Poverty Alleviation Program In Nepal Professional Organization Sensitive

A vast majority of women, Dalit and Janajatis are excluded from mainstream development by reasons of gender, ethnicity and caste.

Nepal can not even imagine development excluding this large population.

PAF envisions itself as a national instrument to uplift livelihood of these poor people.

PAF is guided by the principle that the poor themselves are the best source of information and the best to manage their needs and resource.

PAF is an apex umbrella institution to target the poor and works through partner organization (PO).

Poverty Alleviation Program In Nepal Professional Organization Sensitive

PAF is a professional organization sensitive to the poor with its secretariat based in Kathmandu.

With the Prime Minister as the Chairperson of the PAF Board, the PAF Ordinance reflects the conviction, support and commitment of the highest echelon of Government of Nepal(Gon)to the programmes and objectives of the Fund.

PAF aims to enable poor women, Dalit, Janajati, and vulnerable groups to gain access to resources for their productive self-employment, to encourage them to undertake income-generating activities for poverty alleviation and improved quality of life.

Keeping the target communities at the driving seat, it encourages to take initiatives to improve their livelihoods, particularly organizing them into community organizations.

They plan what they need and prioritize on the basis of their capacity and local resource potentials.