बहुलएर बच्नु भन्दा मर्नु निको हुन्छ ।

पाकाहरु भन्थे, मर्नु भन्दा बहुलाउन निको,
कसरी ?
मनोबैज्ञानीकहरु भन्छन
सरकार एउटा आत्महत्या सहयोग केन्द्र खोल्दैन ?
काठमाडौं हेर्दहेर्दै नागै भएसक्यो,
धोती र टोपी हात्मा लिएर हिंड्नेहरुले .
किन चहियो हट्लाइन, किन ?
शिक्षक बलात्कार गर्छ, केटी स्कुल निस्कसित हुन्छे,
पन्डित बिधवा दलित भन्दैन, महिला बहिस्करन्मा पर्छे ।
काम मा गएकी छोरी बुहारी  फर्कन्नन चोखै,
अस्पातलको ईमर्जेन्सी झनै उस्तै,
पुलिस बन्दुक लिएर बलात्कर गर्छ,
हकिम जागिरको खोस्तो लिएर .
घर देखी पर सम्म, जन्मे देखी मृत्‍यु सम्म,
बलत्कार, हिन्सा खेपेर बच्नु भन्दा,
जिबन भर नगिएर बच्नु भन्दा,
जर खाएर मरे हुन्छ, हाम्फलेर मरे हुन्छ
बहुलएर बच्नु भन्दा मर्नु निको हुन्छ ।
   

हाबा

हाबा भित्रै भित्रै उड्छ म भित्र 
सक्दैन सरर उडौन सँग सँगै 
बच्दिन एक पलनै उ बिना फेरी 
कहिले बादल बन्छ त कहिले अधिहुरी,
सिरिरी नजिकै आउछ भाग्छ नजिकै नपरी। 
सास फेर्छ दुनियाँ बाअछ रे तिमी सँगै 
मर्नेहरु पनि उतिकै बिजुली चम्केसरी

My Take away from Yunus Center and BRAC, Dhaka

In this world, many people born in poor family and encountered various forms of injustices at their life, only the nature and intensity are different. However, they don’t think beyond box in a way that they hypnotized by their poverty and injustices or enjoying within this trap. I don’t know yet why do I was seeking the underlying causes of poverty and injustices. Why did I always felt ashamed, humiliation, voiceless in front of the elite peoples/groups? Fortunately or unfortunately, I also hadn’t had the opportunity to discuss in this regards due to poor and marginalized family. Neither my degrees nor my intellectual, senior friends provided the answer. But, I continuously experienced of exclusion and exploitation due to my poverty and injustices in every walks of my life. Often, I think, if my brain were use for other concern, what would look like? I also often thought that if my parents didn't send me school, what would look like?

As I grew up, I knew many people at work, at universities though I didn’t find the passionate and committed people to work with me to fight against poverty and injustice in real sense. By using the words of poverty and injustices, people are pretending that they are fighting against it.

In Nepali context, giving up neither government permanent job nor well paid NGO work is not common. Though I gave up and founded the organization for verifying myself whether is possible to fight against poverty or injustices or not.

About a decade before, I had heard about two names simultaneously. They were Prof. M. Yunus, founder of Grameen bank. I have gone through his three books already including social business. Then that day, I have keen interest to know more about him, keen to meet him but it is not easy in many ways. It is getting harder when I stated full time volunteer job for my organization or fishing the answers behind poverty and injustices.

Though, the organization where I am working today is the fourth organization in my life where I was worked as founder. I tried to move on but failed due to following characteristics of mine; poor, non-political, non-capital. I experienced government for complete 10 years. Likewise, I also experienced bilateral and INGO about 10 years. I observed the activities which are delivered by all forms of development works including charity. In Nepali context, power and politics makes matters everywhere specially access to the resources. Though I never gave up working on it, even the things e.g. daily life gets more challenging. In my own way, I have always ask how can we make sustain the project without begging with donors. I also see back on projects which were implemented by my colleagues and others. Meantime, I experienced on how much donors are at fatigue due to lack of significant results even more than half century contribution and NGOs are not in right track as its intends to do. In this given circumstances, a common challenges and question is the sustainability of impacts. Indeed, all dimensions of the sustainability are important however the financial and social impacts are more important in Nepali context to move at first. Even, marginalized people started to organize and mobilize which lose essence after couple of months of project life span.

About a decade more, I heard about BRAC University and history. Though, many Nepali folks graduated from there. I have gone through the website, social media pages and met few friends who are working there. The founder of the BRAC, Mr Fazle Hasan Abed was AIM (Asian Institute of Management) graduate means we are alumni. My thirst, to know more about his approach is become dying dream. I am living in suffocation, compromises, and deprivations. So I was looking an opportunity to enter Bangladeshi since long but it didn’t work at all. I have very hard time to expand the project activities and areas as expected.

June 28 is the International Social Business day, day of Prof. Yunus’s birthday. As a stakeholder of CGNSB (Chaudhary Group Nepal Social Business), I decided to join the conference at Dhaka, though my trip is zero sponsored. I have been working with CGNSB more than a year as a Social Impact Advisor in voluntary basis. 

From left: Birshnath Yogi, Merina Ranjit, Radha Paudel, Inge Patsch, Prof. Yunus, Nirvana Chaudhary, Lok darsan Shrestha

CGNSB is also working in Jumla where my organization Action Works Nepal (AWON) is providing strategic and local support to initiate projects. In Dhaka, two fellows; Lok Darsan Shrestha and Brish Nath Yaogi from Jumla were there and Mr. Yogi presented a progressive project ``Karnali Miteri Udog’. 

Brish Nath Yogi was  presenting about Karnali Miteri Udog from Kudari, Jumla

We had special meeting with Prof Yunus and actively engaged in series of interaction.

Nepal delegates had met with Prof. M. Yunus and explaining about Projects

We observed that Social Business is like POTATO in Nepali context, can eat at any form. Social business is addressing an urgent social issues at their respective communities; health, education, environment, entertainment, universities, banks etc. A social business is a non-dividend business that seeks to solve a social problem through business methods. It is different from traditional personal profit making business and not for profit organization. It has seven principles as developed by Nobel Laureate Professor M. Yunus. It can be lead by anyone no need to have expertise to start, a person who have deep passion and commitment, they are moving and success as well.

I had also gone to the BRAC to see their office, field level mobilization in order to learn on mobilization and empowerment of ultra poor people through my friends who are working there. BRAC is the largest NGO in the world and working in seven different projects. It generates 80 % revenue for its entire operation from bank, diary, handicraft, poultry,micro credit,media, entertainment,  various small enterprises, human rights, peace building and legal re frames.

From Left Faruque, Parboti, Lopa and Tahmina at BRAC office

Both BRAC and Yunus Center has about 40 years history of foundation and doing amazing work to fight against poverty and injustice at global level. Bangladesh’s economy is also improving because of these two giant institutions. They are working in holistic approach by sectors and levels and all perspectives.

My take away from this Dhaka visit is questioning to all NGO’s work again. Why do they are not sustained after abandon by donors? Why the unemployment is shooting up? Why do people live in such chronic depression and deprivation?

Now, I strongly believe that Nepal’s economy can be changed if they adopt the approach of Yunus or BRAC specially business model and holistic approach. The work which is doing by many UN, NGOs in Nepal is making dependence rather make economic liberty, freedom and dignified life in every walks of life of people. Action Works Nepal is also trying to replicate the principles of Social Business but long way to go.

To know more about Yunus Center:  www.yunuscenter.org   

To know more about BRAC: www.brac.net

To know more about CGNSB: https://www.facebook.com/CGNSB.org?ref_type=bookmark

To more about Action Works Nepal: www.actionworksnepal.org

Violence in Public Transport: Parliamentarian has been beaten up

A few popular Medias such as ONS News and Kantipur have covered news about the physical abuse of a parliamentarian (member of Constitutional Assembly –II) in a tempoo (a means of public transport in Nepal) in 11 June 2014. Her name is Ms Rita Shahi. She was on her to way Constitutional Assembly (CA) meeting from Battisputali to Baneshor.

As media highlighted, Ms. Shahi didn’t call police, rather informed CA speaker for her security. The CA Speaker (Suvash Nembang) informed home minister (Bamdev Gautam), and then the home minister reassured of safety and security of the CA members. Other members of CA including Leader of Maoist Party Mr. Prachanda, further spoke about the need of additional safety and security of its members.

This news saddened me and perhaps many individuals in many ways. What is the root cause of this violence? Who is there to take responsibilities for this type of crime and urgency?

I.                   Media just cover the news and none of the media talk about the existence of such policy, its implementation, and whether government gives priority to solve such issues or not.

II.                  The women CA members demanded their security: Police-Escort or vehicle or money for the transport (taxi). They are not ready to take the issue forward for safety and security of the general women and girls.

III.               The speaker, home minister and Mr. Prachanda are talking about the security of CA member only rather than addressing much serious issue of women rights, and its  sustainability.

In Nepal, women and girls are suffering from various forms of violence in public transportation. Usually, the most common users of public transportation are from the low and medium class population. They are powerless in many ways. Ms. Rita is CA member, she is in a powerful position; however, her identity was not written on her forehead. The drivers, conductors, most men passengers, and traffic police abuse women and girls in various ways such as verbal, physical, sexual, emotional. The code of conduct of public transport 2067 is not being implemented at all. The code of conduct is like a hot potato among the key stakeholders: Association of Public Transport, National Women Commission, Ministry of Labor and Transport, Traffic Police. The ordinance on sexual violence at workplace doesn’t talk about the violence of public transportation clearly. No one sector has been ready to hold this conduct and its implementation responsibly yet.

Can we imagine her situation in this issue if she was not a CA member? Would anyone have listened to her, if she were not in power? Perhaps, she wouldn’t have told anyone even with her best friend or mother. Because of the justice mechanism for women and girls is so paralyzed, especially on sexual violence. The judge asks for the evidence which even paralyzes women and girl from speaking up openly. Police deny registering such cases till 21 plus days. The policy makers and political parties are good for expressing their commitment in papers and speeches not in action.

In compare to buses and micro buses, the tempoo is more secure means of transportation because of its limited seats. The bus and micro-bus always carry nearly double passengers than its capacity: no seats for women or timetable are designated. They neither follow traffic rules nor does traffic authority regulate it.

In London, the survivors, activists and funders are gathering from June 10-13, 2014 in order to end sexual violence in conflict. No doubt, few Nepali representatives are participating this event as a delegate from post conflict nation, Nepal.

I have been experiencing some form of violence in public transportation for many years. Perhaps, many other sisters have suffered in one way or other in daily basis. Women cover the half earth, mother, teach, manage and much more.

Very those women get targeted from the cruelest, harshest and unbearable violence. Shouldn’t those women be even safer than ever? Don’t they have even more reason to walk, work, and feel safer at home and beyond? How would any child feel safe if a mother is being abused in every step of her way? Where is the price of women’s vote? 

June 11, 2014,
West Hill, CA, USA                                                                                                      2

Poor no Voice

Enjoying a lot with misfortune and sufferings,
because I born for that.
I spoke for my dignity,
At least I get bit.
The poor person or country,
Always no voice 
To gain more confident,
Praying for more challenges

PEACE

Peace is Feeling, 
Is NOT saying.
Peace is Relative, 
Is NOT absolute.
Peace is Dynamic,
Is NOT static,
Peace is Process,
Is NOT event.
Peace is Individual,
Is NOT general.
Peace is Global,
Is NOT single.
Happy Nepali, Indigenous Peace day 
Happy Buddha's birth day  

New Year 2071

नयाँ बर्ष,
तिमीलाई के भनु,
भन्नु पनि छैन कि जस्तो लाग्दैछ .
बसन्तहरु सँग फक्रिएर,
तिमी संगै रमे, शुभकामना साटे,
बार र रेस्तुरन्टमा मर्किदै, मचिदै,
केही होस्मा, केही बेहोसिमा शुभकामना साटे ।
कहिले पात्मा लेखे, कहिले हात्मा,
कहिले ईमेलमा त कहिले सेतो सेतो कागज्मा ।
मन्दिरहरु धाये, पार्कहरु छिरे,
बहना खोजी खोजी शुभकामना दिये .
अङ्रेजिमा दिएछु, नेपाली अनी के के,
शुभकामना दिन भएछु पो के के ।
तर आज
शुभकामना मेरो शुभकामना,
अर्थहिन लगेको छ .
मेरो शुभकामना बेचिएको छ .
मेरो सुभ्कामना बिष्णुमती संगै बगेको छ
खै कती बग्नु पर्ने हो,
खै कती प्रमाण खोज्नु पर्ने हो,
खै शर्मा नायधिश इजलाश्मा के भन्ने हुन,
सन्कोचहरुको बिचमा, अन्तर्घतको बिचमा,
मेरो सस्तो सुभ्कामना,
मसितै छ, मसितै सुरछित पनि,
म आँफै शुभकामना दिएरहेको छु
२०७१ शुभ रहओस ।

Assembly of District Development Council (DDC): Context, Challenges and A Way Forward

21 Assembly, DDC Jumla

Jumla’s overview:

District Development Council (DDC), Jumla conducted its 21th assembly on 13 March 2014 in its premises where four constituent assembly (CA) members, chair of Karnali Development Commission, representatives of the government officials, political parties, village council, I/NGOs, media, women’s network, citizens were gathered. It was looked like a festival and the encouraging mass than International Women’s Day 2014, just five days before. During 2069/2070 (2013/2014), DDC spent the total Nrs 1, 88, 96,60,000 ($1889600). It constituted of DDC’s sole implementation Nrs 41, 07, 81,000, sectoral expenses Nrs 1,09,92,48000 and I/NGO’s contribution Nrs 37,96,31,000. An individual of Jumla secured Nrs 18,896 (the total population 100,000) and it was only 29 % of the expenses against plan.

Jumla is the zonal headquarter of the Karnali which characterized as the most remote, conflict affected, poor region in Nepal. However, Jumla is the most developed and accessible district than other districts (Kalikot, Mugu, Humla, Dolpa) in Karnali. Thus, it is a choice district of all development actors, government personnel and others. After Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) 2006, government and external partners put Karnali as a priority region for poverty alleviation and development. Thus, the volume of the budget is increasing and various forms of development activities are on progress such as suspension bridges, Surkhet-Jumla road, micro irrigation plants, gender, social inclusion and empowerment of women, dalit and marginalized communities.

At the meantime, Jumla has many distinguished features. The Sinja valley is popular for the origin of the Nepali language as well as place for Nepali civilization. Even today the ancient temples and royal palace can be found. Likewise, it has very popular religious places and temples such as Chandanath,Pandav gupha, Mahat etc. Jumla has few hot springs where as only Tatopani hot spring is in use and is in public attention. Jumla is the main entrance to hike Rara lake and Patrashi mountain. It is globally recognized for a place where paddy rice cultivated in the highest altitude. It is also hub for various aromatic and non-aromatic herbs, vegetables, fruits. Many culture, herbs, flora and fauna are yet to explore. Though the few outstanding and historical actions are also implanted unintentionally such as Dor Bhahadur Bista, a first anthropologist and sociologist in Nepal, founded a Karnali Institute in Chaudabis, Dillichaur. Likewise, in order to honor and commemorate people who died during 10 years Maoist insurgency in Jumla, a Miteri Shanti Batika in Bohoragaun, Katikswami is under construction. Further, the Karnali Institute for Health Academy, Jumla and Agriculture research centers in Chhumchaur and Guthichaur are franchise the importance of Jumla by many ways in national economy and development.

Sinja Valley, Jumla 

In this scenario, the expectation of people of Jumla is increasing dramatically. Meantime, the national policy discourse is also pushed to enact at micro to macro level of development in Jumla. It means, people and policy are seeking tangible results against investment from various levels and sectors. The result is more crucial to fill the gaps of about 300 year’s long deprivation, depression and domination of the state in a way and the other way around. It is also more valuable to build culture of peace at large. Despite all good initiatives forwarded by the DDC, the report and presentation is similar as 2001, 13 years back in Jumla. DDC report presented data on input instead of the results and its quality. The report piercing sharply to whom are well known about the ground realities. For instance, here, few cases shared from the grass root to validate the gaps in saying and doing.

The real stories from ground:

Agriculture: the limited cultivated land in headquarter is increasingly occupied by cemented house in disorganized manner. The market is occupied by grains, vegetables and fruits that are imported from the India. The land which is outside of the Surkhet-Jumla road and headquarter are remaining empty, farmers are avoiding to use it due to dependency on donors, migration, no modernization on agriculture, no market etc.

Jumla Bazar

Carpet enterprises owned by Chandra Bdr Rawal, Tatopani

Business and Entrepreneurship: all stakeholders are saying that Jumla is potential for the agro-forestry based business and entrepreneurship everywhere. There are 900 micro enterprises are officially registered in D-Mega association. However, the progress is very slow and sustainability still a big challenge. Many of the herbs collectors don’t know where is the exact cost, destination of the herbs and its purpose/uses. Meantime, some of the herbs is disappearing e.g. Satuwa. The local products such as chips of apples, jam, tea etc are not used by the local people. People are more prone for testing; using opportunities provided by the government/NGOs rather apply forever. Thus the nature is more exploitative than conservation and promotion for future.

Raw wool of Sheep in Jumla

Education: a three grade students not recognized the letters/words of 1-100, students are studying in ground due to not having class rooms, three classes run in the same class room, five grade school has three class rooms and three teachers. Students often go to villagers due to not having drinking water supply (Jogibada primary school, Kudari, March 2014). Most of the school activities are disassociated with the life of the students, their family and society.  Most of them have dirt hands, running nose, bare foot, merely no bags, if yes, they are torn well etc.

Grade 3 students were here due to not having class room in Gogibada, Kudari

Health: a 21 years old woman admitted in hospital for treatment of severe malnutrition of 10 months boy and she has 4 months pregnancy from Botamalika, Jumla (INF, Jumla, March 2014). District health office sanctioned two Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM) in Sannigaun. However, both of them are living in headquarter and attained only 3 days in a month (AWON, December 2013). The birthing center should be served 24/7 hours service for the maternal and child health as policy but no one taking care of it in terms of taking corrective actions. The pneumonia, diarrhea and malnutrition are the key killer diseases for children.

Social Evils and practices: even the health personnel, school teachers are practicing Chhaupadi in headquarter of the district. Likewise, women are working 18 hours a day. In many villages specially from Sinja valley, men are not at home e.g. only 3 senior men are at village in out of 89 households in Kadagaun, Sannigaun, Jumla (AWON, December 2013).Even today the early marriage is prevalent (AWON, March 2014).

Chhaupadi in Bohoragaun, 

WASH: the 23 villages are promulgated as ODF (Open Field Defecation) free villages. Unfortunately; villages are occupied with open defecation observed in Kudari, Sannigaun. There are no toilets, if yes not used or no water or very congested and dirty too. The rate of absenteeism of adolescent girls is increasing due to not having toilets and water supply in school.

In addition from above mentioned cases/stories, the appearance of that day; the people in stage and in ground as audience is enough to understand the reality of 21 years assembly of DDC in Jumla. The number of women and quality of their presence is enough to understand the gender equality, women’s right and development at large.

Few Questions to assess the results of DDC’s budget/performance:

In order to assess the impact of such over flooded of budget and programs, hundreds of questions yet to answered by the DDC and concerned stakeholders.  The following questions are the representative questions only.

1.      How much grant is transferred at the name of women, dalit, disable at village level and what is the impact of it?

2.      What is the impact of district education office which is being implementing its strategy since last 2 years? How many schools are identified best schools and why? How many schools gave sanctioned teachers and classroom as number of grades?......

3.      Are the planned activities relevant with community and people? If yes, what is the impact yet?

4.      How many women enjoyed their rights as CEDAW article 14 ?

5.      What is the percentage of women in local peace committees?

6.      What is the status of the women within political parties e.g. how many political leaders aware about their manifesto?

7.      How many GBV survivors women get prompt response from one stop crisis center?

8.      How many women/household do abolish the Chhaupadi practice this year?

9.      What is response of police while seek support of police?

10.  How many men give up to go to migration?

11.  What is the loss from the load shedding?

12.  Which are the best practices of sustainability?

13.  Where is the analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness?

Reasons and Challenges;

To answer the above mentioned questions and to explore the underlying causes of having such devastating situation, there are various controlled and un-controlled factors. Here, few reasons and challenges explained for sensing the reality.

1.   Poor mind set:  Money, geographic difficult are not problem indeed. The positive feeling and pro activeness merely absence among the employees. They want to work in comfort zone and promoting corrupt culture. In other hand, the citizens are also fully occupied with dependency culture. The dialogue, interaction or discussions starts, `we are poor, government/NGOs are not taking care of us’. Very few people are ready to work by and for themselves.

2.   Lack of vision and commitment: in Jumla, each village council has periodic plan and these plans are accumulated at district level. Some of villagers do not know the real needs due to lack of knowledge and exposure. Rest of them know and has have resources so far for implementation. Unfortunately, the plans are not changes in to the actions. For instance, hot spring,Tatopani is a popular hot spring in Karnali. It is full with dirt, bad smell and merely zero hospitality among the members and management committees. Many things can be done without money or little money but people are feeling peace and enjoying a lot by pointing to the government and limitation of the fund.

Hotspring at Tatopani village 

The dirt in hotspring, at Tatopani

3.   Synergy among stakeholders: the government heads passing the balls from here to there at the name of system. Most of them are love to work in comfort zones, within the stereotyped system and policies. There are several examples to prove it e.g. ahead of Skills Development office, has been working in Jumla since last three years. He knows that the post training support mechanism is the key factor to continue the skills as practiced in training. He neither find a way by collaborating with like minded organizations nor manage internally. Likewise, the small cottage industry has the same experience but lack of coordination and collaboration to generate synergy and sustainability.

4.   Lack of accountability: the prolonged absence of the sanctioned post in institutions and no one pay attention to correct it. Sometimes it is open secrete among the organization head, they just ignored. Even the government personnel do not like to contribute if there is no incentives or daily allowances. Likewise, the political leaders are disperse and no common vision, planning and commitment beyond their political boundaries.

5.   Mentoring and Monitoring: Usually, the mentoring and monitoring is for the sake of formality. Even the central level mentoring and monitoring is very traditional manner and confined in papers and near by areas from the headquarter. Even the DDC is failed to do it. The village council is also a synonym of the conflict. The huge amount of money is delegated for the empowerment and development of the villages. Unfortunately, village council failed to prioritize the urgent concerns and come up with 100 plans which is not possible to work out.

6.   Absence of elected bodies at local level: The entire resources are governed by the government bodies who are not necessary be from local, expert in local knowledge and skills, and not for the long term. The local election was held in 1997 thus political parties are consulted for planning and implementation. Unfortunately, lack of knowledge and skills among the political parties/leaders and their dominant nature for everywhere, the development is really affected badly. The corruption and mis-management of fund is largely observed everywhere.

7.   Population Vs Human Rights: The total population is low compare to the geography (100000 DDC Profile, 2013). About 5% households are really rich by many ways. But rest of the population is struggling so much, living in deep depression, ignorance, extreme poverty, and so many other deprivations which is crucial for survival as human being. It has been talked several times so don’t like to repeat the same again. In this scenario, working in Jumla/Karnai is seems very time consuming, expensive and tedious too. In this connection, where is human right of low population? Where is the state for them? Where is the basic human rights of them? Where is the investment since 300 years back? Working in Jumla is often become a debate in Nepali politics and policy discourse. One school of people considered that working in Jumla is a loss of resources and another schools of thought claiming their right even asking for the compensation because it is considered a violation of human rights by many ways.

Way forward:

As shared above, the funding and the geographical difficult are not challenges, they are the opportunities in the other way around and it is only a mind set of people, institutions and all. This article doesn’t present the way forward as a form of each activities and time frame because it is only a plan, need something different beyond that as mentioned below;

1.      Establishing common goal and commitments: The civil servants are always blaming to political leaders and political leaders always pointing towards the civil servants. In Nepal, both parties; civil servants and political leaders enjoy the powers during the conflict and post conflict period from 1997-till date. Both systems don’t show the real impact in the development and good governance. In local and national level, the corruption is shooting up, the development indicators are putting off such as women empowerment, poverty indices, malnutrition etc.The experience from the monarchy to federal democratic context, none of the actors have vision towards their organizational journey. Usually, their positions and powers are floating over the temporary thoughts, emotional issues and personal interest at large. Therefore, the leaders; civil servant, political parties should sit together at least 3 days and develop a common understanding on goals and strategies where any new comers obey and function under same frame. This is real way to address the issue of Jumla and Karnali instead of gossip. The all leaders should speak, stand beyond the boundary of comfort, interest of an individual. In democracy, each should posses the right of choice, but shouldn’t turbulent the common goal at all. There should be common ways forward on gender equality and women empowerment, education, climate change and environment, health and so on.

2.      Proven model from own self: Nowadays, leaders are losing their followers because of lack of honesty and commitment on their saying since long. They are good in saying always e.g. LDO drank and verbally abuse woman and two days after gave speech on women’s rights. That kinds of examples found everywhere specially so called leaders e.g. a women leader talking about the women’s right but she practiced the harmful traditional practices e.g. Chhaupadi, no red color after death of husband. Similarly, a politician spoke over radio on fighting against corruption and next day just asked to police to release the offender of the violence against women. Thus, each activists, leaders, individuals and organizations should follow the norms and policies as guided by the government. Each should be a model rather seeking model from outside from the country and each are potential candidate to make the things happens.

3.      Solidarity among NGOs: The level of change and development achieved so far is the partially outcome of the NGO too. However, the NGOs are also so much divided by politics and donors. Many NGOs also are fall for corruption. Therefore, all NGO should sit together and make a master for implementation. NGO’s works are under mind on the basis of volume of amount its posses rather the quality work. NGOs are not for party politics, corruption and conflict in the community at all.

4.       Critical engagement in the ward level: By considering the overlapping of social issues from micro to macro level, the engagement should focus at ward level. The supports from one day training, Nrs 5000 for income generation activities, Nrs 100 for scholarship etc are not work well in transformation of rural Nepal like Jumla. The patience and consistence work required otherwise the development work doesn’t make sense at all. Without knowing logic and exposure on what it is, really doesn’t sense e.g. teachers are teaching on menstruation and practicing Chhaupadi at home.

By considering the above discussion, the DDC, Jumla  would use the budget in rational way; the total al Nrs 3,11,24,40,000 (2070/2071) where DDC will be contributed Nrs 80,83,92,000, from sectoral offices Nrs 1,64,45,15,000 and I/NGOs will be contributed Nrs 65,95,33,000.

Colors of life:

रङहरु,
जीबन्का रङहरु, 
कालो, रातो, एस्फटिक । 
पोतिये क्यान्भस्मा,
लेखिये पानाभरी,
साटिये मुटु भरी ।
फुले मरुभुमिमा,
रसाये ढुङे पहाडभरी,
रंगिये बेरङ अश्रुबुधरु पनि।
रङहरु,
जीबन्का रङहरु,
स्वोतोन्त्र पंक्षिहरु झै,
बसन्त का पलुवासंगै,
फुले, खेले पहेलै,
झरे सकिये कठै पारीजात .
रङ्हरु,
जीबन्का रङ्हरु,
बिलाये बिजुली चम्काइ सँगै .
आयु बिनाका रङहरु,
से फोकुसुन्दो जस्तो अटल,
राराको गहिरो निलो रङ
छचल्किन्छ छन्द सँगै ।
रङहरु,
जीबन्का रङहरु,
अपुरा अधुरा कती कती,
धुलोमा मिल्छन जती,
बिउझौछन् सपनिमा उती उती.
रङहरु,
जीबन्का रङहरु,
Wishing HAAPY HOLI   

The Way Forward against Persistent Plane Crash in Nepal

 Today is the 12 the day out of 13 days mourning of people who were permanently gone due to crash of Jumla Bound Plane (Nepal Airlines) in 16 February 2014.For the sake of them, I am writing this article to draw attention at policy level.

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