As a part of the activities of the GEF Small Grants Programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded project ‘Waste-to-Energy Program for Indigenous Communities in Karnali Province’, The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), in collaboration with K P Byabasayik Sewa (KPBS) and Barahtaal Rural Municipality (RM) in Surkhet district, conducted Stakeholders Consultation Meetings with 1) Barahtaal RM and 2) Selected households from the indigenous Raji community on 24 and 25 Oct 2021 respectively. Through the meetings, the concerns of the community and municipality were discussed, and the project outcomes and their roles towards project implementation were informed.

The meetings were followed by the baseline survey. The baseline survey was administered to 40 households from the Raji community residing in Taranga and Kuta village, Barahtaal RM. The survey obtained data and information on the availability of land resources, substrate, water supplies and toilet facilities, solar panel installation, organic wastes generation, agricultural production, and livestock farming. The primary data generated will be used for evaluating the impact of the project.

Image 1: Stakeholders Consultation Meeting with Barahtaal Rural Municipality

Image 2: Stakeholders Consultation Meeting with the selected households from the indigenous Raji community

Image 3: Orientation to the Social Mobilizer (Mr. Laxman Raji) by our Field Coordinator (Mr. Krishna Prasad Dhakal)

Image 4: Baseline survey of the selected households

Image 5: Demonstrating the procedure for drawing excavation line