 HEALTHE IN NEPAL
While the literacy rate among adult men is 63%, among adult women it is only 35% (CIDA, 2000-2004)
Life expectancy at birth is 60 years
Population: 25.4 million, of whom 11.7 million are under 18 (UNICEF)
About 15% of the population lives in urban areas
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ON THE GROUND
We are planning projects related to the decentralization of community health services. Our interventions will link literacy to health and nutrition services.
PROFILES OF PARTNERS
National Indigenous Women Federation
Established in 1998, National Indigenous Women Federation is a national level non-government, non-profit Organization of the indigenous/ethnic women in Nepal. The main objective of the organization is to ensure the rights of indigenous women for equal access to national resources, opportunities, education, health and self-development of the concerned communities by making them aware of their contribution in national development works. As members, NIWF-N counts 13 indigenous women’s societies from all over Nepal. For more information, see www.niwf.org.np.
Association of District Development committees
The Association of District Development committees (ADDC/N) was founded by the DDCs (District Development Committees) themselves in 1995. Registered under the National Directives Act, 1961, with the approval of the cabinet, ADDC/N is a representative, collective institution of all seventy-five (75) DDCs. The DDCs are its institutional members. ADDC/N has a council, an executive committee and a secretariat based in Kathmandu. Each member DDC is represented in ADDC/N council, which functions as the sovereign body. ADDCN works with the principles of pluralist democracy and decentralization. The vision of ADDCN is to institutionalize decentralized local self-governance and people centered development process in Nepal that can adequately and effectively respond to the needs, preferences and aspirations of common people from the perspectives of need based, participatory, people-owned/sustained development. The goal is to build institutional and human capabilities of all local authorities to work towards the attainment of the vision. For more information, refer to www.addcn.org.np
 OTHER PARTNERS IN NEPAL
- National Indigenous Women Federation
- Association of District Development committees (ADDC/N)
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The tense political situation in Nepal has slowed down the initiation of activities on the ground. Uniterra's partners are presently setting their priorities and developing their plan of action for this sector.