Project Experience
Major projects implemented by SDSC over the past years.
Suaahara I
Save the Children International
DurationDecember 2011 – March 2016
Contract ValueNPR 23,91,520.00
Description: Two-day refresher training on integrated nutrition protocols for FCHVs; selection and training of peer educators; home visits to 1000 Days households; nutrition events at district and VDC levels (Breastfeeding Week, Nutrition Week, Iodine Month); HFOMC–VDC linkages; nutrition and food security steering committee meetings; integrated capacity building training for field supervisors; social mobilization and governance orientations; CLTS triggering activities; community hygiene and sanitation facilitator training; ODF declaration support; hand-washing campaigns; hygiene kit distribution; and V-WASH CC monitoring support.
Earthquake Emergency Response
Save the Children International
DurationJuly 2015 – December 2015
Contract ValueNPR 37,860,820.00
Description: Installation of 48 Temporary Learning Centres (TLC); WASH and hygiene promotion at TLCs; psychosocial support for teachers; educational kit distribution; SMC/PTA capacity building. Child Protection: Child-Friendly Spaces; family tracing and reunification; community mobilisation; caregiver guidance. WASH: hygiene promotion on radio, in schools and communities; permanent latrine construction (310 units); water supply maintenance; water committee training. Health: coordination with DHO; FCHV/HFOMC orientations; safe motherhood campaigns; MHPSS activities; health facility construction. T-Shelter: support of NPR 15,000 to 1,166 households. Food Security & Livelihoods: unconditional cash transfers to 2,410 households (NPR 7,500 each) and conditional support to 39 small traders (NPR 30,000 each).
Gorkha Recovery and Resilience Programme (GRRP)
CRS Nepal
Duration18 April 2016 – June 2019
Contract ValueNPR 30,97,74,795.00
Description: Shelter: Mason training (skilled & OJT); demonstration houses/community buildings; door-to-door grant support; Build Back Safer messaging. WASH: hygiene promotion; water testing; latrine and water supply scheme construction/rehabilitation. Livelihoods: Cash for Work (CFW) on community assets; farmer field schools; improved seed and goat rearing demonstrations; off-seasonal cash crop training. Cross-Cutting: Community Reconstruction Committee formation; social mapping; M&E systems and quality benchmark coordination with local government.
Strengthening Public Financial Management (SP-FMS)
Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI), Nepal
Duration1 June 2013 – 31 March 2014
Contract ValueNPR 1,30,000.00
Description: Literature review of PFM-related social accountability tools; district and VDC-level consultation meetings; budget literacy workshops; gender and pro-poor budget analysis training; Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS); public procurement monitoring; community information campaigns including VDC watch group meetings and dissemination of reports.
Quality Protein Maize (QPM) Seed Promotion
National Agricultural Research and Development Fund (NARDF), Kathmandu
DurationMarch 2014 – December 2015
Contract ValueNPR 19,98,988.00
Description: District-level orientation workshop; site selection for seed production demonstrations; baseline survey; farmer group formation and mobilisation; training on group management and record keeping; QPM foundation seed distribution (175 kg); field training on seed production techniques; QPM production technology demonstrations; mini-kit distribution to 400 resource-poor farmers; installation of 8 information hoarding boards at project sites.
Drinking Water and Sanitation Project (RWSSFDB I)
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board (RWSSFDB), Kathmandu
Duration2070/07/10 – 2071/04/10 (B.S.)
Contract ValueNPR 51,31,128.00
Description: Community mobilization and user group formation for drinking water management; training on water and environment protection; maintenance fund mobilization training; health and sanitation training; intake construction; reservoir tank construction; water tap construction.
Local Governance and Community Development Programme (LGCDP)
DDC Gorkha
DurationShrawan 2069 – Asadh 2070 (B.S.)
Contract ValueNPR 13,31,100.00
Description: Document review; selection and basic social mobilization training of social mobilisers; technical support; financial management; programed reporting; review and evaluation of social mobilisers.
Drinking Water and Sanitation Project (RWSSFDB II)
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board (RWSSFDB), Kathmandu
Duration2073/02/25 – 2075/01/15 (B.S.)
Contract ValueNPR 6,48,750,333.00
Description: Community mobilization and user group formation; training on water and environment protection; maintenance fund collection and mobilization training; community health and sanitation training; intake construction; reservoir tank construction; water tap construction.
Poverty Reduction through Youth Entrepreneurship
Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF), Kathmandu
Duration2069/12/09 – 2071/12/08 (B.S.)
Contract ValueNPR 19,99,442.00
Description: Focused on income generation for poor and unemployed youth of Bram and Chepang communities. Activities: district and VDC-level stakeholder workshops; Participatory Rural Appraisal; baseline survey; group formation; enterprise development training; skills training in goat farming, vegetable farming, and beekeeping; local governance and women empowerment workshops; business plan development; seed money disbursement; technical backstopping; monitoring and evaluation.
Suaahara II
Helen Keller International (HKI)
Duration16 July 2016 – 15 July 2021
Contract ValueNPR 82,500,000.00
Description: USAID-funded integrated nutrition programmed addressing health, nutrition, agriculture, resilience, and GESI through a multi-sector approach. Focus on the first 1,000 days of life including maternal, infant, and young child feeding (MIYCF) and care practices. Activities: Key Life Events celebrations; MIYCN refresher training for FCHVs; routine data quality assessments; hygiene and sanitation facilitator training; SATH orientation; ODF declaration support; vegetable seed and fruit sapling distribution; SUAAHARA notice board installation; LDMC/CDMC formation; MSNP orientation to elected municipal members; radio listening group formation.
Sajhedari Bikaas (SB)
Pact / USAID
Duration20 August 2015 – 19 August 2016
Contract ValueNPR 14,274,160.00
Description: Post-disaster recovery planning support; participatory planning with Ward Citizen Forums; rapid roll-out of locally managed small-scale infrastructure projects (50% women representation in committees); integrated mobile service camps; capacity building of District Disaster Relief Committees (DDRC) on post-disaster response standards and guidelines.
Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF)
Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF), Nepal
DurationAshad 2072 – Chaitra 2074 (B.S.)
Contract ValueNPR 88,00,000.00
Description: Infrastructure rehabilitation of existing Community Organizations (COs) damaged by earthquake; Community Revolving Fund (CRF) revitalization to restore pre-earthquake RF operations; restoration of community utilities through social mobilization; mason training for earthquake-resistant construction.