely.
iii. Creation of a livestock bank managed by the cooperative and deposit of a
fund aimed to expand the livestock owned by the population.
iv. Construction of new animal shelters and improvement of existing ones.
v. Finding out possible markets for this business.

4 Soft Loans i. Establishment of a multipurpose cooperative, set up of an office with a

computer, train on business management and accountancy.
ii. Provision of soft loans and trainings in home based businesses like pickle
making, candle making, tailoring, incense making for the women.
iii. Establishment of 2 grocery stores.

5 Develop Homestays i. Train the community on how to run a homestay.

for tourists ii. Touristic promotion of the the village through different media, website, events,
advertisement, and creation of partnership with tours and travel to bring local
as well as international tourism to the village.

Component 4: Health, Sanitation & Water
S.No. Activities
1 Assessment
2 Health Care
3 Sanitation
Component 5: Energy
S.No. Activities
1 Provision of
Improved Cooking
Stoves
2 Solar Street Lights
Component 6: Community based facilities
S.No. Activities
1 Multifunctional Halls
2 Pandhero
3 Recreational Park
4 Paved Pathways
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Sub-Activities Output
i. Focal group discussions/ meeting with the community and household
surveys to assess the status of health, sanitation and water related issues in
the village.
ii. Provision of 1 health camp to screen the health status of the population in
collaboration with Alka hospital.
i. Signature of a MoU with Alka hospital.
ii. Provision of 3 health camps(one every four months, for the duration of the
project), and distribution of discounted Alka Hospital Health cards to the
community.
iii. Improvement of the structural facility of the village health post and medicines
restock.
iv. Provision of trainings on safe child delivery to 2 local midwives.
v. Provision of 6 inner healing sessions on post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
to the population.
i. Provision of 2 trainings and awareness programs on Solid Waste
Management.
ii. Provision on 3 WASH awareness trainings.
iii. Installation of a water plant for safe and clean drinking water.
Sub-Activities Output
i. Conduct a survey to assess the need of improved cooking stoves.
ii. Distribution and installation of 55 improved cooking stoves.
iii. Provision of a training on a household basis on the use of the new improved
cooking stoves.
i. Set up 25 Solar street lights.
Sub-Activities Output
i. Construction of a multifunctional centre.
ii. Equipping the hall with musical, sports and other needed tools.
i. Construction of 2 Pandheros.
ii. Construction of Water Channel and Reservoir
i. Creation of a park as a gathering
i. Construction of paved walkways
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7. Technical aspect of the Program and Plan

a. Key actors

Main Donors - Rotary International District 3292 Nepal-Bhutan

Developed & Implementation by - CREASION / VFC Nepal
- Rotary club of Jawalakhel-Manjushree (RCJM)
Partners - District Agriculture Office, Dist. Livestock Office, (Govt. of Nepal), Animal Nepal,
BVS Nepal
Supporters - Ecoprise, Ask Foundation, NERA

b. Project beneficiaries

The direct beneficiaries of the project are the 395 inhabitants The evaluation process will include all stakeholders and will be
of Manegaun, and the 20 teachers and 325 students of the carried out to gain multiple perspectives on project activities
Shree Bhimsen Secondary School. and to enhance the community ownership of the project. The
evaluation component will assess the program in terms of
c. Project location relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability.

Manegaun, Burunchuli, Karyavinayak Municipality, ward no.-

14, Lalitpur District.
d. Project management
The overall management and accountability of the project will
be a responsibility of and RCJM and CREASION/VFC Nepal.
However, the community’s active participation is a prerequisite
of the programme in order to mobilize and motivate local
people to stand up for themselves and be self-reliant in the
occurrence of an emergency. Therefore, the local RCC will
play an active role in executing most of the activities.
e. Monitoring and Evaluation
Project Steering Committee:
A project steering committee comprising of members from
RCJM and VFC will be formed and will meet every months
during the project period to make sure that the project
is running smoothly. Similarly, in order to monitor project
progress, the project envisages a formal reflection and review
of the milestones after 6 months from inception, based on the
experiences made by then. Detailed MIS systems will be put
into place and periodic external inputs will also be taken.
f. Funding provision, roles and responsibilities of
PARTNERS:
Implementing Partner/ Main Donor: Rotary International
District 3292 Nepal-Bhutan
Rotary International District 3292 Nepal-Bhutan being the
main donor of the project, will be responsible for:
• providing the financial assistance to the RFC
project for 55 Permanent Housing, Multi-
Functional Hall and project operations through
RCJM.
• helping in leveraging funds from other agencies and
different Rotary Clubs.
• providing inputs and advice for the success of
project.
• helping in coordinating with the GoN agencies if
required.
• helping promote the project and its activities in
public events, ceremonies, social media, etc, locally
and globally.

RCJM and VFC will submit a report on six monthly basis to

its partners, co-partners and donors to assess the progress
of the project.

Once the project will be completed, the steering committee

will carry out the final evaluation and monitoring.
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EXECUTING PARTNERS:

1. Rotary Club of Jawalakhel-Manjushree: • Promote the project and its activities in public
events, ceremonies, social media, etc, locally and
Rotary Club of Jawalakhel-Manjushree being the partner of globally.
the project will be responsible for: • Provide project completion report along with
pictures, videos one week after the project is
• Providing the financial assistance for 2 Padhero, completed.
water mgmt system and project operations.
• Helping in leveraging funds from different Rotary
Clubs, will also look for additional funding sources
for the smaller components of the project through
social media campaign, crowdfunding, local and
international grants etc..
8. Assumptions and risks
• Providing input, advice on the ground (Manegaun,
Stated below are assumptions about risk factors that could
Burunchuli), provide volunteer support through
obstruct the effective implementation of the planned activities
different rotaract clubs.
and/or the achievement of the program’s objectives, but that
• Helping in coordinating, taking permissions with the
are not under the control of RCJM and VFC. These factors will
GoN agencies whenever required.
be monitored throughout the project and efforts will be made to
• Promoting the project and its activities in public
ensure favourable outcomes. The achievement of the objectives
events, ceremonies, social media, etc, locally and
largely depends on the successful implementation of the activities,
globally.
but there are still other factors to take into consideration: t

2. Creasion/ VFC Nepal
In order to carry out activities:

CREASION/ VFC Nepal being the designer of the project will

• Adequate level of security is maintained in the area
be responsible for implementing the project and for:
• No major natural catastrophe affects the operational
area
• Conducting need assessment before starting
• The community, including the women, will be
the project and share the survey report to all the
actively involved the construction work as the
concern parties and partners.
RFC program has been designed that way. Active
• Providing financial, technical and in kind
participation is a must
assistance for need assessment, trainings,
• Effective collaboration will come from our partners
stone paved walkways, app development,
• Cost of materials will not increase significantly due
healthcare, sanitation, and project operation
to market forces
cost.
• Providing the needful procurements for the project
In order to achieve program objectives:
activities once the funds are available.
• Providing Human Resources (volunteers and staffs),
• The key actors of the community (school teachers,
technical expertise and project management
members of the cooperative, will evolve as partners
oversight for the activities and projects as mutually
and not remain a passive beneficiary
agreed.
• Cultural sensitivity and traditional beliefs will not
• Look for additional funding sources for the smaller
hamper the program activities
components of the project through social media
• Increased awareness of the community will translate
campaign, crowdfunding, local and international
into actions (behavioral change)
grants etc.
• Women will take part in the activities and trainings
• Keep up to date all the financial details of the project
carried out throughout the project
activity from incoming resources to the outgoing
• The village will approve of women being organized
resources. Will share the financial details to Rotary
receiving trainings on new businesses and
Club and other partner, donor on regular basis.
enhancing agriculture
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9. Sustainability
Sustainability is a core-principle at RFC - as detailed in previous
paragraphs. All our efforts go towards creating a confident, self-
reliant and resourceful community. In this respect our strategy
aims towards actively involving the population in each and every
of our activities, and provide necessary technologies, skills and
economic support to enhance both living conditions and financial
stability upon completion of the project.
Specifically, in order to ensure the social and financial sustainability
of our project, we are going to implement the following course-of-
action:
a. create a cooperative with the help of local RCC that
will receive the necessary accountancy/business
management trainings and who will be in charge of
soft loans provided to the community, maintenance
of the provided community based-facilities, and
ensure the ability of the community to properly, and
independently, function in accessing new markets
and sharing profits by the end of the project;
b. provide soft loans through local RCC aimed at
expanding the current businesses in agriculture,
livestock or small shops, and at creating new ones,
in order to ensure the financial security of each
household, that upon project completion will not
have to rely on the illegal practice alcohol making in
order to secure an income;
c. introduce new technologies that will aim to scale
up the crop production, improve the current animal
farming structures and methods, and connect the
farmers to the possible markets, in order to allow
them to sell their products without the need of a
middle man;
d. equip each household with an additional room
that will be used to accommodate tourists for the
homestay program, that will be promoted through
a website, social media and travel agencies, and
consequently provide extra income to the families;
e. ensure the active participation of the community
in all activity-areas and provide specific capacity-
building trainings for each of the 6 components -
so that each inhabitant will acquire a set of abilities
in different areas of expertise, and consequently be
more resourceful in overcoming potential difficulties
or natural catastrophes.
Component: 1 Permanent Housing

VFC Donors and

Total
Unit Contribution others
S.No. Activities Sub Activities Unit Rate (USD) Budget (In
Number in USD (In Cash contribution in
USD)
& Kind) USD
Focal Group discussion Number $50 5 $250 250
1 Assessment Individual Household Survey Number $500 2 $1,000 1,000
Engineering assessment Number $1,000 2 $2,000 2,000
Focal Group Meeting Number $50 7 $350 350
Legal paper verification L/S $1,000 $1,000 1,000
Documentation Demarcation of the land by Number $1,000 1 $1,000 1,000
2 & officals
Verification Meeting with government Number $100 1 $100 100
bodies for approval of design
and project
Debris management and Days $200 2 $400 400
reuse
3 Training Natural buliding techniques Days $250 4 $1,000 1,000
First Aid and Safety Number $300 1 $300 300
Volunteer engagement Days $200 4 $800 800
A consulting group Months $1,000 12 $12,000 12,000
(engineers) will be hired
4 Construction Volunteer engagement Months $50 12 $600 600
House Construction Number $5,746 55 $316,030 316,030
Stone pavements L/S $2,000 1 $2,000 2,000
Total $338,830 6,800 332,030
1 15% Project cost $50,825 $1,020 $49,805
2 Sub total $389,655 $7,820 $381,835
3 6% Contingency $23,379 $469 $22,910
cost
4 Grand total $413,034 $8,289 $404,745
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Component: 2 Education

Total VFC Contribution in Donors and

Unit
S.No. Activities Sub Activities Unit Rate (USD) Budget (In USD others contribution
Number
USD) (In Cash & Kind) in USD
FGD with community and school Number $200 1 200 200
1 Assessment Literacy rate survey - 200 200
Engineering assesment of the school Number $1,000 1 1,000 1,000
Early Childhood Establishment of ECDC Number $2,000 1 2,000 2,000
2 Development Teachers and care takers training Number $250 1 250 250
Centre Allowance for 2 teachers/ caretakers Number $100 13 1,300 1,300
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Establishment of ALC Number $1,000 1 1,000 1,000

Curriculum development Number $250 1 250 250
Adult Literacy Teachers training to the volunteers and teaching classes to Number $550 12 6,600 6,600
3
Class the population
Training realted to life skills, civic engagement, environment Number $1,000 1 1,000 1,000
etc
Capacity building Capacity building of the teachers Number $500 1 500 500
and training to the Enhancing school facilities (furnitures, paintings, sports Number $5,000 1 5,000 5,000
teachers of Sri etc)
4
Bhimsen Volunteer engagement cost for school construction Number $500 1 500 500
Madhyamik
Vidyalay
Basic curriculum development Number $500 1 500 500
Computer Literacy
5 Computers and other electric appliances Number $2,000 1 2,000 2,000
Classes
Volunteer Engagement cost Number $500 1 500 500
Total $22,800 $3,650 $19,150
1 15% Project cost $3,420 $548 $2,873
2 Sub total $26,220 $4,198 $22,023
3 6% Contingency $1,573 $252 $1,321
cost
4 Grand total $27,793 $4,449 $23,344
Component: 3 Socio-economic development

Total Budget VFC Contribution

Unit Donors and others
S.No. Activities Sub Activities Unit Rate (USD) (In in USD (In Cash &
Number contribution in USD
USD) Kind)
Focal Group Meetings Number $100 5 500 500
1 Assessment Assessment by experts Number $100 5 500 500
Volunteer engagement L/S $500 - 500 500
Meeting with District Agriculture Office Number $25 10 250 250
Soil test by experts Number $100 3 300 300
Training on different modern agriculture Number $300 5 1,500 1,500
techniques
2 Agriculture
Improved seeds distribution Times $700 2 1,400 1,400
Construction of canal for irrigation Number $3,000 2 6,000 6,000
Training on compost making Number $350 2 700 700
Market outreach, phone app training L/S $2,000 1 2,000 2,000
Meeting with District Livestock office Number $25 5 125 125
Training on different kinds of livestock Number $500 2 1,000 1,000
rearing
3 Livestock
Livestock bank setup Number $100 50 5,000 5,000
Animal Shelters L/S $4,000 4,000 4,000
Market outreach L/S $100 5 500 500
Establish a multipurpose co-operative L/S $3,000 1 3,000 3,000
(setting up their office, computers ,
4 Soft loans training (business mgmt, accoutancy)
Home based business for women Number $500 5 2,500 2,500
Grocery stores Number $500 2 1,000 1,000
Homestay training to the community Number $100 50 5,000 5,000
Promoting of the place through L/S $5,000 1 5,000 5,000
5 Homestay
different media, website, events,
advertisement
Total $40,775 $1,875 $38,900
1 15% Project cost $6,116 $281 $5,835
2 Sub total $46,891 $2,156 $44,735
3 6% Contingency $2,813 $129 $2,684
cost
4 Grand total $49,705 $2,286 $47,419
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Component: 4 Health and sanitation

Donors and
Total VFC Contribution in
others
S.No. Activities Sub Activities Unit Rate (USD) Unit Number Budget USD (In Cash &
contribution in
(In USD) Kind)
USD
Focus Group Discussion Month $200 12 2,400 2,400
awareness meetings
1 Assessment Household Survey Number $200 3 600 600
Health Screening by Number $500 1 500 500
specialists
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MoU with Hospitals

Health Camp Number $300 3 900 300 600
Cataract treatment
Distribution of medicines Number $500 3 1,500 1,500
2 Health Care Enhacement of existing Number $1,000 1 1,000 1,000
health posts
Local midwife volunteers Number $200 2 400 400
training
Stress management Number $200 6 1,200 1,200
Solid Waste management Number $500 2 1,000 1,000
awareness & training
3 Sanitation WASH awareness training Number $300 3 900 900
Safe drinking water plant Number $2,000 1 2,000 2,000
set up
Total $12,400 $2,700 $9,700
1 15% Project $1,860 $405 $1,455
cost
2 Sub total $14,260 $3,105 $11,155
3 6% Contingency $856 $186 $669
cost
4 Grand total $15,116 $3,291 $11,824
Component: 5 Energy

Donors and
Total VFC Contribution in
Sub others
S.N. Activities Unit Rate (USD) Unit Number Budget (In USD (In Cash &
Activities contribution in
USD) Kind)
USD
Need Number $100 1 100 100
assessment of Improved
cooking stove
Distribution of Distribution & Number $50 55 2,750 2,750
1 Improved Installation of
cooking stoves stoves
Training on Times $200 1 200 200
improved
stoves
Solar Street Solar Streetlights Number $700 25 17,500 17,500
2
Lights installation
Total $20,550 $300 $20,250
1 15% Project cost $3,083 $45 $3,038
2 Sub total $23,633 $345 $23,288
3 6% Contingency $1,418 $21 $1,397
cost
4 Grand total $25,050 $366 $24,685
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Component: 6 Community based facilities

VFC
Donors and
Contribution
Total Budget others
S.No. Activities Sub Activities Unit Rate (USD) Unit Number in USD (In
(In USD) contribution in
Cash &
USD
Kind)
Construction of Hall Number $11,000 1 11,000 11,000
1 Multifunctional Hall
Resources for hall L/S $3,500 1 3,500 3,500
Construction of Number $3,100 2 6,200 6,200
Padheros
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2 Padhero Construction of L/S $3,000 1 3,000 3,000

water channel
and reservoir
Construction of L/S $4,000 1 4,000 4,000
3 Recreational park
parks
4 Stone paved walkways Paving the walkways L/S $3,000 1 3,000 3,000
Total $30,700 $3,000 $27,700
1 15% Project cost $4,605 $450 $4,155
2 Sub total $35,305 $3,450 $31,855
3 6% Contingency $2,118 $207 $1,911
cost
4 Grand total $37,423 $3,657 $33,766
C/O CREASION
P.O. Box: 11772

Neel Saraswoti Marg, Lazimpat

Kathmandu, Nepal

Phone No.: +977-1- 4004069

Email: info@vfcnepal.org

For more information, log in to :

www.vfcnepal.org
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Joint Initiative of VFC Nepal and RCJM

(Rotary Club of Jawalakhel, Manjushree)