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CONTENTS
Message from the National Director 2
Child Sponsorship 3
Ministries
Transformational Development 5
Humanitarian Emergency Affairs 8
Advocacy 9
Sectors
Maternal Child Health and Nutrition 11
Education 13
Livelihood 15
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 17
Child Protection 19
Child Health Now 21
Child Well Being 24
Strategy Map 25
FY 2012 Finance Report 26
List of Acronyms 28
Our Core Values
We are Christian
We value people
We are stewards
We are committed to the poor
We are partners
We are responsive
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness;
Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so
Annual Review 2012
World Vision International Nepal
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Who we are
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and
advocacy organisation dedicated to working with
children, families and communities to overcome
poverty and injustice.
Motivated by our Christian faith, World Vision is
dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable
people. World Vision serves all people regardless of
religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
Area Development Programme (ADP)
ADP is our primary approach to carry out the transformational
development in the community where we work. ADP is a long
term development programme (10 to 15 years) in which World
Vision works with the poor and its partners in specific, defined,
targeted geographical locations to address micro and macro
poverty issues in the sectors of Maternal Child Health and
Nutrition, Education, Livelihood, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
(WASH) and Child Protection..
World Vision started out in Korea in 1950 to meet the
needs of children orphaned by the war in Korea. From
there, the programme expanded to other Asian nations
and gradually spread to nearly a hundred countries.
World Vision in Nepal
World Vision first started its development initiatives in Nepal
in 1982 by donating funds to local groups for building hospitals
and providing health care. In response to the 1988 earthquake,
World Vision supported local non-governmental organisations
in providing assistance to quake victims. Likewise, in 1993, World
Vision helped flood victims through local partners. World Vision
formally started its long-term development work in Nepal after
signing both general and project agreement with the Social Welfare
Council in 2001.
Over the past years, World Vision International Nepal (WVIN) has
funded community development and currently we are operational
in 14 districts namely Bhaktapur, Doti, Jumla, Kathmandu, Kaski,
Kailali, Lamjung, Lalitpur, Morang, Rupandehi, Sunsari, Udayapur,
Achham and Sindhuli.
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Dear Friends
I am happy to share with you the annual review of the activities,
achievements, and challenges of World Vision International Nepal
(WVIN) during FY 2012.
The past year has been a year of achievement in terms of expanding
Area Development Programme (ADP) coverage. During FY 2012,
WVIN opened three new ADPs. One was in Sindhuli district and
the other two were in Achham and Doti where WVIN already had
two ADPs in both districts. With multiple ADPs in one district,
greater support can be provided to that district in a cost-effective
manner. We are thankful to World Vision Canada and World Vision
Singapore for funding these new ADPs. We now support a total
of 17 ADPs. By 2014 four ADPs – Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur,
and Kaski – will come to the end of their lifespan. As an ADP
comes to the end of its life, WVIN works with the communities
and government to evaluate the sustainability of programme
impact, and to try to ensure that systems are in place to maintain
the achievement once the ADP closes. Development is one of
WVIN’s core areas of work, along with advocacy and humanitarian
emergency affairs.
A National Office Disaster Management committee was formed
to provide policy support and oversee the disaster management
portfolio at WVIN. WVIN responded to disasters at the community
level and continued to work with government and non-government
organisations to develop District Disaster-Preparedness and
Response Plans, and supported District Disaster Relief Committees
(DDRC) of Morang, Rupandehi, Kaski, and Jumla districts. The Child
Health Now (CHN) campaign was successfully launched during the
past year with events involving WVIN staff, government officials,
partners, and community stakeholders spreading the key message,
Message from
National Director
“Together we can end preventable death”. CHN is World Vision’s
global campaign to end the preventable death of children under
five. Through the Child Health Now campaign, World Vision is
calling on the international community to meet its Millennium
Development Goal (MDG) of reducing maternal and child deaths
by 2015 - specifically MDG 4 and 5. Child Health Now in Nepal
aims to contribute to reducing child mortality in disadvantaged
areas of Nepal in line with MDG 4, particularly in the poorest and
most disadvantaged communities.
During the year, over 210,000 children and their family members
participated in World Vision-supported activities in community
development, relief, and advocacy. These activities focused on the
programme sectors of MCHN, Education, Livelihood, WASH and
Child Protection. WVIN also worked to review its strategy aligning
it with all our systems and processes to ensure achievement of our
Child Well-being objectives.
As the country faces new sets of challenges with the second
Constituent Assembly elections in the offing, WVIN strives to ensure
children are healthy, educated for life, experience the love of God and
their neighbours, and are cared for, protected and can participate.
Lastly, I am grateful to all staff, partners and donors who have
contributed towards the work of WVIN during the past year and
look forward to another year of collaboration.
Sincerely,
Michael Frank
National Director
Annual Review 2012
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Child Sponsorship
Child sponsorship in World Vision is an effective and fulfilling
way to help give a child from a poor community the chance of
a brighter future. The goal of sponsorship is to improve the wellbeing
of children. In order to thrive, children need to grow up in
an environment that provides the essentials that they need for
today and hope and opportunities for tomorrow. We believe that
children need good health and to be cared for and protected. They
need to be educated for life, be welcome to participate in decisions
that affect their lives and experience the love of God and of their
neighbours. Sponsors’ contributions fund vital development work
in a sponsored child’s community and makes a real contribution
to the well-being of children. World Vision works with community
groups and the children themselves to plan and carry out changes
so that more children will gain opportunities to fulfil their
potential in life. Sponsors witness these changes through progress
reports from the community and personal communication with
their sponsored children. Sponsors can encourage the child they
sponsor by writing or even visiting their sponsored child and their
family. World Vision’s project activities in communities benefit not
just sponsored children but all children and their families.
In FY 2012, 1,500 children from Udayapur East ADP and 1,000
children from Jumla ADP were registered for child sponsorship.
By the end of FY 2012, the number of sponsored children was
19, 750 from 12 districts namely Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Rupandehi,
Lamjung, Kailali, Bhaktapur, Kaski, Sunsari, Morang, Jumla, Doti and
Udayapur. In FY 2012, two ADPs i.e. Udayapur West and Kailali East
also started the Sponsorship Project. Through Annual Progress
Reports (APR) and sending season’s greetings these children can
communicate with their supporters about the change and impact on
themselves and the communities where they live. To better connect
children with their supporters, WVIN took part in sponsorship 2.0
initiatives, a global initiative under child sponsorship operation.
In FY 2012, WVIN was also a part of the Sponsorship Tracking
Enhancement Programme (STEP), a reporting tool which was launched
globally by World Vision. By December FY 2012 information on all
registered children was published on Support Office websites. Quick
STEP, a new way of uploading data on registered children, started in
three new ADPs (Morang, Kailali West, and Sunsari). National Office
Child Sponsorship generated a STEP report, such as child well-being
summary, presence and participation and corresponding reports,
and shared them among National Office departments to ensure
registered children’s participation in project activities. APR cards
were designed according to the type of ADP concerned. Sponsorship
Basic Training, which links the child sponsorship programme with
child well-being and helps transform supporters, was held in three
different regions, Central, Eastern and Western.
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Samjhana Sardar, 9, studies in the third grade and loves to go to school. She
lives in a remote village in Bhaudaha Village Development Committee in
Morang, an eastern district of Nepal. She is a World Vision-sponsored child
whose life has been transformed after receiving a gift from her sponsor.
Samjhana’s sponsor sent her a gift few years ago, a goat. Samjhana’s family
was able to build their own house after working hard to rear the goat, sell
the kids and buy other farm animals. Today, they not only rear goats but
also pigs and a cow in their own small backyard.
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Transformational
Development
Development is one of WVIN’s core ministries along with
Advocacy and Humanitarian Emergency Affairs. World Vision uses
the ‘Area Development Programme’ or ‘ADP’, as its core approach
to development. An ADP covers a defined geographical area with a
population of between 20,000 and 50,000 people and according to
WVIN’s strategy and assessment of the needs of the area, features
three to five projects. Key sectors are Maternal Child Health/
Nutrition, Education, Livelihood, and Child Protection and hence
these are usually the core projects. ADPs funded by sponsorship
will also have a Sponsorship Management Project. Depending on
the local needs, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, or Emergency
Preparedness may be additional projects. In FY 2012 WVIN had 17
ADPs located in 12 districts.
For FY 2012 WVIN’s key initiatives in
development included:
• Refining its approach to development, using World Vision’s new
Development Programme Approach
• Opening three new ADPs
• Measuring Change
• Preparing four ADPs for closure as they come to the end of
their lifespan in 2013
Refining development approach
From 2007 to 2009, World Vision (WV) worked globally on refining
its development approach, and looking at lessons learnt in the
way WV does development. This led to the publication of WV’s
Development Programme Approach (DPA), which sets out some
of the basic principles for success in development. Following the
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piloting of new approaches, WVIN began to align more of its ADPs to
these global principles. By the end of FY12, five ADPs were applying
this new approach to their new designs.The DPA refines WVIN’s focus
in a number of ways. WV sees that effective development is as a result
of relationships – people and systems change based on relationships,
not simply technical knowledge. WVIN therefore sees its core
contribution to development as being one of relationships. WVIN staff
live in the communities where it works, building effective relationships
with community members, understanding the local context, identifying
real issues and real capacities, and encouraging community members
to become active in improving their own situations.
Partnering
Following its efforts at improving its understanding of partnerships,
WVIN has recognised that there are different types of partners. In
an ADP, WVIN works with:
• Community Partners – existing groups such as mothers groups,
water users’ groups, school management committees, and youth
groups that are based in the community. WV works to engage
with these groups to enable them to identify and implement
activities to develop their own communities. The building of
capacity in community groups helps to ensure the sustainability of
impact and activities regardless of WV’s presence.
• Government Partners – local government bodies such as village
and district authorities, branches of the departments of education,
health etc., schools and health posts provide valuable services to
communities and have a mandate to work there.
• NGO Partners – WV works with local NGOs to provide
valuable technical support to communities, helping to improve
knowledge, skills and understanding.
The nature of WV’s relationship varies with each type of partner,
but the key to a successful programme is to have all four –
community, government, NGOs, and WVIN – working together in
a partnership.
Accountability
In addition, the DPA calls for increasing accountability, and looks
at how WV provides accountability to communities, government,
NGOs and donors. In this regard WVIN began piloting a community
feedback mechanism in one ADP, with the hope that it might be
expanded to others.
Using good practice in each sector
Globally WV has looked to see what the best practice is for
programming in each sector i.e. in health and education. As a result
project models have been developed using best practice. WVIN
has taken a selection of these models, contextualised them and
is considering incorporating them in all its new programming.
During FY12, WVIN started carrying out child protection
assessments to help communities and staff understand child
protection issues and identify how to improve local systems
so as to ensure child protection is both implemented in the
interests of the child.
Empowerment approach
One important aspect of the DPA approach is to see
communities and stakeholders as key owners and
implementers of their own development. One approach that
WVIN started in FY 2012 is called Citizen Voice and Action
(CVA). CVA is one form of local level advocacy that transforms
the dialogue between communities and government so as to
improve services like health and education that affect the lives
of children and their families. This empowerment approach
also enabled WVIN to link the community-led approaches to
improve services, with engagement at the national level with
the Child Health Now Campaign.
Expanding ADP coverage
During FY 2012, WVIN opened three new ADPs. One was in
Sindhuli District and the other two were in Achham and Doti
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where WVIN already had ADPs in both districts. With multiple
ADPs in one district, greater support is provided to that district
so WVIN now prioritises the opening of a second ADP in one district.
Measuring Change
In order to see whether our programming is making the best
impact on the well-being of children, it is important for WV to
measure change over time. To do this, we start by doing a baseline
survey so as to measure the situation at the beginning of a project.
Then the same indicators will be measured on a regular basis so
we can see whether there is progress. During FY 2012, six ADPs
carried out baseline surveys. Key data from ADP and project
baseline surveys were further analysed in the light of the country
context and shared with the government’s Central Programme
Advisory Committee.
Baseline surveys were also done for two projects being carried
out across multiple ADPs: the Child Health Now Project and a
Child Protection Project. These surveys included research which
provided information on how WVIN can influence enforcing good
policies on child protection and child health and maximise its
resources for the benefit of vulnerable children. One ADP (Kailali
West) carried out a household survey as a way of evaluating the
programme after four years. Some positive changes were observed.
e.g. an increase in access to drinking water, in the trend to safe
deliveries, and in food security.
Preparing for ADP closure
In FY 2013 four ADPs – Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, and Kaski
– will come to the end of their lifespan. Planning continued during
FY 2012 in order to prepare for this. As an ADP comes to the end
of its life, WVIN works with the communities and government to
assess the sustainability of programme impact, and to try to ensure
that systems are in place to maintain that once the ADP closes.
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HEA is one of the three ministries of WVIN which seeks to
ensure that children and communities can survive disasters
and that the organisation is able to respond to emergencies.
The implementation of those goals takes two forms. One is
the integration of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into Area
Development Programmes (ADPs); the other is preparing the
organisation to respond effectively to emergencies. WVIN has
a strategy of integrating DRR into all ADPs and efforts have
been made to integrate DRR into priority sectors. So far, one
of the ADPs has integrated DRR into the Learning through
Evaluation with Accountability and Planning (LEAP) process, and
other ADPs are in the process of intregrating DRR into their
work. A framework for integrating DRR into education has been
developed and all education projects designed by WVIN have
included DRR.
WVIN has experience of responding to small-scale, short-term
emergencies in ADPs, emergencies such as flooding and landslides,
which occur frequently in Nepal. At national level, WVIN has the
National Emergency-Preparedness and Relief Fund (NEPRF)
which is used for disaster preparedness and initial phase of
response. This amount has been sufficient for the responses that
WVIN has made over the past few years. For FY 2012, $232,837
was allocated to NEPRF.
Humanitarian Emergency Affairs
In FY 2012, a National Office Disaster Management committee
was formed to provide policy support and oversee the disaster
management portfolio at WVIN. Key national office staff including
sector specialists, DME team and some ADP staff were trained
in DRR. In Udayapur West ADP the DRR integration toolkit was
used to ensure DRR integration into project designs. Community-
Owned Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments were carried out
in the communities and issues pertaining to disasters identified by
the communities are now addressed in ADP project designs. The
checklists developed by the DME team for conducting FGD (Focus
Group Discussion) during community consultations also include
risk-related questionnaires.
In FY 2012, WVIN continued to work with government and
non-government organisations to develop District Disaster-
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District Disaster Relief Committees (DDRC) of Morang, Rupandehi,
Kaski, and Jumla districts. WVIN also responded to the diarrhoea
outbreak in Doti in July-August 2012. 14,603 people from 8 VDCs
were helped with awareness rising activities, soaps, water guard/
aqua tab, Oral Rehydration Solutions. Additionally, across all ADPs,
15,156 people directly benefitted from WVIN’s HEA work in DRR
and emergency relief.people directly benefitted from WVIN’s HEA
work in DRR and relief.
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Advocacy
WVIN has identified advocacy as one of its core ministries, alongside
transformational development and humanitarian emergency affairs.
WVIN’s advocacy focuses on influencing government policy and
practice to provide greater benefits and services to vulnerable
children and their families. WVIN has identified increased access
to government services for children and communities, promoting
child-friendly local governance, and supporting the Child Health
Now campaign as key areas.
Child Friendly Local Governance (CFLG)
In FY 2012, WVIN’s advocacy continued towards the endorsement
of the National Framework on Child Friendly Local Governance
(CFLG) and its operational guidelines by the Nepal Government
Cabinet. CFLG means a governance system that institutionalises
child rights such as survival; development; protection; and
meaningful participation in the policy, structure, system and
working procedures of local bodies. Following that endorsement,
WVIN and UNICEF agreed on a partnership that aims to
contribute to achieving the objectives of CFLG implementation
at two levels: National and sub-national level. In 2012, orientation
and training in CFLG was held for district-level stakeholders,
including the Association of the District Development Committee;
Nepal and sectoral Ministries, Ministry of Federal Affairs and
Local Development (MoFALD); municipalities, the Municipality
Association of Nepal (MuAN); implementing agencies, government
officers. Other activities conducted were: support and guidance for
the development of user-friendly material for CFLG for community
and frontline workers, software for VDC profile software, and
child-friendly monitoring tool.
Coalitions and networks
In FY 2012, WVIN advocated for children’s rights as a member
of National Coalition for Children as Zones of Peace and Child
Protection (CZOPP). Established in 2003, CZOPP is a national
coalition/network of organisations working in the field of child
rights working collectively to coordinate and integrate advocacy
for the protection and promotion of the rights of children.
Achievements of this network in FY 2012, were meetings with
different stakeholders to ensure children’s rights and their input
into the constitution-making process, meetings on Child Rights Bill
with organisations, key stakeholders and parliamentarians working
exclusively for the promotion of child rights, the promotion of the
Schools as Zones of Peace (SZOP) campaign in co-ordination with
the Department of Education (DOE), and ensuring the coordination
and support among child rights organisation for the Convention on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) monitoring and reporting.
In FY 2012, WVIN also promoted child participation as a member
and partner of the Consortium of Organisations working for
Children’s Participation, a loose national network of organisations
working for the promotion of children’s participation at all levels,
from family to state. Currently, there are 61 member organisations
from 29 different districts representing all five development
regions. In FY 2012, a major achievement of this network, was
the endorsement of the National Policy for Children (Balbalika
Sambandhi Rashtriya Neeti) by Cabinet on 16 April 2012. This
policy is the culmination of four policies concerning Children of
Nepal-Child Survival, Child Development, Child Protection, and
Child Participation. Follow up in the past year on the Child Club
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Strategic Review also led to the development of a common vision
for child clubs to support the child club movement in Nepal.
Partnership with Government
In FY 2012, and in collaboration with United Nations’ agencies and
international non-governmental organisations WVIN continued to
support the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare. The
partnership aims to strengthen the child protection system, building
mechanisms and structure both at national and district level. In this
regard, at national level, the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB)
was supported to review and strengthen its structure so as to
function more effectively as a national focal point for its work of
ensuring the rights of children, as well as its launch of the National
Child Protection System and National Child Policy.
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Maternal Child Health
and Nutrition
Beneficiaries
27,736 mothers and children
Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) is one of the key
sectors in WVIN. In the areas (ADPs) that WVIN works in, it seeks
to improve the health of pregnant and lactating women, the health
and nutrition of children under five, reduce malnutrition in under
fives, and increase the quality of household-level management of
childhood illnesses, particularly diarrhoea and pneumonia.
In FY 2012, WVIN implemented maternal child health and nutrition
activities in 6 of its ADPs, in Sunsari, Lamjung, Jumla, Butwal,
Udayapur, Doti districts. In Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur
ADPs, maternal child health and nutrition activities were carried
out through the ECCD project. Kailali East, Doti East and Udayapur
West ADPs also designed a MCHN project.
In FY 2012, the MCHN project trained and mobilised Female
Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) and mothers’ groups to
provide better health services and disseminate awareness regarding
safe motherhood in wards and VDCs of the areas ADPs work in.
Sessions for pregnant and lactating women and their families to raise
awareness of their special needs during and after pregnancy, the
provision of equipment for local health institutions, the promotion of
outreach clinics have all helped improve maternal and child healthcare
practices at the household and institutional level. With various
awareness raising activities, the trend for pregnant and lactating
mothers to ask health care services for ANC, PNC, TT, Albendazole,
and iron tablets, along with institutional deliveries, has increased.
The MCHN project has also helped to make mothers’ groups more
active. These groups help women share information on different
health issues with each other, issues such as the importance of ANC
and PNC, safe delivery, consumption of nutritious food, rest and
hygiene required during antenatal and postnatal period, infant and
neonatal care, immunisation, breast feeding, and complementary
feeding. The Project has helped strengthen Primary Health Care
– Out Reach Clinics (PHC-ORC). Many of those not functioning
previously, are now active and providing services. Training in homebased
management on diarrhoea and pneumonia, the prevention of
childhood malnutrition, monthly growth monitoring, door-to-door
visits, and the preparation of sarbottam pitho (super flour) and
poshilo jaulo (nutritious rice) were all given. Increased awareness of
the importance of growth monitoring have increased the number
of children visiting growth monitoring units. Positive Deviance
(PD)–Hearth sessions conducted at the community level have
helped improve the nutritional status of children under 5 identified
as malnourished.
In FY 2012, FCHVs, mothers’ groups, care givers, and traditional
healers were all provided with training on the prevention of
childhood diseases at the household level. Hygiene and sanitation
were promoted to reduce childhood illness. Health Facility Operation
and Management Committees (HF-OMC) were strengthened to
provide quality health services to village people. HF-OMC members
received training and were involved in review meetings to reflect on
the existing services provided by the local health facility. ADPs also
organised events at the district level, events such as Breastfeeding
Week, and World Health Day, as well as engaging with DPHO and
holding campaigns in the districts they work in.
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Mothers learn to raise healthy children
Bimala Pariyar (left) is a mother of four children who has been
working as a Positive Deviance (PD) Hearth volunteer mother for
more than two years now in Jumla district. She has been trained
to conduct classes on good nutrition, health and hygiene for young
children in the community with the support of WVIN- Jumla ADP.
Since she received PD Hearth training, she has been conducting
early morning classes for mothers with malnourished children in her
community. Her classes focus on ways to prepare nutritious food
with locally available resources, keeping children healthy and tracking
their development. The classes are conducted in one of the homes of
malnourished children and participants contribute locally produced
resources like maize, beans, vegetables and rice for demonstration
classes. After the demonstration comes to an end, children are
provided the cooked nutritious meal. Since this continues for two
weeks, many malnourished children get an opportunity to eat healthy
food which results in weight gain and better health.
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Education
Beneficiaries
68,349 children and parents
Education is one of the key sectors in WVIN. In the areas (ADPs)
that WVIN works in, it seeks to improve the equal access to
quality education for children. Education projects in ADPs
advocate increasing the enrolment and improving the quality of
education with child-friendly teaching, better facilities in primary
and secondary schools, and better school management. The
ECCD projects help Early Childhood Education and Development
(ECED) centres which work for the emotional, mental, social, and
physical development of children.
In FY 2012, WVIN implemented education programmes in ten of
its ADPs in Bhaktapur, Jumla, Kathmandu, Kaski, Kailali, Lamjung,
Lalitpur, Morang, Rupandehi and Sunsari districts.
In FY 2012, capacity-building and training activities were held by
ADPs for SMC, PTA, teachers, and for child clubs. ADPs helped
renovate and build classrooms(with standards for earthquake
resistance), as well as built libraries, drinking water facilities,
playgrounds, child-friendly toilets, and girl-friendly sanitation rooms.
ADPs have also provided teaching learning materials and aids to
schools in programme areas. ECED centres were established and
ECED centre management committees were strengthened. The
hand-over of ECED centres to communities in ADPs that are
phasing out in FY 2013, was also done successfully.
In FY 2012, two new ADPs (Udayapur West and Kailali East)
completed their education project design. The Basic Education
Improvement Plan (BEIP), a WV Global Project model, was
introduced, and the model explained to ADP and partner
organisation staff members. WVIN was selected as one of the
first cohort national offices to implement an education project, a
project entitled “Strengthening Education Capacity.”
The review of WVIN Education’s secondary strategy was carried
out in FY 2012. It resulted in including non-formal education as
one of the key elements. To ensure more technical support and
better implementation of projects, area technical staff were also
placed in the district programmes.
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ECED making children’s future brighter
“I love to come to play and sing songs at school and I love to play
with the toy car the most,” says Mukesh Gurung, 4 with his shy smile
looking around towards his friends. Mukesh is one of the children
who comes to Srijanshil Early Childhood Education and Development
(ECED) centre in Baglungpani VDC, Lamjung. Like Mukesh there are
children of age 3-5 who come to this ECED centre. Children get to
eat nutritional food on time, learn many things in school and parents
get time to finish other chores during the time. “Parents share that
children coming to this centre socialise well with others and are very
confident. Students who have been to this ECED also secure good
positions in other schools. Thus, the children who graduate from
here have a brighter future and are competent,” says Gita Gurung,
Facilitator of the ECED centre. WVIN-Lamjung ADP has supported the
centre in the construction of the building, toilet, providing educational
materials, wall paintings, carpeting, snacks for the children and salary
and training to the facilitator. The centre will be handed over to the
community in FY 2013.
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Livelihood
Beneficiaries
28,086 men and women
Livelihood is one of the key sectors in WVIN. In the areas (ADPs)
that WVIN works in, it seeks to increase the income and asset
of families by diversifying livelihood options, specifically that
of agriculture. Livelihood Projects in ADPs seek to increase the
agricultural production of marginal families and build the capacity
of community-based cooperatives. Projects include high value/
indigenous crop promotion, leasehold farming, marketing, as well as
skills development with the help of different stakeholders.
In FY 2012, WVIN implemented livelihood projects in 12 ADPs, in
Udayapur, Morang, Sunsari, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Lamjung,
Rupandehi, Kaski, Jumla, Kailali and Doti districts.
In FY 2012, capacity-building and technology transfer in
agriculture and livestock production were carried out in different
ADPs. Promoting technology at community level training and
demonstrations, WVIN helped farmers grow high value crops,
kitchen gardens, as well as farm livestock (poultry, goats, and
cattle). In the cultivation of crops farmers were also encouraged to
use local resources for fertilizers and pesticides. This initiative
has helped increase farms’ long term productivity, to reducing
dependency on external materials and production costs. The
promotion of vegetable growing has increased the consumption
of vegetables contributing to improved family and child
nutrition. The promotion of vocational skills training has enabled
households to find alternative sources of income and establish
small businesses. Capacity-building initiatives carried out with
community-based cooperatives helped provide improved
business facilities and services to members in the communities.
Efforts to strengthen the capacity of different community-based
groups helped increase group savings which has helped with the
provision of credit. WVIN also coordinated at the local level
with different stakeholders and government agencies such as
DADO, DLSO and DCO.
In FY 2012, WVIN reviewed its livelihood secondary strategy. To
ensure more technical support and better implementation of projects,
area technical staff were also placed in the district programmes.
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Children reap the benefit of farming
‘I enjoy plucking the big red tomatoes growing on our farm.’ says elevenyear
old Ranjit Karki, a World Vision-sponsored child who studies in fifth
grade. Ranjit and his family are one of the beneficiaries of World Vision’s
livelihood project in Kathmandu district. Ranjit lives with his family in
Bhimdhunga VDC, an agricultural village on the outskirts of Kathmandu
city. Though not far from the capital, the Karki family did not have a
proper house or a good income to raise their children. But today, with
both parents involved in new methods of farming, their son Ranjit and
older daughter Ramana go to a decent school and have a plan for
their future. Almost two years ago, Ranjit’s mother, Ram Devi, enrolled
herself in the agricultural training offered by WVIN-Kathmandu ADP in
the village, and since then, not only has she been growing a variety of
vegetables on her own land but also saving enough money to fund her
children’s education and build a new house.
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Water and Sanitation
Hygiene (WASH)
Beneficiaries
37,210 men, women and children
WASH is a context-specific sector in WVIN. In the areas (ADPs)
that WVIN works in, through Community-Led Total Sanitation
(CLTS), it seeks to address water and sanitation issues, and the
hygiene of vulnerable communities. WASH projects work to
provide safe drinking water to communities, promote toilets for
improved sanitation, and raise awareness among communities
regarding good personal hygiene practices.
In FY 2012, WVIN implemented WASH activities in ten of its
ADPs in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Morang, Sunsari, Kaski,
Rupandehi, Jumla, Lamjung and Kailali districts.
In FY 2012, ADP WASH projects improved the health of village
people by providing safe drinking water and sanitation. The project
helped with toilet construction in communities, schools, and
health posts. In coordination with community, implementing and
government partners, VDCs in different working districts were
declared Open Defecation-Free areas. Sanitation campaigns and
rallies were organised to raise awareness. Community garbage
pits were built. Training in separating bio-degradable and non
bio-degradable waste were given to village people and students.
Workshops on the importance of environmental sanitation and
personal hygiene were held for SMC, PTSA, child club members,
teachers, and students. The ability of peer groups to share their
knowledge on personal hygiene and sanitation was strengthened.
In FY 2012, water systems were renovated and new water systems/
water collection tanks/tube-wells were installed to provide easy
access to safe drinking water. Water Users Committee (WUC)
members were trained on roles and responsibilities, registration
processes, institutional development, and conflict management.
They have also started to collect operation and maintenance funds
to ensure the long-term future of their water supply systems.
Village people were taught the reuse of waste water. Training was
given to female health volunteers to strengthen their knowledge of
water-borne diseases and water purification methods. The capacity
of Environment Management Groups and VDC Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene Coordination Committee, were strengthened. Various
water points were checked as to water quality, suction tube wells
were upgraded. To create awareness in schools, activities such
as art, poetry, and debating competitions on the topic of water,
sanitation, and hygiene were held.
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Water brings good change
Bibek Lamichane, lives in Sudal VDC, Bhaktapur. Before there was no
water facility at their home and he had to go far to fetch water. Thus,
most of his time used to go in carrying water but due to the support
from the Water and Sanitation project of WVIN- Bhaktapur ADP, he
has a tap at home. With water at home his family uses it for different
purposes including agriculture in a land that was barren before. Now his
family gets to eat fresh vegetables and they even sell it when they can.
The money his parents make from selling vegetables is used for his and
his brother’s education and other expenses. “Now that we have water
coming at home, I use the time used to fetch water in studies and I
have been getting better results at school. We now have toilet and water
facility which has made our life better and easier. I would like to thank
World Vision for everything.” he says.
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Child Protection
Beneficiaries
18,638 children and adults
Child Protection is a major cross-cutting theme for WVIN and
works to promote systems and practices that contribute to
children being better protected. It also ensures that WVIN staff,
and the staff of NGO partners, have the ability to manage child
protection issues. WVIN integrates child protection into the design
and implementation of ADP projects and will work to support the
Nepal government in implementing their child protection policy.
The Child Protection unit was introduced at WVIN in FY 2011.
Since then, work has been undertaken in the following areas:
Improving Child Protection Project
Funded by WV Hong Kong, the Improving Child Protection Project
has been implemented in Kathmandu ADP. The project started
with the aim of protecting children in Nepal from exploitation,
abuse, violence and neglect, and ensuring that instances of such
maltreatment are more effectively dealt with. Working closely
with the District Child Welfare Board (DCWB), Kathmandu ADP
was able to form seven Village Child Protection Committees.
Various trainings have been conducted to strengthen the local
child protection systems. The project works both at the national
and district levels. The national-level advocacy work promotes
policies and systems that will be relevant to Nepal. The work
in Kathmandu ADP will provide experience of how to build
effective systems in an urban centre, which can then be replicated
in other ADPs. With the aim of strengthening the Central Child
Welfare Board (CCWB) in its role of co-ordination, monitoring
and reporting, and recognising that CCWB cannot work alone
on issues of child protection, the project supports better coordination
between the various stakeholders at national level,
and better reporting and monitoring between the CCWB and
its DCWBs.
Community-Based Child Protection
(CBCP) System
To strengthen the Community-Based Child Protection (CBCP)
System, since FY 2011 the Child Protection Project has been
implemented in four ADPs; Morang, Sunsari, Udayapur East and
Kathmandu and from FY 2013 a new project will start in Doti
West ADP. Following the implementation of these projects,
WVIN has been able to reach the objective of its child protection
strategy which prioritises the strengthening of community
systems. The project is being funded in Morang district by WV
Korea and in Sunsari and Udayapur districts by WV UK through
DFID’s Programme Partnership Agreement.
After the implementation of the project in 24 VDCs and 4
municipalities in Kathmandu, at the community level, 156 Village
Child Protection and Promotion Committees (VCPPC) have been
formed and are now functioning. Various trainings were conducted
to enhance the capacity of the VCPPC members. Training in
strengthening the Child Protection system was given to 56 police
officers and 50 health personnel in four ADPs. 2,267 children in the
community received training on life skills and child resilience, which
has enhanced their understanding of child protection.
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Children from Shree Bal Lower Secondary School in Jante VDC,
Udayapur district have been benefitting from child protection activities
being carried out by World Vision. Teachers and School Management
Committee members are orienting children and monitoring the child
protection issues in their school and community. They have been
working to create a safe environment for children.
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Child Health Now
Child Health Now (CHN) is World Vision’s global campaign to end
the preventable death of children under five. Through the Child
Health Now campaign, World Vision is calling on the international
community to meet its Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
commitment to reduce maternal and child deaths by 2015 -
specifically MDG 4 and 5. Child Health Now in Nepal aims to
contribute to reducing child mortality in disadvantaged areas of
Nepal in line with MDG 4, particularly in the poorest and most
disadvantaged communities.
Child Health Now Nepal Campaign
launched in 2012
The CHN Campaign was launched In FY 2012 internally and
externally in events involving WVIN staff, government officials,
partners, and community stakeholders with a view to reaching a
larger audience and spreading the key message “Together we can
end preventable death”. The launch worked to help develop an
understanding of the objectives of the campaign. It also sensitised
government line agencies to the urgent health issues of under
fives and reiterated those agencies national and international
commitments to achieve MDG 4. Rajendra Mahato, Minister for
Health and Population, Badri Prasad Neupane, Minister for Women
Children and Social Welfare attended the launch as representatives
of the Nepal Government and committed the government to
ending disparities of gender, caste, ethnicity, and geographic location
in maternal and child health. Though Nepal has made significant
progress in child health, and is on track to achieve MDGs 4 and
5, disparities still exist. Leaders of political parties, concerned
stakeholders, civil society and development community members
were also present.
CHN Campaign Ambassadors
In FY 2012, with the aim of mobilising civil society to sensitise policy
makers, the campaign formed Maternal and Child Health Concern
Groups in three VDCs in both Doti and Kailali districts. Each
Concern Group nominated a campaign ambassador representing
one ward of a VDC. The formation of Concern Groups and
Campaign Ambassadors as pillars of the campaign will contribute
to improving government health services and community maternal
and child health practices. Training was given to Concern Group
coordinators and Campaign Ambassadors to enable them to help
people access health resources and conduct local level advocacy in
their communities.
Nepal hosts Global Campaign
Management Team meeting
From 9 to 13 July 2012 Nepal hosted the Global Campaign
Management Team meeting. The team met the Ministry of Health
and Population, INGOs and NGOs working on maternal and child
health, and former Constituent Assembly members to discuss
the health of mothers and children in Nepal. The team also met
Campaign Ambassadors in Kailali ADP, local government and NGO
representatives in the district, and community representatives of
Geta VDC.
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Rajendra Mahato, Minister for Health and Population (2nd from
right) and Badri Prasad Neupane, Minister for Women Children and
Social Welfare (right) attending the CHN campaign launch in an
event organised by WVIN in Kathmandu.
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CHN Campaign Ambassadors and Global Campaign Management Team raise their hands for child health in Kailali district
Citizen Voice and Action
In FY 2012, Training of Trainers (ToT) on Citizen Voice and Action
(CVA) was organised to build the capacity of WVIN staff and
its partners. This will help put into practice CVA approach at
the grassroot level to conduct local level advocacy, make local
government accountable, and improve the community’s access
to available resources.
Citizen Voice and Action aims to increase dialogue between
ordinary citizens and organisations that provide services to the
public as well as to improve the accountability of the administrative
and political sections of government (both national and local) in
order to improve the delivery of public services.
Research on Child Marriage
To mark the 1st International Day of Girl Child, and with the support of
WVIN, Save the Children, and Plan Nepal, on 11 October 2012, a report
on ‘Child Marriage in Nepal’, was launched after a research conducted
by SOLID Nepal, an NGO. The book found that child marriage is most
prevalent among the illiterate, the Janajati (indigenous ethnic groups), and
Dalits (the so-called untouchables of the Hindu caste system). The main
aim of the study was to understand the reasons for child marriage. The
results will be used to reduce child marriage as well as inform advocacy
efforts. The research was also undertaken to identify the reasons for a
practice that has caused major problems in maternal and child health.
Apart from the organisations that contributed to the publishing of the
book, government officials from the Ministry of Women, Children and
Social Welfare also took part in the launch.
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Child Well-Being
World Vision focuses on improving the well-being of children
through transformational development, disaster management. and
advocacy. Our goal is ‘the sustained well-being of children within
families and communities, especially the most vulnerable’.
In order to ensure that we focus on the well-being of children,
during FY 2012 all of WVIN’s strategies were reviewed and where
necessary adjusted so as to ensure that the well-being of children
remains our focus.
Annual Review 2012
However, as it is also important to see whether we are making
the positive change to the well-being of children that we plan in
our programming, World Vision has developed some Child Well-
Being Targets:
• Children report an increased level of well-being
• Increase in children who are well-nourished (ages 0-5)
• Increase in children protected from infection and disease (ages 0-5)
• Increase in children who can read by age 11
In FY 2012, WVIN chose contextually-appropriate indicators to
measure these targets. From FY13 onwards these indicators will be
included into all new project designs. WVIN also decided to look at
its overall contribution to child well-being in Nepal by gathering and
analysing data on child-well being from across the ADPs. A report
will be produced with actionable recommendations for decisionmaking
and prioritisation around strategy and programming. This
will be carried out every year. Funding was secured for this process
and the first report will be produced in FY13.
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Strategy Map
World Vision International Nepal’s Strategy Map (FY 2010-FY 2013)
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Fiscal Year Expense ($)
2011 5,261,644
2012 6,196,346
2012 Finance Report
WVI Nepal books of account have been audited by authorised external auditor, internal auditor and international auditor.
Sectoral Funding Distribution
Funding From WV Support Offices
Annual Review 2012
Programme and Project Management
Source of Funding
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How we are accountable
World Vision is accountable to private and government donors,
to public agencies charged with legal oversight, to our funding
offices and to those whom we serve. Internal and external audits
and evaluations are conducted regularly to ensure efficient and
effective use of resources.
Programme Partnership
World Vision believes that partnering with others is a key factor
in bringing about lasting changes in communities. WVIN partners
with government, community groups, NGOs and the private
sector; WVIN adopts a multi-stakeholder approach to partnering,
recognising that all of these different groups have an important role
in creating change. The nature of the partnering relationship varies
depending on the issues being addressed, and the resources and
capacity of the different partners involved.
Contact
World Vision International Nepal
Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur-3, Nepal
GPO Box 21969, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone no: 977 1 5548877 / 5547177
Fax no: 977 1 5013570
Email: info_nepal@wvi.org
www.wvi.org/nepal
How we are funded
We receive funding from private donors and bilateral agencies
through our support partners including;
World Vision Australia
Kaski ADP, Kailali West ADP, Jumla ADP
World Vision Canada
Bhaktapur ADP, Butwal ADP, Doti East ADP, Achham ADP
World Vision Hong Kong
Kathmandu ADP, Sunsari ADP, Kailali East ADP
World Vision Korea
Morang ADP
World Vision Switzerland
Lalitpur ADP, Lamjung ADP
World Vision Taiwan
Udayapur East ADP, Udayapur West ADP
World Vision Japan
Doti West ADP
World Vision Singapore
Sindhuli ADP
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List of Acronyms
ADP
ANC
BEIP
CBCP
CCWB
CFLG
CHN
CP
CVA
CWBO
CWT
CZOPP
DADO
DCWB
DDC
DDRC
DEO
DFID
DPA
DRR
ECED
FCHV
FGD
Area Development Programme
Ante-natal Care
Basic Education Improvement Plan
Community-Based Child Protection
Central Child Welfare Board
Child Friendly Local Governance
Child Health Now
Child Protection
Citizen Voice and Action
Child Well Being Outcome
Child Well-being Targets
National Coalition for Children as Zones of Peace
and Child Protection
District Agriculture Development Office
District Child Welfare Board
District Development Committee
District Disaster Relief Committee
District Education Office
Department For International Development
Development Programme Approach
Disaster Risk Reduction
Early Childhood Education and Development
Female Community Health Volunteer
Focus Group Discussions
FY
HEA
IEC
INGO
KMC
LEAP
MDG
MCHN
NDHS
NGOs
PNC
PTSA
SMC
STEP
U5MR
UNICEF
VCPPC
VDC
WASH
WV
WVIN
Fiscal Year
Humanitarian Emergency Affairs
Information, Education and Communication
International Non Governmental Organisation
Kathmandu Metropolitan City
Learning through Evaluation with Accountability
and Planning
Millennium Development Goal
Maternal Child Health and Nutrition
Nepal Demographic Health Survey
Non Government Organisations
Post-natal Care
Parents Teachers Students Association
School Management Committee
Sponsorship Tracking Enhancement Programme
Under Five Mortality Rate
United Nations International Children's
Emergency Fund
Village Child Protection and Promotion Committee
Village Development Committee
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
World Vision
World Vision International Nepal
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