PEEDA recently conducted a one day orientation programme in each of the project site on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) to the School Management Committee/Parents Teachers Association, Elected representatives and students from class 8-12 in Nilkantheshwor Ma.Vi.,Jugu; Kalidhunga Ma.Vi, Mirge and Baiteshwor Ma.Vi., Namdu, Dolakha from 5-7 February, 2023. Nearly 470 people were sensitized on School based DRR and CCA including their terminologies, Safe School and School Level Disaster Plans.

Raising awareness through observation stimulates mobilization of local resources, action and knowledge. Observation leaves an imprint in the subconscious mind of individuals that increases enthusiasm and support. This in turn encourages people to participate in bringing out positive change. Keeping this in mind, PEEDA organized street dramas on climate change adaptation, livelihood promotion and nutrition from February 2 - 4, 2023 in Baiteswor Rural Municipality (Ward 3, 6 & 7) and Gaurishankar Rural Municipality (Ward 1 & 2), Dolakha. The street dramas covered the presence of more than 500 local people including students. PEEDA anticipates such awareness events that involve...

In Nepal, access to modern energy services is relatively low which requires immediate actions to improve energy access situations and quality of life mainly in rural settlements. To implement, manage and monitor the energy projects at the local level, it is essential to have the Municipal Energy Plan (MEP) in place. The Municipal Energy Plan is a five year comprehensive periodic energy plan that enables the local government to:- • Set targets for energy programmes • Support data-driven energy analysis and evidence based planning • Make an informed decision for policy making and investment • Facilitate the monitoring and evaluation...

A two days review and planning meeting of Climate Change and Livelihood Project was conducted on March 24-25, 2019 that involved central level staffs and social mobilizers. This meeting acted as a platform in which discussions were held on accomplished project activities, knowledge transfer among the project team, strengths and gap identification and ways moving forward to reach desired outcomes.

 PEEDA has been working on the implementation of a solar powered cold storage facility that can greatly benefit small farm holders by allowing them to keep agricultural produce fresh for longer using solar energy. This can improve their livelihood and create local employment opportunities, whilst encouraging sustainability, reducing food waste, and increasing the efficiency of food production. With this background, PEEDA has organized a workshop to facilitate the discussion on the utilization of such technologies and for PEEDA to share their experience. Event Date: Friday 7 December 2018 (Mangsir 21 2075)

People, Energy and Environment Development Association (PEEDA) has successfully conducted the workshop on Climate Change and Sustainable Livelihood in 4 VDCs of Dolakha district. The project activities were carried out in Mirge, Namdu, Jungu and Thulopatal (former) VDCs from 25th October to 1st November 2018. One of the main objectives of the workshop was to prepare Local Adaptation Plan of Action (LAPA), where 88 females were actively participating among 124 total participants.

Assessment of low power electric cooking in Nepal project has successfully implemented in the Simlee, Rukum. With this pilot project, the benefits and drawbacks of the electric cooking have studied in the rural off-grid communities. Generally, women participation was more active and fuel switching from conventional fuels to modern fuels for cooking will reduce women’s workload, time burden and would improve their health.

The team of PEEDA, DISAN Enterprises and Mukti Energy successfully installed the solar powered cold storage of 5 metric ton capacity in Ward no. 3 of Baiteshwor Rural Municipality, Dolakha. The villagers and local authority supported the team during the installation. The cold storage will also serve as collection center and would increase the market value of vegetable produced locally by the small farm holders. This project would not have been possible without generous support of WISIONS. 

PEEDA successfully conducted the final level of essay and poem competition on issues related to climate change wherein the students from project areas namely Namdu, Mirge, Jungu and Thulopatal participated. As far as the procedure of such competition is concerned, the competition was executed initially in three different schools each of Namdu, Mirge and Jungu respectively whereas in case of Jungu the competition was conducted in one of the school. The winners of this first round then participated in the second round thus the students participated in their respective project areas and there were winners of both essay and poem...

The team of PEEDA visited different sites in Bardibas, Mahottari from 18th to 19th April 2018 along with the other members from  different organizations namely UMN-Nepal, Li-Bird, RRN, NARC and SAHAS-Nepal to observe the activities in relation to climate smart agriculture. The team observed Concrete Irrigation Canal, Water Harvesting pond, drinking water RVT tanks, Home Garden Program, solar water pumping system, sprinkler irrigation and degraded land rehabilitation activities. PEEDA would like to thank Bread for the world, UMN-Nepal, Li-Bird and Community Development and Advocacy Forum Nepal (CDAFN) for providing opportunity for such exposure visit.