Poverty Alleviation Support  Project (PASP)

Poverty Alleviation Support Project (PASP)

From: Sep 1, 2007 - To: Jul 11, 2017

ASTHA Nepal as a “Partner Organization (PO)” of “Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF)” implementing Poverty Alleviation Support Program (PASP) in Amale, Bastipur, Kyaneshwor and Tamajor VDCs of Sindhuli district since 2006. ASTHA through this project is playing the role of a mediator between community and PAF to transfer the spirit of PAF to poor and implement the matters extracted from the sprit among them. District office established in Sindhuli headquarter coordinates the project interventions. Total five staffs including one Project Coordinator, four Social Mobilizers and one part time Sub Engineer are working under this project. PASP has adopted demand led community based approach for poverty reduction. The project aims to reduce the poverty status of the targeted people in Kyaneshwor, Amale, Bastipur, and Tamajor VDC of Sindhuli district so as to strengthen the local COs in target area, to provide the facilitation for selecting, designing and implementing the sub-projects, and to equip and institutionalize the local COs in sub-project operation.

Location / Districts

Sindhuli

Funding Source

32 community organizations are functioning which are headed by Janajatis. Different infrastructures were constructed with the mobilization of women groups and DAG.

Traget Group

Program seeks to o improve living conditions, livelihoods and empowerment among the rural poor, with particular attention to groups that have traditionally been excluded by reasons of gender, ethnicity, caste and location.

About Astha

ASTHA Nepal has been mobilizing the unused and underutilized resources available within the society. ASTHA has been implementing community development pASTHA Nepal has been mobilizing the unused and underutilized resources available within the society.