Empower Flood Affected Victims Families in Nepal

During this quater from January to March,2024, Flood affected victim families were organized institutionally in group to cater especially for off season late winter vegetable production to catch up better market price. These victim families choosed this activities as a post disaster activities to maintain their long run livelihood. In this regards these families involved in producing off season winter vegetable starting from nursery raising to in market for selling. These victim families get seed support with contributory basis, skill enhancement capacity building training, technical backstopping support by MRC staff. So that these families are capable of generating income from the sale of fresh vegetable product in local market. The data shows that from a unit of land (340 sq metre), these families are able to earn so atrractive income worth Nepali Rupees 20,000 equivalent to USD nearly 200. This income is the unimaginary income from these victim families which never have had before.

Not only these, victim families also consumed fresh vegetable all year round in their kitchen which are enrich of vitamin, minerals, carbohydrate, roughages, protein, etc. So that these poor peasant solved the problem of malnutrition and undernutrition. 

As a result these victim families exclaimed with pleasure that  thanks to GlobalGiving and MRC Nepal for the support of inputs and technologies to create employment and income for improving their miserable livelihood. They still expect for continued support.