Nepal project 367015935 · 1994 · social policies, regulations and systems

Grant to CARE/Nepal to extend its Remote Areas Basic Needs Project (RABNP) in the districts of Bajura and Solukhumbu. RABNP efforts in Mustang district, which were partially funded under a predecessor grant which ended 10/93, will now be funded from other sources. The extended project will continue to form Community Development Committees (CDCs) and User Groups (UGs -- CDC sectoral subgroups) as self-reliant agents of their own development, with emphasis on ensuring representation of women and low caste groups. The CDCs will act as links between the community and the Village Development Committees (VDCs), which were formed by CARE under the predecessor project but are now democratically elected. Community members will continue to be trained in community organization techniques, particularly planning and management, as well as in community-based development and natural resource management, with indigenous technologies emphasized to the extent possible. The project will take an integrated approach to participatory community development, and will include activities in agriculture, forestry, livestock development, rural infrastructure, primary health care and population, nonformal ed

Source: DEC abstract, PD-FDZ-240 (1994). The source's own text.