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TEWA
AIMS TO INCREASE
THE SELF RELIANCE
OF NEPALIS,
BY REDUCING DEPENDENCY
ON FOREIGN DONORS.
IT AIMS
TO INCULCATE
THE HABIT IN NEPALI
MEN & WOMEN
TO DONATE
REGULARLY FOR THE
SUSTAINABLE
AND EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT
OF THE COUNTRY WITH
SPECIAL FOCUS ON WOMEN
Tewa is Nepali for "support". Tewa the organization will help support the cause of disadvantaged women in Nepal by fostering a culture of self-help and self reliance. Tewa was registrered with the Lalitpur District Administration Office under HMG Ministry of Home in 1996.
Tewa's necessity
Tewa's missionTewa aims to increase self reliance of Nepalis by reducing dependency on foreign donors. It aims to inculcate in Nepali men and women the habit of donating regularly for the sustainable and equitable development of the country with special focus on women. Tewa's action planTewa will tap on philanthropy and altruism inherent in Nepali culture by urging men and women to donate on a regular basis for the establishment of Tewa fund.Tewa will identify and prioritise emerging groups of rural women in need of its support and for the allocation and disbursement of Tewa funds. Tewa will identify and train a cadre of village-based development workers who will not only help to identify potential womens' groups but also act as facilitators.
Tewa needs your helpYou can become a "Friend of Tewa" by helping Tewa achieve its goal and donating as much as you can on a regular annual or biannual basis. You can also help Tewa immensely by helping spread word on its ideologies. Your belief and trust in Tewa will have a multiplier effect when you urge your friends and relatives to help us Nepalis, and more so Nepali women, help ourselves.
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Who is Tewa? 
Tewa comprises of 21 women members, a growing circle of both men and women volunteers and allies, and a gender-balanced team of advisors committed to building an equitable, just and inclusive society. Initiated in January 1996, Tewa was registered under the NGO Act with the Lalitpur District Administration Office in April 1996 and with the Social Welfare Council in November 1996.What is Tewa's mission?
Tewa aims to increase self reliance of Nepalis by reducing dependency on foreign donors. It aims to inculcate in Nepali men and women the habit of donating regularly for the sustainable and equitable development of the country with special focus on women.
What necessitated Tewa?
* In this time of rapid social transition, the tight social fabric of Nepali society, spun laboriously over the millennia, is showing signs of wearing out. Cultural invasion through satellite and other media is hastening the onslaught of an alien consumeristic lifestyle. Nepali tradition and way of life are being sidelined in the name of "modernisation". Families are breaking up, more so in the urban areas, heralding the disappearance of support systems. In the rural areas, men and boys in search of education, jobs and additional income are leaving the women behind while they migrate in-country or outside. Philanthropy and altruism, inherent in Nepali culture, is in danger of ebbing away along with the elders in our society.
* Nepal does not boast of a social security net for the welfare of the needy --the women, the oppressed and the disadvantaged.
* Today the economic push, more than anything else, has driven Nepali women who are ready to break out of their cocoon and be part of the country's development mainstream. These women all over Nepal are highly motivated, but lack adequate resources and expertise to start development initiatives or manage and gain from their existing resources. All they need is a little `tewa'--support.
* Development in Nepal is increasingly donor dependent and donor-led.
What is new about Tewa?
Tewa's exclusivity will be its strategy to tap on philanthropy and altruism intrinsic to the Nepali society, by encouraging men and women to donate on a regular basis for the establishment of a Tewa Fund. Indigenous means of fund raising i.e. tapping on traditional daan, pujas, festivals, as well as door to door and individual solicitations and, innovative fund-raising campaign and events will be organized.
Tewa will mobilize these funds to give grants to the development initiatives taken up by empowered groups of rural women. However, support for Tewa does not mean providing only financial assistance, for such support is not sustainable, and might instead create a cycle of dependency depriving the beneficiaries of a sense of ownership, independence, fulfillment, as well as self esteem .Tewa will therefore identify and train a cadre of gender-balanced village-based development workers. These development workers will be chosen locally so as to provide a choice to Nepali youth to stay back in their villages. They will help to identify potential beneficiaries and also act as their facilitators, networkers and monitors. They will also assist the women/women groups in tapping on and mobilising local resources.
How will Tewa achieve its mission?
Tewa's first emphasis is the establishment of a management system which includes institution-building and initiation of fund-raising and grant-making programmes. So far Tewa has 21 due-paying members. There has been a conscious decision to keep this group very heterogenous by encompassing women across age, class, caste and professional spectrum. Currently members have been undergoing in-house training for understanding of development issues and team-building.
Tewa's organisational structure will be participatory and non-hierarchical; inclusive and open; transparent and accountable; and a programme outreach that is respectful of diversity; is beyond party politics; and which can bring in a sense of ownership for all Nepalis. We will be process oriented in our approach that is both analytical and self-reflexionary.
After clarifying its strategy on fund raising, Tewa has begun to fund raise since Sept'96. Tewa members will use indigenous methods--door to door campaigns, walk-a-thons, special events--to collect donations from Nepalis on an annual or biannual basis. Each Tewa member will be responsible for raising a specific amount mutually agreed on by its members.
Tewa will ultimately identify a cadre of village-based development workers. Need-based training modules will be prepared, and the development workers will be trained before deputation.
Tewa's Fund-raising Committee and its Grant-making Committee will work to define specific criterias and strategies towards achieving its goals.
How can you be a friend of Tewa?
You can become a friend of Tewa by donating as much as pleases you, on a regular annual or biannual basis. You can also make a one-time donation, a lump sum amount as a start-up grant to Tewa, or in memory of a loved one. Tewa's bank account is: Nabil Kantipath Branch Saving Account #011 001 3164001.
You can also help Tewa immensely by helping spread word on its ideologies. Your belief and trust in Tewa will have a multiplier effect when you encourage your friends and relatives to help us Nepalis, and more so Nepali women, help ourselves.
For more information please contact: Tewa, GPO Box 11, Chakupat, Lalitpur, Nepal Tele/fax:524647 E-mail: tewa@tewa.mos.com.np
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