Education And Child Protection
Aasaman Nepal (ASN) has been working in Nepal since 1999 helping marginalized children, their families and social orders to go to their rights to survival, assurance and cooperation. The organization has been supporting the foremost powerless children get to the right to instruction through inventive thoughts such as shaping understudy bunches and child-tracking framework, holding awareness workshops with guardians to ensure that they send their children to school and frame parents’ committees to beyond any doubt that schools are run properly. Currently, Aasaman Nepal is involved with various education-related projects.
Ongoing Projects Under Education and Child Protection
Promoting Inclusive Education in Siraha and Saptari
- Funding Partner: Vicente Ferrer
- Working Sector: Saptari and Siraha
- Duration: March 2024 to Apr 2025
- Beneficiaries: 200 Marginalized Children
- Project Objective: Promotion of child-friendly teaching and learning environment .
USAID Early Grade Learning
- Funding Partner: USAID / Chemonics International
- Working Sector: 225 palikas of 18 districts
Madhesh Province (Saptari, Siraha, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Bara, Rautahat, Sarlahi, Parsa) Gandaki Province (Kaski, Tanahun, Gorkha, Nawalparasi Bardaghat Susta Purba) Lumbini Province (Nawalparasi Bardaghat Susta Paschim) Sudhur Paschim Province (Kailali, Kanchanpur, Achham, Doti, Dadeldhura) - Duration: Nov 2023 to Dec 2027
- Target Beneficiaries: Strengthen the capacity of Federal, Provincial, and Municipal governments to improve learning outcomes in Grades 1- 3.
- Project Objective: Federal, Provincial, and Municipal governments.
USAID Equity and Inclusion in Education
- Implemented District: Madhesh Province
- Funding Partner: Plan International Nepal
- Working Sector: Children of grade 6 to 10, Parents, Stakeholders, Community
- Duration: Sept 2023 to Sept 2028
- Project Objective: Improve the quality of education for marginalized students in grades 6-10.
Promoting Gender Equality through Education in Dhanusha (Shikshya) Project
- Implemented District: Dhanusha
- Funding Partner: Plan International Nepal
- Beneficiaries: Pre-schools (3-4 years old) and basic education schools (5-12 years old) students and teachers
- Duration: June 2023 to December 2024
- Project Objective: Conduction
of alternative learning program and supported marginalized girls with basic
learning and life skills.
Build the Basic (BtB): Improving the Foundational Learning to Close the Learning Gap
- Implemented District: Sarlahi, Parsa, Mahottari, Surkhet, Salyan
- Funding Partner: Street Child of Nepal
- Beneficiaries: Children of grade 3, 4 and 5 schools and government stakeholders
- Duration: Sept 2023 to Sept 2026
- Project Objective: Recover the learning loss of grade 1 to 3
Supporting Operationalization of Comprehensive School Safety Minimum Package (CSSMP) in Madhesh Province
- Implemented District: Dhanusha , Rautahat and Saptari
- Funding Partner: UNICEF Nepal
- Beneficiaries: Direct beneficiaries: 14,500 students (50 per cent girls)
from early childhood education to grade 12 60 local government authorities, 59 school management committee members, 59 head teachers, and 59 CSS focal
teachers and 60 child club leaders and members Indirect beneficiaries: 29,000 parents and community members (40% women) - Duration: Sept 2023 to Sept 2024
- Project Objective: Enhancing children safety and Community Resilience through Operationalization of Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) Minimum Package
Civil Society Strengthening Program (SIDA)
- Implemented District: Madhesh Province
- Funding Partner: Save the Children and Sweden Sverige
- Working Sector: Child Protection
- Duration: August 2022 to November 2026
- Project Objective: Strengthen civil society in Nepal to become more robust actors that act in enhancing state accountability and empowering children and their communities to realize children’s rights
Bringing the Learning Gap: Leave No Girl Behind (LNGB)
- Implemented District: Sarlahi
- Funding Partner: Global Development Group
- Duration: Jan 2023 to December 2025
- Beneficiaries: Marginalized adolescent out-of-school girls
- Project Objective: empower girls through education and livelihood support
Bringing the Learning Gap: Leave No Girl Behind (LNGB)
- Implemented District: Parsa
- Funding Partner: Captivating International
- Duration: May 2022 to Apr 2025
- Beneficiaries: Marginalized adolescent out-of-school girls
- Project Objective: Increased
- access of out-of-school girls to formal school and livelihood opportunities
Integrated Community Development Program (ICDP)
- Implemented District: Dhanusha
- Funding Partner: Good Neighbor International
- Duration: Jan 2023 to December 2024
- Beneficiaries: Total Population: 2372 (Male: 1001; Female: 1371), Girls (0- 18): 777, Boys (0-18): 326, Young Men(19-24): 51, Dalit: 517, Disable:1 Sponsored Children Families: 43
- Project Objective: Aware the people and build their capacities for the enhancement and improvement of their communities.
Reducing Child , Early and Forced Marriage (R-CEFM) Projectt
- Implemented District: Rautahat , Mahhotari
- Funding Partner: Break through action/ Johns Hopkins Centre for Communication Program
- Duration: March 2023 to Sept 2024
- Beneficiaries: 3500+ students’ Local government stakeholders, teachers, school, religious, social leaders, child club, youth club, mothers’ group, women group, FCHVs, and local community
- Project Objective: Capacity building for employment to unemployed youth, returnee migrants and those who have lost jobs due to COVID-19
Girls Empowerment and Mainstreaming Sustainably (GEMS)
- Implemented Districts: Bara, Rautahat & Surkhet
- Funding Partner: FCDO/British Council and VSO
- Duration: September 2022 to March 2025
- Beneficiaries: 72450 (Female- 36959 Male-35501 including 725 People with Disability
- Project Objective: Inclusive society and equitable development in Nepal by strengthening girls’ education, Health and empowerment of women and girls.
Telethon – Child, Not Bride
- Implemented Districts: Dhanusha
- Funding Partner: Plan International Nepal
- Duration: January 2023 to December 2024
- Target Beneficiaries: 31,214 Stakeholders including Students, HT, Teachers, SMC, PTA, CC, MHM Club, Parents, Gender Focal Teachers, Young Women, Marginalized Communities, LGs, LCRC, VEC/MEC, CSOs, Cooperative EDD, EDUC, DCC
- Project Overall Goal: To reduce the incidence of child, early and forced marriage in 5 municipalities in Dhanusha.
Learn Program
- Implemented Districts: Dhanusha
- Funding Partner: Plan International Nepal
- Duration: January 2022 to December 2024
- Target Beneficiaries: Students, teacher, child club representatives, parents, marginalized community member, Sponsored child and family and Local leader
- Project Objective: To reduce the incidence of child, early and forced marriage in 5 municipalities in Dhanusha.
Knowledge Hub for Uplifting Socio-economically marginalized children and families through actions in Education and Economic Empowerment (KHUSEE)
- Implemented Districts: Bara ( Mahagadhimai M, Karaiyamai RM, Devtal RM)
- Funding Partner: Save the Children Korea/ Save the children International, Nepal
- Duration: August 2022 to July 2025
- Target Beneficiaries: 10,832 poor and marginalized family
- Project Objective: Strengthen inclusive and quality educational environment through sustained good governance and improved economic status of poor and marginalized families in Bara district.
Listening to the Experts
- Implemented District: Bagmati and Madhesh Province
- Funding Partner: Kindernothilfe (KNH)
- Duration: October 2021 to Sept 2024
- Beneficiaries: 350 working children, 56 NGO staff, 10 government officials
- Project Objective: Responsible local to national authorities and other actors, also at international level, begin to put the right to participation (UN CRC Article 12) of working children into practice.
Project Expected Outcomes: The perspectives and recommendations of working children and young people are taken into account by policy makers, i.e. they are incorporated into policies and programmes on child labour in Nepal and Pakistan
Leave No Girl Behind: Aarambha
- Implemented Districts: Bara, Rautahat
- Funding Partner: GEC/UKAID; People in Need (PIN) Nepal
- Duration: December 2018 to January 2024
- Target Beneficiaries: The project’s direct beneficiaries include un/married out-of-school adolescent (10-19 years) girls of the Madhesh province.
- Project Overall Goal/Impact/Objective: Improved life chances of married out-of-school adolescent girls in Central Terai of Nepal
Gender Transformative and Inclusive Quality Education Promotion Project (SPAD)- Learn
- Implemented Districts: Dhanusha
- Funding Partner: Plan International Nepal
- Duration: March 2022 – June 2023
- Target Beneficiaries: 10,500 students, teacher, child club representatives’ parents, marginalized community member, Sponsored child and family and Local leader of 15 Schools
- Project Objective: Improved access to inclusive, quality, safe and, relevant education for girls & young women which equips them for the future they desire
Promoting Quality Education for Girls and Marginalized Children of Dhanusha (NSD)
- Implemented District: Dhanusha, Terai, Nepal
- Funding Partner: The Royal Norwegian Embassy
- Target Beneficiaries: Children, Teacher Marginalized and Musahar Community Member
- Duration: Oct 2019 – Sept 2022, Extension: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
- Project Objective: To Provide quality education for girls and marginalized children of Dhanusha
Empowering A New Generation of Adolescent Girls Through Education (ENGAGE)
- Implemented District: Parsa, Surkhet, Dhading, Lamjung
- Funding Partner: Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Nepal
- Working Sector: Education
- Duration: August 2021-December 2022
- Project Objective: Empowerment of marginalized, out of school girls through greater advocacy and formation, operationalization of the ‘Girls and Inclusive Education Network’ so that they have an overall improved learning opportunities and outcomes
Sisters for Sisters Education (Phase II)
- Implemented District: Dhading / Parsa
- Funding Partner:
- Voluntary Service Organization (VSO) / DFID
- Target Beneficiaries: Girls from a marginalized community
- Duration: 2017-2021
- Project Objective: Supporting vulnerable girls to succeed in school and beyond
Breaking the Bond
- Implemented Districts: Mahottari, Dhanusha, Siraha
- Funding Partner: Street Child
- Duration: Aug 2018 – Mar 2021
- Target Beneficiaries: Musahar Girls
- Project Objective: Providing freedom through education and economic empowerment for Musahar Girls in Nepal
- Implemented Districts: Dhanusha
- Funding Partner: World Education
- Duration: Oct 2019- Dec 2021
- Target Beneficiaries: Children and Communities
- Project Objective: To build the capacity of Nepalese society to detect forced child labor and other labor abuses.
Marginalized No More (MNM)
- Implemented Districts: Sunsari, Saptari, Mahottari, Dhanusha, Siraha
- Funding Partner: Street Child of Nepal
- Duration: Sept 2019-Sep 2021
- Target Beneficiaries: Marginalized Communities including young girls and children’s
- Project Objective: Supporting adolescent Musahar girls to acquire functional literacy and numeracy.