Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN)'s district office Ramechhap has organised a review workshop of its EU funded 'Education for Vulnerable and Marginalised Children in Nepal (EVMCN)' project with district level stakeholders at Manthali, Ramechhap  on 16 November 2011. 

District level government officials, representatives of civil society organisations, teachers, resources persons, women and journalists reviewed the RRN's project and discussed on School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP) and project complementary part to make synergy to promote quality inclusive education for poor and marginalised section of population.

A week long programme to celebrate the World Food Day and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was concluded on 22nd October 2011. A public rally and mass meeting was organized by different CS groups, including members of South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) and National Network on Right to Food, Nepal (RtFN), on 22nd October as a concluding event of the week-long series of events.

The rally passed through Bagbazar, Putalisadak, Exhibition Road, Shahid Gate and converged into a mass meeting at Shantibatika, Ratnapark chanting various slogans on right to food, food security and food sovereignty. More than 500 people from peasant movement, women movement, civil society organisations, NGOs and INGOs participated in the rally.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Observed

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed on 17 October  in Kathmandu by SAAPE member organisations, civil society organisations by showing solidarity towards the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement. On the occasion, a mass meeting was organised in Maitighar, Kathmandu, where people extended their solidarity against the structural causes of poverty and hunger.