Right Based Approach to Dalit, Disabled and Ex. Kamaiya Rehabilitation Program
Project Description:
Freed Kamaiya Rights:
The Government of Nepal declared abolition of bonded labour on July 17, 2000 in the country and all bonded labour were debt free from their landlords. This declaration occurred through the advocacy of Nepal NGOs and Kamaiyas. NNSWA played a vital role in this freedom movement. Now the government relocated Freed-Kamaiyas and provided one to five Katha of land to each family. NNSWA has worked with Freed-Kamaiyas by building low cost housing, providing nutrition through kitchen garden and poultry farms, health and sanitation, emergency health treatment, water, education, advocacy and empowerment for their human rights.
Rights of Disabled People:
NNSWA has been implementing the support activities to the person with disable from 1997. During 1997 to 2001 NNSWA provided such support like eye surgery camps, white can support, wheel chair supports and scholarship support to the needy disable people in the community level.
Rights of Dalit Community:
Due to the structural disparities in the caste system, the Dalit people are educationally, economically and socially found backwards. Therefore, NNSWA advocates for Human Rights of Dalit Community. NNSWA's first priority is to educate to the Dalit community therefore, NNSWA facilitated and supported for education, economic opportunities, and social advocacy, empowered their social voice in Government activities, and increased Dalits knowledge on health and sanitation.
Duration: 1997-2006
Location: Kanchanpur
Funding Partner: Actionaid-Nepal