General Information of PAHAL Program

1. Name of Program: Promoting Agriculture, Health and Alternative Livelihood (PAHAL)
2. Funding Agencies: USAID (Food for Peace)
3. Partner INGO and NGOs                                                                                                                      
4. Program Period: November 2014 to October 2019.
5. Goal:

Vulnerable populations in the middle and high hills of Mid and Far Western Nepal are food secure

5.1 Purposes:

1. Improved health and nutrition status for vulnerable households, despite exposure to shocks and stresses
2. Increased income for vulnerable households, despite exposure to shocks and stresses
   3. Increased food availability among vulnerable communities, despite exposure to shocks and stresses
3. Building Resilient Communities:

PAHAL defines resilience as the capacity to learn, cope, adapt and transform in the face of shocks and stresses

Capacity:

1. Absorptive– to help people, households or systems better prepare to respond and recover from existing shocks and stresses;
2. Adaptive– mitigating and adapting the effects of shocks and stresses over time;
3. Transformative– enhancing the enabling environment to maximize access to and use of absorptive or adaptive capacities
4. Working Areas of PAHAL Program
5. Pipal VDC (Banphikot Rural Municipality- 1 & 2)
6. Pokhara VDC (Sisne Rural Municipality – 3 & 4)
7. Rukumkot VDC (Sisne Rural Municipality -5 & 6)

Rukumkot- 4 (Bhume RM-8)

4. Kanda VDC (Bhume Rural Municipality- 4 & 5)
5. Chunwang VDC (Bhume Rural Municipality- 9)
6. Thematic Areas of PAHAL Program
7. Agriculture
8. Agriculture Market
9. Alternative Livelihood
10. Financial Services
11. Natural Resource Management
12. Disaster Risk Reduction
13. Nutrition
14. WASH & WATER
15. Governance, Social and Gender Inclusion