SSDP - Background
Why have we developed this new project?
- In our participary evaluations in the villages in December 2006 we saw the high value of the Outreach programs, who remain only 2 years in each village. This time is to short to develop sustainable structures in areas where people live like in medieval times and where the literacy rate of women is only 5 %
- We built an own Identity in Westnepal which is very important for our experienced and trained staff,
- The comparission of Input and expected outcome for 2000 people is very high
- The sustainability of connecting Outreach program and SSDP is very high and the concept involves new developmental aspects
- Govinda and Shangrila work totally according to the principles of Development aid in rural and remote areas
- The programm can be adapted and used in coming years, where we move with the utreach Program to Mughu and other districts
How did we develop the program
- Partizipatory Evaluation with the communities in Dezember 2006
- Workshop with our staff members in Jumla
- Continuous Workshops, research and developments in Kathmandu
- Field Visits of 4 Cooperatives in South nepal/ Plan International
- Project documents of Plan International and Samahit (some of the biggest Cooperatives in Nepal
- Literature about Microcredit systems
- Dialogues with Experts of the training center for cooperatives (19 years Experience in Nepal)
- 5 Days Workshop in Nepalgunj to compile research results, sharing with experts, field works and evaluation results
- Experiences after 9 years work in Nepal and creativitiy
Citation:
Go to the people,
Live with them
Learn from them
Love them.
Start with what they know.
Build with what they have.
But with the best leaders,
When the work is done,
The task accomplished,
The people will say,
"We have done this ourselves!"
Fieldbook for Participatory Learning and Action, DWC, Inwent
Published by:
DWC
The Center for Promoting
Development for Women and Children
Germany, and Hanoi, Vietnam, January 2004
"When the poorest receive credit, they become economic actors with power. Power to improve not only their lives, but, in a widening circle of impact, the lives of their families, their communities and their actions." Kofi Annan