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Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) has been a leading organization in the sector of social mobilization and community development. It implements various programmes so as to raise the quality of life through wise-use of available local resources and application of alternate and renewable technologies.
Briefs
ECCA was established in 1987 as a non profit, non political, non government organization.
- ECCA is registered with CDO office, Kathmandu and affiliated with Social Welfare Council.
- ECCA Constitution enables trained members to vote for a policy making body of 11 members.
- ECCA now has a network of over 4,000 trained manpower in 46 districts of Nepal and few places of Bhutan and India.
- ECCA established an Environmental Resource Centre (ERC) in Bhaktapur in 1992.
- ECCA pioneered the concept of children nature club (in Nepal) in 1992.
- ECCA was the first NGO to establish a paper-recycling unit (named Pap Again) in 1994 with the objective of producing recycled paper from the waste paper collected from office, schools, press, etc.
- ECCA Head Office was shifted to its newly constructed building in Kopundol, Lalitpur on March 14, 2004 (Chaitra 1, 2060).
- Awards :
- 1991, first NGO to be awarded CITATION (for conservation awareness) by Government of Nepal
- 1993, ‘Spirit of Enterprise’ (for ECCA’s unique methodology), International Rolex Award
- 2001, ‘Environment Award and Cash Prize’, Ministry of Population and Environment, Government of Nepal
- 2005, Global Development Marketplace (for Solar Tuki), World Bank, Washington DC, USA
- 2007, Global Development Marketplace Photography Contest, World Bank, Washington DC
- 2007, Tech Museum Awards (category Economic Development) (for Solar Tuki), The Tech Museum of Innovation, California, USA
- 2008, Nepal Development Marketplace (for safe-drinking-water campaign)
- 2008, Global Development Marketplace Amateur Video Contest, World Bank, Washington DC
Mission
- ECCA will be a Model Professional Volunteer Organization (PVO) dedicated towards natural resources management
- ECCA will organize programmes so as to secure children's sound ecological future
- ECCA will support the development of conservation related entrepreneurship
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22nd ECCA Day Celebrated
22nd ECCA day was celebrated on 18 July 2009 at ECCA Office.
Awarded distributed during ECCA day
01. Winners of Second National Essay Competition 2009
02. Announcement of Nature Club Proposal Competition winners
03. Outstanding Performance Award
Mr. Laxmi Parsad Timalsina
Mr. Chandra Bahadur Dulal
04. Honorary Membership
Mr. Ukesh Raj Bhuju
05. Top Nine counselor of the 2008/09
Rajesh Banjankar
Bikash Maharjan
Anup Basnet
Mochan Bhatterai
Prativa Duwal
Suchita Shrestha
Anita Shrestha
Roji Maharjan
Elina Nakarmi
06. Consellor of the Year 2008/09
Anal Dhungana
Winners of Call for Proposal
Theme: 'School Environment Improvement'
Winner List
01. Shree Thade Primary School Tistung -3 Makawanpur Project: School Fencing
01. Bal Mandal Secondary School Jasbire-1, Maipokhari, Ilam Project: Drinking Water Reserve Tank Construction
Winners of Essay Competition
Theme: 'Role of School Environment in Education for Sustainable Development'
Winner List
01. Bijay Kumar Jethara, Patan H.S. School, Patan Nature Club, Patan Dhoka, Lalitpur
02. Sugandha Misra, Birendra Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Sallaghari, Bhaktapur
03. Ruja Rai, Blooming Buds International School, Old Baneshwor, Kathmandu
04. Gorakh Raj Joshi, Geeta Mata Prakriti Club, Bijeshwori, Kathmandu
Binita Lama, Lalit Kalyan Kendra Lower Secondary School, Lalit Kalyan Nature Club, Bhol Dhoka, Lalitpur
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