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Policy makers and bureaucrats of Nepal have been working to integrate Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Risk Management (CRM) agenda into development plans. Some government officials from the National Planning Commission and sectoral ministries engaged in a fruitful discussion and developed a framework to integrate DRM/CRM into national development process during the two and a half day workshop organised by UNDP, supported by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Crown Prince Haakon of Norway met with the LGBTI (Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual and Transgender Individuals) community at CruiseAIDS (an independent Community-Based Organization affiliated with the Blue Diamond Society or BDS) to learn about the challenges and stigmatization connected to people with HIV & STI, as well as sexual and gender minorities.
UNDP’s Public Private Partnership for Urban Environment (PPPUE) project assisted the municipality in project development, partnership arrangement and seed grant provision. Apart from this, the private partner shares in the investment and is responsible for operation and maintenance.
Forty Maoist ex-combatants cheered with joy as they received certificates for successfully completing Community Medical Assistant and Lab Assistant courses from Rapti Technical School. “Our hands that used to carry guns and other weapons now will serve the needy people for medical aids,” said Premabati Gopali as they are gracefully entering into civilian lives. The health course was a rehabilitation option offered by the UN Interagency Rehabilitation Programme (UNIRP)to the Verified Minors and Late Recruits (VMLRs)who were discharged from the cantonment in early 2010.
Thanks to her steadily rising profit, she has built a home for herself now. In addition, she has constructed a shed for growing mushroom at a cost of 2 million rupees (US$ 25,477). Her total investment in the enterprise is 15,000 rupees (less than US$ 200). Through MEDEP’s support, she also been receiving the opportunity to participate in local, regional and national level agricultural expos and trade fairs.The benefits of mushroom farming are manifold. She has become a known trainer and has trained more than 1000 people.
Many daughters in the villages of Nepal are neglected and denied their fundamental rights, because they are daughters, not sons. It is not like that with Masina anymore ! Masina now dreams of educating her daughters to make them independent. Unfortunately two of her daughters are now too old to attend regular schooling. But her three daughters – Jaymul, Apsana and Samsa, go to school. “Another two will go to school when they are of school-going age”, says Masina. Sadly, four of her eleven daughters are no more.
The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr. Kedar Nath Upadhyay, together with the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC), Robert Piper, today drew attention to the humanitarian impact of the continuing bandh in the Far Western Region (FWR).
Policy makers and bureaucrats of Nepal have been working to integrate Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Risk Management (CRM) agenda into development plans. Some government officials from the National Planning Commission and sectoral ministries engaged in a fruitful discussion and developed a framework to integrate DRM/CRM into national development process during the two and a half day workshop organised by UNDP, supported by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
After completing the first round of nationwide voter registration process, the Election Commission of Nepal (ECN) is currently displaying the preliminary list of voters in 75 districts, Village Development Committees (VDCs) and ward offices for ‘claims and objections’. This is an opportunity for voters to verify their information, get it corrected and also report any objection to the list. The displayed preliminary list contains information of all the people who were deemed eligible voters during the earlier registration process.
The small village of Kharbang in Dagatundada, Baglung (western Nepal) has a government-run Shree Tribhuvan secondary school. Though a lot of people prefer sending their children to private schools as long as they can afford, Kharbang witnesses a different scenario. The Tribhuvan school’s management committee says, “students have now started to prefer this school over private schools. Even those students who had already enrolled in one of the private schools have joined this public school now.” The charm behind joining this school is the benefit that the school can now offer to the students after electricity has come to the village with the support of UNDP micro-hydro project...
Thanks to her steadily rising profit, she has built a home for herself now. In addition, she has constructed a shed for growing mushroom at a cost of 2 million rupees (US$ 25,477). Her total investment in the enterprise is 15,000 rupees (less than US$ 200).
Through MEDEP’s support, she also been receiving the opportunity to participate in local, regional and national level agricultural expos and trade fairs.The benefits of mushroom farming are manifold. She has become a known trainer and has trained more than 1000 people.
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