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Introduction to Rural Development Centre (RDC), Doti

Doti is one of the districts of Seti Zone situated in the far western development region of Nepal and it occupies over 2025 square km. of area. It extends from 280 54' to 290 28' north latitude and 800 30' to 810 14' east longitude. The district comprises of fifty village development committees and one municipality. Geographically, more than 90 percent of area is covered by hills with the altitude ranging from 320 meter to 3725 meters above the sea level. The district has very diverse topography in terms of geomorphology, altitude and geological formations. High hill areas (Mahabharat range) in the north and south and narrow River plain in between surround the district. Sub tropical climate is found in lower altitude areas whereas warm temperate climate prevails in high altitude areas. Rural Development Centre is a local level non-governmental organisation consisting of enthusiastic group of youth committed to serve the community to uplift the living standard of the disadvantaged and underprivileged. RDC is located in Daud VDC which is in the northern part of Doti district. In the beginning, this organization was established in the form of a club with the objective of creating awareness among the communities through various social awareness programmes and later this was registered in 2058/06/01 as a local NGO in the DAO (District Administration Office) with registration no. 178. In the same year this was affiliated with the Social Welfare Council in 2058/06/19 with registration number 12724. This organization has 245 general members from the local area where almost all the members are from northern part. RDC has 11 members in the Executive Committee representing different communities of Daud VDC including Dalits and out of which 4 are females, who are motivated, enthusiastic and have learning attitudes. This organization reflects inclusiveness in terms of gender and caste perspectives. As a club, it started many activities like cultural program, game and other campaigning which contributed towards the promotion of culture. After registering as a NGO, the organisation has conducted many social activities on its own initiative such as health and sanitation awareness programme, plantation in the community, HIV/AIDS awareness and literacy programmes and donor supported programs like Drinking water and sanitation, Community Literacy and Community Livestock Program. This organization is community based NGO. This organization had conducted some programmes related to the Drinking water and sanitation and livestock programme. Now they have two program supported by United Mission to Nepal and District livestock office. Community Livestock Program for the income generation by Goat Paincho. Awareness related program on the health and sanitation. World food day celebration.

Name of Organization	Rural Development Centre (RDC) Nepal Adress	Daud village development committee Doti Date of founding	2058/05 /26 Date of Registration in DAO	2058/06/01 Registration Number 	178 Date of Registration in SWC	2058/06/19 Registration Number	12724 Recent renewal date	2064/04/30 for 2065/03/31 Last date of general assembly held	2065/10/02

Program implemented •	Community Literacy Program (CLP) •	Drinking water and sanitation program •	Goat exchange program for income generation •	Awareness program on health and sanitation •	Awareness program on HIV/AIDS •	Scholarship program •	Participatory planning process •	Vegetable farming through community mobilization •	Baseline survey and poverty analysis

2	Brief Introduction of the organization

Vision

Prosperous and equitable society. Mission

Implementation of the right based and development oriented programmes in coordination and collaboration with other organizations through the mobilization of the local resources Goal

Livelihood improvement of poor and marginalized communities. Objectives •	To implement the income generation and skill development programmes •	To implement the right based and relief programmes for the target communities •	To implement the agriculture, environment, drinking water and health related programmes •	To implement the programmes in coordination with other organizations and individuals •	To implement the formal and non formal education programmes •	To minimize the superstitious tradition and inequality in the communities •	To support in disaster, relief and rehabilitation programmes •	To implement the programmes targeted against social deformities •	To implement the programme right to food, food security, food Sovereignty & Enterprises Development. •	a.	Geographical Working areas covered by the organization :

50 VDC and 1 Municipality of Doti district Current working area : Daud, Khatiwada, Lamikhal and Toleni VDCs

1. Target groups of the organization:

Dalits, women, poor, children and youth