Relief Fund for Coronavirus Pandemic Victims

ADWAN’s beneficiaries are low-caste, marginalized, poor Nepali women andchildren.  Most live in remote rural areas isolated by ignorance, gender bias and the caste system, as well as marginalized in their families and communities. In one of the poorest nations in the world, Dalit women and girls are among the most vulnerable and the last to receive any education. 

ADWAN always stands for the vulnerable people when they need help. We are the first responder after we’ve got the information from the affected area. Our board along with staffs have connection with local government authority and actively involved to select appropriate beneficiaries. We involved two boards, 2 staffs and 6 volunteers in Chitwan and Gorkha district. Special emphasis was placed on the neediest families. We also involved member from the local government authority to ensure that we identified real needy and poverty-stricken families. Member of local government gave us adequate cooperation in this regard.

The needs and priorities are changed in comparison to the start of lock down. Situation has been worsening with the uncertain extension of lock down. At its start, the daily wage earners in informal sectors were seen as the most vulnerable groups because they used to fulfill hand to mouth problem by daily wage earnings. But long time duration of deadlock has impacted their stable economic condition as their source of income has been stopped, the alternate source of income from their husbands’ foreign employment, and Dalit’s professional work for tailoring in market place or in garments has been completely closed. Earlier only the most vulnerable groups faced economic crisis vastly but at present situation women of better position are also going through the critical condition. They are in the situation of starvation. All the people need food support in present condition.

The family head that received our relief items passed very positive comments. During visit of our Office staff members they interviewed a lot of affected people. The affected families appreciated our efforts as they received relief good items in timely manner. They said that ADWAN has selected genuinely affected and the poorest families who have no other alternative to provide food. Local people assisted our team members during distribution as they were satisfied with our beneficiary selection and quantity of food and hoping for more if lock down go for more days.

There is no work to earn; the poor villagers are passing days half-fed, the children’s are waiting for food. ADWAN knows that, the relief was insufficient according to their needs, but lack of fund crisis we are unable to distribute more food for the affected people after having huge demand of community people. To support them we need financial support from our friends, well-wisher and development partners. The GG supports will be very encouragement to the lock-down affected peoples to survive from the starvation.