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Support for the Tarayana Foundation
(last updated August 2006)
Phase I:
January
2005-December 2007
Budget: CFH
300,000
Partner:
The Tarayana Foundation
Contact: tarayana@druknet.bt
(partner) or
tashipem@helvetas.org.bt (Programme Officer)
Background/Introduction
Achievements
Activities
On-going activities
Future Outlook
Key Project Documents
Background/Introduction:
The Helvetas financial
contribution towards the Tarayana Foundation activities is for a period
of three years (January 2005 to December 2007). While the Foundation
has other goals and strategies, the goal of this project is to
contribute towards the Foundation’s mission “to help the vulnerable and
the disadvantaged help themselves” through enhancing rural livelihood
and improving the socio-economic security of vulnerable communities. The
project focuses on two major components of the Foundation’s Strategic
Plan 2005-2007: development of particularly the three communities of the
Lhops, the Oleps, and the Monpas, and the documentation of their
agro-ecological knowledge, their beliefs and practices; and the
development of rural arts and crafts in other remote communities in
Bhutan.
Within
the scope of this overall goal the project pursues two major
components.
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Development of
particularly the three communities of the Lhops, the Monpas and the
Olegpas as detailed in the Tarayana Foundation Development Plan 2005
– 2007 ; and
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Development of
rural Arts and Crafts as detailed in the Tarayana Foundation
Development Plan 2005 – 2007
To achieve the
objectives, the project concentrates on the following main group of
activities:
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Promote
economically viable skills through training in traditional artisan
skills while reviving them (traditional paper-making, nettle
weaving, carpentry) for rural and remote communities;
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Promote development
activities among specifically three communities of the Lhops, Monpas
and Olegpas; and
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Documentation of
the agro-ecological knowledge, beliefs and practices of the Lhops,
Monpas and Olegpas.
Achievements:
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Skills development
training in traditional paper making, nettle weaving and basic
carpentry completed in several communities;
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Market testing of
small-scale samples of products have been done within the country;
and
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Several rural
development initiatives begun and others identified.
On-going
activities:
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Challenges based on
lessons learnt (introduction of labor saving devices; marketing
challenges; human resources etc) are being addressed;
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Replication of on-going
and screening of newer community development initiatives are on-going;
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Monitoring/assessments
on-going.
Future
Outlook:
Marketing of finished
products is a major area that needs attention. Related to this would be
investments in low-tech equipment that would reduce the cost of
production, skills development in further refinement and diversification
of rural products, and developing marketing strategies.
On-going implementation of the Helvetas supported objectives of rural
development for socio-economic security as outlined in the Tarayana
Foundation’s Strategic Plan (2005-2007).
Documentation of the
agro-ecological knowledge, beliefs and practices of particularly the
communities of the Lhops, the Monpas and the Oleps.
Possible institutional
development support for the Foundation and other interested
non-governmental organizations in the country.
Key
Project Documents:
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