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CARE and Nepal
CARE first began programs in Nepal in 1978. During its first 10 years in the country, these focused on improving physical infrastructure. Projects included the Trail Suspension Bridge Project, which supported the construction of 48 bridges in 13 remote areas, and the Small Farmers Community Project, which helped build irrigation schemes and implemented agricultural extension activities in sites across Nepal.
Over time, however, CARE shifted its emphasis in Nepal from an infrastructure-based approach to development to one that was more community-based. CARE's current projects in Nepal seek to tackle the root causes and symptoms of poverty: low agricultural production, poor health, the depletion of natural resources and widespread unemployment.
Today, CARE's overall program goal in Nepal is to strengthen the capacity of the rural poor to fulfill their basic needs. To achieve this, CARE's programs focus on several intermediate goals, including: - Increasing the capacity of rural communities to identify, plan and implement development activities;
- Increasing the income and agricultural productivity of rural communities;
- Improving communities' health status and awareness about health and population issues;
- Increasing the level of literacy, especially for women, in rural areas; and,
- Increasing safe access to trade, agriculture and employment opportunities for rural communities.
The foundation for all these efforts is community organization. Through a wide range of projects, CARE is working to ensure that communities in Nepal can take responsibility for prioritizing, planning, implementing and monitoring their own development activities.
Click here for more detailed information about CARE projects in Nepal.
About CARE:
CARE is one of the world's largest private international relief and development organizations, dedicated to eliminating the complex problem of poverty. With projects in more than 60 countries, CARE directly improved the lives of more than 25 million people in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean in 1999.
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