Introduction

Guthi, a social organisation, is constituted for the integrated community development of Nepal.    It comprises of a group of self-motivated youths from various professional backgrounds. They work at guthi as volunteers as part of their social responsibility. They work with a belief that their joint effort can bring a change in the society and in the country.

When we talk about sustainable development in this 21st century, its not just about power and money .There are many more agendas that we need to take into accounts. We need to consider our local social structures, our rich traditional and cultural values, environment etc. People, specially the young generation, need to be made aware of this fact. They are the ones who will carry forward this and ensure its sustainable perpetuation.

Objectives

• Guthi provides the platform to the youths from the various walks of life to explore their innovative ideas and at the same time serve the community.
• It ensures the community development through the preservation of cultural heritage, conservation of environment, effective delivery of public health services, pragmatic research based advocacy via efficient mass communication.
• It envisages blending the youth power station aided with technological advancement in its effort.
• It emphasises on decentralization with maximum mobilization of the locals and concerned people.
• It aims to create a network of community of experts and organisations including government exchanging their experiences, policies and solutions. Guthi believes that this will expedite in achieving the targeted goals.

Fields of work

The areas of fields that can be work are infinite. But we have identified following fields where we love to work for:

Strengthening and decentralization of local authorities

Education with a space to non-formal or alternative education

Raising public voices on water, sanitation and environmental  problems

Raising awareness on reuse of bio-degradable and other wastes

Rendering services for the improvement of public health

Raising public awareness campaigns to preserve and conserve natural and cultural heritages

Working for rights of women, children, indigenous people and Dalits

Developing a resource centre and advocacy on the above mentioned issues for the concerned authorities