Project Ujyalo Bhabisya - Strategy and Sustainability
Ujyalo Bhabisya is a holistic community development programme working towards poverty alleviation by addressing low human, social and financial capital, which are characterised by a lack of skills, physiological deprivation, social deprivation, vulnerability, low income and inequality.
Through a series of short and medium term activities, refined to the identified needs of each local community, Ujyalo Bhabisya will have a significant impact on increasing the access of rural poor to resources and opportunities and empowering individuals and communities to improve their situation.
The wide range of activities will cover non-formal and formal education, promotion of life skills, health awareness and saving groups. To support increased household income there will be basic business and income generation training, vocational training opportunities and access to a revolving fund.
The key objectives are attainable and sustainable as training is locally agreed, sourced and focused on knowledge and skills transfer, and both existing and new opportunities and services are promoted; for example supporting the enrolment of children in government schools.
Maintaining sustainability will be via a three-pronged approach:
- A permanent resource centre for the benefit of local communities will be established. This will act as a focal point for providing information on matters of concern and be a knowledge hub of existing services and resources provided by government and non-governmental organisations in the Sunsari district
- A member of each local community is encouraged to become the local 'resource person', and will be able to access ongoing training from the UCHEP, the local implementing organisation for Ujyalo Bhabisya, while sharing information and ideas with the other community resource persons
- The project is expected to build the capacity of UCHEP to design and implement community development projects in the future. This five year project builds on a year's consultation and design workshops and 4 years of similar projects being undertaken by the three partners. This experience has developed the planning, management and implementing skills of UCHEP and its members, and further areas for training and capacity building have been identified and factored into the project design
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