Vishwo Shrestha, Author at Blind Youth Association Nepal

Job Description

BYAN is currently recruiting a qualified and experienced candidate for the position of Project Coordinator based in kathmandu for its project "Actions for Change" supported by CBM Global.

The Project Coordinator for Actions for Change will be responsible for coordinating and implementing the project in Kathmandu. The successful candidate will work closely with project partners and stakeholders, including government agencies, civil society organizations, and community groups, to ensure that the project is implemented on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.

Job Specification

A Master's degree in Public Health or a related field in Social Science, with at least one year of relevant work experience is required. Alternatively, a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with at least three years of experience may also be considered.
A minimum of three years of experience working on SRHR projects and possessing a technical understanding of SRHR and FP components is mandatory.
A sound understanding of Federal, Provincial, and Local laws and policies related to health is essential, as well as a good knowledge of National and International laws relating to disability, such as UNCRPD, SDG, Disability Rights Act, Inclusive Education Policy, and the Constitution of Nepal.
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, is necessary.
The ideal candidate should be energetic, proactive, and willing to take risks with a desire to continuously learn. Effective communication and collaboration skills with individuals from diverse backgrounds is also crucial.
Fluency in English and Nepali is required. Knowledge of sign language is preferred.
Prior experience working with diverse groups, including Youth and individuals with disabilities, is an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Coordination: Coordinate the implementation of the Actions for Change project, including the development of work plans, budgets, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
Partnership Management: Manage project partners and stakeholders, including government agencies, civil society organizations, organizations of persons with disabilities, and community groups.
Stakeholder Relations: Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including government officials, donors, and other bilateral/multilateral partners.
Documentation: Develop and maintain project documentation, including work plans, budgets, and reports. Ensure project activities align with the organization's mission and values.
MEAL: Properly monitor project activities in both project districts and provide technical assistance as needed to field assistants, project partners, and stakeholders. Track down the Evaluation and learning from the project.
Possess the flexibility to work with all 10 types of disabilities and possess the skills for proper communication.
Government Coordination: Lead the project and coordinate with the government, particularly with the Family Health Division, Rural/Municipalities RMCs, Health Units, and Civil Society Organizations. Ensure activities align with the organization's SRHR priorities and Nepal's commitment to FP 2030.
IEC Materials: Ensure the design and dissemination of SRHR and FP related IEC materials in accessible formats for awareness and advocacy.
Training and Orientation: Design and conduct SRHR and FP related training and orientation sessions and ensure the quality of training and counseling for individuals with disabilities and service providers from the health sector.
Disability Inclusiveness: Coordinate with the government, SRH, and FP service providers to ensure IEC materials and services are disability-inclusive.
Media Engagement: Work closely with the media to bring positive change on disability issues related to SRHR.
Reporting: Ensure proper documentation and timely reporting.

(Phone enquiry will not be entertained.)

BYAN Promotes inclusion across gender, caste, ethnicity, Dalits and disability where the persons with disabilities and LGBTIQ+ are highly encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for further process. The organization reserves the right to reject any/all applications without assigning any reasons.

Please visit this site for more information and for the application: https://merojob.com/project-coordinator-259/

Blind Youth Association is an organization establish by the Blind and Partially Sighted Youth of Nepal. With the vision of ‘BPS people of Nepal enjoying dignified life in an inclusive society’. BYAN is currently working in the area of policy advocacy, education, employment disaster risk reduction, political participation and promotion of SRHR of persons with disabilities in general and BPS in particular. Blind Youth Association Nepal (BYAN) is a right based organization established to advocate and promote the rights of blind and partially sighted youth that are scattered across the country of Nepal. Since its establishment, this organization has expanded its organizational network in different parts of the country and has been conducting different programs such as capacity building, leadership development, personality development and skill development related training to the blind and partially sighted youth. Till the date, the organization has been able to expand its district level branches in Jhapa and Morang in province 1, Bara in Province 2, Kathmandu valley and Chitwan in province 3, Kaski in Gandaki province, Rupandehi and Banke in Province 5, Surkhet in province 6 and kailali in far west province. Inclusive of all these branches, more than 500+ blind and partially sighted youth are the members of this organization with equal numbers of men and women.

In a partnership with IFES, BYAN is conducting election access monitoring to find out the actual situation and facts of persons with disability on an access to the election in Nepal. The access monitoring will be done on 100 polling stations during the election day i.e., 20 November 2022 and IEC materials (Video/Audio/Print/Social network) developed and used by ECN and other organizations at 10 working districts of BYAN during pre-election. So, BYAN announces the call for Expression of Interest (EOI) from the experienced and qualified experts to prepare a report on election access monitoring. Interested and Eligible individual or organization are invited to submit EOI in the following address mentioning “Expression of Interest for preparing election access monitoring report” in the subject line in the following Address: [email protected]/ [email protected]

Eligibility to submit the EOI ;

EOI can be submitted by a company or person having the potential eligibility.
Interested consultants must provide information with their personal Bio data indicating their qualification to perform the services.
Individual consultant shall provide at least 1 details of similar assignment experience, their location in the previous 3 years.
BYAN will select the consultant based on their experience and amount proposed for the task.
Working experience and knowledge in disability will be an advantage.

Documents to submit along with EOI :

Cover letter on the official letter head of the company or individual consultant duly signed by authorized signatory.
Include at least 3 years’ experience in the field of election monitoring and disability.
Budget for the completion of the final Report.
Updated curriculum vitae demonstrating the mentioned knowledge, skill and expertise required, availability in the proposed service period, a brief plan for how to carry out the services.
Plan of action, expected services, availability within the expected time and duration to carry out the tasks as per the TOR attached.
Consultancy fees to carry out the overall task

Date of call for the EOI: 18th Sep, 2022

Extension of Deadline for the Submission of EOI: 5 pm, 10th Oct, 2022. (Nepali Standard Time)

BYAN reserves the right to select or not to select any of the application. BYAN keeps safeguarding as a top priority so, any data or information collected during the task shall be kept confidential and shall not be disseminated without BYAN’s prior consent.

The Scope of Work to carry out the election access monitoring report:

Plan and make an outline of the election access monitoring report by finalizing with BYAN & IFES team.
Desk review of national and international practices of disability and election access.
Conduct the validation workshop of monitoring draft questions and checklist among stakeholders.
Audit data the compile data
Monitoring reporting must include the subject and findings of polling station situation, disability voter experience of voting and IEC materials used during per election by ECN and other organization.
In the report data must be analyzed and interpreted using infographic tools and descriptive methodology and mentioning the finding and recommendation of monitoring.
Prepare a brief presentation of a report to share in a meeting with ECN, IFES and BYAN.
The draft report, included attached assessment sheet, along with an Executive Summary will be e-mailed by the Consultant to the organization, to get their feedback before finalization of the report on election access monitoring.
Consultant should submit the final report by 15^th March 2023 in digital and hard copies. Language of the reports shall be English.

TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR)

TO THE CONSULTANT/AGENCY TO DEVELOP PROPOSAL ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS AND CAPACITY BUILDING

Background :

Blind Youth Association is an organisation establish by the Blind and Partially Sighted Youth of Nepal. With the vision of ‘BPS people of Nepal enjoying dignified life in an inclusive society’ BYAN is currently working in the area of policy advocacy, education, employment disaster risk reduction, political participation and SRHR of persons with disabilities in general and BPS in particular. Blind Youth Association Nepal (BYAN) is a right based organisation established to advocate and promote the rights of blind and partially sighted youth that are scattered across the country of Nepal. Since its establishment, this organisaiton has expanded its organisational network in different parts of the country and has been conducting different programs such as capacity building, leadership development, personality development and skill development related training to the blind and partially sighted youth. Till the date, the organisation has been able to expand its district level branches in Jhapa and Morgang in provience 1, Bara in Provience 2, Kathmandu valley and Chitwan in provience 3, Kaski in Gandaki province, Rupandehi and Banke in Provience 5, Surkhet in provience 6 and kailali in far west provience. Inclusive of all these branches more than 500+ blind and partially sighted youth are the members of this organisation with equal numbers of men and women. In this regards, BYAN is developing a project with CBM-Global and the consultant will technically lead the project design and development process.

Rationale:

Traditionally, although premarital and extra marital sex have been discouraged in Nepal and most of the Asian societies6, studies conducted in different geographical settings have shown that unmarried adolescents in Nepal are becoming more sexually active and are also increasingly vulnerable to STIs and HIV infection due to changing values, norms and independence.

In the context and societies where the ‘person’s disability’ is accounted as a problem, the social perspective promoted by WHO is of high importance whereby the person or their impairment is not viewed as ‘the problem’, but rather understand disability as a result of the barriers they face in society. Therefore, the challenges are not necessarily due to having an impairment in itself, but rather reflect a lack of social attention, legal protection, accessibility, understanding and support. The ignorance and negative attitude of society and individuals, including health-care providers, raise most of these barriers – not the disabilities itself. In fact, existing services usually can be adapted easily to accommodate people with disabilities. Increasing awareness is the first and foremost step. Beyond that, much can be accomplished by involving people with disabilities in programme design and monitoring.1 This is all about understanding and adopting the ‘social model’ of disability in SRHR.

SRH demand in Nepal is still underserved (45% of total demand 72%) by the SRH and FP service providers. Disability along with gender and geographical differences multiplies the discrimination further. Moreover, studies suggest that people with disabilities are twice as likely to be on the receiving end of inadequately skilled healthcare providers at improper facilities, and are three times more likely to be denied health care and four times more likely to be treated badly by health care systems. People with disabilities are three times more likely to become a victim of sexual, emotional and physical violence where people with mental and intellectual disabilities are the most vulnerable ones. Between 40- 60 per cent of young women with disabilities and 16-30 per cent of young men with disabilities experience sexual violence before the age of eighteen Women and girls with disabilities have up to three times more chances of forced sterilization14 and exposed to the risk of HIV.

In the context, BYAN has been working to promote sexual and reproductive health of persons with disabilities since 2016 and it is most to capacitate the members and the chapter members on the SRH and leadership development. So, to insure the inclusive sexual and reproductive health for persons with disabilities we are seeking for a competent expert who would discuss with our members in the chapters as well as center and stakeholders to drag out the core issues and challenges and pave them in consolidated report .

Objectives

- To identify the core issues of SRHR of youths with disabilities

- To develop a report of the consultations at the local and national level.

Provide sufficient information about the major issues and challenges that are prevailing in the target group.
To technically lead the project design and development process of a project of BYAN with CBM-Global.

Duration of Assignment : 12 working days within 1 months within the date of signing of the agreement

Submission of proposals:

Interested candidates or organisations are hereby invited to submit a proposal for the assignment.

Eligibility to submit the EOI ;

EOI can be submitted by a company or person having the potential eligibility.
Interested consultants must provide information with their personal CV indicating their qualification to perform the services.
This expression of interest is open to all eligible Consulting Firm and individual consultants. Renewed Company documents should be submitted in case of the companies.
Individual consultant shall provide at least 1 details of similar assignment experience, their location in the previous 3 years.
BYAN will select the consultant based on their experience and amount proposed for the task.
Working experience and knowledge in disability will be an advantage.

Documents to submit along with EOI :

Cover letter on the official letter head of company or individual consultant duly signed by authorized signatory.
Include at least 3 years’ experience in the field of SRH and disability in the related topics.
Budget for the completion of the task.
Updated curriculum vitae demonstrating the mentioned knowledge, skill and expertise required, availability in the proposed service period, a brief plan for how to carry out the services.
Consultancy fees to carry out the overall task

Date of call for the EOI: 16th Sept, 2022

Deadline for the Submission of EOI: 5 pm, 21st Sept, 2022, 2022. (Nepali Standard Time)

Opportunity for Blind and Partially sighted Youths : Interpretation and Translation trainingBlind Youth Association Nepal(BYAN) has been conducting the Job preparedness training for past 5 years and working in the creation of employment opportunities for blind and partially sighted youths. This year BYAN is going to organise the one month long translation and interpretation training for Blind and partially sighted. The main motive to develop strong translators and interpreters is to create the professional opportunity to capacitate and make them ready translation works. Interested candidate with sound computer , english language and willing to work professionally as a translator / Interpreter may apply for the trianing. "Note this is not a english language training

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On the occasion of international youth day 2022 Blind Youth Association organized all over Nepal inter college competition on 12th August 2022 in Nepal Academy Hall (Parijat Hall), Kamaladi, Kathmandu. For the audition round BYAN call for application through its FB page and sending invitation letters to college. To apply for audition participants had to send a 3 minute speech video in Nepali language by choosing 1 topic among three topics. In the audition round total 93 youths from various district colleges had applied for the competition. Out of 93 applicants 15 applicants were selected by jury members for the final round. Among 15 final contestant were 8 female including 1 pwd female and 7 were male including 3 pwd male). There were 8 contestants from districts of Kathmandu valley and 7 contestants were from outside the valley. The first prize winner of the competition was Miss Kirpa Karuna Pokhrel class 12 student from Kantipur international college Birtanagar. 2nd prize winner was Mr. Sandip Thapa from Kathmandu university school of Law Bachelor level student who is visually impaired. 3rd prize winner was Mr. Sugyani BK class 12 student form Jaya Multiple college Kathmandu respectively consolation winners were Mr. Saugat Mall from National college Kathmandu who is visually impaired and Miss. Binita Mauli Satar from Mahendra Morang Adarsha campus Dharan who is visually impaired.We would like to thank all the young enthusiastic participants for taking part in this speech competitions, colleges and IFES for the support.

Blind Youth Association is an organisation establish by the Blind and Partially Sighted Youth of Nepal. With the vision of 'BPS people of Nepal enjoying dignified life in an inclusive society' BYAN is currently working in the area of policy advocacy, education, employment disaster risk reduction, political participation and SRHR of persons with disabilities in general and BPS in particular. Blind Youth Association Nepal (BYAN) is a right based organisation established to advocate and promote the rights of blind and partially sighted youth that are scattered across the country of Nepal. Since its establishment, this organisaiton has expanded its organisational network in different parts of the country and has been conducting different programs such as capacity building, leadership development, personality development and skill development related training to the blind and partially sighted youth. Till the date, the organisation has been able to expand its district level branches in Jhapa and Morgang in provience 1, Bara in Provience 2, Kathmandu valley and Chitwan in provience 3, Kaski in Gandaki provinece, Rupandehi and Banke in Provience 5, Surkhet in provience 6 and kailali in far west provience. Inclusive of all these branches more than 500+ blind and partially sighted youth are the members of this organisation with equal numbers of men and women.

BYAN is conducting Systems Based Audit to access the current level of the institutional capacity of the organisation i.e weaknesses and weakness and recommend measures that should be taken for institutaional development of the organisation. So,BYAN announces the call for Expression of Interest (EOI) from the experienced and qualified experts to carry our System based Audit. Interested and Eligible individual or organisation are invited to submit EOI in the following address mentioning "Expression of Interest for System Based Audit" in the subject line in the following Address : [email protected]

Eligibility to submit the EOI ;

EOI can be submitted by a company or person having the potential eligibility.
Interested consultants must provide information with their personal Bio data indicating their qualification to perform the services.
This expression of interest is open to all eligible Consulting Firm and individual consultants. Renewed Company documents should be submitted in case of the companies.
Individual consultant shall provide at least 1 details of similar assignment experience, their location in the previous 3 years.
BYAN will select the consultant based on their experience and amount proposed for the task.
Working experience and knowledge in disability will be an advantage.

Documents to submit along with EOI :

Cover letter on the official letter head of company or individual consultant duly signed by authorized signatory.
Include at least 3 years' experience in the field of SBA and disability in the related topics.
Budget for the completion of System based audit.
Updated curriculum vitae demonstrating the mentioned knowledge, skill and expertise required, availability in the proposed service period, a brief plan for how to carry out the services.
Plan of action, expected services, availability within the expected time and duration to carry out the tasks as per the TOR attached.
Consultancy fees to carry out the overall task

Date of call for the EOI: 14th August, 2022

Deadline for the Submission of EOI: 5 pm, 14th August, 2022. (Nepali Standard Time)

The Scope of Work for carrying out the systems based audit:

Unless otherwise stated, the time frame is one (1) year back in time for the reviews below.

Review the capacity of organisational governance:
Review the organisation’s governance capacity:
- Is the organisations Vision clear and understandable?
- Is the organisations Mission clear and understandable?
- Is the strategy for how to reach their vision and mission clear and understandable?
- Is the institutional operational plan clear and include expected goals/results?
Review the organisations institutional budget and if it is possible to read out different financial incomes (donors etc.) and different costs?
Assess the organisational governing documents and structure together with the transparency towards the organisations members (annual meeting etc.) and identify important weaknesses in the organisational governance

Review the system for delegation and segregation of duties:
Review the organisations document for rules of procedure/delegation system
Review if the organisation has a procedure/system for appointment of board
Review the organisation document for segregation of duties and if it is linked to the organisations financial management
Review the how the organisation complies with their internal document for rules of procedure/delegation and segregation of duties
Review the Boards documentation and following ups of their own decisions (board meeting protocol etc.)
Review the organisation document for “the right to sign in the organisations name” (bank accounts/cheques, agreements etc.)
Assess the organisation work regarding delegation and segregation of duties and identify important weaknesses

Review Organisational policies and guidelines:
Review if current policies and guidelines are signed or approved by board and/or Executive Director in line with internal system for decision making
Review if the organisations has following policies/guidelines/steering documents (or similar):
- Financial manual
- Anti-corruption policy
- Procurement policy
- Human Recourse policy
Assess the organisational work with develop, approve, and update policies and guidelines and identify important weaknesses.

Review internal control and compliance environment:
Review the organisation´s compliance with applicable laws/legislation/agreement terms/regulations that are set by authorities/agencies (such as donors, NGOs, Banks, National tax authority, Labour Ministry, etc.)
Review the organisation system for ensuring compliance with above laws/legislation/agreement.
Review the routines for follow-up and the management of findings/comments in audit reports
Review if the organisation has the required insurance in place
Assess the organisations work with internal control and compliance and identify important weaknesses.

Review the anti-corruption system and risk management
Review the organisation´s whistle blowing system
Review the organisation´s documentation of detecting and preventing corruption and minimizing risks of corruption
Review the organisations documentation of risk and risk management
Assess the organisation´s polices, work and management with corruption and risk and identify important weaknesses

Review Internal system for planning, monitoring and reporting
Review if the organisation’s strategic and operational plans are linked to their vision and mission
Review if institutional budget is linked to the organisations operational plan or strategy
Review the organisations system for overall PME (planning, monitoring and evaluation)
Review if the institutional annual report describing the development within the organisation in a way that is comparable to the different goals/areas etc. that is set in the organisation’s strategic and/or annual operational plan
Assess the organisations system for planning, monitoring and reporting and identify important weaknesses

Review Financial system
Review the organisations financial management (accounting, reporting etc.)
Review the organisation’s following up of comments/shortcomings noted in institutional audits/project audit management letter
Review the organisation´s system of applying of funds and control regarding use of funds when it comes to different donors
Review the organisation’s system of budgeting, monitoring and reporting at an institutional level (consolidated budget and financial statement)
Review the system for making changes in approved budgets
Review the system/routines when staff’s time are apportioned in different projects
Review the system of management of payment and refund of advances to staff
Review the organisation strategy for sustainable and long-term budget planning
Assess the organisation’s financial system/document, management and internal work within the financial area and identify important weaknesses
Asses the quality of the financial manual

Review Archiving system
Review the organisations system for back-up, archive and safeguarding of accounting records and other important documents (agreements, reports, staff contracts etc.) according to donor’s conditions and national laws.
Assess the organisational system and work with back-up, archive and safeguarding of documents etc. and identify important weaknesses

Review the Human Resource Management (HRM):
Review if the HR-policy (or similar document) include;
- procedure for reviewing of salaries and benefits
- procedures for capacity building of staff
- Recruitment of new staff
- Working environment (ensuring a healthy work environment)
Review routines/system for staff attendance/Leave Record/Time Reporting
Review if the organisation has a code of conduct and if it prohibits members and employees to use organisational funds for personal gain, be involved in irregularities and corruption with funds from the organisation or in its name as well as sexual harassment, threats or violence when representing the organisation in any circumstance
Assess the Human Resourse Management and identify important weaknesses

Reporting Guideline for Deliverables
The draft report, included attached assessment sheet, along with an Executive Summary will be e-mailed by the Consultant to the organisation, to get their feedback before finalization of the report on this Systems Based Audit.
The organisation’s management response shall respond to all findings and recommendations made by the Consultant. The response shall be merged in the respective parts of the final Systems Based Audit report.
The Final Report shall be sent by the Consultant both as digital and hard copies. Language of the reports shall be English.
The organisations shall present a management respond and action plan based on the findings and recommendations made by the Consultant
Digital copy of the final report will be sent to MyRight, [email protected] and to the head of the organisations (add email). Two sets of hard copy of the report will be submitted to the partner organisations.

Proposed timeline for carrying out the Systems Based Audit:

The final report shall be sent not later than 31^st of October 2022.

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Confidentiality and Ownership:

All the documents that will be provided to the Consultant by the organisation for realizing the Systems Based Audit as per these Terms of Reference will remain the property of the organisation. The Consultant will not divulge any information related to the documents to any third party without getting the written consent from the organisation.

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“2 days leadership development training to young women with disabilities.”

Date: 25^th -26^th July 2022

Venue: Pension Vasana, Dillibazar, Kathamndu

BYAN seeks to reduce barriers for young women with disabilities to enhance their leadership capacity. Young women with disabilities face double burden in developing nation like Nepal as being a women in the patriarchal country and being a women with disabilities. Hence, BYAN identified the barriers and problems of young women with disabilities and organized 2 days leadership and capacity development training to young women with disabilities from all 10 BYAN chapters of Nepal. 2 young women with disabilities from each chapters were the representatives from their respective chapters. The training was focused on uplifting the leadership qualities of young women with disabilities. Altogether 20 visually impaired young women with disabilities were present as the participant of the program from 10 chapters of BYAN (Kathmandu, Kaski, Kailali, Jhapa, Morang, Rupandehi, Chitwan, Banke, Bara, Surkhet). Hence, the program was very successful and these young women with disabilities build leadership qualities in themselves. We would like to thank MYRIGHT for supporting us.

नेत्रहिन युवा संघ नेपालले अन्तरराष्ट्रिय युवा दिवस १२ अगष्ट २०२२ (२७ साउन २०७९) को अवसरमा अन्तर कलेज वक्तृत्वकला प्रतियोगीता आयोजना गर्न गइरहेको छ ।

प्रतियोगिताको धाँचा र सहभागी हुने प्रकृया ।

१)सहभागीले निम्न उल्लेखित ३ बिषयहरु मध्य एक बिषय छनौंट गरि उक्त बिषयमा नेपाली भाषामा बोल्नु पर्ने छ ।

क) राजनीतिमा युवा

ख) समाबेशीता राजनीति र अपाङ्गता

ग) मेरो भोट मेरो भबिष्य

२) पहिलो छनौट चरणमा प्रतियोगितामा सहभागी हुन चाहाने बिधार्थीले माथी उल्लेखित बिषयहरु मध्य १ छनौट गरि नेपाली भाषामा बोलेको ३ मिनेटको भिडियो निम्न माध्यवाट १८ साउन २०७९ दिउसो १ बजे सम्म पठाउनु पर्ने छ ।

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Email address: [email protected]

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३) साथै प्रतियोगिले अनिवार्य आफ्नो बिवरण र कलेजको प्रतिनिधीत्व गरेको बिवरण खुल्ने आधिकारीक परिचय पत्र स्क्यान गरि पेश गर्नु पर्छ ।

४) पहिलो चरणका सहभागी प्रतियोगिहरु मध्य १५ जानालाई निर्णयक मण्डलको निर्णयमा फाइनल चरणमा छनौट गरिनेछ ।

५) फाइनलमा सहभागी प्रतियोगिहरुलाई ५ मिनेटको समय दिइनेछ र उक्त समय भित्र निर्णायक मण्डल समक्ष आफनो भनाईहरु राख्नु पर्ने छ । ती मध्ये उत्कृष्ट ३ जनालाई निर्णयक मण्डलले पहिलो, दोस्रो र तेस्रोे बिजयी घोषण गर्ने छ । बिजयी प्रतिनिधिहरुलाई निम्न पुरस्कारको व्यवस्था गरिएको छ ।

पहिलो पुरस्कार सहभागीलाई नगद रु १५,००० र प्रमाण पत्र, कलेजलाई ट्रफी र प्रमाण पत्र प्रदान गरिनेछ ।
दास्रो पुरस्कार सहभागीलाई नगद रु १०,००० र प्रमाण पत्र साथै कलेजलाई ट्रफी र प्रमाण पत्र प्रदान गरिनेछ ।
तेस्रो पुरस्कार सहभागीलाई नगद रु ५,००० र प्रमाण पत्र साथै कलेजलाई ट्रफी र प्रमाण पत्र प्रदान गरिनेछ ।

Blind Youth Association Nepal (BYAN) organized a voter’s registration program for the people with disabilities. The program was conducted by all our district chapters in the seven provinces of Nepal. This program was organized with an aim of registering the people with disabilities in the voter’s name list for the upcoming elections. Along with this, we also hoped to reach a mass group of people with disabilities and encourage them to practice their political rights and participate in the political affairs of our country.

During our advocacy dialogue program, we realized that several people could not participate in the recent local level election because their names were not registered in the voter’s name list. Hence, we initiated this small step to help the people with disabilities to register themselves in the voter’s name list for the upcoming elections. And thus, we are proud to say that, we were able to register several people with disabilities which included people with physical disability, intellectual disability as well as blind, partially sighted and deaf via the program.

We are very satisfied, as at the end of the program, all the participants expressed their happiness for being registered and now, eagerly await the next elections to cast their vote. However, we faced some challenges during the program due to the inaccessibility of the location for certain people with disabilities such as wheel-chair users. We hope that this problem will be resolved in the near future.,