This document describes a campaign and project to help ex-Kamaiya families in Nepal. The campaign aims to provide upgraded housing, sanitation facilities, water access, and livelihood training to families living in vulnerable conditions. It will target villages in Bijaynagar, Tikapur. Families there currently live in unstable thatched houses with no running water or toilets. The rainy season makes sleeping difficult. The project will construct new houses, install latrines and tube wells, and provide hygiene education and small business grants. Supporters will sponsor clusters of families for $500 to improve living conditions. Stories from two families illustrate their current hardships of poverty and inadequate housing.

1. 1house
for
1house
Campaign
for
Ex-­‐Kamaiyas
in
Nepal

2. Background
Ex-­‐Kamaiyas
• A form of slavery which existed in Nepal for over half a century. Under this system, th
ousands of poor Nepalese worked as bonded labourers (without remuneration) to rep
ay loans owed by their ancestors.
• The government of Nepal declared the Kamaiya free in mid 2000. Over 20,000 house
holds received allocations of land from the government; however, much of this land is
either barren, disaster prone or poorly connected to essential facilities. Promises of ot
her assistance remain unfulfilled.
• Ex bonded labourer live on camp like structure(Cluster) of 80 families, 120 families an
d 200 families. We can replicate this model to any settlements depending on the avail
ability of resources. More than 24,000 families are on same desperate situation.
Implementing Area

3. Background
Ex-­‐Kamaiyas
• Recent condition of the community
- Thatched houses are prevailing
- No sanitation, No water facility, open defecation
- No livelihood materials to earn even small money
- No education, No awareness
Poverty hard to be eliminated.
Bijaynagar, Tik
apur

7. Project
HFHN’s
Program
for
Ex-­‐Kamaiyas
• Target village : Bijaynagar, Tikapur
• Given the centrality of water supply to community health and livelihoods, as well as the dire need f
or sanitation facilities, project will support.
(i) Housing with Installation of latrines,
(ii) Provision of hygiene and sanitation training,
(iii) Installation of tube wells or community water supply
(iv) Entrepreneurial training and provision of seed money for small business development.
Installation of tube
Housing with Install wells and communit
ation of latrines, y water supply Sustainable & Stable de
velopment of Communi
ty
Provision of hygien Entrepreneurial training and provisi
e and sanitation trai on of seed money for small busines
ning s development.

8. Campaign
Campaign
Concept
• Title
:
1house
for
1house
Campaign
for
Ex-­‐Kamaiyas
in
Nepal
• Sub
@tle
:
Family
fearing
rainy
season
‘When
I
met
a
family
in
Ex-­‐Kamaiyas
village.
Almost
of
them
have
thatched
and
mud
house.
The
house
looked
very
old
but
the
family
said
it
was
only
one-­‐year
old.
beThey
could
not
sleep
when
it
was
rain
(During
monsoon
season,
rainy
days
is
con@nuous
for
4
mo
nths)
cause
there
is
no
space
to
lay
down
on
floor.
Life
looked
extremely
tough
and
m
other
who
talked
to
me
almost
cried(tears
was
in
eyes),
but
the
children
was
just
smilin
g
with
their
siblings.’
There
is
lots
of
people
who
live
in
thatched
wall
and
roof
house
.
This
house
is
very
weak
so
water
came
to
house
during
monsoon
season
in
Nepal.
Family
cannot
sleep
in
the
hous
e
and
someOmes
they
must
move
to
neighbors’
houses.
Children
can
catch
a
cold
or
ot
her
hygiene
related
disease
owing
to
this
living
condiOon.
And
they
do
not
have
money
to
repair
home
every
year.
There
is
no
choice
but
to
live
in
old
house
without
wall
or
ro
of.

9. Campaign
Methodology
• 1 family support a cluster (one cluster is composed by 80, 50, 100 families each)
• 1 family(donor) will link with 1 family in village(a homepartner)
• Supporting one family for upgrading living condition costs 500USD (update report
s have to be given to donors-not confirmed)
Upgraded Housing
and Sanitation
Family
Water Facility
Family A cluster
(80 families) Awareness and Kwo
ledge
Livelihood Materials
Korea Nepal

10. Campaign
Stories
from
village
Ram Das Chaudhary is a 65 years old man, who is staying in Bijaynagar in Tikapur, Kailali. He is fr
om X Kamaiyas community, who is in very pathetic condition. He rescued from his Land Lord, 11 ye
ars before. When he was in bondage he had worked hard for his land Lord. And he couldn’t get free
dom.
He has wife children (son and daughter). And his daughter got married and his son has mental prob
lem because of this sickness some time doing labor in city, most of the time staying in home. And n
ow three members are living together in a small hut (made by straw and mud).
When he rescued form his Land Lord?
11 years before he and his family released form his owner. That time he had worked hard for land l
ord even they could not get money, only work. Life was very tough; they used to get up early in the
morning (4:00 AM) and started their daily work and have work till 7:00 PM. did not get freedom to le
ave.
How they are surviving their life or what work they are doing?
Ram Das and his wife are weak and very old, because of weakness they could not work hard in the
ir little field. He is surviving their life from that little field. They worked hard on their field and grow so
me vegetables to eat and sale. Ram Das’ son has mental problem, and simply staying in home. So
their main work is cultivation but they do not have proper agricultural knowledge.

14. Campaign
Stories
from
village
She is living in Shaktinagar, in X-Kamaiyas community with her children. She has 9 members in family (husband, 4
sons and 3 dauughter). She has a small hut and she has been suffering a lot with her children. Only she is working,
collecting wood to survive her children lives. Her husband riding riksha, and all earned money he himself spending b
ecause he is drunker. She said I have to support my children on my own but the money that I earn can not feed my
children. Some time they could not sleep in rainy season because licking of her house. Everyday she is collecting w
ood from the jungle for sale and buys some rice to eat. Only two children are going school, other are not going. She
is alone managing her family.

17. Drafted by Sinae Won at 2012.2.14