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What are we actually going to do?
The way that Community Action Nepal works is that villages have to request projects to the charity and contribute 30% to the project. In reality this usually means labour as this is the only resource available to people living at subsistence levels.
It means that villages only ask for projects that they really need and consequently we can be sure that whatever we do will be much needed and make a huge difference.
The final nature of the 2012 project has not yet been finalised as we are in discussion with the charity but it should be confirmed by early 2012.
Possible options are:
The way that Community Action Nepal works is that villages have to request projects to the charity and contribute 30% to the project. In reality this usually means labour as this is the only resource available to people living at subsistence levels.
It means that villages only ask for projects that they really need and consequently we can be sure that whatever we do will be much needed and make a huge difference.
The final nature of the 2012 project has not yet been finalised as we are in discussion with the charity but it should be confirmed by early 2012.
Possible options are:
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School or health post building
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Refurbishment of existing school or health post buildings
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Installation of Hydro Electric Power generators & simple supply grid for lighting
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Provision of a clean and safe drinking water supply
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Installation of a toilet block for a village or school
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Tree planting
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Building a fish farm or other sustainable agricultural project
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• Nepal is the 12th poorest country in the world
• Average annual income is £120 per head
• 50% of the population cannot read or write
• Life expectancy is 58
• 10% of children die before they are 5
• 13% of births are attended by a skilled health worker and mothers are 150 times more likely to die in childbirth than in the UK
• 20% have no access to clean water
• In some villages enteritis from unclean water kills 50% of the children under 5
• 80% have no access to toilet facilities of any sort
