Introduction Nagarik Aawaz, which in English means the "voice of the citizen", was initiated in July 2001, as a forum of concerned development activists/organizations, who in a rapidly deteriorating security environment felt the urgency to advocate/work for peace. The forum grew to provide a platform for the civil society to understand the impacts and implications of the violent armed conflict as well as to be proactive and respond to the present needs. Two months of regular meetings resulted in the realization of the need for registering an organization with an ad-hoc Board.  Read More Programmes Displaced Youth Volunteer Programme (DYVP) As a consequence of 11 year long violent armed conflict, more and more people were displaced from their villages. There was a huge threat of insecurity for youths in particular as they were pressured by the rebels to join their cadre. Many of these youths fled their hometowns in the middle of the night in search of a relatively safer places for them are the bigger cities and in adjoining India. Gainful Employment Opportunities for girls/women (GEOP) The 11 year long insurgency increased the number of girls trafficked in the country. The situation of girls working in difficult circumstances has worsened over a past few years. In order to help alleviate the plights of the impacted women, Nagarik Aawaz (NA) strongly felt the need for skill-based training for girls/women from 15 to 35 years of age, the group most vulnerable to being trafficked. Branch Office / Ramechhap Youth Peace Center (RYPC) Building on the success of DYVP and Peace Ambassador Mobilization Programme, NA has established a Branch Office/Peace Center at Ramechhap, a rural village in central Nepal, which is led and run by graduates of DYVP and supervised by NA's Peace Ambassador. View All

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