Current Political Situation

The current political situation of Nepal is highly unstable. The Constituent Assembly which was made in 2008 could not finish drafting a new constitution by May 2010. The political parties have extended the one more year to draft the new constitution. Major political parties are fighting for power. They are losing the trust of the people. There is not the improvement on the life of Nepalese. Corruption, kidnapping, abduction, killing, general strikes etc have become main features of the society. All youths who are educated, do not want to stay in country because it seems that here is no any opportunity. Everyday around 200 to 300 youths leave the country for work and study to abroad. The country’s economy is always running by deficit and it has been sustaining only by the remittance and donation from the rich countries.

The former king has been travelling different part of the country. It seems that he wants to come again in power.
Only very few are optimistic with the future of the country. The politicians are corrupted from the head to toe. However the social organizations, medias, social activists are fighting for the welfare of the marginalized people.

Happiness of Maheswori Kumal Chaudhary

Maheswori was on the verge of drop out from the grade 7 though she was a good student. Luckily she was saved from the IWEN support. Her parents with other 4 children are struggling for a square meal. So when a child becomes age of 12 or 13th, the parents wants to send to labor work because “a hungry stomach has no ears.” The immediate problem becomes very important –that is food or hunger.

Maheswori

Maheswori being happy says, “I would be a labor through my life. My parents want to send me school but they don’t have any penny to cover my expenses.

She adds,” Now Luckily I can go school thanks to IWEN.”

I start to think the woeful plight of Nepali girls/women. Whether they are educated or not, rich or poor most of their lives end up being scullions. Slowly the scenario has been changing. Charities like IWEN has been empowering them and trying to make their lives better.
MDGs and Nepal

It has estimated that Nepal will achieve most of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by 2015, except for the more complex ones-such as total employment and climate change-which will require more effort and appropriate environment. MDG targets can only be achieved by joined hands of charities- like IWEN, effective participation of local people and government’s special attention to social agendas. MDGS are the goals made by UN to be achieved by 2015 against the achievement of 1990.

My graphic here shows few major problems of Nepal; which are challenging for the overall development of the country. The government and different charity organizations are working to eliminate these challenges. The report made by National Planning Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 1st week of September says that gender equality and women empowerment is achievable. Gender equality and education has improved over the last five years. The MDG seeks to eliminate gender disparity at all levels of education before 2015.

IWEN and its Nepal partner Creating Possibilities has been working for MDGs. IWEN roles have become crucial for gender equality and education to all because the poor government cannot achieve these goals alone.

The Kathmandu Post (May, 11th 2010) has written that “literacy campaign” launched to eliminate illiteracy for meeting the Millennium Development Goal of education by 2015 does not seem to be faring well. In the last two years, the government invested more than Rs 2 billion to make 3.5 million people literate but the campaign has proved a waste of time, money and energy. The activities done by government have been failure because there is no proper monitoring and evaluation.

IWEN and its partner Creating Possibilities has been working effectively and carefully to gain its targeted objectives.

-Dinesh Raj Sapkota