Dalit Help Society (DHS)

Bajhang | Province 7

History and Key Successes of the Organisation

A Brief History of the Organisation

Dalit Help Society (DHS) is a Non-Governmental Organisation which was established in 2063 (2006) by seven energetic and active Dalit young people in Lekhgoun of Chabispathivera Rural Municipality. In the beginning, they ran a community awareness programme through a cultural show and a sanitation campaign. All were new and inexperienced in this field but they met in a small rented room where they wrote their own Constitution. Almost all the young Dalit people in the community had bad experiences of untouchability and poverty and this provided the major agenda for their meetings.

Key Successes and Achievements of the Organisation:

Set up a well-equipped office, with clear and systematic organisational procedures and systems;
Achieved increased access to resources and organisations;
Increased their community acceptance and mobilisation;
Good governance practices where put in place;
Reduced the stigma of untouchability in the community.

Organisational Strategic Information

DAO Reg. No. 300/2006

SWC Affiliation No. 23374/2006

PAN No. 302453403

VAT No. 302453403

Vision

Creation of an equal and prosperous society.

Mission

Ensuring a non-violent and organized society through social and human development.

Goal

Elimination of caste based discrimination in Bajhang.

Purpose/Objectives

To give a voice to the Dalit women so that their concerns and aspirations are heard by policy makers and development partners;
To improve the access of Dalits, women, PWD and marginalised group/ communities to socio-economic resources, opportunities and services.