The project intends to reduce stigma and discrimination amongst LGBTI in far western Nepal by providing technical support from Blue Diamond Society so that they could fight for the rights and have inclusive status in the region.
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What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Mahendranagar, Kailali Nepal
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
Sahayatra Nepal is a CBO based in Mahendranagar, the far western region of Nepal. According to Blue Diamond Society (BDS), Mahendranagar is a very backward region of the country from a development standpoint. Although there are a significant number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals living in the region, they are the least organized in all of Nepal.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
Advocacy is one of the most important parts of enhancing advocacy skill to the community as they lack such skills and training's due to lack of education and information. In response to it In-depth advocacy training will be provided to the community members so they become active and use all the learnt skills in their respective field.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
Assessment and Advocacy trainings will help to identify advocacy capacity of Sahayatra Samaja and the needs to strengthen them. Further BDS will provide advocacy training to the community members according to the needs assessment to build up their potentiality.
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How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
Around 50 community people working in Advocacy and HIV/AIDS prevention program will get trained. Coordination with different stakeholders will help them sustain in a long run as they are working for community people with the community.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
There is already coordination with different stakeholders in the region and has provided positive response. With this project, it will enhance further and support the community people from stigma and discrimination.
Contact name
PARSU RAM RAI
Organization
Blue Diamond Society