Nepal
Integrated Platform for Gender Based Violence Prevention and Response Sambodhan Baseline
This report presents the findings of the baseline study of National Women Commission’s (NWC) Integrated Platform for Gender Based Violence Prevention and Response (IPGBVPR) project funded by the World Bank. The specific objective of this study was to collect baseline data for the project's indicators. The study has also strived to collect information on community's perception on prevalence of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in their locality, and acceptance of GBV and norms related to GBV by the community. Findings of this study are expected to help NWC devise an effective work plan for the IPGBVPR project. [119 pages] Read More...
AWASAR Project Baseline Report
CARE Nepal has entrusted RECID Nepal to carry out a baseline survey of AWASAR project. The main objective of the baseline survey was to establish baseline benchmark by collecting quantitative and qualitative information. The baseline survey has yielded the parameters which can be used during the midline and end line evaluation. The baseline survey assessed the existing situation of agriculture/livelihoods, education, nutrition and food sufficiency status of migrating families of the project VDCs. [69 pages] Read More...
Sabal Midterm Evaluation Report
The goal of the Sabal project is to increase the resilience and food security of targeted vulnerable populations in Nepal. The project, funded by USAID's Food For Peace from 2014-19, commenced in 2014 and is scheduled to end 2019. CARE is one of 7 technical partners and 17 local NGO implementing partners. Save the Children is the overall program leader and primarily responsible for implementation.
The project has three primary “purposes”: 1) livelihoods, 2) health and nutrition, and 3) disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation (DRR/CCA), as well as a cross-cutting component for gender and social inclusion. Under each design element are sub-purposes and accompanying activities that are meant to achieve sub-purpose goals but also to contribute to cross-purpose outcomes, as part of the desired integration strategy. (123 page evaluation) Read More...
The project has three primary “purposes”: 1) livelihoods, 2) health and nutrition, and 3) disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation (DRR/CCA), as well as a cross-cutting component for gender and social inclusion. Under each design element are sub-purposes and accompanying activities that are meant to achieve sub-purpose goals but also to contribute to cross-purpose outcomes, as part of the desired integration strategy. (123 page evaluation) Read More...
Udaan: Catching the Missed Opportunity Project Baseline Report
The Udaan: Catching the Missed Opportunity Project has been developed for 3 years focusing on developing and delivering an accelerated learning approach for girls between the age of 10 to 14 years who are from marginalized and socially excluded communities and have never been to school or have dropped out in their early grades. This project wants to give out-of-school girls a second chance by providing a catch-up course that is appropriate to their needs and that equips them with the necessary skills to lead a self-determined life. Through this project, CARE directly contributes to Nepal’s efforts towards achieving MDG-2. The goal of the project is that the participating adolescents together with their families become aware on their rights, educated, conscious on their roles, economically productive and empowered to fight against their social taboo and become less vulnerable for trafficking. Main objective of the project is to empower approximately 360 girls of poor, vulnerable and socially excluded families of Kapilvastu District, who dropped out from school to complete their primary and/or secondary education. Read More...
Udaan: Catching the Missed Opportunity Project Endline Survey Report
The objective of this evaluation was to conduct End Line Survey/final evaluation of Udaan: Catching the Missed Opportunity Project Access to Quality Education for Economically and Socially Vulnerable Girls in Kapilbastu district. The project tenure was from November 2013 to April 2017. The project has applied people centered approach to address ‘Out of School Children’ especially poor vulnerable socially excluded (PVSC) girls. The aim of the end line survey is to measure progress against the outcome and impact level indicators achieved during the project implementation phase.
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Hariyo Ban Program Final Evaluation Report
The Hariyo Ban Program is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project and designed for resilience building of human beings as well as ecosystem. The overall goal of Hariyo Ban Program Phase I was to reduce adverse impacts of climate change and threats to biodiversity in Nepal. The three objectives were to: i) Reduce threats to biodiversity in targeted landscapes; ii) Build the structures, capacity, and operations necessary for effective sustainable landscape management, with a focus on REDD+ readiness; and iii) Increase the ability of targeted human and ecological communities to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change. It is implemented by a consortium of four partners: World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), and the Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN). Read More...
SANKALPA: Collaborative Commitment for Participatory and Gender Responsive Budgets Endline Report
‘Sankalpa’ - collaborative commitment for participatory and gender responsive budget project was implemented by CARE Nepal in Surkhet and Pyuthan districts of Mid-western region. Sankalpa worked with stakeholders in VDC level planning, budgeting processes to contribute towards a more responsive public budgeting system that equally benefits the marginalized section, including women. The project intervened to strengthen both demand and supply side of local level planning process. By supporting Village Development Committees (VDC), the project ensured transparency and participatory allocation of public budget and expenditure in local bodies. The project actively engaged with marginalized community groups and civil societies for bottom up planning process to hold the government accountable. The project worked with planning units and processes at ward and VDC level. Sankalpa directly intervened and collaborated with with Citizen Awareness Centers (CAC), Ward Citizen Forums (WCF) and Integrated Planning Committees (IPC) to promote active and meaningful representation and participation of women and marginalized section in these structure and processes of planning. Read More...
REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards (SES)
The main objective of this ‘Assessment Report’ is to present the status of Nepal in meeting the REDD+SES standards. In addition, the report also assesses whether Nepal has followed the provisions stipulated under the REDD+ SES guideline while developing the REDD+ SES indicators.
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Mid-term Performance Evaluation of the Hariyo Ban Project
This report is a mid-term performance evaluation of USAID/Nepal’s Hariyo Ban (HB) project. HB is USAID/Nepal’s flagship project under the natural resources management and climate change sector. It is a five-year project with a total budget just over USD 29.9 million that began in August 2011. The overall goal of HB is to reduce adverse impacts of climate change and threats to biodiversity in Nepal. The HB project is implemented in two nationally important biodiverse landscapes: Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape (CHAL) and Terai Arc Landscape (TAL). HB is implemented by the World Wildlife Fund, along with CARE, National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), and Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN). Read More...
Hariyo Ben Nepal Ko Dhan Program Annual Review
Hariyo Ban Program is a USAID funded five years program designed for resilience building of human beings as well as ecosystem. CARE Nepal has played crucial role within the program as a lead on climate change adaptation, governance and GESI along with significant contributions for watershed management, biodiversity conservation, earthquake recovery/reconstruction, REDD+ and PES initiatives. This report includes key accomplishments for July 2015 to June 2016 of CARE Nepal for Hariyo Ban Program. Within this year 5 as a final year of the program, CARE efforts are mainly focused on review/reflection, meetings, monitoring visits, documentation and dissemination of good practices, completion of remaining activities and handing over responsibilities to respective stakeholders jointly with other consortium partners. Read More...