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Ray Of Hope Society - Community Development, Nawal Parasi

Community / Agriculture Development,
Micro-enterprise / Loan Schemes,
Evangelism / Church Planting

Partnership Overview

There are many communities in Nepal that are not developing and in which there are inadequate facilities and incentives to grow. Nawal Parasi provides opportunities for agriculture and medical growth and the Ray of Hope Society sees this as the best site for their next engagement.

 

Life is tough for the poor

History Of Partnership

Bright Hope World met Niranjan first in 2003 while he was a student at SAIACS in Bangalore. Since his return to Nepal we have supported one project in Saptari. BHW staff have visited Nepal on two previous occasions and in 2008 returned again to discuss future plans.

A new community development partnership has been developed that is very exciting. It has components of medical intervention, agriculture development, job creation and micro-enterprise loan support.

Beneficiaries

The immediate beneficiaries will be the people of Nawal Parasi who will have access to the clinic. The clinic will consist of treatment, access to specialists, affordable medicines and training in basic nutrition and health. Other beneficiaries will include people who become members of the Society who will get access to loans and other income generation and job creation projects.

There are 580,000 people in the Nawal Parasi District. This clinic will serve more than 8,000 people in the seven villages and the workers housing compound.

What We Like About The Partnership

The strong leadership structure and the generosity of the leaders
The clear strategy that has been developed
The holistic nature of the whole partnership
The strong network of trainees that provides the context for this partnership 

Relationship To Other Partnerships

This is a second partnership developed with ROHS - see NEP02a

Key People

Leadership Profile

Niranjan and Sonu - leaders

The key people are Niranjan and Sonu Adhikary. They live in Kathmandu. After training at University Niranjan was employed by Campus Crusade for Christ. He developed into a leadership role there, especially in training people. After marrying, they decided to go to SAIACS for further training and while there decided that on returning to Nepal he would look for a totally different model of doing ministry. He was and is very concerned about the dependence that much Christian ministry in Nepal has on outside funding and resources. He wants to develop a Nepali way of doing and funding ministry so he began training people in a different way.

Many of these people have gone out into difficult areas to plant churches. There are now 17 of these churches in various parts of the country, often in small towns. Another person is now in charge of training, but many issues come back to Niranjan, especially leadership issues. Niranjan and Sonu are also involved in leading a small church near their house.

They have two small children and live in their own house.

Vision And Annual Strategy

The vision is to create a Resource Fund that will generate many self sufficient projects to resource the poor and enhance the health and growth of the church in Nepal. In Nawal Parasi the project has the following components and strategy:

1) To establish a medical clinic in the community that will treat some 200 patients per day. This will create a profit that will go into the Resource Centre Fund.

2) To establish a model farm on which to show new farming methods and generate a profit. 

3) To establish other related business that will benefit members of the Society

4) To establish a Society, the members of which will be able to access loans and funds for the development of their own businesses and farms and that will start new enterprises for the purpose of increasing income to the Resource Fund and to create new employment opportunities

Annual Budget

There is an initial requirement for $US25,220 to establish and support the clinic

$US18,450 will be required over two years to establish the farming operation and then it will be self funding.

There is also a need for around $US18,700 to boost the Resource Fund over three years to provide a strong capital base at the start.

The budget for 2010/2011 is US$3,850.

Personal Testimony

Real "Life Change" Stories

NN (name withheld) is a mother of two children. Below her house there is a small room on the street from which she runs a sewing business. She is an expert tailor and makes a good living from her work. She has two people come in part time to help her. She stitches for other people, makes clothes for others and from time to time makes garments to sell.

The sewing business

She has a plan to expand her business so she can train other people, employ six more and open a shop for the sale of material and clothing. This would involve renting a larger building with a shop, stocking the shop and decorating it, and buying some more machines.

Her desire is to help more people become self sufficient like she is and to be able to give more so that Christian missionaries can be supported. To achieve this she wants a loan of around $US4,000. There is nowhere she can find that sort of money. It's exactly the sort of person who would benefit from the Resource Fund.

How Can I Help?

The clinic has been funded. Talk to us about how you could invest in other parts of this partnership, there is room for you.