VERC

The Village Education Resource Center (VERC) was established in 1977 as a project of Save the Children-USA with funding from UNICEF. In 1981 it was indigenized as a Private Voluntary Development Organization (PVDO). VERC was designed to fill the void of in-country capacity building support to government and related community and rural development agencies. Its initial activities included communication, education, training material development, imparting training, conduct participatory action research and technology promotion.
VERC’s field program evolved out of its need for an environment to apply its innovations in participatory development. VERC also worked to undertake capacity building activities of the rural poor, beginning with women’s literacy, health and sanitation and human resource development.
Right from the beginning, it was however obvious that VERC’s main forte was its training services. Its commitment to quality materials, content and trainers quickly led to its recognition as a leading organization in this field. Its variety of development education, management, sectoral and skill training courses have reached almost around 417680 people to March 2012.
Vision : A self-reliant society based on justice, equity and sustainability, where every human being has the equal opportunity to maximize their potentials.
In all its work, VERC is committed to the principle of “self-actualization” a process of raising people’s consciousness to a level at which they can realize their potentials and are motivated to reorder their lives.
PROGRAMS
Entering its 36th year of operation, VERC’s activities have both grown and diversified as to include:
Field level

 Institution Building & Income Generation
 Water, Sanitation Hygiene Promotion, Arsenic Mitigation & Technology
Development
 Education
 Health – Preventive and Clinical support on maternal and child health
care
 Environmental Protection
 Assisting the GOB in promoting good governance in the country
 Disaster Preparedness and Management
 Integrating Disability Issues in Community Development

Support Services
 Training & Communication
 Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Documentation
 Capacity Building ofs Local Organisations and Strengthening of Local
Government
About eighty percent of VERC's services are aimed at the interest of the poor women and children. In many of its human development efforts, VERC’s success has been encouraging, though along with its share of ups VERC has had to endure its share of downs as well. It is in the face of adversity that VERC has learnt many of its most valuable lessons. A long-term strategic framework has been developed by which VERC hopes to maximize sustainability of its development efforts.