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INFORMATION OF THE ORGANISATION
	NAME: YOUTH UNESCO MOBILIZATION ASSOCIATION (YUMA-NEPAL)
	POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O.BOX 14127
	CITY: KATHMANDU	COUNTRY: NEPAL
	TELEPHONE NUMBER: +977-1-499481	FAX: +977-1-434065
	E-MAIL: <unescoyuma@hotmail.com>	WEB: N/A
	RESPONSIBLE / CONTACT PERSON: MR. RAJAN TRIPATHI

THE ORGANISATION:

(Please, briefly describe your organisation. No more than one page).

Youth UNESCO Mobilisation Association, YUMA-Nepal in short, an independent non-profit NGO was established in 1998 with a view to reinforce UNESCO's commitment and goals related to literacy. It is basically centred on orphan, street and underprivileged children.
The dawn of democracy opened the new vistas in tackling the issues of poverty, hunger, illiteracy, disease and inertia, prevailing in the country. Through NGO's, by the initiative of the people themselves, to eliminate these things, YUMA was initially established with few members with its self-fund. It has been contributing especially for the street and orphans children to enhance their status from their previous existence.

Aims and Objective

To launch literacy and awareness-building campaigns with the objectives of UNESCO's goal -- 'Education for all'.

** To provide elementary education to the street/ working children.
** To develop programs for the protection of the environment and creating environmental awareness among the people.
** To preserve the Cultural Heritage.
** To improve the quality of lives of poor and underprivileged people by introducing innovations.
** To promote the collaboration between brother-like organisations in the region and finally in the world to share experience and establish exchange-program to develop the international understanding in culture, education and science.

PRINCIPAL PROJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION

(In one page, describe the main projects of your organisation. Indicate the actions you have been developing, the geographic area and a little report explaining the obtained results. You can include photos.)

Long-term Major Activities:

1) Non-formal Primary Education Program for Underprivileged Children (as an alternative education program):

YUMA-Nepal has been conducting Non-Formal Primary Educational Program for Underprivileged Children since 1998. This program has been supported by UCEP-Nepal. In this program, classes from 1 to 7 are conducted in the morning (7:00-9:00am). Every Six month, qualified students completing class seven are offered scholarship for job-oriented vocational training at the Technical School of UCEP-Nepal. After the successful completion of quality Non-formal primary education and job-oriented Technical and vocational training program, underprivileged children can live an independent and dignified life which is the main aim of this program. More than 200 Children who are domestic workers, child-labour, street children, school dropouts, Orphans and Girls are benefiting by this program.

Executive members with the students of Non-formal Primary Education Programme for Underprivileged Children.

2) Adult Literacy Class(only for women):

YUMA-Nepal has also been conducting literacy classes for Women by its own limited resources in the remote western parts of Nepal. It is also a six-month program. More than 100 women are benefiting through out this program. The main aim of this program is to make women able to read and write.

Short-term Activities:

** Eye health examination camp in remote area / HIV awareness class in secondary school.
** Blood Donation
** Tree Plantation
** Sanitation program in historical places.
** Pollution awareness class in secondary school demonstrating posters.

Project Propose: Alternative Education Program for Underprivileged Children (AFPUC)

Preamble:

With the advent of democracy, it is encouraging that the NGO played very active advocacy role in providing the children right in Nepal. The singing of UN convention on the Rights of the Child and parliament bill on the Child Act 1992 and labour Act 1992 are the sold outcome of the advocacy and pressure generated by the Nepali NGOs. Despite of these entire positive outcomes no NGO has so far been able to come with longer term strategic planning for education. The working street children considering these realities Youth UNESCO Mobilisation Association (YUMA) Club/ Nepal would like to move to this needy area as a part to fulfil its commitment in eradication the illiteracy in Nepal.

Programme Objective:

The Programme will be implemented in order to achieve the following objectives:
** To Provide elementary education to the street/ working children.
** To make these children able to make decision of their own future.
** To minimise the children exploitation.
** To prevent them from engaging in anti-social activities.
** To make them able to contribute in nation building.

Modus Operand:

A co-ordination committee of experienced professional will be formed under the central executive board of 'YUMA/ Nepal'. This committee will be responsible in policy formulation and execution of the programme.

A survey will be conducted in the proposed project area in order to identify the working children, their leisure time for joining the school, their job interest, present status of the living condition etc. On the basis of this survey the school location and timing will be decided.

The school will open for two hours every day during their leisure time since working children can not be able to leave their coming because of the school, special attention will be given in deciding school timing.

The academic year of this school will be completed in six months. Hence within a period of 3 years 6 months the school will complete its seventh grade school curriculum making them able to join Technical School. The available date clearly demonstrates that because of the biological age of the working children and because of their inter-action with the different community and master (landlord) for their survival they can complete the one-year general school curriculum in 6 months. The proposed YUMA/ Nepal programme for the working children has also been developed in the same line.

It has been planned that after few years of this elementary school education programme, the YUMA/ Nepal will implement technical education programme to produce semi-skilled manpower for Nepal. In order to make the working children more skilled, self-sufficient and economically empowered this technical education programme will be started in different subjects. The subjects at present identified as Plumbing, Electrical wiring, Carpentry, Masonry, Business Management, Tailoring, Secretarial Science, etc.

In order to provide follow up services and improve the condition of working children a community rehabilitation unit will also be developed. This unit will have community workers who with regularly visit their working please and provide every possible support and service. An advisory board will also be constituted with the representatives from concerned NGO's and professionals. This board will contribute in policy formulation, programme planning and execution.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

The programme co-ordinate will officially be responsible in regular monitoring of the activities. Besides the executive board will also help in monitoring the programme. At the end of first three months of the programme execution, an evaluation meeting will be conducted. This meeting will, hopefully provide feedback for the effective implementation of the programme.

A Terminal evaluation report will be submitted to the donor after one year of its programme implementation.

A periodical meeting of the working children will also is organise in order to reflect their feeling and aspiration to this programme.

Programme Activities:

The following programme activities and foundered to implement the programme.

** Formation of co-ordination committee and advisory board.
** Appointment of programme co-ordinate curriculum development negotiation with government.
** Base line survey.
** Survey report publication.
** Identification of school area, teachers selection. Training and general briefing meeting, identification of students.
** Opening of the school for working children.
** Selection of community workers, home visit feed back session.
** Meeting of working children.
** BI-monthly exams and final exams. New session, appointment of additional teachers/community workers.
** Monitoring and evaluation meeting.
** Evaluation report and planning meeting for the next years.

Programme Budget:

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Hence the amount for 3 years

Currency Value 1 US$ = 76 NRs.