Safer and Healthier Lives for Children in Monastic Institutions in Bhutan



Contract partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund - New York Country: Bhutan Funding amount: € 330.000,00 Project start: 01.12.2006 End: 30.09.2009

Short Description:

Overall goal


The ongoing Religion and Health project 2005-00-2005 will come to end by January 2007. This project is going on well and by the end of 2006, the access to water and sanitation facilities will have been increased from 65% to 75% (10 new schemes built); existing water and sanitation facilities are all functioning; all water caretakers are skilled, maintenance committees are active, Monks have the knowledge and skills on health, hygiene, child protection, HIV/AIDS behaviors, and regularly advocating on these issues among people in the community.


However, there are still many Monastic Institutions which need such assistance. According to the official sources there are about 1700 Monasteries, 15 Shedras (Buddhist Colleges), 9 Nunneries and 130 Lobdras (Schools). This project for "Safer and Healthier Lives for Children in the Monastic Institution in Bhutan" aims at improvement in the living conditions in 10 more Monastic Institutions (including two nunneries). The Project involves provision of Water Supply and sanitation facilities for both monasteries and nunneries. Further training of monks and nuns on health & hygiene, Protection issues and HIV/AIDS are some of the core activities in the project.


An external evaluation will be carried out by the end of the project.

project number 2005-00/2006
source of funding OEZA
sector Andere soziale Infrastruktur und Leistungen
tied
modality
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    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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