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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Institution for Suitable Actions for Prosperity will be conducting its 9th Annual General Meeting on September 15 2021. All the members are cordially invited to participate in the event. Other details have been mentioned in the invitation letter uploaded below.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM!
Institution for Suitable Actions for Prosperity (ISAP) welcomes Mr. Pradip Bhatta as the Agriculture Technician for Project for Improving Water Access and Agriculture Income (PIWAAI). Pradip has a diploma in Agriculture and is currently pursuing Bachelors’ degree in Business Studies. Pradip has worked in different Agriculture Cooperatives and Non-Governmental Organizations as an Agriculture Technician through which he has served small landholding subsistence farmers from various remote areas of Nuwakot district.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM!
Institution for Suitable Actions for Prosperity (ISAP) welcomes Mr. Navaraj Upadhyaya as the District Agriculture Coordinator for Project for Improving Water Access and Agriculture Income (PIWAAI). Navaraj has a Masters Degree in Agriculture Science and has worked in similar positions in various organizations.
ISAP has entrusted him with the responsibility of over 800 beneficiary farmers from ISAP Project Sites and wishes him all the best for his tenure.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM!

Institution for Suitable Actions for Prosperity (ISAP) welcomes Ms. Bina Sapkota as the Agriculture Officer for Project for Improving Water Access and Agriculture Income (PIWAAI). Bina has a Bachelors Degree in Agriculture Science and has extensive experience in working with rural small-landholding farmers of the country. She has also worked in a few research projects and has an inquisitive personality. ISAP is confident that she will be a valuable asset to the team.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING HOME!

These past few days has been a true test of conscience for us. Unlike the first wave of the pandemic where many of us had flooded social media with posts about us managing to get hold of items not easily available due to then ongoing lockdown and going to places just because we had the card (ID) for it. This time we would like to thank you for showing more sensitivity towards the situation, thank you for not adding further burden on all our frontline workers, thank you for saving so many by not risking yourselves and lastly, THANK YOU FOR BEING HEROES in ways you did not know you could be.

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We take immense pride in our endeavor with Vijaya Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha (VLBS) as partners for executing “Improvement of Livelihood Situation of Disadvantaged Members through Access to Finance” Project with the funding support from UKAid initiated Sakchhyam Access to Finance Program. The project works with small landholding farmers from the marginalized communities of Banke, Bardiya, Baglung and Parbat districts to help them improve their standard of living through agriculture technical backstopping and marketing support for beneficiary farmers. ISAP provides technical support to the beneficiaries to ensure the agriculture loan is properly utilized and the farmers are equipped with relevant skills and knowledge for vegetable production and sales. Amidst the precautionary order in place considering the nationwide increase in the COVID-19 cases, we share these pictures as we look back at the Nursery Management Trainings that we had recently completed with our Farmers’ Groups in the project districts.

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Project for Improving Water Access and Agriculture Income (PIWAAI) is a 3-year project jointly implemented by Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) and Institution for Suitable Actions for Prosperity (ISAP) with the funding support from Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Japan (MOFA-Japan). PIWAAI aims to improve the livelihood situation of the beneficiaries of Sindhupalchok district through increased income from vegetable production and improved access to drinking water.
On 25th February 2021, eighteen households of Baseri Khola Dadakateri Water Supply Scheme were benefitted with Solar Powered Double Stage Water Lifting System with individual tap-stands through which they could get water in their own houses. Before the project intervention, the community members had to walk for more than 2 hours each way to collect drinking water and sometimes, had go to the neighboring village- Mankha to collect water. In addition to this, there used to be occasions when women had to travel even farther to find other sources of water during dry seasons.

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To construct is a big challenge but even bigger is the challenge to make it last. Project for Improving Water Access and Agriculture Income (PIWAAI) had conducted a 3-day Training for Operation and Management Water Supply Schemes to the Executive Committee Members of Water Users’ Committees (WUCs) of Balefi RM-04 and 06 of Sindhupalchok District. The training commenced on 20th April 2021 and concluded on 22nd April 2021. 17 Executive Committee Members from all 3 Water Users’ Committees of the project had taken part in the training in which they learned about the fundamental elements of Operation and Management of Water Supply Schemes. The participants also received a simulated experience in preparation of Operation Guidelines, Mobilization and management of Maintenance and Repair Fund as well as maintenance of Income and Expense Book of the Water Supply Schemes through different roleplay sessions. The participants showed enthusiasm throughout the sessions and the facilitators were successful in maintaining 100% participation in all three days of the training.
Shared below are some glimpses of the training.