Introduction
Social Empowerment Forum (SEF) Baglung, registered in 2063 B.S. (AD 2007) in District Administration Office, Baglung and Social Welfare Council, is an organized non-profiteering and welfare oriented non-governmental organization. This organization has been established to conduct various programmes in economic, social, educational, health and human rights sectors. It supports to preserve and promote the rights of children, women, ethnic groups, dalits and all other classes of people in the society following participatory decentralized system. This organization attempts to increase the access to each and every sector building up capacity of the community organizations through social empowerment process in a sustainable way. Social Empowerment is not only the multidimensional social process, but also a goal of development. Social empowerment means a social process as well as economic, cultural and political empowerment. This organization attempts to fight against caste system, poverty and social disorders. Therefore, the ultimate aim of this organization is to contribute to poverty reduction.
Vision of the organization
Creation of developed society through social empowerment
Mission
- Social Empowerment
- Organizational Development
- Mass Mobilization
- Economic Development and Environmental Improvements
- Health and Human Rights
- Objectivity and Openness
- Physical Infrastructure Development and Political Awareness
- Educational Development and Poverty Reduction
- Social Research and Sustainable Development
Goal
To contribute to poverty reduction by conducting social and economic development programmes through social empowerment.
Objectives
- To support to reduce poverty by conducting health, education, population, human rights, drinking water and sanitation, awareness programmes, environment protection, saving-credit mobilization, physical infrastructure and construction activities through social mobilization.
- To support communities to identify their problems, resource management and project implementation for social empowerment.
- To develop necessary human resources by developing necessary knowledge, skill and attitude in targeted groups for community empowerment
- To focus the development and construction activities based on equality and equity among women, children, dalits, indigenous people, ethnic, poor and marginalized groups based on research and facts.
Norms and Values of the Organization
- Community organization
- Participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation
- Social mobilization
- Institutional capacity building
- Gender and social justice based programmes
- People centered development
- Human resources development
- Social inclusion
- Community infrastructure development
- Integrated approach to development
- Equitable education and health facilities
- Economic, socio-cultural and political awareness creation
Proposed Programmes
- Institution strengthening programme
- Women empowerment programme
- Child rights awareness programme
- Social inclusive programme
- Training programmes
- Health and Sanitation programme
- Physical infrastructure and construction programme
- Study and research programme
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