Background of HICODEF

Himalayan Community Development Forum (HICODEF) is a national non-governmental organization registered at Nawalparasi District in 1999. It is a pure social development and not profit making organization. As of now, it has been affiliated with Social Welfare Council, NGO Federation and National CBR Network. In addition, it is involved in various district level forums. It has decade long experience in development field and hundreds of thousands of community get benefited from its integrated community development programme. HICODEF is dedicated for the empowerment of the socially backward people (i.e. women, children, poor, disable and socially excluded) through participatory approach.

Activities

Marketing of the products The discussion was made with local cooperative named Lekhbesi Social Entrepreneur women cooperative Ltd. for marketing of the vegetables.

Irrigation system support There were an activity design for irrigation system support in this project to provide year round water availability to the communities for domestic and agriculture use.

Farmers’ Field School ________ There are 6 events (3 events each in Satakun village and Durlungan village) of FFS has been implemented in this period.