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            Okhaldhunga District info

Okhaldhunga District is a district of Sagarmatha Zone, administrative headquarters of Okhaldhunga district is Okhaldhunga, situated in Eastern Development Region of Nepal. Okhaldhunga District is situated in the height of 359 meters to 3330 meters from sea level and covers 1074 square kilo meters. Total population of Okhaldhunga district is 147,984 according to census 2068 B.S. (2011 A.D.). Main profession of the residents in Okhaldhunga district is agriculture. Its agricultural land is 23725 hectare, there are 56 Village development committees these are Rawadolu , Bhusiga, Khijikathi, Khijichandeshori, Ragani, Khijiphalnte,Patle, Jantarkhani, Tarkerabari, Pokali, Gamnangtar, Yasam, Bilandu, Narmadeshwar, Raniban, Singhadevi, Phulbari, Kalikadevi, Palapu, Balakhu, Phediguth, Katunje, Harkapur, Praptcha, Shreechaur, Sisneri, Mulkharka, Chayanam, Toksel, Madhavpur, Betini, Thakle, Manebhanjyang , Unbhu , Waksa, Ketuke, Salleri, Narayansthan, Moli, Thulachhap, Taluwa, Bhadaure, Diyale, Pokhare, Kuibhir, Serna, Ratamate, Mamkha, Rumjatar, Barnalu, Okhaldhunga, Kuntadevi, Jayamire, Baruneshwor, Bigutar, Ragadip. There is not any Municipality in Okhaldhunga district. Main residents of this district are Bramhin, Chhetri, Tamang, Rai, Magar etc.
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Community Forestry is advancing in Dolakha, 
Ramechap and Okhaldhunga district 
• Nepal Swiss Community Forestry Project is in operation since 1990. Up until July 2003, a
total of 102, 000 household members have been organized into 763 Forest User Groups
(FUGs) in the three districts. By the end of the fourth phase in July 2004, it is estimated
that there would be about 800 FUGs in the three districts managing about 75,000 ha
community forests. This constitutes about 49% of the potential community forests covering
approximately 79% of the total districts’ population.
• One of the big achievements of SDC funded community forestry programme has been its
contribution to support communities and Department of Forest to work together for
reversing the rate of deforestation. As a result, in the three districts, there are visible
improvements to forest condition in existing natural forests. In addition, many Community
Forest User Groups have created innovative and viable income generation activities such
as cardamom farming, production of Nepali hand-made paper and cultivation of medicinal
herbs (jari buti) and fibre plants such as Lokta and Argeli in community forests and on their
farms.
• Community forest user groups have become the vehicle of community development. Many
Forest User Groups are increasingly involved in the development of community level
physical infrastructure using their community funds to build and maintain schools, roads,
drinking water, bridges, water mills, community buildings, community utensils, health aids,
and so on.
• Many groups in the Project area have been able to fund micro credit schemes; provide
scholarships to poor students; funded infrastructure projects; provided loans to poor user
members and organised forest management related training with their own community
fund.
• Many women headed households, dalits and marginalized community members are now
organised in Forest User Groups and have secured leadership positions. In Forest User
Committee there are now 31 % women in leadership positions against 21% in 1996. About
6% dalits have been in the committee against 2% in 1996. Many groups have been further
strengthened through government and NGO Service Providers. In 1996, there was no
single NGO involved in community forestry; only limited service would be delivered through
government organizations in selected VDCs. In the last 8 years, the NSCFP has worked in
partnership with 72 local NGOs in the districts. Despite difficult security situation, many
local NGOs have been able to deliver services to communities; there are about 35 NGOs
currently working with the NSCFP as Service Providers. In addition, about 25 Forest User
Groups, VDC based Community Based Organsiations (CBOs) that have become active in
providing support to other groups, as Service Providers through micro-projects. So farmers
to farmers’ dissemination are begun indicating that Groups are moving towards selfreliance. • Participatory bottom-up planning process has begun to be institutionalised, especially in
annual and periodic plan preparation. There has been realisation among forestry staff of
the importance of bi-directional flow of information from the community to the central level
and that information flow also has to take place vertically and horizontally. Community
forestry actors have started to demand that good forest governance be established at all
levels, from CFUGs to the forestry administration and broader national government.
• From 1991/92, the Project has provided support through trainings and scholarships to
project partners mainly to community members, NGOs and government staff. This type of
support in human capital formation in the three districts has made a significant contribution
to the re-orientation of Forest Department staff away from their traditional role of policing to
a role of facilitator and advisor. As a result, changes in attitude and behavior of many
government staff (mainly Forest Department staff) have been visible. Similarly the
participation and representation of dalit and women in community organizations have
tremendously increased in recent years.
• The NSCFP has been able to disseminate its learning through the production of various
publications on contemporary issues in Community Forestry. Examples include guidelines
and manuals on the pro-poor community forestry process, process of involvement of
NGOs in community forestry, issues related to women and disadvantaged community
members and materials related to pro-poor enterprise development process. 

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In the early 1960’s, a Ghurka soldier extended an invitation to a physician in the British Army to start a medical project in the Okhaldhunga district. From its humble beginnings as a small remote clinic, it has grown into a small community hospital with 45 inpatient beds and an active Public Health Unit. Nestled in a remote region of the foothills of theHimalayas due south from Mount Everest, the hospital is the only facility in Okhaldhunga district and additionally serves people in four surrounding districts, accounting for a population of more than 250,000 people. In comparison to other areas of Nepal, Okhaldhunga district is severely impoverished. A recent study by the community health team, found that less than 3% of all people in this district have any extra resources left after meeting the basic needs of feeding their family. This is also is an acute care general hospital. 

This hospital treats about 30,000 outpatients every year and admits about 2500 cases. Surgical procedures depend on the availability of a surgeon. The hospital normally performs about 1000 surgical procedures per year. The surgical procedures here consist of emergency life-saving surgeries like caesarean sections, other obstetric emergencies, laparotomies, and trauma surgeries including craniotomies as well as some orthopedics, in addition to minor surgery. This hospital is not as well equipped as Tansen hospital for complicated surgery but a wide range of surgical procedures are being done. There are presently 59 Nepali staff and two expatriates working there. 

This is also one of the more remote hospitals where family medicine doctors are trained for their district posting. These residents are trained in basic general surgery, obstetric and gynaecology and most of the time in basic anaesthesia. Therefore these residents provide crucial manpower in a hospital like this. 

Facilities:
No constant motorable road, though there is a seasonal dirt road for transportation. Therefore this hospital can be reached by air ( 81 US Dollar one way from Kathmandu and 128 US Dollars return form Kathmandu as at April 2010) to Rumjatar and walk for 3 hours on foot. The hospital has:

• electricity and good water supply
• mobile phone coverage
• email and internet facilities - but the speed is very slow
• a regular mail service to and from Kathmandu once a week
• a guesthouse with basic facilities situated near to the hospital.

Okhaldhunga District

Okhaldhunga District, a part of Sagarmatha Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Okhaldhunga as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,074.5 km² and has a population (2001) of 156,702. Okhaldhunga is part of area traditionally called Wallo Kirat(near Kirat),home to indigenous ethnic groups Rai and Sunuwar. Apart from these indigenous ethnic groups,other ethnics and hill castes live in the district

Saturday, May 28, 2011

 PokaliFalls.com.np is an organization started mainly for the upliftment of the local children. There is a big and the most magnificient , falls in the world which has decorated the whole Okhaldhunga, making it the most attractive place. Adjacent to the place is a big forest, popularly known as Gauri ban. Besides it is surrounded by a river known as Likhu river. The green hills adds extra beauty to the place. However, the people are bound to survive in extreme poverty and the children are deprived of education.
They do not get their regular food, nutrition is out of question. Thus, they badly needed care and health improvement. In such circumstances, parents are helpless providing education to their chidlren.Thus, with the blessings of god, if we could provide good education to the children, the future of Okhaldhunga would certainly be better. Yet, without certain amount of wealth elimination of poverty is impossible. In the year 2003, a primary level school had been started by the Nepal Government. Anyhow, with great difficulty, the PokaliFalls.com.np organization has dragged it to the lower secondary level. Yet the problem does not end here, as the school should provide secondary level of education too. Thus, the organization invites the people all over the world to come and visit the heavenly place Okhaldhunga as well as the most enchanting Pokali Falls.
Side by side, the organization requests the would be guests to have a look at the local people and the situation they are living at. The local people provide amusement to the Guests with their cultural programmes which includes Damphu Nach (dance) of Tamangs and Sherpas. The Jhakaris forecast the future of the visitors if they happen to wish. One can observe everything starting from religion to culture to the farming. The place is easily accessible as a road links it with the capital city of Kathmandu and there is a regular bus service too. Finally, the organization heartily invites the people to come and observe one of the most beautiful places of the world as well as have mercy on the poor and innocent people surviving there without any kind of grudge.
Background:

In the early 1960’s, a Ghurka soldier extended an invitation to a physician in the British Army to start a medical project in the Okhaldhunga district. From its humble beginnings as a small remote clinic, it has grown into a small community hospital with 45 inpatient beds and an active Public Health Unit. Nestled in a remote region of the foothills of the Himalayas due south from Mount Everest, the hospital is the only facility in Okhaldhunga district and additionally serves people in four surrounding districts, accounting for a population of more than 250,000 people. In comparison to other areas of Nepal, Okhaldhunga district is severely impoverished. A recent study by the community health team, found that less than 3% of all people in this district have any extra resources left after meeting the basic needs of feeding their family. This is also is an acute care general hospital. 

This hospital treats about 30,000 outpatients every year and admits about 2500 cases. Surgical procedures depend on the availability of a surgeon. The hospital normally performs about 1000 surgical procedures per year. The surgical procedures here consist of emergency life-saving surgeries like caesarean sections, other obstetric emergencies, laparotomies, and trauma surgeries including craniotomies as well as some orthopedics, in addition to minor surgery. This hospital is not as well equipped as Tansen hospital for complicated surgery but a wide range of surgical procedures are being done. There are presently 59 Nepali staff and two expatriates working there. 

In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. An insurgency led by Maoist extremists broke out in 1996. The ensuing ten-year civil war between insurgents and government forces witnessed the dissolution of the cabinet and parliament and assumption of absolute power by the king. Several weeks of mass protests in April 2006 were followed by several months of peace negotiations between the Maoists and government officials, and culminated in a November 2006 peace accord and the promulgation of an interim constitution. Following a nation-wide election in April 2008, the newly formed Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a federal democratic republic and abolished the monarchy at its first meeting the following month. The Constituent Assembly elected the country's first president in July. The Maoists,