Introduction

Community Development and Environment Conservation Forum (CDECF) is one of the renowned and leading organizations of Sindhupalchowk district which was established in 1998

A.D (2055 B.S.) and registered as nonprofit making, nonpolitical and non-governmental organization in District Administration Office. It is also affiliated with and registered in Social

Welfare Council, NGO Federation Nepal and NGO Coordination Committee in 1998. The organization has its main office in district head quarter, Chautara and established project site offices at Melamchi Municipality and Indrawati Rural Municipality-7 as well. CDECF was formed with the objective of wise utilization of local resources with enhanced capacity of local people which ensure the livelihood opportunities for poor, deprived and destitute community people of society. From its inception, CDECF has been working on energy, environment, Agriculture, natural resources management, sanitation and health to improve health-economic status of community people especially women and deprived communities and community infrastructure development activities by involving them in various development processes through education, capacity building, health, advocacy, empowerment and income generation activities. It has adopted right base approach through social mobilization to uplift socio- economic of community people by promoting service delivery mechanisms and using local technologies to conserve and develop natural resources in order to foster sustainable development. In the process, CDECF works with the underprivileged groups, especially for promotion and practices of child rights, Early Childhood development, primary education, women leadership development and Good Governance.

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1.2  Objectives:

  • To develop and mobilize local human resources for realization, promotion and execution of national and international laws, provisions concerned with child and woman/human rights for betterment of their livelihoods in active involvement of stakeholders.
  • To support in developing and mobilizing of capable, skillful human resources for self- reliance society considering gender equality and participation in decisive role.
    • To promote and practice of good governance at social and structural level, develop and mobilize local resources with transparent and accountable manner for overall development of poor and deprived people.
    • To improve and use of physical structures and human resources for livelihoods of rural people (children, men and women) through equal access and proportional distribution system.
    • Promote and disseminate easily accessible, socio culturally and economically applicable simple technologies for sustainable management of environmental activities, energy, natural resources and agricultural practices.
    • Increase health standards through primary health care education and raise rate of literacy through non formal child centered education programs.

1.3  Strategies:

  • Community and local resources identification, mobilization, organizational development and management of community level institution such as CBOs, self-help groups (SHGs) and cooperatives etc.
    • Institutionalization of development process through social transformation, economic promotion and appropriate technologies through community based organizations, cooperatives etc
    • Participatory program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
    • Transparency, accountability and community participation
    • Empowerment for advocacy of human rights, women and child rights, social justice, equal participation and gender balance
    • Facilitating and promotional role for the intervening NGOs, CBOs, and Users Groups, Saving and Credit Cooperatives.

1.4  Programming Principles

  • Best Interest of the Children
    • Gender Sensitive Planning and Action
    • Promotion of Sustainable Development Process
    • Programme Integration and Mainstreaming of social issues
    • Incorporation of local circumstances in development planning process

1.5  Institutional Values and Norms

Mutual Thoughts and Cooperation: We work on our shared vision, thoughts, equal potentiality and effort with our targets, members, and staff for common goal and objectives.

Participation and Accountability: We at all level assent of full responsibility and accountability to fulfill the self-motivation of conscience participation of our team members and target communities.

Collective Commitment and Individual Responsibility: We team members are committed for common goal, assure and respect to code of conducts of social organizations, transparency and accountable in practice.

Sympathy, Equality and Unity: We work with commitment for social equality and justice, we value and respect diversity for social cohesiveness and Interation

2.  Brief description of the organizational structure and its functions:

CDECF has legally elected an executive committee and Board of directors. The general assembly elects the executive committee and formulates annual plans and programs with budget which is responsible for ensuring that the plans and programmes are being carried out effectively. The advisory board which is comprised with technical professionals supervises and extends professional inputs to the programme and assists in developing public relations with other national and international professional agencies.

The executive committee comprises with 13 members including 5 Female and 8 Male and all of them are elected through a democratic process. The members of executive committee totally belong to rural people of Sindhupalchowk district and dedicated to development of Sindhupalchowk district. The general assembly meets every year and the executive committee meets regularly to discuss and review on-going and project activities.