Nepal 2006 - Initial Needs Assessment

1) In October / November 2006, Graeme Glover (the guy in the middle) carried out an initial needs assessment for Mission East in Nepal.

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Mission East
1) In October / November 2006, Graeme Glover (the guy in the middle) carried out an initial needs assessment for Mission East in Nepal.

2) As part of the assessment, Graeme flew to the Karnali zone in the mountainous Mid-West of Nepal...

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Mission East
2) As part of the assessment, Graeme flew to the Karnali zone in the mountainous Mid-West of Nepal...

3) The Karnali zone is a remote, road-less area that contains the poorest districts in the country

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Mission East
3) The Karnali zone is a remote, road-less area that contains the poorest districts in the country

4) The Karnali zone is considered part of the Maoist heartland and the effects of the recent conflict only added to already existing challenges

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Mission East
4) The Karnali zone is considered part of the Maoist heartland and the effects of the recent conflict only added to already existing challenges

5) There is also a lack of clean water for drinking as well as water for irrigation. More water reservoirs, such as this one, are required.

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Mission East
5) There is also a lack of clean water for drinking as well as water for irrigation. More water reservoirs, such as this one, are required.

6) One of the challenges is how to get the right infrastructure - with schools and health facilities lacking appropriate buildings, trained staff and materials

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Mission East
6) One of the challenges is how to get the right infrastructure - with schools and health facilities lacking appropriate buildings, trained staff and materials

7) While many people suffer from the effects of poverty, the caste system means that the Dhalits - or Untouchables - suffer the most. The Dhalits are not allowed to own land and they live ...

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Mission East
7) While many people suffer from the effects of poverty, the caste system means that the Dhalits - or Untouchables - suffer the most. The Dhalits are not allowed to own land and they live ...

8) Few Dhalit children get much of an education and future job prospects only seem to include working as porters or repairing clothes.

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Mission East
8) Few Dhalit children get much of an education and future job prospects only seem to include working as porters or repairing clothes.

9) The first stage of Mission East's strategy, therefore, is to work with local partners in Karnali zone implementing integrated projects that include food security and water and sanitation ...

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Mission East
9) The first stage of Mission East's strategy, therefore, is to work with local partners in Karnali zone implementing integrated projects that include food security and water and sanitation ...

10) The second stage of our strategy will involve working in lowland areas, supporting local partner organisations who work with internally displaced people (IDPs) from the Karnali. These ID ...

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Mission East
10) The second stage of our strategy will involve working in lowland areas, supporting local partner organisations who work with internally displaced people (IDPs) from the Karnali. These ID ...

11) When Graeme visited, recent flooding had made conditions worse. The homes of some families had been destroyed and they were now living under plastic sheets. Just one small side effect of ...

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Mission East
11) When Graeme visited, recent flooding had made conditions worse. The homes of some families had been destroyed and they were now living under plastic sheets. Just one small side effect of ...

12) Mission East plans to support organsiations that are providing sustainable solutions to problems in the lowlands. Sustainable solutions include teacher training.

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Mission East
12) Mission East plans to support organsiations that are providing sustainable solutions to problems in the lowlands. Sustainable solutions include teacher training.

13) ...and new agricultural knowledge and new seeds that allow people to grow crops outside of the normal growing season.

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Mission East
13) ...and new agricultural knowledge and new seeds that allow people to grow crops outside of the normal growing season.

14) The third stage of the strategy is intended to support local partners working in northern India with the groups of men from the Karnali zone that go there each winter to find work. In De ...

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Mission East
14) The third stage of the strategy is intended to support local partners working in northern India with the groups of men from the Karnali zone that go there each winter to find work. In De ...