1.     Social Mobilization:

Social mobilization (SM) is the approach, which focuses on the households at the settlement, village, and Union Council level through different interventions. The process includes the formation of Community Organizations (COs), Village Organizations (VOs), and Local Support Organizations (LSOs) in general termed as formation of Community Institutions (Cis). In SM process, one woman from each surveyed household form Community Organisations (COs) at Settlement Level, then clustered into Village Organisations (VOs) at Village Level and then further clubed into Local Support Organizations (LSOs) at UC Level.

The COs, VOs and LSOs will be instrumental in identifying and prioritizing their own development issues and programmes.

For improved governance, the transparency in decision-making will be ensured through involvement of communities freely through holding general body meetings and signed resolutions, verified by field-based social mobilizers. Experience has also shown that organized communities are able to solve local disputes amicably once they have their own platform. The social mobilizers will be trained to foster a cadre of activists from community organizations that will provide leadership to communities.

2.     Income Generation Grant (IGG)

IGG is one-time grant upto Rs. 25,000 to the poor and poorest women having no any repaying capacity. It is a grant focuses specifically on the poorest households through community organizations by giving them access to microfinance, while at the same time increasing their levels of empowerment, confidence and skills.

3.     Community Investment Fund (CIF)

CIF is a revolving interest-free loan upto Rs. 40,000 which will be given for productive and income generation activities. The essence of CIF is to create self-managed strong institutions of micro financing. CIF is an investment fund owned, run and managed by community institutions (CO/VO/LSO) under the supervision of Implementing partner.

It focuses specifically on the poorest households through community organizations by giving them access to microfinance, while at the same time increasing their levels of empowerment, confidence and skills.

4.     Vocational Training Program (VTP)

Vocational trainings under various traits/skills will be imparted to beneficiaries to develop a potential for employment. These beneficiaries would preferably from households being given IGG/ CIF so that the concerned household has vocational skills for sustainability and micro capital for generating some income.

5.     Low-Cost Housing (LCH)

Under LCH houses shelter will be given to shelter less households. The objective of this component is to provide optimal living facility particularly to women. The cost of LCH varies between schemes from Rs. 165,000 to Rs. 325,000.

6.     Kitchen Gardening (KG)

This intervention is intended to increase year-round access to nutritious foods, thereby bringing down the cost of a nutritious diet and increasing self-sufficiency. This activity can be carried out on small landholdings courtyard, which make them appropriate to the very poor, who generally own little if any land. Livelihood options are particularly limited for women. Kitchen gardening is culturally acceptable for women and can be carried out at home and women to focus on child-caring, household chores, and build on existing skills.

7.     Village Improvement Programme (VIP)

Village improvements Program will comprise provision of paved walkways, sanitation facilities including drainages, infrastructure for potable (drinking water) on the basis of village improvement plan developed by VO with the technical assistance of implementing partner.

8.     Enterprise Development Fund (EDF)

Provide Interest Free Loan which will be revolved among the beneficiaries. This fund will have a flexibility, in terms of amount, beneficiaries and specifically it will benefit to youth, women and men as an individual or as a group (by giving interest free loan amounting maximum to Rs. 500,000/- and Rs. 3.00 million respectively), who are willing to start and incubate their idea in the form of business or expansion in their existing business.

This intervention will primarily be concentrated in identified villages that have the potential to grow into rural hubs. This will be primarily supported through the CIF at individual or group basis by providing necessary Enterprise advice and support.  this intervention is to explore the hidden potential in rural communities and develop micro level enterprises for the communities. It will focus on development of small business and enterprises at local level, which in turn will create direct and indirect employment opportunities. It will also focus on promotion and revival of traditional skills including handicrafts, agro based and other local businesses of the village communities in the targeted areas. For this purpose, Business Development Groups will be formulated under VO/ LSO. It will be a group of 5 to 15 individual beneficiaries.