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About the FORWARD

Forum for Rural Women Ardency Development (FORWARD) is a nongovernmentalMicrofinance Organization, which is located in the eastern part of Nepal. TheOrganization is headed by like-minded committed professional women group.FORWARD works for backward poor vulnerable, indigenous, tribal people andtheir communities to awareness- campaign and advocacy for their rights to

empowering women. The organization develops trusts from supporters withthe base of cooperation idea's and collective views to significant role in povertyalleviation and community development through women and children. Theorganization improves its traditional cultures and bad-habits though microfinanceto uplift the poor communities.

FORWARD had been established in B.S. 18 Baisakh, 2052 (1st May, 1995). And itstarted Micro credit since 2053 BS (March 1996) to serve the poor marginalizewomen groups and their communities. It was licensed by NRB (Nepal Rasta Bank)Central Bank of Nepal as a Micro-finance Intermediary at 15 Pause, 2059 BS (30December, 2002) to runs as a formal service provider of Microfinance. ThisOrganization has been working together with Rural Micro Finance DevelopmentCentre (RMDC), Nepal Rasta Bank (NRB) Central Bank of Nepal, Other FinancialInstitutions Himalayan Bank, NIC Bank, St. Char tered Bank, Bank of Kathmandu,Citizen Bank, Clean Energy Bank, Siddhartha Bank, Sri Invest Finance Com.FORWARD Cooperative, Asian Development Bank (ADB), PLAN Nepal, UNICEF,CADP, different Commercial Banks, other local agencies, and related DistrictDevelopment Committee, District Administration Office, District Education Office,Regional and District Health and Agriculture development, Implementation of Units (IOU) and other various funding NGOs, INGOs.

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