ISS is one of a few civil organizations that takes seriously the voices of the people they wish to serve. In this way they can respond in very creative and effective ways to the issues facing people w
Max Ediger
DirectorFirst of all, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the donors and stakeholders, who supported significantly for community development with social and economic empowerment of poor and vulnerable population of our working areas. As our motto is resilient community and prosperous individual . . . . . . .
Read moreIt is our great privilege in providing back up support for the welfare and development of people of Surkhet district in close coordination with local government, UNDP and other major contributors. We as a social non-profit organization has been continually delivering social development services to t . . . . . . .
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Interdependent Society Surkhet is a not-for-profit, non-government organisation inaugurated in District Administration Office on Sept. 26, 1999 with representatives of 138 groups and 10 main committees of 10 V.D.Cs., formed in V.D.C. level from community group and representatives of the group started by United Mission to Nepal, Surkhet Project with concept of process oriented development. It is based on concept of one home one member and now ISS has 2196 members where 1388 are women members.Have a long-term, local presence in throughout municipalities and rural municipalities of surkhet district, capital of Karnali Pradesh. ISS provides practical know-how to make a sustainable difference in the lives of people living in poverty by helping them in education, gender equality and social inclusion, climate change and resilience, raise inco . . . . . .
Read MoreThe Interdependent Society Surkhet has led the opportunities for income-generating activities and livelihood development through the implementation of the Sustainable Livelihood Program since its establishment . This policy note describes the program and reflects on opportunities the program has for improving and complementing other social protection programs.The objective of the Sustainable Livelihood Program is to reduce poverty and inequality by generating employment among poor households and by moving highly vulnerable households into sustainable livelihoods and toward economic stability. . . . . . . . . .
Read MoreInterdependent Society surkhet have been working on strengthening its institutions to ensure implementation of climate change by concerning into relevant policies and program's from community-based organizations. ISS is collaborating with national and local entities to provide services to the climate vulnerable communities. . . . . . . . . .
Read MoreWith aims to cater the needs of socially excluded groups living below the poverty lines by promoting off-farm employment, the ISS has evolved as a model of entrepreneurship development with potentials of lifting thousands of people out of poverty. Targeting the rural poor, women and disadvantaged group.The role will be in developing enabling environment and building institutional capacity of the Ministry of Industry and other partners for the sustainable delivery of MED services thereby contributing for reducing poverty through transferring entrepreneurship development knowledge and skills; creating, promoting, and sustaining micro-enterprises, and generating self-employment and employment o . . . . . . . . .
Read MoreThe programme supports to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of rural poor people through decentralization. The programme focuses on strengthening local level infrastructure that are important of and responsive to village-level concerns and priorities for investment. It creates self-sustaining infrastructures, especially at village level. The programme promotes more vibrant economies that can generate tax revenues to finance local government costs and reaches out to the poorest people to ensure that they benefit directly from support . . . . . . . . .
Read MoreISS has worked towards improving the human rights situation at the grassroots level, with a special focus on the rights of women, children, and marginalized groups. ISS has been further working to support peace-building processes working with conflict-affected and internally displaced people. The organisation also seeks to enhance the capacity of human rights defenders and peace activists in Surkhet through organising trainings and information-sharing.The reintegration of conflict-affected children and young people has been regarded as crucial to sustainable peace in Surkhet. ISS has been promoting the human rights with the notion of peace and providing human rights information that help . . . . . . . . .
Read MoreISS is working on reproductive health issues since its establishment on different issues like HIV/ AIDS, Uternprolaps, and Reproductive health education to the school level student, mother groups, local level leaders as well as migrant workers. Up to now, ISS has been providing knowledge and skill to more than 25000 on reproductive health issues and around 500 women have received Utren Porlapse surgical treatment in coordination with provincial hospital surkhet Further more 1500 women have received ring pressure treatment through mobile clinic conducted by ISS . . . . . . . . . .
Read MoreISS is one of a few civil organizations that takes seriously the voices of the people they wish to serve. In this way they can respond in very creative and effective ways to the issues facing people w
Max Ediger
DirectorISS is one of the pioneer organizations, which rising propels vices and issues genuinely towards seeking solutions in a long-term way. ISS has a strong connection with the community people and it alwa
Ammar Bahadur Ayer
Executive Director, Sahakarmi Samaj Surkhet