Sector
Environment
Country
Nepal

Going Green in Nepal

Project Partner: CHOICE Humanitarian
 

Project Updates

Chandrapata program set for replication around the region!

Namaste! We are so excited to share with you that the Chandrapata Youth Club are learning sustainable garbage management technology and helping to change the old habits of their parents and village elders. Now, every household is keeping garbage bins at home and the village has set up collection centers at various corners of the town. They are also working on a "Garbage Collection Centre Program" that can be shared and replicated in surrounding villages.
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kids emptying trash for sorting at the new waste management center
 
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July 29, 2011
 

Project Description:

Villages in Nepal don't have the same garbage collection services that many of us do in our communities.  Noticing the adverse affect of the trash build-up in their village, the community members of Chandrapata, Nepal have taken the problem into their own hands, even separating organic trash from non-biodegradable trash.  But in order to set-up an effective, long-term solution that will protect their crops, livestock, and lives, they need a small investment from us.

Their plan is to set up a trash-collection and recycling program that the village youth will run. The program will generate funds through recycling, and the revenue will benefit the youth's sports programs, providing both an incentive and social benefit for them.  The community is ready to go and is even footing half the bill, but they still need $600 to make this project happen.

 

Check out their budget:

 

Needs                                 Community Pays            We Pay

60 Trashbins                        $150                       

Garbage Disposal Center      $250                             $500

Sports Materials                   $100                             $100

Training Youth                      $ 75                                    

Totals                                  $575                             $600

 

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Budget

Item Cost
see above $600.00
Total: $600.00
 

DRIPS Analysis

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Readiness [can it move forward soon?]

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Impact [will it make a difference?]

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Propriety [does it fit the context?]

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Sustainability [will it last?]

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Meet the Team...

Village of Chandrapata, CHOICE Humanitarian Vilage

75 years ago, Chandrapata, Nepal was nothing more than a cemetery but has since developed into a small village of 450 people. Over the past few years they have worked with CHOICE Humanitarian to continue to develop their community with a priority of upgrading their education system and helping surrounding villages do the same. Their enthusiasm for development easily spreads to neighboring villages and they are an example to the whole Lamjung district.

Bishnu Adhikari, In-Country Director, Nepal

Bishnu Adhikari is the In-Country Director for CHOICE Humanitarian in Nepal and has 20 years experience working in rural development. Bishnu grew up in a very rural village in Nepal and knows what it means to be poor. He has risen to receive two Master Degrees; one in Civil Engineering and another one in Environmental Policy and is now using his education to help his country. He is passionate about the CHOICE model of ending poverty and has been the voice of CHOICE since the beginning of operations in Nepal in 1999.