Livelihood Recovery Programme

Women in Sindhupalchowk using a grain huller. Photo credit: Oxfam

he main objective of the livelihood

Trecovery programme in 2017/18 was to restore livelihood of earthquake affected families by supporting producer groups and cooperatives to provide access to productive infrastructure, inputs, finance, market and income-generating opportunities at local level. Gorkha, Sindhupalchowk, Dhading and Nuwakot districts incorporated interventions designed for rural context focusing on agrarian community whereas the Kathmandu Valley embedded rural, peri-urban and urban priorities focused towards creating employment opportunities.

Producer groups were trained and provided with modern tools and equipment for farming that reduced women farmers’ workload. This programme conducted training on improved farming techniques and supported them in the rehabilitation of production infrastructure such as irrigation canals, collection centers and processing units. Likewise, cooperatives’ capacities were strengthened for business plan preparation and implementation of new enterprises.

The main objective of the livelihood recovery programme in 2017/18 was to restore livelihood of earthquake-affected families

48,439

individuals benefited through rehabilitation of irrigation canals, collection centres, processing equipments, agro machines, and trainings

4,899

individuals got professional training needed for cook, waiter, tourist guide, carpentry, home stay management

982

small and micro entrepreneurs received training, equipment and grant to restart their business; strengthened capacity of 57 rural cooperatives

368

youth received vocational and skill enhancement trainings, 237 people got jobs through the Urban Job Hub Center

* As a project funded by DEC continued until April 2018, there were additional 7421 beneficiaries.