Manohara is a place
located at Bhaktapur, in the banks of the river Manohara . People have been
residing in that area for six years. We selected the manohara slum of Bhaktapur
because of the following reasons:
1.
Poor environment
sanitation.
2.
Pitiful condition of
girls.
3.
Increasing rate of
violence in the slum community.
4.
Only a primary level
school in a community of 600 households.
5.
Different organizations
are working there but none of them have targeted women violence as the problem.
6. People belonging to 23
different ethnic groups reside in the same slum.
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Interview with the people of the Slum |
PROBLEMS OF MANOHARA SLUM
- Water scarcity
- Lack of proper toilets
- Gender discrimination
- Domestic violence
- Flood and water borne diseases
- Lack of proper educational institution
- Pollution and poor sanitation
- Conflict between people of the community
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Manohara slum |
TARGETED GROUP
After
the observation of the slum area we found out the Dail Community provides food every morning
to the children and the teenagers of the slum. After having a talk with the
principal of 'Shree Saraswati Prathamic Vidyalaya' , we found out that
minimum 25 teenage girls from the slum come to the school and the dial
community. So we decided to target 30 students within the age group of 12- 16
yrs that come to the school, as the are still immature and need more awareness
and empowerment.
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Shree Saraswwati Primary school |
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Teenage girls at Dail Community |