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Min Bahadur Shahi re-elected as ACORAB President

Karnali FM Assessment Report

Education Reflection 2003-2008

KIRDARC Annual Report 2008

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Min Bahadur Shahi re-elected as President

Sixth Annual General Meeting of ACORAB concluded after electing new Executive Board at the leadership of Min Bahadur Shahi of Radio Karnali- Jumla on 6th of October in Butwal. The newly

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Kirdarc's new website launched.

Kirdarc recently revamped its official website www.kirdarc.org. The website is still in its testing phase. We shall be glad if you provided us with your suggestions and feedback for the

Introduction
Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC) is an NGO registered at the District Administration Office, Jumla under the Society Registration Act, 1978, and is affiliated to the Social Welfare Council in Kathmandu. It has been in operation in Karnali Zone since 1999 with its central office located in Jumla district with offices in four other districts viz. Kalikot, Humla, Mugu and Dolpa, a Program Support Office at Nepalgunj and a Coordination Office in Kathmandu.

Karnali Zone is endowed with abundant natural resources like flora, fauna, water, agriculture, horticulture, tourism, mines, minerals, lakes etc. But, unfortunately, these have not been tapped to the least for the benefits of the people for their livelihood improvement due to continued state neglect such as lack of appropriate development policies and commitment for Karnali Zone. As a result, the people of Karnali Zone continued to remain very poor deprived of adequate basic facilities like health, education, food, employment, markets, communication etc. since time immemorial and falls at the bottom of Human Development Index. More so, the caste and gender discrimination in Karnali Zone is comparatively high resulting in lack of access of women, Dalits and marginalized people to resources, opportunities and decision making processes from social, economical and political perspectives. To add more to the woes, the situation in Karnali Zone was further aggravated due to the Maoist movement which culminated into a fierce armed clash with the State resulting in serious human rights violation with a death toll of nearly 700 people, abduction and disappearance of more than 300, torture and detention of more than 800 and displacement of more than 7000 people.

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