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Welcome to FOS
Uplifting poverty in rural areas
We work as a team
Uplifting poverty in rural areas
Friends of Sankhu (FOS) is a non-government organization registered under the Association Registration Act 2034 of Nepal. It was established in 1991 with the vision of enhancing rural development through the creation of self-awareness among the people of the community. It mobilizes people to make collective efforts for their own socio-economic development, environmental protection, and human resource development. FOS believes that community members themselves are most knowledgeable about their problems and with proper orientation, motivation and training can identify the best way to solve them. Thus for the development initiatives to be successful, emphasis must be placed on involving target beneficiaries throughout the entire process, from need identification to action. Community involvement in all stages provides people with the opportunity to acquire new skills and knowledge, overcome obstacles, and ultimately build confidence. FOS believes that the development process is a continuous process and it can be sustained only through the community’s participation in needs assessment and prioritization of these needs. The primary resources of FOS are approximately 60 members, who are highly committed development workers devoted to alleviate worst forms of poverty in the rural areas.
FOS has implemented programs directly related to health and environment. The activities include awareness related activities such as health awareness workshops and campaigns. To improve household and community environment, FOS supports and encourages use of smokeless stoves, pit toilets, and school and public toilets. Further, FOS carries out health camps and first aid training courses, first aid kit box distribution and it encourages community plantation.
Woman groups are involved in regular savings and credit activities. Mobilization of savings and credit activity is carried out through income generation activities such as vegetable farming, improved livestock and small business. FOS offers varieties of training courses to the local community to support its income generation activities. In addition, it provides technical as well as material support such as agricultural technicians and improved seeds distribution.
Sankhu as an ancient town boasts about numerous historical monuments. In the past, wealthy individuals, religious groups or families used to build such monuments to obtain religious merits. However, as they lost the sources of income,these monuments have been left without maintenance. Somanyof them are in dilapidated condition. In the recent past, the NGO Friends of Sankhu (FOS) took up the responsibility of conserving cultural heritagesof the town.
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