Community Development for Rural Women Project
Project Name:  Community Development for rural Women   Project
Project Location: Mahendranagar, Prakashpur, Madhuban, Lauki and Basantapur
Funded by: Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO), Germany
Project Period: 8years (1998-2006 AD)

Objectives: 
·         To help raise the living standard of women and their families at the grassroots level.
·         To facilities them to organize themselves into groups to develop their own participatory organization for their economic empowerment.
·         To promote micro – credit activities for saving and lending practices.
·         To encourage them develop leadership quality.

Activities:
·         Sushma Koirala Memorial Trust was the only co-partner of AWO in Nepal and Nepal was the only country in South Asia, beside India , where AWO was having its activities.
·         1500 Targeted marginalized families from 5 VDC from Sunsari District have been benefited from this project.
·         5 cooperatives and 274 women groups have been formed for the purpose of learning, capital formation, building democratic structures and leadership growth.
·         274 women groups have group saving of Nrs 15, 93,004 per year.
·         Over 70 % members have their health insurance as well.
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