Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board (RWSSFDB)

Donor: Fundboard

Government of Nepal created the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board, on 14th March 1996 to promote sustainable and cost effective demand-led rural water supply and sanitation services in facilitation of Non-governmental and Private Organizations with full emphasis on community ownership in conformity with the Government's Eighth Plan (1992-97), Ninth Plan (1997-2002) and Tenth Plan (2002-2007) sector policies, which aimed at fundamental changes in rural water supply and sanitation service delivery mechanism in the country. DEPROSC-Nepal started to work in collaboration with fundboard from 1998 onwards. Till now DEPROSC-Nepal has worked in five different batches (batch II to VI) in 3 districts namely Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Sindhupalchok. In Sindhupalchok district batch VI is now in implementation phase. In batch VII (development phase) DEPROSC-Nepal is working in Dolakha distict.

Program Components

• Social mobilization
• Infrastructure
• Income Generation
• Sanitation

Project Area

• Rasuwa district (Yarsa and Syafru VDCs),
• Nuwakot district (Okharpauwa, Kakani, Belkot, Madanpur and Chaturale VDCs ),
• Sindhupalchok (Barhabise and Ghumthang VDCs)

Activities and Achievement of the Project in 2006

Activities of the Project in 2007

Social mobilization:

• Workshop
• Community map preparation
• Lay out map preparation
• Trainings
• Infrastructure:
• Drinking water
• Micro Irrigation
• Institutional Latrine

Income Generation:

• Saving Group formation
• Vegetable production
• Cattle and Buffalo Keeping
• Fruit and Vegetable production

• Sanitation Program
• Healthy home survey
• Environment sanitation
• Individual sanitation

Training Program

• Water User Committee
• Treasurer
• Village Health Promoter
• Village Maintenance Worker
• Student/Teacher
• Women Technical Support Service