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MAKAWANPUR: A Nepali NGO received an international award worth US$ 100,000.
Makawanpur-based Manahari Development Organisation (NDO) received the UNEP Sasakawa Award-2010/11. The award is given to two organisations working for poverty alleviation, environment conservation and social development sectors. Another organisation of Guatemala also received the award.
According to NDO coordinator Top Bahadur Shahi, Executive Director Khop Narayan Shrestha received the award in Nairobi of Kenya amidst a programme on Wednesday.
The organisation said the awarded amount will be spent in development works in Makwanpur.
NDO has been running different programmes since 2004 with financial support from small small subsidy programmes of UN World Environment Fund targeting Chepang and Tamang communities.
As part of its programme, NDO encourages villagers to plant banana, pineapple, lemon, orange, Amliso and asparagus in an integrated way.
A total of 4,300 households---2,000 in Makawanpur and 2,300 in Udayapur---have been benefitted from the programmes.
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