Kailali Project, Nepal

See the progress you helped make happen in your sponsored community

When the project started, lack of farming skills led to food shortages and low incomes. Schools lacked facilities and well-trained teachers and poor nutrition and hygiene left children vulnerable to illness.

Thanks to your support, your sponsored child and other children in the Kailali community have improved access to education, healthcare and nutritious food and their families have new income opportunities.

Together we've achieved so much

96 percent of children attended school regularly in 2016

This is up from 36 percent in 2001.

  • Infrastructure at 51 schools has been upgraded and 83 schools have improved their classroom learning environment.
  • The project contributed to a continuous improvement in children's learning and literacy status. 67 percent of children are achieving expected learning standards across all grades in 2017, up from seven percent in 2012.
  • 91 percent of girls were enrolled in school by 2012, up from 41 percent in 2001. This followed an awareness campaign on the dangers of child marriage and the importance of education for girls that reached 3,111 parents and caregivers.

6,500 mothers learned about safe motherhood and child health and nutrition

This has helped to increase the percentage of mothers breastfeeding their newborns from four percent in 2008 to 78 percent in 2017.

  • 16 outreach clinics and six health posts have been supported with furniture and medical equipment. These centres now provide health services in the community including immunisations, child growth monitoring and antenatal and postnatal care.
  • 3,605 families now have improved access to clean water following upgrades to eight water supply schemes, including construction of hand pump stations.
  • 2,100 families have been supported to build household toilets and this has helped to reduce the incidence of open defecation across the project area and contribute to improved health and hygiene.

6,200 farmers are now growing vegetables to improve child nutrition and incomes

To support farmers in their efforts, the project provided training and supplied materials to build greenhouses and set up drip irrigation systems.

  • 3,599 farmers have gained skills to raise small livestock for income and 153 families received goats to support their efforts.
  • 8,625 families are now saving money through 11 community cooperatives to meet household needs and support their income generation activities.
  • 432 youth and women have completed vocational skills training in fields including sewing, mobile phone repairs, nursery management and food processing.

"I am happy that people are being [made] aware about the consequences caused by child marriage."

- Pabi, aged 45