Related Issues
By being engaged in development activities in Nepal has
both positive and negative aspects. The positive aspect is the interaction with the
beneficiaries of our development aid and by being able to observe the benefits they
derived from the projects that were made possible through our assistance. Because we have
been engaged in development activities in Nepal for more than three decades, many of the
children born at that time attended schools that were constructed with NSP aid. Later on,
some have enrolled in our vocational training program to become skilled tradesmen, who are
now engaged in the implementation of projects aided by our organization, and some became
independent tradesmen. The NSP field staff, who coordinate our development activities on
the village level, are all local people from within our project area. They have also
passed through the various stages of training in projects supported by NSP to eventually
become community leaders.
The negative aspects are the many government rules that
regulate the presence of INGOs in Nepal. This criticism is not directed at the low level
government people with whom we may normally deal. They are all friendly and helpful
people. The criticism is directed at the upper echelon government bureaucrats who create
the rules that govern the presence of the voluntary sector in this country.The first two
pages below provide some insight into the system under which INGOs are compelled to
provide assistance to the poor people of Nepal.
The local government and INGOs