A Model for the Replication of Community Development Program of NRCS

2002

The Community Development Program (CDP) was initiated by the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) as a pilot program to improve the health status of selected communities. The NRCS intended to replicate the program in other areas. This study contains a model for replication of the CDP based on the principles of local management and sustainability with facilitation of local units of the NRCS. The study assesses the sustainability of the CDP and identifies the widely acceptable, cost effective and needy activities from among the CDP activities implemented during the pilot phase. It also examines the existing resource base of local units of sub-chapter and district chapter in relation to their capacity to facilitate in the implementation of the model.