L’économie humaine est possible !

Les districts de Nawalpur et Rasuwa au Népal sont des zones d’agriculture et d’élevage très mal reliées par les transports au reste du pays.

Les jeunes ont peu d’opportunités de travail et sont souvent amenés à émigrer au Moyen-Orient.

L’école est de mauvaise qualité avec un taux d’abandon très élevé et la pratique courante des châtiments corporels.

En outre les jeunes filles et les femmes subissent harcèlements et violences aussi bien domestiques que dans les transports publics.

Les filles doivent se tenir en dehors de leur maison durant les périodes menstruelles.

Par ailleurs rien n’est en place pour faire face aux catastrophes naturelles qui sont fréquentes dans la région.

L’action s’appuie sur de nombreuses organisations de la société civile, notamment de jeunes, de familles de travailleurs migrants, de migrants rentrés au pays, de petits propriétaires paysans, en coopération avec les autorités locales. Elle mobilise aussi les parties prenantes de l’école : étudiants, familles enseignants.

Elle comporte l’accompagnement et la formation à des méthodes agricoles écologiques, à la mise en place de coopératives, ainsi que des actions d’éducation informelle sur l’égalité des genres.

La principale organisation qui anime l’action est le JCYCN (JAGRITI CHILD AND YOUTH CONCERN NEPAL).

SUSTAINABLE HUMAN ECONOMY IS POSSIBLE !

NEPAL (NAWALPUR & RASUWA Districts)

Main characteristics of the territory:

• Lack of basic health service, lack of decent transportation, lack of economic interaction opportunities
• Agriculture and livestock as the only main source of income.
• Large numbers of children drop out from the schools. Lack of basic education.
• More than 50% of students experienced corporal punishments at school.
• More than 40% of children experienced domestic violence.
• At least 27% of girls and women experienced abuse in public transport.
• About 30% of young girls still have to stay separately out of home during their menstruation period (known as Chaupadi).

Human Economy issues:

• Crimes and abuse committed against women & children are among the fastest rising issue. Absence of basic child-friendly governance. Presence of abusive customary practices against children and females
• Migration and long distance travel for jobs (overseas) as seasonal workers. Absence of options for youth, against migration issues, and human trafficking
• Lack of empowerment, advocacy mechanisms to promote democratic values, norms, and respect for human rights.
• Lack of preferential options for girl children
• Lacks of humanitarian support during crisis as the territories are natural disaster prone.

Main objective of the action:

• Empowering people by promoting people friendly local governance, improving livelihoods and developing small enterprises for strengthening and sustaining human economy in Nepal

Main actors:

• The local ethnic communities
• Migrant workers and their families
• Youth aspiring for jobs abroad
• Returnee migrant workers
• Small landholding farmers,
• Indigenous communities
• School and college students / school teachers
• Youth, children and women groups
• Local leaders and Local government authorities
• Development workers in the region

Main activities:

• Training  on livelihood enhancement (tailoring, mobile repairing, plumbing, etc)
• Training  on livestock management and organic farming (poultry, farmer field school, organic fertilizers, vermi-composting, pest management, etc)
• International exchange and cross-learning for youth and children
• Non-formal education on promoting Gender Equality & Social Inclusion
• Promoting business cooperatives among community groups
• Orientation programs on safer migration, foreign employment, human trafficking, and related issues

Organization that animates the territorial dynamics:

• Field team of JCYCN (JAGRITI CHILD AND YOUTH CONCERN NEPAL), Nepal in partnership with a team of local community based organizations (CBOs), regional government officials, and grassroots civil society associates of the territory

Organization that animates the investigations:

• INHE-Asia office in collaboration with INHE-Nepal (evaluation & monitoring team), the Director and core committee of JCYCN, Nepal