News Letters
COMMUNITY AWEKENNING AND TRANSFORMATION SOCIETY
[CATS Nepal]
News Letter – July 2012
Dear Fiends,
We have started to publish newsletter from last year October but discontinue this year and after several moth we are able to publish this, after appointing new coordinator. Let me introduce myself: I am Prakash Raj Bagale new coordinator of CATS Nepal from January 2012. Let me explain about CATS Nepal work in summary and some stories below.
CATS is one of the faith base NGO which lies in Dang district in mid –west region of Nepal which Takes around 9-10 hours by bus to reach from the capital city Kathmandu, of Nepal. CATS is working mainly in 3 sectors (Community transformation, Tb patient hostel and Education programme) since 2004. Its central office is in Ghorahi, Dang. CATS have its branch office in Surkhet and Rolpa also. We don’t have our own building but all three offices are in rented house.
Related to community Transformation work CATS is working in clean and safe environment, Income generation and working with the local church since the start up period and still continuing this programmes. We believe that the local churches are the transforming agent for the community. Most of the communities’ seams clean and interested to continue keeping it up. This impact has been created through the coordination with the community by conducting mass cleaning events with churches/ local communities and awareness through drama in the communities and in the schools. Now most of the communities are positive and conscious towards keeping their communities clean.
CATS establish SHGs of 7 to 14 members in each group includes especially poor, helpless, marginalized and single women. People are getting opportunities for saving and credit from the groups. Most of the group members are working daily as a laborer. Groups are progressing in their business through income generation programme.
Since last 5 years CATS is conducting awareness programme in health & hygiene and peace building in different schools and communities through drama. It has been more effective to conduct awareness through drama.
Education
Full and partial Scholarship provision for orphan, poor and helpless is continuing as usual in government schools up to grade 10. 35 children have got scholarship provision in this year. 
CATS is conducting evening programme (5-6) pm in office building itself for the children/youth after their schools so that the children could learn about health and hygiene, to keep the environment clean, love their neighbors, peace building, games and music etc. 20-25 children are involved in this programme this year.
Different kinds of TB patients from different Districts are admitting in TB patient hostel of CATS. It is for poor and helpless people who have to bear many difficulties such as where patient have to walk more than 2 hours to reach the health post from their place, paying high rate hotel charge if they have to come in the central or town area for their treatment. Those people are getting opportunities for their quality care, quality food and good accommodation. 
The local churches seem ready and more interested to implement integral mission. They were positive when CCMP/IM workshop was organized previous and this year with them and resources were shared with other faith base organization. We have now 5 churches with us ready to implement CCMP and there is one church formed church coordination group in Ghorahi. They are now in prayer and having Bible study once a month in church coordination group and in church prayer once a week, about addressing social need with their communities. This church came up with a small scale program in community for nine month. Others are in the process of developing program with their communities.
A STORY OF TB PATIENT
Sabitra Budha is a seven years old. She lives in Mahat VDC of Rukum [neighboring district of Dang] District. She admitted in CATS T. B. hostel on 24th November 2011, and discharged on February 24, 2012.The health post is far from her home, nearly 3 hours to walking one way. One day by bus journey to come in CATS Nepal Ghorahi and 2 days by walking. She was Hindu while admitted but now she became Christian by accepting Jesus as her personal Lord and savior. Sabitra is living with her 7 family members, 3 sisters, one brother, father and mother. She has some land but that is not sufficient for her family thus her father is gone foreign country to earn some money. She was 34 kg at admitted time in Hostel, now she is 41 kg at discharged date. She gains her weight more than before. She was seen very weak at admission time. Because she was treatment failure patient. At first she has been taking CAT 1 treatment but after 5 months her sputum result had come positive so she has to take CAT 2 treatment. Sabitra affected from gland TB also, so that she couldn’t do anything own self. She hadn’t appetite, couldn’t walk one place to another. She always sleeps on the bed. But after get quality food, good accommodation, Medicine regularly on time from CATS hostel, she became changed in physical. She can do every daily activity (Brushing, bathing, washing clothes, walking nicely). She stayed 94 days at CATS .She received counseling too. She read in class ten due to her disease she left her study, she worried about that but after got counseling she started to read and used to go tuition classes. Recently she took S L C test exam. She heard good news while shared in CATS hostel. After then she has coming church every Saturday. Now physical, medical, spiritual improvement has shown in her. She thankful towards CATS and its services. She said that CATS Nepal saved my life and my soul. I am so happy for getting cure. I pray with God for my family members to trust in God as soon possible. I thankful to all CATS staff for providing me such facilities.
CATS Nepal providing all services to those patients who are socioeconomically poor, helpless and who are not able to receive quality care, nutrient food from their family.
A STORY OF SELF – HELF GROUP MEMBER
CATS Nepal is supporting those women who are helpless, poor, and widow. It is helping to grow up their economic status by making saving self help groups. Till now eleven self-help groups has been established in Ghorahi Municipality by CATS. Sagun woman saving group is one of those groups.
Bina Chaudhari is the member of Sagun women saving group. She is 24 years old. She lives with her four family members (her husband, son and daughter) in Ghorahi Municipality. She has been staying in ranted house for many years. Her husband used to go India for earning because they hadn’t regular source of income. Bina used to take loan from saving groups and spending in all daily needs. She has many difficulties to moving her family in financially. After some times she has been join the group which have made by CATS. She started to save money. Nine month later CATS Nepal provided loans for income generation. She has got six thousand rupees to start her business. She bought two goats (male and female). After six months female goat produced two goats. She sold both goats in twelve thousand within one year. She got some small land to make own house. But she haven’t budget to make house that time. Now she has successfully made her house by supporting her husband and own goat keeping business. After completed house her husband also came back from India. Now they are together. Her husband also helping in her goat keeping business. He is a bricklayer too, so some time he goes to working in field. Bina Chaudhari is so happy now and she told that “CATS Nepal changed my life it providing me loan for business and for 3 years I am continue saving money in a group. Now, we are together. Bina is thinking to build up her business. Now she has 2 goats and she wants to make four goats in coming days.
For more details please Contact us: Prakash Raj Bagale or Jiwan Gurung
CATS Coordinator/ Chairperson
P.O. Box 4 Ghorahi, Dang Nepal
+977-82562201
Visit us: www.catsnepal.com
To donate to CATS ministry: directly via CATS Bank account in Nepal:
Account name: Community Awakening and Transformation Society (CATS Nepal)
Account number: Ladder saving A/C no. 16-18-00000042 NPR
Swift code: BOKLNPKA
Bank: Bank of Kathmandu, Ghorahi Branch, New Road -11, Ghorahi, Dang, Nepal
Tel no: +977 82 561951 Fax: +
