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ABOUT NEPAL
Nepal, landlocked between twin powerhouses China and India, is
many things isolated,ancient, awe-inspiring, richly spiritual and
desperately poor. With its backdrop o the Hima-layas and
unparalleled walking trails, Nepal has long attracted tourists
looking or adventure.
Yet, what is not o ten seen by the world is the poverty that a
decade o bloody civil str i ehas wrought across the land. A deadly
Maoist uprising against the monarchy over recentyears has wrecked
Nepals economy. The country is now dependent on oreign aid and
themoney that the booming tourism industry brings in.
A ter a long struggle, democracy has fnally prevailed a ter a
hereditary monarchy rule or most o Nepals known history. Maoist
rebels have signed a peace treaty with the current
government, but Southern Nepalese are now pushing or greater
rights and autonomy.Nepal now aces the massive challenge o bringing
peace and reconciliation to all itspeoples.
TEAR FUND IN NEPAL
TEAR Fund and partner Share and Care Nepal are acilitating a
process o change in theimpoverished districts in Kathmandu. The
multi-pronged Health and Development Project isimproving the
quality o li e or 4,000 desperately poor Nepalese.
Some o the key objectives o the project include health,
education, gender awareness andeconomic improvement among the
people o Sindhulpalchok and Kabhreplanchok districts.Share and Care
has a strong ocus on the promotion o preventive and curative
healthawareness and services.
Training locals in basic medicine, conducting village outpatient
clinics, immunizations, VitaminA supplements and growth monitoring
or children, and improving the basic drinking water system are all
helping poor amilies to become and remain healthy.
Teacher training, scholarships or poor school children, and the
provision o librar y booksand laboratory materials to schools
comprise the education and literacy component o theproject.Combined
with an e ective microenterprise programme, mobilizing women in
particular and improving agricultural productions, Share and Care
is making a practical and real di er-ence in the lives o needy
amilies.
This is a NZAID match unded project. The unding is provided on
4:1 match meaning theNZAID provides 80% while TEAR NZ matches 20% o
the total unding o the project eachyear.
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Nepal
Call to donate: 0800 800 777 or visit www.tearfund.org.nz
QUICK FACTSPopulation: 26.3 million (UN, 2005)
Capital and largest city:Kathmandu
Area:147,181 sq km (56,827 sq miles)
Major languages:Nepali
Major religion:Hinduism, Buddhism
Life expectancy:61 years (men), 62 years (women) (UN)
Monetary Unit:1 Nepalese Rupee = 100 Paisa
Main exports: Carpets, clothing, leather goods, jutegoods,
grain
GNI per Capita: US $270 (WorldBank, 2006)
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small business. Loans are eventually repaid and reloaned. The
money generated rom the business is used to help the amily and the
chil-drens education.
The women also learn about their social status and political
rights, and they get to address the violence that takes place
against them.
Share and Care, Nepals nine month literacy and numeracy
programme, is reducing instances where women lose their land
because they have been unable to read sales contracts.
Participantsuse what they learn at the programme to improve their
agriculturalskills too, since they are now able to read
instructional manuals.
TEAR Funds senior programmes o fcer Bernard Gomes was recently
in Nepal and reported that the project is doing well.
The project is creating a tremendous model o empowerment or
women as a result o them being able to join together in
groups,called savings groups, locally. In these groups they are not
only able tosave money or their uture but also participate in
schemes promotinggender equality, he said.
COUNTRY PROFILES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
TEAR Fund community development works by empowering poor
communities to fnd their ownsolutions to issues. This signifcantly
reduces overheads by operating through local sta . We work directly
with the poorest allowing us to identi y and address the root
causes o poverty not just
the symptoms.
TEAR Fund partners with indigenous Christian organisations who
carry out the work themselves. Assistance is given regardless o
belie s.
Tear Fund takes an holistic approach to all o its projects which
takes the local community on a journey o trans ormation through
improved physical, social and economic circumstances, ando ten on
an individual level, spiritual change.
HoW CommUNity develoPmeNt tRaNSfoRmS
Physical meets targeted need such as health Social unites and
empowers Economic often creates opportunities for income
generation
Spiritual opens doors for gospel
EMPOWERMENT IN NEPAL In the mountains o Nepal a TEAR Fund New
Zealand projectpartner is making a di erence in the lives o
women.
Share and Care Nepal was started in 1993 by Ramesh Khadka,a
young Christian believer who was inspired by Jesus instruction
to love your neighbour as yoursel , (Matthew 19:19, NKJV).
Theprojects vision is to build a healthy, empowered, harmonious
andcaring community o people that share a love and respect or
one
another, and to provide active suppor t or a better quality o li
e.
The projects main initiatives include community health, basic
educa- tion, womens empowerment, HIV/AIDS education and ood
secu-rity.
Working mostly with women, the health component o Shareand Care
Nepal aims to educate women about health issues andprovide
immunisation or children.
Through the programmes income-generating scheme, women canstart
saving a small amount and then receive a loan to invest in a
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