Social Inclusion

Social Inclusion is an important aspect of Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF), Nepal. As a national targeted instrument to contribute to the country's poverty reduction goals, PAF envisions the creation of an inclusive society, characterized by a widely shared social experience and active participation, by a broad equality of opportunities and life chances for individuals and by the achievement of a basic level of wellbeing for all citizens. Realizing that the development efforts in the past were unable to ameliorate the situation of the lower strata of the society,
CO member involved in planning process in Kapilbastu
PAF holds the conviction that the country's all round development is possible only when the issues and problems of the lower rung of the society are addressed adequately and equitably. This is how PAF is directly linked to the third pillar of the Tenth Plan, i.e., the 'Targeted Program' which emphasizes the need for special programs to bring the excluded communities in the mainstream of development.