Role of Ngos for Peoples Participation in Tharu Community

Abstract

A thesis entitled Role of Ngos For Peoples Participation in Tharu Community: A Case Study of Jogidah VDC of Udayapur District. The objective of the study is to analyze the role of NGOs working in the field of peoples participation. This study has become limited to the NGOs and their contributions only on peoples participation and fostering people‟s participation in the Udayapur district. It also identifies the major problems faced and prospects of NGOs in the study area. The research design of the study is descriptive research design. This research has been qualitative and quantitative by nature. The study has been focused both the primary and secondary data. There are 1821 households in the Jogidah VDC. The households of beneficiary groups is 102 households. Among them 50 respondent has been selected purposively. the sample is 51 % of total households. Out of the total respondents 52 percent of them are female and only 48 percent of total respondents are male. The age distribution ratio of the study area shows that, the highest numbers of the involvement in these NGOs were age of 25-30 years 44 percent. The age between 30-35 years are constituted 10 percent of the total respondents, between the age 35- 40 years constituted 4 percent of the total respondents, at last 2 percent of my respondent is between the age of above 40 years. This field Survey shows that, 72 percent of the migrant people are married and 28 percent were unmarried. My field research shows that, 32 percent of respondents were under SLC who can read and write as well as passed primary level, out of this 34 percent of the respondents is SLC passed. 36 were passed 10+2 level and 12 percent were able to complete their bachelors‟ level. 44 percent of respondent have regular participation in NGOs Meeting/General Assembly and remaining 52 percent are not the regular participants. Only 30 percent are indifferent to participate in decision due to negligence of their voice, fear of elite and fear of exclusion.