The four-year project of Interpedia, Loo Niva, and Patan CBR strengthens right to education and protection for children in Nepal by creating inclusive and safe schools and communities. The project focuses especially on improving the rights of vulnerable children in Mahankal and Konyosome rural municipalities in Lalitpur District.
Nepal has made progress in primary enrollment rate in basic education, but dropout rate and learning achievements remain critical. Gender and caste-based discrimination, lack of disability inclusion, and in this project area, situation of orphans and abandoned children are major concerns. The children and communities need to be oriented on child rights, and the local duty- bearers’ capacity needs enhancing to ensure better safeguarding of vulnerable children.
Considering learnings from past projects and feedback from the community and government officals, the project plans to achieve its objective through improving the right to inclusive and quality education and protection in project municipalities and capacitating civil society to promote these rights. Thirty percent of the project’s funding is directed specifically for improving disability inclusion and mainstreaming, and the rights of children with disabilities.
The rights-holders of the project are vulnerable children, especially those facing discrimination like girls and CwDs, as well as orphans/abandoned children. Many of them face multiple discrimination and are vulnerable to abuse or child marriage.
The project works with rural municipalities and their entities, provincial government, teachers, school staff, parents and caretakers, persons with disabilities, and the communities, collaborating with other CSOs to amplify results.
The project takes a human rights progressive approach, creating dialogue between rights- holders and duty-bearers, raising their capacity to ensure sustainability of results. The work is done in eleven wards, covering all their villages and 43 schools.
Objective of the project: Strengthened Right to Education and Protection with inclusive and safe schools and communities for children in Nepal.
Location of the project: Mahankal and Konjyosom of Lalitpur Fistrict