ccoder.org http://ccoder.org Center for Community Development and Research Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:47:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 http://ccoder.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-CCODER-Logo-32x32.jpg ccoder.org http://ccoder.org 32 32 Two Success Stories http://ccoder.org/two-success-stories/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:47:38 +0000 http://ccoder.org/?p=103 Read Now]]> Kalimaya Gurung

Kalimaya Gurung from Ajirkot-1, Ghhyachok Thum gaun Gorkha is a house wife with 8 family members. She is from disadvantages janajati family and depending on daily wages for survival.

As CCODER Nepal started to work in Ghhayak she was motivated and became the member of cooperative and started saving. Though she became the member of cooperative but was difficult for her mange regular saving in cooperative. She had no other way of income and was frustrated with her regular traditional business, i.e. cultivation of maize, millet, potato etc. She was eager to find alternative or a productive business to manage her regular household expenses. At the same time, 9 months ago CCODER Nepal started goat raising program for Ghhyachok to support livelihood of very low-income household. Kalimaya as a very low household income women selected for the support of goat raising program. Under the project CCODER conducted a training of goat rising with entrepreneurship development skill for the community members. She joined in that training. Then she also received 4 goats as a motivation/ incentive from the program. She constructed a goat shed with the support of project and her individual contribution. She was happy with this support and work hard for goat farming. Now she has 8 goats. This is the good signal to extend her business. In the near future, she is expecting additional income which helps to continue study for her children and manage other regular household expenses of the family easily. She says, “CCODER Nepal has explored me this best option to be self-dependent in my own village. I am so thankful to CCODER Nepal and also I want to spend my time to make and inspires other women like me for their financial independency.” CCODER- Nepal is also hopeful to empower community members creating like this self-employment opportunities.

Muga Gurung

Muga Gurung from Ajirkot-1, Ghhyachok Thum gaun Gorkha is a house wife with 5 family members. She is from marginalized called Janajati family with very poor financial status and depending on traditional agriculture for survival. She is earthquake victim family of 2015. She lost her one daughter in earthquake.

With the inspiration and support from CCODER-Nepal she joined community group/ cooperative and also started saving. A daily life with scarcities in daily livelihood was the frustrating/ dark part on her life. Though getting indirect support for loan access, seed support for agriculture, bedding or clothing support doesn’t hold a satisfactory value as it is just an immediate support. Right after the destructive Earthquake the wheel of the time turned left for her with the loss of her daughter. She again had to bear further stress and difficulties in her life.

With this collective voice of demand on additional livelihood support NSPL-CCODER introduced livelihood support project through Goat keeping. She was a part in this project. She received training, incentives for making goat shed and 4 goats including other supports for fodder and forage as basic prerequisites for goat keeping.

Now she has 7 goats. This is the good signal to extend her business. In the near future, she is expecting additional income which helps to continue study for her children and manage other regular household expenses of the family easily. She says, “CCODER Nepal has explored me this best option to be self-dependent in my own village. I am so thankful to CCODER Nepal and I also want to spend my time to make and inspires other women like me for their financial independency.

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CCODER after the the earthquakes: Recovery http://ccoder.org/ccoder-after-the-the-earthquakes-recovery/ Fri, 14 Aug 2015 09:52:25 +0000 http://ccoder.org/?p=96 Read Now]]> When the earthquake struck Nepal it was exciting news.  We were glued to the media to view pictures of the destruction and the rescue missions as an estimated 8 million Nepalese were effected by the quakes: from loss of lives, to loss of homes, to loss of incomes. We, too, grieved over the loss of lives, and many of us committed donations to help restore Nepal. And then we went about our lives.  That is the way of most disasters.

But what now?  How has CCODER risen to action since the earthquake, and how has it served the villagers in its seven  districts?

There is an inspiring quote by famed environmentalist,  David Orr, which reads:  “Hope is a verb with its shirt sleeves rolled up.”  Nepal’s two major massive earthquakes and their aftershocks has friends and supporters of CCODER  rolling up their shirt sleeves to help rebuild.

CCODER had to immediately change direction to serve its people. Long term plans had to be shelved so that aid could reach the villages.  In the Gorkha District alone, the earthquakes demolished 98% of the homes, schools, health posts and community buildings. Aid has been coordinated with government agencies and relief organizations to secure tin roofing to provide immediate make-shift shelter for families and the schools to ward off the rains from the monsoons.  But these are not permanent, and the need to rebuild and re-envision is at hand.   In the midst of their trauma, villagers are forced to gather together, join hands and get to work to re-think what is needed.  There is no way out but through.  CCODER is a leading organizational force and programs are beginning to resurface.

There is an immediate need to rebuild the 17 schools in the Gorkha district.  Education has been a corner stone of village development for CCODER, and approximately 4,000 children in the Gorkha District need a school.  Though crude structures have been erected, permanent buildings are needed.

Step by step, friends and supporters from around the world have been gathering in support of CCODER’s efforts.  Franziska Wirtz-Konigshausen and her German organization, Nepalshulprojekt, has raised over $26,000 to rebuild the Lamidanda school and its seven classrooms.  This is a great show of support for the children.

Schools, health posts, homes and community buildings are all needed.  The broader picture is to create a model village. With everything in disarray, a new vision is being called forth.  Many people have been displaced from their home villages, and with 98% of the structures gone, there is no greater time to roll up the shirt sleeves and re-think the future.

CCODER has a strong foundation with more than 25 years of village development.  CCODER’s education and economic development programs are starting up again and the villagers are being called forth to recover themselves, gather and move forward and look again to their future.  Activities are now resuming. This is the truest testimony of the determination of CCODER and the people it serves.

In the coming posts, summaries of these activities will be hosted.  Thank you for your interest in CCODER.

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New Website Online http://ccoder.org/new-website-online/ Tue, 26 May 2015 12:15:13 +0000 http://ccoder.org/?p=85 Read Now]]> Our new WordPress based website just went online. Now we are able to start with a blog and edit every page ourselves. Soon we will give updates on the current situation in Nepal and especially the earthquake relief work in our villages.

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