Program

Samunnat Nepal: an Introduction

Samunnat Nepal (SN) is a national non-profit organization run by non-political social, developmental and educational professionals with an extensive knowledge, experience and expertise working in the field of education, social and community development, inclusion, gender and social inclusion, disaster resilience, community empowerment, capacity building, child-friendly material development, out of school related non-formal education, social justice and inclusive governance. SN believes that education as a key foundation and a vehicle for any nation’s development. As one of the famous saying “it takes a whole village to raise a child”, education is not only the responsibility of Government, but extends to the like-minded partners, communities and families as the smallest units for a child’s development. We believe that investment in human resources is the key to success along with other resources to bring social change through transformation. Overall development of Nepal lies in the hands of the people who are capable, creative and cohesive to address the root causes of inequitable society and has strong will power to bring positive transformation in the society. SN commits to build the capacity of the education key stakeholders, political leaders, community members to create a world where all children have opportunity to realize their full potential, which we believe is a basic and fundamental human right. Rightly, educated people can make thoughtful and informed decisions that will positively affect their lives, their families, their communities and the world itself, regardless of caste, creed and economic status.

Vision:

Education stakeholders capacitated with innovative solutions and strategies to promote lifelong quality learning for all.

Mission:

To advocate at the policy level to create equitable quality learning society through evidence-base strategies, integrated approaches and capacity building.

Goal:

Ensured support to the government in implementing the policy for equitable quality learning environment for all children and adolescents in the nation.

Objectives:

SN has three pronged strategic objectives in order to fulfill the above vision, mission and goal:

(i) To demonstrate Innovative solutions through research and evaluation:

Design and develop innovative programs to address the learning needs of children and adolescents at risk
Design and develop resource materials (training materials; Information Education and Communication materials, guidelines, training modules & manuals)

(ii) To build capacity of partners and key stakeholders

Provide training to key education stakeholders’ regards SBDRR, CCA, nutrition in education, life skills to implement projects/ programs effectively.
Conduct and facilitate workshops, consultations and planning meetings regards women empowerment, gender inclusion, child protection, inclusive governance.

(iii) To advocate and promote partnerships

Conduct action research and collect evidence of proven innovation and best practices.
Disseminate share and exchange experiences and best practices.
Develop evidence based strategies for advocacy at various levels.
Promote partnerships with civil society and government to scale up proven innovative solutions.