About Us
Collaborative Action for Dignity (CAD) is a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) registered at the District Administration Office in Jumla under the Institution Registration Act 2034 (1978) and is affiliated with the Social Welfare Council in Kathmandu. It was established in 2011 in Jumla district by enthusiastic local youths engaged in legal practice, health professions, human rights activism, and social activism to raise issues affecting the Karnali people and contribute to addressing them through technical and social mobilization support. CAD envisions a society where everyone has a dignified life and living conditions. CAD Jumla is governed by an Executive Committee elected from the General Assembly (GA), the apex body of the organization. Presently, the GA is comprised of 15 members (7 males and 8 females, including 4 Dalits and 3 Janjatis) and it meets once a year to provide guidance and directives to the organization and approve annual policies, plans, and programs for the succeeding year.
Executive committee of 7 members elected by the General Assembly for a tenure of 3 years is responsible for implementing plans and policies as decided in the General Assembly. The current 7-member executive committee, elected on 2079/07/29, consists of three males and four females, including 3 Dalits.
In the last 13 years, CAD Jumla realized from its learning and scope of future engagement as per the context and issues in Karnali province to develop a strategic plan for the guidance to the organization. Therefore, CAD Jumla has developed a 5-years strategic plan to set strategic directions for CAD Jumla for the period of 2023 to 2027.
Our Vision
A society where everyone has a dignified life and living conditions.
Mission
To transform unequal power relations through inclusive and dignity-centered local development.
Goal
To socio-economically empower vulnerable and marginalized women, children and adolescents and their families.
Objectives
- To educate and empower women, children, and adolescents for their rights.
- To ensure sustainable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities and services.
- To enhance institutional capacity and policy support for dignity-centric local development.
- To foster adaptive livelihoods and diverse income opportunities.
Our Core Strategies
- Community Empowerment
- Demonstration of Model Communities, School, and Palika
- Evidence-based Advocacy and Campaigning Coordination, Collaboration and Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
Program Strategies
Community Empowerment: This strategy will organize the women, children, and adolescents into groups together with wider communities, educate and empower them on their rights so that they will be able to understand, defend, and practice their rights including their dignity. A separate modular course will be introduced where participatory learning and actions will take place. The integration of modular courses with school education (formal) will significantly offer opportunities to vulnerable and marginalized children and adolescents to access quality education.
Demonstration of Model Communities, School, and Palika: All the interventions will be focused on selected schools, communities, and Palika so that they will be developed and demonstrated as models for others to learn and replicate. This focused intervention will also reduce the cost of operation and increase the effectiveness of the projects creating synergy.
Evidence-based Advocacy and Campaigning: To influence the policy process for the development of dignity-centered local policies especially related to education, employment, livelihoods, and local governance, evidence generated from the implementation of projects and models will be widely circulated through publication and media partnership.
Coordination, Collaboration, and Multi-Stakeholder Partnership: Coordination, collaboration, and partnership with multiple stakeholders is crucial to take collective actions for far-reaching and effective results, especially in creating synergy leading to the demonstration of new models.
Guidelines Principle
These are the guiding principles of CAD Jumla while working with donors, Development Partners, and local stakeholders
- Committed to protecting, promoting, and respecting all rights for all and maintaining peace.
- All actions directed towards ensuring dignity, equity, and freedom.
- Committed to transparent and democratic practices at all levels.
- All actions free from any kind of political affiliations/interest.
- All actions focused on vulnerable and marginalized groups and community.
- Promoting the role of civil society to work as a watchdog through citizen’s action.
- Dedicated to non-violent social transformation.