As the District Wash Coordinator in Sindhupalchok, Er. Sushil Adhikari is very glad to be a part of the PIWAAI project. He shares that he is proud to be able to contribute to empower the people of the community in Sindhupalchok.
Er. Sushil Adhikari has been working at ISAP for more than five years now.
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During the second wave of COVID-19 in Nepal, to tackle spread of the virus, ISAP in partnership with Peace Winds Japan and Japan Platform were able to establish and capacitate the local government of Sunkoshi, Balefi, Tripura Sundari and Panchpokhari Thangpal Rural Municipality with fully equipped isolation centres at the respective ward levels.
The Omicron variant is now spreading like wildfire across the country. The isolation center at the Tipeni Primary Hospital, Ward no.7, Panchpokhari Thangpal Rural Municipality has 7 patients with mild symptoms as of today. The hospital hasn’t witnessed any deaths yet. However, they do claim to have people coming in to buy medicines for fever and cough, indicating that the new variant may have already spread across the community. This time around, with a fully equipped isolation center for the people of Panchpokhari Thangpal Rural Municipality, it can help towards breaking the chain of the virus.
Distribution of Medical and Health Supplies to Isolation Centers in Sindhupalchok District, Nepal is a project focusing on preparedness against COVID-19 upsurge and has covered elements such as availing resources to tackle future spread of COVID-19 virus and disseminated knowledge on prevention against the pandemic to ensure the community members avoid situations that could lead to infection.
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COMING TOGETHER TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
The picture below is from Keurini Dada Water Supply Scheme of Project for Improving Water Access and Agriculture Income (PIWAAI) funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan and jointly implemented by Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) and Institution for Suitable Actions for Prosperity (ISAP). The project is currently in the second year.
During a routine monitoring visit of the construction site, representatives of the beneficiary households were seen working on refining sand to be used for the second coat plaster of ferro-cement reservoir tank (RVT) as a part of community contribution to the project. The investment of labor from the beneficiaries establishes a sense of ownership ensuring sustainable operation of the infrastructures. A total of 6 Water Supply Schemes will be constructed this year.
The beneficiary communities stay together during thick and thin, in celebration and in mourning, and with PIWAAI, they have come together for a better tomorrow.
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‘I cannot wait to go back to my community and share the things that I have learned here. The most important thing for me after getting this training is that even after the project ends and ISAP is not there, I will be able to continue what I am doing in the future as well.’- Sun Bahadur Tamang, Leader Farmer of Saat Kanya Farmer’s Group.
The final day of the Three days Residential Leader Farmer Training saw leader farmers bringing in a lot of energy and excitement to interact and learn from different resource persons for the day. about the role of Agri input suppliers for vegetable production and current supply chain of agriculture input from Mr. Khageshwor Bhattarai, HARC. Mr. Deepak Tuladhar, Project Coordinator and Ms. Purnima Puri, Outreach Officer from Kheti Food also discussed about the use of agri machine/apps in vegetable production and marketing in another session. The Chief of Agriculture Knowledge Center, Dhulikhel, Mr. Tej Prasad Dawadi spoke about the need of group/firm/pan registration for crop insurance and government subsidy policy for vegetable production and marketing. The role of output traders for vegetable production, post harvesting, marketing and current marketing system of fresh vegetables were pointed out by a vegetable trade expert from Kavre, Mr. Jaya Ram Sigdel.
At the end of the day, all the farmers were very happy and thankful towards ISAP and PWJ.
(Leader farmer training is conducted under PIWAAI which is jointly implemented by ISAP and PWJ with funding from Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan)
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The second day of Leader Farmer Training was conducted successfully where all the participants showed enthusiasm and inquisitiveness.
Two crucial sessions were conducted by notable resource persons. Mr. Dinesh Sapkota, Senior Horticulture Development Officer at Vegetable Crop Development Center, Lalitpur, gave a fruitful session on Cultivation Technology of Major Summer and Winter Season Vegetable Crops. The day was concluded by Mr. Sahadev Prasad Humagain, Joint Secretary of Plant Quarantine & Pesticide Management Center with his session on Common diseases of major vegetable crops and their management options, and common insect/pests, types of insecticides/pesticides and its handling/management. We will keep you updated.
(Leader farmer training is conducted under PIWAAI which is jointly implemented by ISAP and PWJ with funding from Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan)
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We successfully conducted the first day of the Residential Training for Leader Farmers from Sunkoshi, Melamchi and Balefi Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok District under the PIWAAI Project funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan and jointly implemented by PWJ and ISAP. This three day training is conducted with an aim to increase the technical knowledge of the leader farmers for them to be able to replicate this information to their respective farmer group members in their community. A leader farmer with sound technical knowledge shall have crucial role in making PIWAAI sustainable as the fellow farmers would routinely receive technical solutions to their problem even after project terminates.
28 leader farmers were present along with the Project Team and resource persons. The first day of the training began with an introduction of the participants followed by shedding light on the training objectives. Team Leader of PWJ, Dr. Ram Chandra Bhusal discussed about Social Mobilization and the role of Leader Farmer in the group and community. Another session on the vegetable nursery establishment and management, the importance of off-season vegetable crop and cultivation technology, and all about compost management was held by the project team. Our first resource person for the day, Dr. Kedar Budathoki, Senior Scientist facilitated a session on the importance of off-season vegetable crop and cultivation technology, along with cultivation technology of plastic house tomato, and its major problems and solutions.
During all the sessions, participants were actively interactive with the facilitators to clarify their doubts and queries. Leader farmers are highly anticipating to learning more in the next two days.
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Kamala Karki had almost succumbed to the pests that had invaded her crops, until she participated in Nursery Management Training under Project for Improving Water Access and Agriculture Income (PIWAAI). The Nursery Management Training of Winter Season Vegetables which was conducted with an aim to disseminate the fundamentals of nursery management to the Kalinchok Farmer’s Group at 7 kilo, Sunkoshi RM-06, Sindhupalchok, also enabled the farmers to get hands on training on preparing nursery beds and sowing the seeds. In addition, the farmers also learned about different factors of infestation and prevention against them as well as efficient ways of soil treatment. Kalinchok Farmer’s Group after receiving the training, have more time available for the preparation of their main field with better production rate.
28 Farmer’s Group of Sunkoshi, Melamchi, and Balefi Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok District have been provided with the Nursery Management Training of Winter Season Vegetables. The training equipped the farmers with applied knowledge on the basics of nursery, seed sowing techniques, various soil treatment methods, pest and disease identification and its management, and transplanting methods of seedlings.
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Three Water Supply Schemes constructed in the first year of Project for Improving Water Access and Agriculture Income (PIWAAI) have been officially handed over to the respective community and local level government during the Inauguration and Handover Ceremony conducted on August 7,2021. The program which saw presence of representatives of Water Users’ Committees, Chairperson of Balefi Rural Municipality and Ward Chairperson, was conducted following all the safety protocols while complying with directive issued by District Administration Office, Sindhupalchowk. The local government including the beneficiaries committed to safeguard the built water supply structures from here on and thanked the project team for helping the community in increasing their access to safe drinking water. Total of 96 households have benefitted from the project constructed water supply schemes (Intakes, RVTs and individual tap-stands).
Note: PIWAAI is a three-year project which aims to improve access to drinking water and agriculture income of beneficiaries of Sindhupalchowk district. PIWAAI is funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan and jointly implemented by PWJ and ISAP. The project completed its first year of operation on August 31, 2021. Currently, the project is being implemented in Sunkoshi Rural Municipality, Balefi Rural Municipality and Melamchi Municipality of the district.
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