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VIN's Working for Integrated Community Development Approach
15 / 3 / 2009
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VIN has prepared community plan in the 1st week of January for its integrated community development projects targeted for rural marginalized women, children, youth, and teachers including health program. The plan was prepared with the community representatives, e.g. community leaders, women, children, teachers, youth, health workers.
As the plan, we have......
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VIN Conducts Primary English Teachers’ Training
15 / 3 / 2009
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March 11 to 13, 2009
Dwayne Cover, a Canadian volunteer ( who works in a university in Japan) for VIN conducted a 3-day teacher training workshop for Elementary school teachers (from pre-Kindergarten to Grade 6) from the Jitpur area. The workshop was designed to introduce a range of English-language activities that......
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International Volunteers Celebrating Dashain
29 / 10 / 2008
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International Volunteers celebrated Dashain, one of the major festivals in Nepal. This festival is celebrated for 15 days and for 10 days all offices remain closed. People visit families and relatives and worship God and Goddesses. The festival is celebrated throughout Nepal amongst Hindu people. In Nepal there are over 80%......
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Very Successful "On Youth Hands" Program in Nepal
1 / 9 / 2008
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VIN has now been in an international non-formal network that initiated the project “On Youth Hands” with the purpose to bring together young people from three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa, to strengthen cooperation and support, based on humanitarian values, active citizenship and social inclusion. The network has started to......
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Primary Teachers Training Conducted
13 / 7 / 2008
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VIN conducted a Primary Teacher Training for 23 teachers of 9 different schools. The training was very practical and was based on local reality. After the training, we distributed the classroom resources for schools. We hope to conduct the regular training and follow up. All schools have what they were taught......
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VIN takes community women to Educational tour
11 / 7 / 2008
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VIN organised an educational tour to 55 Jitpur community women to Kavre. They mainely visited and observed the organic vegetable farming at Kavre. They had practical experience of how organic vegetable farming affects the farmers' lives of Kavre. They talked to the real farmers and gained experienced from them. This......
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VIN Conducts ECD Teacher Training
11 / 7 / 2008
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VIN conducted early childhood teacher (ECD) teacher training to its 10 catchments schools of Jitpur community. on 11 and 12 July 2008. There were over 20 trainee teachers. All enjoyed the child friendly and child centered approached training. The training was cunducted by two experienced teacher trainers of the USA......
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VIN Organizes Blood Donation Program
5 / 7 / 2008
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VIN organized a blood danation program at Gongabu Manohar Secondary School on 5th July. Over 100 people actively participated in the program and 55 people donated the blood. "Give Blood, Save Life" This program was part of "on Youth Hands" program where our local youths led these social activities. VIN's planning......
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45 disadvantaged women trained
18 / 6 / 2008
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VIN organized a-week long organic vegetable farming training for 45 disadvantaged women at Tinpiple, Jitpur (Kathmand). The women have developed confidence in producing organic farming. The training was very practical. The women were given some vegetable seeds. They will soon initiate seasonal and unseasonal vegetable farming. VIN will provide the seed funding......
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June 5, Environment Day celebrated
18 / 6 / 2008
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VIN local and international volunteers celebrated June 5, Environment Day by organising clean up and plantation programmes. Community people, local youths and army men had given thier hands for the programmes. We planted over 200 trees of different species around Jitpur school and the environment clean up camp was organised......
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Shool Uniform and Bag Distributed
26 / 5 / 2008
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VIN organised a meeting of parents, Classroom Management Committee (CMS), Students and Partner organization today and distributed school uniforms and bags for the children of Flexible Schooling Programme (FSP) at Gongabu, Kathmandu. VIN has been running FSP for two years. There are 18 conflict victim children between the age 9-15.......
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A Vitit to Okhaldhunga with Overseas Volunteers
3 / 5 / 2008
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VIN conducted "A Vitit to Okhaldhunga with Overseas Volunteers". There were 9 trekkers including Drew and Marina fron the US, Boz (UK), Marie and Romi (Gernay) and 4 Nepali people. Okhaldhunga is bellow to Mount Everest region and you can see Mt Everest clearly from Okhaldhunga. It was a week......
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VIN Prepared Community Plan for 2008
3 / 5 / 2008
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VIN has prepared Community Action Plan for 2008 with the involvement with community stakeholdres, e.g community leaders, students, women, teachers, youths in its working site Jitpur.
The agreed activities with Women are:
- Women literacy (which is now in operation, 150 women)
- Income Generative Activities (e.g. Vegetable farming, chicken farming, sawing......
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Nepali Youths Selected for "On Youths Hand" Project
3 / 5 / 2008
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VIN has selected Nepali Youths for "On Youths Hand" Project. There will be 8 faciliators and 15 direct beneficiaries aged between 18-25 for the programme. Nepali youths will prepare different activities to participate in the "On Youths Hands" Porject. There will be about 25 EU youths and 23 Nepali youths participating......
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VIN's Partnerships On Youths Hand Project with European and African Countries
3 / 5 / 2008
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An international non-formal network that initiated the project “On youth hands” with the purpose to bring together young people form three continents and to strengthen cooperation and support, based on humanitarian values, active citizenship and social inclusion.
Why is our network unique?
The network has started to function from December 2007, once......
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Community Garbage management introduced
14 / 12 / 2007
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VIN, in its catchments have started Community Garbage management System with the awareness programs and campaign. We would like to thank Romi Buhner who initiated this project on the behalf of VIN. Chilkdren's clubs, women's groups, and other community people actively involved in the programs. They are committed to make their village......
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Community Visit to Kavre for Forage Development
14 / 12 / 2007
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VIN took 14 community people (women, community leader, teacher, children's clubs representatives and VIN volunteers) for a community visit to Kavre for observing Forage Development sites. Our purpose is to make them feel that how improved forage can make their life easy and how they can start it. They are now......
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Medical Check-up at an Orphanage
14 / 12 / 2007
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VIN has been supporting an orphanage centre ( Children Women Walfare Organization) at Kapan, Kathmandu. We had a Medical Check-up of 27 children the orphanage centre. One doctor and a nurse was hired for the purpose. Then the medication was provided according to their prescription. The Amrican volunteers Andrew......
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Youths' English Improvement Class
14 / 12 / 2007
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VIN conducted two and a half month long Youths' English Language Improvement Class with the help of our American Volunteers, Andrew and Marina. Twenty-four youths benifitted out of this program. The volunteers found it very helpful and the youths now communicate using simple English with the speakers of English. There is......
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International Volunteers' Day Celebration
14 / 12 / 2007
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Over 20 VIN's national and International Volunteers actively participated in the RALLEY organized by volunteering organizations in Kathmandu on 5th of December. Our volunteers went around the city with provoking slogans: Volunteers, the Real Actor; Volunteerism for community development.
They also donated blood on the occasion. We would like to thank......
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VIN Facilitated a Women Interaction Program
19 / 9 / 2007
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VIN conducted a women's interaction program on 18th September, 2007. There were over 75 women from different groups and villages. They shared the skills they have learnt and problems they have faced during their activities. The local volunteers have performed a drama to inspire other women to join the groups.......
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Education Minister Observes Women Groups' Product
8 / 9 / 2007
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On the occasion of World Literacy and National Education Day, VIN also participated with its productions collectively from its stakeholders, e.g. women, children. Over 20 national and international organizations participated with their publications and production related to women and......
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Newly Literate Women Interacted with the Education Minister
6 / 9 / 2007
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Newly literate women groups, children, their facilitators, organization representatives and the Education Minister, Pradip Nepal with his high level officials have met on the 5th September at an INTERACTION PROGRAMME at VS Niketan, Kathmandu.
The women supported by VIN had an opportunity to share about their experiences. To quote Maiya......
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Ancoring Training for Children's Clubs
26 / 8 / 2007
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VIN conducted a-two-day Ancoring/MC (Master of Ceremoney) training at Jitpur on 24-25 Aug, 2007. There were 24 representatives from 7 children's clubs. The training was very practical where children could practise their ancoring skills. The contents covered in the workshop were: fundamentals of ancoring, program design, factors affecting MC, TIPS......
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ART TRAINING FOR FSP CHILDREN
10 / 8 / 2007
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VIN has conducted one day Art Training for FSP Children at Gongabu on 29th july, 2007. Our VIN International volunteer, Ann-Marie from Canada facilitated the workshop. There were 25 participants altogether including children, class facilitator, Educational volunteers and VIN staff. The participants at the training said- it was really an interesting way of......
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School Health Camp
29 / 7 / 2007
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VIN conducated school health camp on 29th July at Mahadevsthan Primary School, Jitpur Kathmandu. The children's club of Mahadevsthan received the MEDICAL TEAM with flower buquet. The camp was conducted in partnership with Social Action Volunteer (SAV). There were15 people in the team from SAV, including 5 doctors, 7......
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TEACHERS' TRAINING on USING ART WORK for JOUFUL LEARNING
19 / 7 / 2007
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VIN conducted a one-day workshop for teachers of English on 17th July at Jitpur, 15 km away from downtown. There were 15 participant teachers from 6 schools: Jitpur HSS, Thulagaun SS, Kalikasaran PS, Khadawalkot PS, Mahadevesthan PS and Saraswoti PS.
The theme of the workshop was USING ART WORK for......
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Flexible Schooling Programme (FSP)
16 / 6 / 2007
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VIN has been conducting various activities to support the government to help achieve the goal of "Education for All" by 2015. VIN has set up a Flexible Schooling Programme Class (FSP) at Gangabu, Kathmandu for thechildren
aged 8-14 with no access of formal schooling. This programme has been implemented in partnerships......
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Child Development Centre
13 / 3 / 2007
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VIN has set up Child Development Centre (CDC) at Panchmane Community, Kathmandu We have 20 children, aged between 4-5 have been benifitting from the programme. The Centre will have to be equipped with child friendly furniture and the materials for the children. This centre has been implementing in partnership with District Education Office......
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Literacy Classes
2 / 3 / 2007
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We aim to promote litaracy rate in the community and our volunteers now have been running literacy classes for women. There are 20-25 women in one class. We have been running this programme with the technical support of DEO, Kathmandu. The women have been very encouraged to learn basic mathematics......
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Income Generation Programme for Women
2 / 3 / 2007
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VIN has formend 9 groups of women at Jitpur for Income Generation Programme. We have been running this programme in association with District Education Office (DEO) Kathmandu. DEO will provede the technical support and VIN will do the rest. For the purpose, each group has to raise 10,000 Rupees ($150) and we will......
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Community Work
1 / 3 / 2007
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VIN runs its programmes only after the research in the site and projects are developed based on the research reports. Now our local and international volunteers are collecting data from the community involving the community people. We collect data using the PLA tools. Community Mapping, Focus Group Discussions, Interviews, Problem......
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Local Youth Development Workshop, 7th Feb to 14th Feb, 2007
23 / 2 / 2007
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Volunteer Initiative Nepal (VIN) conducted a week long Local Youth Development workshop for the youths of Jitpur Village Development Committee from 7th Feb to 14th Feb, 2007. There were 20 youths, 19 females and one male. One of them was the international volunteer from the US.
The Theme of the workshop......
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