Social work Nepal

Everything has two sides. One positive and another is negative. Same here, Old age allowance have also both sides. Positive side we already describe above 2.3 and in this season we mention some challenges. On this research we mainly concern to the challenges while the elder people getting OAA and another is after getting money, the elder could spend the money on their desire or not? The first challenge is receiving OAA. Sometimes old age people can have problem to receive allowance, sometimes administration of VDC might not co-operate with them, the administration can ask for money, the old age people should walk half an hour/one hour to receive that allowance, the administration might not respond him/her politely, and the big problem is the money of OAA is not sufficient for them in this time when the price rate are being double. The second challenge might be after receiving money; other family member took his/her money.

The OAA has received considerable attention in Nepal as a state-sponsored measure that contributes to the recognition of older people in the society. Beneficiaries and perspective beneficiaries both were familiar with the OAA. Despite being small in amount, it is perceived as an important income support for older people, contributing to their well-being and income security. The distribution has enabled older people to have a sense of security in meeting their daily needs. Elder people have utilized the OAA for different purposes. A significant portion, according to the beneficiaries, is used to purchase personal supplies and meet healthcare needs, clothes, desire food, and etc… Better nutrition and access to health services medicine is likely to contribute to greater longevity among elder people. Almost half of the OAA was also reported to be used for household needs, revealing a broader impact beyond older people themselves. There was a frequent complaint on the regularity of the dist...

Nepal is the first country in south Asia which declared social welfare programs in terms of old age allowance. The universal flat pension of Rupees 100 to all elderly above 75 years was first announced in Nepal on 26 December 1994. Five districts from the five development regions of Nepal were selected   on   a pilot basis   and   the first disbursement of Old age Allowance Program (OAP) was made on 2 nd July 1995 for a six- month period from January-June. The implementation of the pilot project in five -districts was carried out by the Ministry of Education and Sports and distributed at the grass-root levels by the Village Development Committees. During the financial year, 1995-96, OAP was extended to the entire country and was implemented by the Home Ministry. During 1995-96, an amount of 280 crores of Rupees were released for the implementation of the program. Since 1996-97, the Ministry    of   Local   Develo...

The issue of social security to elderly people has been gaining its momentum to the discussion in developing countries like Nepal as the life expectancy is increased. Total morality rate of the people is reduced and human development index is increased. As the number of senior citizen has been increasing. It would natural concern to take care and providing essential goods and services to those senior citizens who can’t manage themselves and needs other support. The state should take responsibility to protect the rights of elderly by providing basic needs, and valuable experience, skill, knowledge and capacity could be mobilized. The state should promise social and economic security to these people. Nepal has adopted the definition of World Health Organization (WHO) to define Old as a person above 60 years of age. Nepal is a poor country where old population is more likely to need state support in their old age. Realizing this, the Government of Nepal in 1994 introduced a non-contributo...