File - `We` for Change

2013
Annual Report
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
WFC
„We‟ for Change
IYD
International Youth Day
IDP
International Peace Day
SRHR
Sexual and Reproductive health and Rights,
TDH
terre des homes
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
LGBTQI
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersexual
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT (CO-FOUNDER)
In March 2012, „We‟ for Change was born. It was born with different approach especially
focusing the issues of adolescents by the young people. I feel proud to say that „We‟ for Change
is one and functioning organization in Nepal, which is led and governed entirely by youth under
the age of 24. I am sure that this attitude to challenge oneself for progress and betterment makes
„We‟ team dynamic and confident.
Today, I am very pleased to write foreword in Annual Progress Report of „We‟ for Change after
almost two years of establishment of the organization. At the same time, I would like to
acknowledge the efforts of cofounders in establishment of the organization. The organization
would not have been functioning without the passionate work of current executive board. In real,
2013 – 2014 Board‟s contribution has taken organization into new era of Change.
I am very glad that members of the organization are initiating new programs and are eager to
learn more from the seniors. I wish initiation and ideas revived from the members will get a
better platform in the organization. In coming days, „We‟ for Change wish to create more
dynamic youth and youth leaders who contribute to our developing country in dramatic style.
This progress report documents some of the contribution made by the organization in youth
capacity and leadership development. I wish best for the team.
NishchhalKharal
President (Co-Founder)
CONTENTS
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CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMERY
OVERVIEWS
 Organizational background
 „We‟ Priorities
 Vision
 Mission
 Working issues
 Working principle
WORK OF THE YEAR
 Young Civic Leadership
 Environmental Sustainability
 Adolescence Health
 Right Alert!
 Other Major Programs
PICTURES
 Programs picture
 Press Release
OUR PEOPLE
 Existing Human Resources
 Living Our Values
 Network Partners
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 Expenditure trends
 Funding sources
APPENDIX
ORGANIZATION IN COMING YEAR
CONTACT US
1. OVERVIEWS
1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUNDS
'We' for Change, established in 24th September, 2012 (Res. 334 /069/070) is a non - profit youth
led (16 -24years aged groups) Non-Governmental Organization, committed to work for positive
change in Nepalese society. It is a youth run NGO working for advocating for change along with
connecting young people to knowledge, experience, and resources for their capacity building and
leadership development and improve the quality of life of adolescents of Nepal.
„We‟ forChange recognize the unique capacity of every young people and admire for
passionate commitment addressing critical and emerging social issues through inventive
approaches. Since its establishment, the organization has been conducting many change-oriented
programs by developing social response, engaging, and inspiring the involvement of individuals,
groups, communities, organizations, and governments.
1.2 „WE‟ PRIORITIES
„We‟ for Change‟s over-riding priorities is maximum involvement of the underprivileged and
marginalized young people, from the point of prevention to the need for effective response. The
organization conduct activities with its youth by being focused on its four major thematic areas
like young civic leadership, environmental sustainability, adolescence health and right alert!. In
addition, other major works of the organization includes the emerging issues of the countries or
any other new and fresh ideas that result the positive change and improved condition of the
society. Improving the quality of life of adolescents also falls under the major priority of the
organization. The organization‟s indicators for quality of life of adolescents are:
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Effective education
Access health
Sustainable environment
Freedom with responsibility
Enriched leadership platform
1.3 VISION
 'We' for Change envisions that every young people are able to realize and develop their full
potential as positive and productive members of society with improved quality of life.
1.4 MISSION
 Empower young people to build their capacity and develop leadership.
 Assist adolescents to improve the quality of life.
1.5 WORKING ISSUES
 Young Civic Leadership
 Environmental Sustainability
 Right Alert!
 Adolescent Health.
1.6 WORKING PRINCIPLES
 Youth involvement
 Rights and Responsibility
 Workshop\interaction programs
 Lobbying and Advocacy
 Collaboration
 Innovation
 Volunteerism
2. WORK OF THE YEAR
Report 2012-2013
2.1 YOUNG CIVIC LEADERSHIP
„We‟ for Change believes a young person to be a national assets and resources and empower
them by involving in every aspects of organizational work for more realistic and effective
results. We incorporate the experiences and priorities of youth themselves into all that we do.
„We‟ for Change wants every young people to be involved in some sorts of social issue and
contribute from their own side. Therefore, the organization targets the underprivileged and
marginalized young people, from the point of prevention to the need for effective response.
2.1.1 Goals
To identify, analyze, collaborate, and solve pressing societal needs and issues through the efforts
of broadly engaged young adolescent citizens, „We‟ for Change aims to:
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Educate young people about Youth Empowerment and Capacity Building.
Strengthening Youth Access to Resources and technology.
Youth Outreach and Opportunity Sharing.
2.1.2 Outcomes
„We‟ for Change pursues the following outcomes:
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Development and engagement of emerging and current young leaders for upliftment of
society.
Youths are actively engaged in building and implementing efforts for building competence
and confidence.
A platform to develop and groom one‟s leadership capabilities strengthened
2.1.3 TABLE
S.
N
1.
PROJECT\
PROGRAMS
'Youth, who we
are
2.
YUWATANTRA
 Youth Meet
 The Great
Debaters
 'Youth, Speak
Up!' &DocuFlim Screening
3.
Leadership School
ACTIVITIES
Celebrating
international
youth day by
organizing
'Collage Making
competition
among school
students.
Celebrating
international
youths day
Discussion
programs with
socially active
and interested
youths
A debate
program
conducted
among youth in
title “brain
drain” major
existing
problem on
Nepalese
youths.
Discussion on
the theme of
IYD with
Activists and
charity show .
Program
organized in
DATE\
DURATIONS
August 12, 2012
EXPENDIT
URE(RS)
150
OUTPUTS
Able to reach out
among large mass
of youth
1st -12th August
2013
August 9, 2013
1,265
August 4, 2013
2,800
1,200
Leadership skills
development
among youths.
15,935
Polish the
leadership skills of
August 3, 2013
August 17 - 18,
2013
Involvement of
youth for self and
social
transformation in a
infotainment
manner
We were able to
focus the concern
of youths in the
matter of brain
drain.
order to develop
leadership skills
among youths.
4.
Youth, speak up!
Discussion
August 31, 2013
program among
youths about the
condition of
LGBTQI in
Nepalese society
5.
Live your dream
Program
conducted in
infotainment
way that targets
to encourage the
youth in
building up their
competence and
confidence
20th September &
5th October , 2013
250
1,120
the members
Draft 6 months
long Action Plan
during the
program.
Through this
program, we were
somehow able to
clear the
discrimination,
stigma present in
the Nepalese
Society.
Skills, Leadership,
personality, and
communicational
development of the
students of
secondary to higher
secondary level.
2.2 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
The problem of environment degradation is growing day by day and the concerns have been
growing widely about changing environment and its impact upon the lives of the earth .So, „We‟
choose to put a step forward and work for environmental sustainability for a change though in
small level. „We‟ believe in informing and inspiring young people towards the issue of
environmental sustainability to minimize the impact on environment.
2.2.1 Goal
To find innovative ways by the young people to cut costs and minimize our impact on the
environment through energy and water conservation
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Educate young people about the eco-system management.
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Build strong protective factors for the young people about resource efficiency.
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Enable the young people to act in green with the concept of reduce-reuse-recycle.
2.2.2 Outcomes
„We‟ for Change pursues the following outcomes
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Youth have rich insight about the contemporary environmental issues.
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Youth will serve as a catalyst for the protection and the promotion of the environment.
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Youths will be reducing the carbon footprints, which help in maintaining the ecology.
3.2.3 TABLE
S.N
PROJECT\PR
OGRAMS
1. Cleanliness
Campaign
2. Cleanliness
Campaign 2
3. Water, Water
everywhere
only if we
share!
4. 'We' paint
green!
5. YUWATANT
RA
 Green
Thread
 We'
Discard
Plastic
ACTIVITIES
DATE\DURA
TIONS
Cleanliness
program
in
Buddhanagar,
Kathmandu.
Follow up of
cleanliness
campaign 1.
Organized drama
and interaction
program on
preservation of
Stone Spout for
Water and
Cultural
Sustainability
April 24, 2012
EXPEND ACHIEVEMENTS
ITURES(
RS)
15,826
The community members
motivated towards a clean and
green environment.
March 2013
850
March 22,
2013
1,500
Painting
June 1 & 5, 11,100
competition
2013
among
school
students with the
theme Youth and
Environment- A
beautiful
Day
Ahead.
1st
-12th
August, 2013
Bind the green
1,500
thread in hands of
people to promote
greenism.
Awareness
program about the
plastic and make
3,500
Involve of youths and aware
public about the effects of over
use of water and also motivate
them to use water in a limited
manner.
Focused the concern of young
school students towards
greenism.
Success to reach hundreds of
youth and able to flow the
message
of
sustainable
development by binding the
green thread and writing down
the hopes of youths.
people were aware and
encouraged to save the green
environment and act for
some relief from
plastic in
Baneshwor area
 Cleanliness
Campaign
6.
'We' team cleaned
the
road
of
Buddhanagar,
office area to raise
awareness
regarding
environment .
 Tree
of Artificial
tree
Hope
demonstrated in
basantapur where
hopes of almost
3700 youth were
placed and hang in
the tree
Foot watchers cycling and hiking
where we try to
reduce
our
footprint in our
mother earth.
sustainable change
1500
Made community people
concern towards GREEN
issues.
6,238
Able to reach among 1000 of
youth.
Promotion of Greenism
1,500
to reduce their footprint in
some extant.
2.3 ADOLESENCE HEALTH
During the transition from childhood to adulthood, adolescents establish patterns of behavior and
make lifestyle choices that affect both their current and future health. Serious health and safety
issues such as motor vehicle crashes, violence, substance use, and risky sexual behaviors can
adversely affect adolescent and young adults. Therefore, WFC choose to work for it under its
thematic area Adolescence Health.
3.3.1 Goals
Improve the healthy development, health, safety, and well-being of adolescents and young
adults, WFC aims to:
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Educate young people about the transitional period that includes the biological changes of
puberty and the need to negotiate key developmental tasks.
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Educate and prepare all key stakeholders in the prevention, identification, and response to
health of young people.
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Increased focus on the use of positive youth development interventions for preventing
adolescent health risk behaviors.
3.3.2 Outcomes
„We‟ for Change pursues the following outcomes:
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Young people are prepared for transitioning to adulthood and to achieve some level of
independence within their communities.
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Young people feel prepared and equipped to help themselves and others to leave care in a
safe and appropriate manner.
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Development of well-designed youth focused health interventions on SRHR substance abuse,
water, sanitation, and hygiene.
TABLE 3.3.3
S.N
PROJECT|PR
OGRAMS
1. YUWATANT
RA
 Street
hitters(I)
2. Pay for Hug
Activities
DURATION|
DATE
1st – 12th
August 2013
EXPENDI OUTPUT
TURE
Performed a
street drama
at
Basantapur.
focusing on
the
drug
abuse
and
HIV
infection
Fund raising
event
conducted for
children
living with
HIV\AIDS.
6th august
5,800
Aware about the adverse
effect of drug addiction and
HIV infection due to the
unhealthy and careless
sexual behavior.
26th Nov1stDecember
,2013
5,608
Able to collect adequate
fund and supported the
children‟s of Nawakiran
Plus.
2.4 RIGHT ALERT!
Under this thematic area, WFC helps young people to claim and maintain their right, freedom and
dignity along with responsibility.Right Alert contribute to fundamental changes in societies, reflected in
equal, fair and just distribution of power, knowledge by involving young people.
2.4.1 Goals
To create a community for young people where every person values, understands, and respects
human rights and equal opportunity. „We' for Change aims to:
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Educate young people about the fundaments of human rights.
Promote respect and observance of the democracy and the rule of law.
Motivate young people to take positive and peaceful action in support of human rights.
2.4.2 Outcomes
„We‟ for Change pursues the following outcomes:
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Youths will serve as a catalyst for the protection and the promotion of the human rights.
Youths will be working for creating the platform for equal opportunity and fair treatment.
Development of well-designed youth focused health interventions on Violence Against Girl,
Eve Teasing, Bullying and child protection.
2.4.3 Table
S.N
PROJECT|PRO
GRAMS
ACTIVITIES
DURATION|DA
TE
1. Candles
for This is a 'Rally,
Constitution and Gathering and
Peace
Candle lighting'
program to
advocate for
peace.
2012
2. Hand shake for
peace.
2013
Celebration of
IPD by shaking
hands with the
passerby of
Basantapur area
EXPENDITUR OUTPUT
E
(RS)
6,000
'We' for Change
was successful to
gather large
number of mass
and concern
youth in related
issue.
525
Able to reach
thousands of
youth and shared
message of
peace.
2.5 OTHER MAJOR PROGRAMS
Beside staying on its major thematic issues „We‟ for change organize other various programs and
events based on new and creative ideas or based on any current and emerging issues for the
positive change in the society.
2.5.1 Table
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2
3
4
PROJECT|PRO
ACTIVITIES
DURATION|D
GRAMS
ATE
Charity event
Charity show in March
10,
Mandala Theater the
title 2013
“Degree maila‟s
dream”
for
educational
support
House of Book More than 3000 May 3, 2013
@
Book donated
Narayansthan ,
to provide equal
Kavre
access to the
children
of
Naransthan
Higher
Secondary
school
YUWATANTR
1st-12th August
A
,2013
 „We” paint Painting
7th August
White
program where
the walls was
painted with
white colors
with picture
message saying
“hope can get
free”
EXPENDITURE
OUTPUT
13,000
Successful to bring the
large number of youth
together for 'Education
Support'
5,000
Able to bring a small
change to help to open
the mind of the
underprivileged
children.
3,560
Publicized the theme
of TYD 2013
 traffic
maintenance
1,440
Awared the general
public about some
basic Traffic rules to
some extent
500
Able to draw attention
towards the history of
Helped Nepal
Traffic
in 8th August
controlling the
vehicles
and
assisting
the
peddlers.
Docu - Film Film Screening
Screening:
at WFC Office
Purano Nepal
6
premises based
on
the
experience of
Tony
Hagen
while his Nepal
visit in 90s.
Let‟s be Santa Donation
15th -25th
6,260
this Christmas
program
December,2013
conducted
to
help
the
underprivileged
of the children
of Jyoti Lama
Foundation
with at least a
piece of cloth
for this winter.
Nepal.
Able to raise needed
fund to provide needed
materials to the
children of Jyoti lama
foundation.
3. OUR PEOPLE
3.1 Existing Human Resource
 Members :10
 Advisory board :5
 Executive Board : 7
 Interns
:2
 Volunteers : 8
3.2 Living our values
 Quality of life
„We‟ recognize the importance of relevant training, development and learning opportunities both
personal and professional to help the members to work effectively and professionally. „We‟ aims
to install a culture of learning in the organization so that our members can share learning and
develop together learning. „We‟ for Change provides such a working environment where the
member finds fun in work and enjoy taking the responsibility. We are focusing our concern on
developing the skills, talent, and capacity of its member. In addition, the organization provides
different types of internal or external opportunities whereby all its members receive the same
levels of induction, leadership training to ensure that “We” make the most of the talents that is
available within itself.
 Leadership transformation
Leadership transformation itself is the main theme of the organization. Young people (16-24
aged groups) lead the organization where one member will transfer his knowledge to other
through different medium. For this, we are conducting three different internal programs as
Teaching the Technique, Youth Café and Youth Speak up!. Capacity development of its
members either by teaching different skill technique to one another, or by conducting debate,
discussion about different emerging issues within members or some expertise is the main focus
of these programs.
 Health & safety
The security, good health, and safety of our members are a prime responsibility of our
organization. We aim to provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions, equipment
and systems of work for all members, interns and volunteers; as well as the necessary resources,
information, instruction, training and supervision to achieve this policy.
 Experiment
„We‟ for Change is serving as a platform where members are given opportunity to conduct
program based on their own ideas. „We‟ believe in exploring by doing then learning by doing.
Therefore, it act as a experimental platform for youths to explore things with their own initiation
then working by following order of the one in authority.
3.3 Network partners
We‟ supposes that working through networks enrich the efficiency of its programs and project. It
has active networks and vigorous partners that supports and helps to run the programs in
collective efforts of the organizations. While organizing programs under its thematic areas and
implementing the project activities as well as campaigning against different emerging issues, it
has been working with national and international partners.
Our partners\supporters
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terre des hommes, Germany
Youthinkgreen - jugenddenktum.welt, Germany
Thames International College, Kathmandu
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Kathmandu
BNH Charity, Australia
Rotaract Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town
4. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
4.1 Expenditure trends
In the year 2012-2013, expenditure of the organization was about 1.5 lakhs for the four
thematic areas, other inventive programs and miscellaneous as shown in following figure.
The highest proportion of expenditure went on for the environmental programs, as WFC is
managing fund from its donor organization especially for the programs related to
environmental sustainability. Along with this, the maximum number of expenditure of the
organization is followed by other events for social cause, young civic leadership, and
adolescence health.
(%)
3000.00%
2500.00%
2000.00%
1500.00%
1000.00%
500.00%
0.00%
6.2 Funding sources
In the year 2012-013 the funding in organization came from various sources. The following piechart shows the funding source of the organization.
source of expenditure
36.46%
26.65%
Donor
Fundraising event
Members Contribution
33.40%
3.49%
5. APPENDIX
Events
6. ORGANIZATION IN COMING YEAR
We envision a future full of possibilities of taking forward our ideas and thoughts of social
change and the implementation of those ideas as well. The tireless attempt towards perfection is
what we seek to achieve. The plans of our organization are thus just not mere plans but are the
dreams of all the young people.
-Exploring
-Experimental
platform
-Tansitional phase
-Advocacy
-Collaboration
-Mentoring
7. CONTACT US
Buddhanagar -10, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Website: www.weforchange.org
Mailing Address: info@weforchange.org
-Creating
platform and
opportunity to
the
underpriviledged
young people in
the coming years.
-Trasformation of
the young people
into a good
leader.