Youth Empowerment Program

Program Period                         : July 2011 to June 2017
Funding Agency                        : Plan International Nepal
Targeted HH                              : 7644
No. of Beneficiaries                   : 42,042
Program Area                            : Sunsari District (16 VDCs)

 

Program Output
• Supported home gardening intervention for sustainable livelihood improvement and increased resilience of Disadvantaged Groups (DAGs).
• Provided technical support and necessary inputs to household through District Agriculture Office.
• Assisted and facilitated the cross cutting issues in equity inclusion and gender equality through     continued focus on DAGs and women in accessing good and public services
• Fresh vegetable production was promoted through marketing
• Carried out action research on home gardening for validation of action and impact measurement.
• Supported families through agriculture development strategies as well as food and nutrition strategies, contribute in homestead production to household level food and nutrition security.
• Rehabilitation of fish ponds
• VDC HES planning and sub-committee formation and VDC level PGs formation 
• Semi-commercial vegetable farming was promoted
• Community fish ponds were rehabilitated
• Local Capacity building of PG/PAC was completed.
• Supported with an improved breeding center
• Veterinary services through animal health camps were promoted 
• Linkage of farmers to micro finance services was conducted
• Agro farm activities were highly promoted