Purpose: To provide support to slum habitants so that they can live more humane life.

Budget: NPR 4,031,246.52 (Approx. US$ 57,000)

Program Duration: 35 Months (April 2011–March 2014) Funding Agency: INCLUDED Nepal

Contact Person: Sneh Rajbhandari,

Tel: 9851024008, Email: neh.rajbhandari@included.org

Highlights of the program

1. Provide support to community member in their search for employment;
2. Provide support to the children, women and youths in their quest for better and meaningful life;
3. Support building a common platform where community members can share their resources including skill, experience and knowledge;
4. Campaign to make community members aware about the drawbacks of violence, drug use, and prostitution;
5. An early childhood development (ECD) center where 30 children of age 3-5 get opportunity to play, rest, learn, and feed: they are provided breakfast and day-meal;
6. After school program (ASP) that provides children with their homework and other co-curricular activities for 50 children;
7. A pre-school that caters to 10 children;
8. A mothers’ club with 25 members that provides mothers opportunity to rest, talk and share their experience: they are also provided family education;
9. A youth club that has 35 members conducts various capacity building activities for the youths;
10. Altogether there are 10 personnel working in these centers: they are focal person, center manager, caregivers, After School Program (ASP) coordinator, ASP teacher, dance training teacher, etc.