Monitoring Visit under the Advancing Nutritional Status of School Children in Doti Project.

2025/8/18

With the financial support of MoFA Japan, technical partnership of Good Neighbors International Nepal, and coordination of Dipayal Silgadhi Municipality, EDC-Nepal Nepal Doti conducted a Joint monitoring visit on Ashoj 2, 2082 (September 18, 2025) under the "Advancing Nutritional Status of School Children in Doti Project".

The visit took place at Shree Durga Secondary School, Pakari and Arunoday Basic School, Uditole (Ward No. 7) with the active participation of representatives from Local representatives, local government officials, and heads of the Education, Health, and Agriculture sections, EDC-Nepal Board and management team and Doti based Good Neighbors International's representatives. The team observed the ongoing construction of girls friendly, disability friendly, menstruation friendly, toilets, a school canteen, waste pits, drinking water facilities, and the management of school kitchen gardens.

Within a short period, the strong commitment and dedication of the Municipality/ward, School Management Committee, teachers, construction committee, and community have built confidence that the construction work will be completed on time. Encouragingly, vegetables produced from the school kitchen gardens are already being used in students’ mid-day meals, contributing to improved nutrition. This initiative is also inspiring children to establish kitchen gardens at their homes, promoting healthy food production and consumption at the household level.