KRIPA BASNYAT

HAMRO CHAHANA NEPAL

CONTACT: P.O.BOX. 8975 EPC 1802

BALUWATAR, KATHMANDU,

NEPAL

kripahcn@gmail.com www.hamrochahananepal.org.np

PROPOSAL ON CONSTRUCTION OF SHREE GAURI SHANKAR

SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BIGU VDC, DOLAKHA

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Abbreviations................................................................................................................................................3

1. An Organisational Overview............................................................................................................... ... 4

1.1. History/Background.....................................................................................................4

1.2. VMGO of Organisation.................................................................................................4

1.3. Achievements & Accomplishments in the Education sector........................................4

A. Accomplishments in Bigu Area........................................................................4

2. Project Summary....................................................................................................................................6

3. Problem Statement................................................................................................................................7

4. Project Description.................................................................................................................................8

5. Project Goal & Objectives......................................................................................................................8

6. Strategy & Activities...............................................................................................................................9

7. Results: Outputs & Outcomes................................................................................................................9

8. Project Methodology or Project Approach............................................................................................9

9. Gender as Cross-Cutting Theme.............................................................................................................9

10. Sustainability of the Project..................................................................................................................10

11. Monitoring & Evaluation.......................................................................................................................10

12. Budget...................................................................................................................................................10

13. How to Support?...................................................................................................................................10

14. Timeline.................................................................................................................................................10

ABBREVIATIONS

CBS Central Bureau of Statistics

EO NEPAL Entrepreneurs Organisation

GMIN Grassroot Movement in Nepal

HCN Hamro Chahana Nepal

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NR-DALLAS Nepal Rising-Dallas

UN United Nations

VDC Village Development Committee

VMGO Vision, Mission, Goals & Objectives

1. An Organisational Overview

1.1. History/ Background Hamro Chahana Nepal (HCN) was registered in 2009 as a non-profit community organisation, in Kathmandu, Nepal under the registration number: 36/2066-067.The main purpose of HCN is to work together with the marginalised and underprivileged people, especially women and children, in promoting better education and health as well as generating environmentally sustainable income.

1.2. VMGO of the Organisation o Vision: Improvement in overall status of women and children and ultimately contribute to

women’s empowerment. o Mission: To work for the upliftment of community people through better education and health

promotion, as well as promote environmentally sustainable income generation. o Goals:

1. Health awareness and services 2. Promotion of better education 3. Promotion of environmentally sustainable income generation

Goal 1. Health awareness and services Objectives: 1. To hold increasing numbers of reproductive health awareness and other education camps 2. To hold health awareness camps 3. To operate mobile health units 4. To train increased number of social health care mobilizers

Goal 2. Promote education Objectives: 1. To promote education 2. To increase the enrolment and attendance rate of children, especially girls 3. To promote the importance of education through awareness camps

Goal 3. Promote environmentally sustainable income generation Objectives: 1. To promote local poultry farming 2. To provide technical assistance for poultry farming 3. To provide environmentally appropriate poultry raising classes 4. To link the local production to the nearby town market 5. To continue to support community rolling fund and encourage women’s decision making in

relation to their funds 6. To promote other means of income generating skills as they are proposed by the women

1.3. Achievements and Accomplishments in the Education sector

Hamro Chahana Nepal has worked actively in various remote areas of Palpa, Bhojpur and Dolakha in the sector of health, education and income generation activities. A. Accomplishments in Bigu Area

a. Temporary School Construction: After the earthquake on 25th April the school buildings were flattened. Prior to the earthquake there were 3 schools in Bigu VDC 1 secondary level (Shree Gauri Shankar Secondary School) and 2 primary level (Saraswati Primary School and Deudhunga Primary School). There were no schools to attend for 350 children in secondary and 150 in primary level. A set up of learning spaces for 500 children was a great need.

Hamro Chahana Nepal with financial support from Nepal Rising-Dallas US supported Shree Gauri Shankar Secondary school and two Primary Schools. The Secondary School was supported with an amount of Nrs. 50,000.00 and Primary schools Nrs. 25,000.00 each. The government too supported the schools to cover some temporary school construction expenses. The community people participated during the temporary school construction using most of the available resources in the village.

Temporary School constructed with NR-Dallas/HCN support

Currently, HCN is engaged in immediate relief and long term recovery efforts in earthquake affected areas of Dolakha. HCN has already supported local people of Bigu VDC with immediate reliefs and is seeking support to realise its long term plan to rehabilitate and rebuild lives of people from Dolakha.

b. Basic essential relief support: Hamro Chahana Teams responded to the needs of Bigu VDC families, Dolakha District affected by the devastating earthquake on 25th April and the subsequent shocks. HCN reached the survivors with Relief supplies including Tarpaulin, Blankets, Solar lights, Solar Mobile Chargers, Food and Medicines. Relief materials were handed over to the army officer in charge and the local person.

S. no Description Items Quantity Supporters

1 Temporary Shelter/Toilet

Tarpaulin Rope for fixing

tarpaulin

57 pcs For ward no 4&5

GMIN 32 pcs/EO Nepal 25pcs Rosha Joshi

2 Food High Energy Biscuits

Rice/Oil/Sugar/Salt

Lentils (3 varieties)

Beaten Rice

67 cartoon sets(including all food items for ward no 4& 5)

Pushpalata Pandey/Wishu Pascal Videsha Shrestha Wipatha Thapa/Sapnesh Patel

3 Non Food Items

Blankets, Rechargeable

lights, Water

purification Tabs

Solar Mobile chargers

150 pcs 100 pcs 8000 tabs 2 sets

EONepal/Diksha Bista/Priyashika Rosha Joshi&Mr.Tilak Gurung Preeti Shah Prakash Dotel

HCN team engaged in packing relief materials

2. Project Summary The earthquake on 25th April 2015 jolted Nepal and especially Bagmati Zone. UN estimates 8 million people are directly affected by the quake. Tens of thousands of houses are affected. Till date more than 7500 people are dead and more than 15,000 people are injured. Thousands are still unaccounted for. Since the first massive Nepal earthquake struck, Hamro Chahana Nepal’s team has been working tirelessly to address the urgent needs of survivors in Bigu VDC, Dolakha District. HCN evaluated conditions in some of the hardest-hit and remote areas and chose Bigu VDC initially for the support.

The entire Bigu village (406 households prior to earthquake) crumbled to the ground, and people are sleeping under makeshift tents. People are terrified by continued aftershocks and are helpless. Our team addressed urgent, immediate needs and is also planning for midterm and longer-term recovery efforts.

Bigu Village Development Committee As shown in Figure 1, earthquake affected area, Bigu Village Development Committee (VDC), Dolakha district, is located in the Janakpur zone of the Central Development Region of Nepal, near Nepal’s northern border with China. According to the National Population and Housing Census 2011 conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Nepal, prior to the earthquake there were 406 households in Bigu VDC with a total of 1,612 people, which consist of 759 males and 853 females (2012a). The detail population of each of the nine wards, information collected by CBS in 2011, is shown in Table 1 below (2012b). Bigu VDC is a multi-ethnic VDC with more than 10 different ethnicities residing together. Based on Dolakha District Profile 2065 (CBS, 2008), 40% of the residents are Sherpas, followed by 18% of Thamis, 15% of Chhetris, and 10% of Magars.

Figure 1. Map of Dolakha district and Map of Nepal

Table: Bigu VDC ward population

3. Problem Statement Bigu VDC as chosen is one of the most remote areas in Dolakha District with limited access to Central aid. There remained urgent, unmet needs for shelter, education and proper sanitation assistance for 406 households. Shelter: All 406 houses and 4 schools in Bigu VDC are completely destroyed. 99 percent of the

respondents selected shelter as their top priority. The community people are living under tents provided by the govt. agency and NGOs. They are at great risk of catching communicable diseases. Monsoon season is worsening their outdoor stay. There remains a continuing need for permanent shelter.

Permanent Learning Center: A total of 500 Children got the opportunity to attend school again after the temporary set up of School. There is a continuous need for Permanent School structure with furniture (Desk and table) and other basic teaching school items like blackboards and other teaching aids.

Sanitation and basic medical support: Periphery of the houses has become the most frequently used places for open defecation after the earthquake. Thus consideration on managing open defecation is important to avoid other diseases.

A lot of people, who were interviewed in our field visit in December, 2014 shared that the education awareness is extremely low with too much emphasis on getting a job and earning income for the family. Some teenagers quit school to migrate to foreign countries, some quit school to help with household and agricultural work, while others quit school because of lack of interest and awareness. With the recent earthquake, school drop outs and irregularities in education is an increasing possibility. We need to make the schools operational to avoid these consequences and to encourage more children and adults to continue their education. Hence, HCN proposes to reconstruct permanent secondary school as per the need and requirements of the school. There is only one secondary school and construction of it can only ensure continuity of education of students. The schools will benefit all children who are willing to continue higher education and accommodate children who are already studying in temporary schools in permanent learning centres. The lists of problems are as following: 1. No permanent building of school to facilitate a sustainable learning environment. 2. Near non-existent and destroyed teaching materials, black board, desk, bench, chair,

stationeries, uniforms. 3. Lack of fun and creative space for children to sit and learn. 4. Lack of a proper sanitation and gender friendly spaces. 5. No psychosocial counselling for students, teachers and parents.

4. Project Description After immediate relief, we expect to shift our plans to long-term rehabilitation of the people impacted by earthquake in Bigu VDC. We plan to rebuild one secondary school and make it operational for students to pursue studies uninterruptedly. It is crucial for children to continue studying and establish a learning place for children again. The school buildings are flattened. (as shown in the pic below.ward no 5).Prior to the earthquake there were four schools in Bigu VDC. 3 primary level and 1 secondary level.There are no schools left for children to attend. A set up of permanent learning spaces for the children is a great need.Teachers and staffs too need psychological counselling training to handle the children and make them come to school regularly again.

Collapsed school buildings, Ward no 5,Bigu picture taken from heli

We need immediate support to reconstruct school buildings and make it operational with its full functioning. The earthquake safety is our great emphasis in the construction. All the necessary components are necessary like buildings, teaching aids, stationeries, etc to ensure bright future of children from Bigu VDC.

Pictures of Gauri Shankar School prior to earthquake

5. Project Goal & Objectives Goal Reducing the impact of natural disaster over communities belonging to the hilly region Objectives To improve condition of education constructing permanent structures of one secondary school for children

in Bigu VDC.

To increase gender friendly toilets in secondary school. To strengthen education system by providing school materials and psychosocial counselling for making

learning fun.

6. Strategy & Activities Construction of one secondary school: Overseer and sub overseer will be hired to monitor and carry

forward the construction work of secondary school. 350 students will benefit from the school. Community members will participate and contribute in rebuilding schools. Local materials and resources will be used to construct schools to cut costs. Secondary school will at least have 15 rooms for its operation.

Construct gender friendly toilets: There is lack of proper sanitation and gender friendly toilets. HCN will undertake the task to build eight toilets for one secondary school. Proper measures will be undertaken and cleanliness will be emphasized in imparting information on right to water and sanitation.

Provide school materials (stationeries, training kit, uniform, etc): For a holistic learning space, only physical being of school is not enough. Students have lost all their belongings during the earthquake and cannot be salvaged again. We need to give students stationeries, bag, uniform, books, toys and sports materials to make education more attractive.

Psychosocial counselling: Students, teachers and parents are traumatised after the massive earthquakes. They are still frequently visited by aftershocks. It is important for us to introduce psychosocial counselling to normalise their mental state to be able to function fully as before. We will have an expert with us to frequently visit the site and interact with them and to document progress in their mental well being.

7. Results: Outputs and Outcomes Ouputs One secondary level school is built. Gender friendly toilets are constructed School materials are provided to students. Students, teachers and parents are given psychosocial counselling Outcomes Increased enrolment of students in secondary level school. Enhanced awareness of sanitation and cleanliness of toilets. Increase in rate of attendance in schools post earthquake. Improved conditions of Mental health of community people

8. Project Methodology or Project Approach We need construction materials and furnitures for building schools and toilets. The required construction materials will be bought from Charikot, the head quarter of Dolakha district to cut down cost. The materials will be purchased by the designated HCN members. The materials will be finalised through the lowest bidding price among the available suppliers in Dolakha and the materials will be supplied to the construction site. The workers for the construction will be hired from the local community. For furniture and fixtures, we will try to salvage old furnitures which are in good condition. For the rest, wood will be purchased from the nearest market. Local materials and resources will be used to be cost efficient. The other school supplies will be bought and collected from Kathmandu to be delivered to secondary school. Pyschosocial counsellor will be hired to accompany HCN members to visit three times and carry out counselling for the students, teachers and parents.

9. Gender as Cross-Cutting Theme Gender component is encompassing in all the activities carried out by HCN. Schools will have gender friendly space for both girls and boys to pursue their studies. The focus is also to encourage increase in enrolment especially of girl child. After the earthquake, there is more possibility of dropouts from the school. Even toilets will be built for both girls and boys separately. Proper sanitation measures are adopted to ensure comfortable environment for girls too. Psychosocial counselling will be carried out to understand the mental state of boys and girls. We will try to give preference to beneficiaries from the marginalised gender and section.

10. Sustainability of the Project We are a team of full time implementing members and professionals to carry out different programs and activities in Kathmandu. Many years of experience in alleviating poverty and upholding women’s empowerment has taught us that we need to continue our efforts despite big hurdles and threats we regularly receive. The strength of HCN lies in its extensive ability to reach the remote areas with efficiency and cost effectiveness. HCN will emphasize taking into account guiding principles-including rapid rebuilding of people's livelihoods, independence and self-sufficiency, with special focus on the most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged groups, securing development gains, strengthening capacities to manage the recovery process coupled with transparency and accountability. In addition, community members will play an active role in building schools and their contribution will ensure ownership towards the schools. The first phase will focus on reconstruction of school buildings and its aspect of education and health components. The second phase of this project will look at connecting the education and health with livelihoods. Women (parent of drop out students) will be given facilities to have social enterprising to be economically independent. We will ensure their access to market and credit in the long run but at same time our effort will not over burden local women who are already very burdened with drudgery work. Economic prosperity in the family can discourage migration and can lead to reduce drop outs from the school.

11. Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring and Evaluation expert will be hired to document the achievements of the project. Regular monitoring visits will be held by HCN appointed staffs in every 3 months. There can be mixed approaches adopted in documenting the progress of the project: Assessments at the end of each phase to gauge the immediate delta in levels of knowledge and skills in

students particularly. Feedback form at the end of the each Phase with questions on what community members gained and felt

about the project. Informal interactions with participants and focussed discussions with teachers, students and the parents. Few will be selected randomly adopting an inclusive and non-discriminatory approach.

12. Budget Earthquake Recovery Support Program for establishing permanent school buildings. Budget is attached in annexure. Community members will contribute in rebuilding schools to have ownership in the project. The local resources can be used to reduce the actual costs for building schools. Hamro Chahana Nepal will make attempts to create partnership with local and international organisations to receive in-kind or at costs support to minimize the need to raise funds.

13. How to support? Individuals and organisations donate to Hamro Chahana Nepal office in Kathmandu or deposit to: Account Name: Hamro Chahana Nepal Bank Name: Kist Bank (Prabhu Bank Limited) Bank Account Number: 00100100022609000001 SWIFT Code: KISTNPKA

Please reach out to: Kripa Basnyat, Hamro Chahana Nepal Program Manager (kripahcn@gmail.com)

14. Timeline (see below):

Rebuilding and Recovery Post Earthquake Project-Permanent Construction of Gauri Shankar Secondary School Permanent Construction in Bigu VDC, Dolakha

Activities Oct-15

Nov-15

Dec-15

Jan-16

Feb-16

Mar-16

Apr-16

May-16

Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16

Sep-16

Oct-16

Submit Proposal Selection of Proposal Construction of Gauri Shankar Secondary School Selection of contractor and sub contractor

Study government intervention Finalise vendors for materials Purchase construction materials Start Construction work Monitoring construction Visit of HCN staffs Construction of gender friendly toilets Selection of architect, contractor and sub contractor

Study government intervention Finalise vendors for materials Purchase construction materials Start Construction work Monitoring construction Visit of HCN staffs Provide school materials Purchase school materials Distribute school materials Psychosocial counselling Psychosocial counsellors provides counselling Report of Psychosocial counsellor Evaluation and reporting Evaluation of the project Reporting