Rastriya Mukta Haliya Samaj Federation-Nepal is an umbrella organization working for the socio-economic rights of freed Haliyas amalgamated with 386 freed Haliya groups and 12 Community Based Organizations (CBOs) from 12 districts of mid and far western region which are also known as District Haliya Mukti Samaj (DHMS). It was formally registered in District Administrative Office (DAO) Dadeldhura in 2007 AD and affiliated the same in Social Welfare Council (SWC). Now a total of 16,953 (Male- 9530 and Female- 7383) freed Haliya members are directly involved with this issue based people organization. The constitution of the organization has provisioned to ensure at least 40% of women participation in all level. Due to the Haliya rights movement led by RMHSF-N, the government of Nepal emancipated the Haliya system in 2008 AD with 5 points agreement. Now it is playing vital role for rehabilitation of freed Haliyas through lobby and various advocacy intervention. The VMGO of the organization has been illustrated as below.
Instructional Information in nutshell
| Name of Organization: | Rastriya Mukta Haliya Samaj Federation Nepal |
| Address: | Amargadhi Municipality ward N. 5 Dadeldhura |
| Contact No. | 096-410196 |
| Email: | freedhaliya@gmail.com/aaf.freedhaliya@gmail.com |
| Kind of the organization | Non gov. organization |
| previous Website: | www.freedhaliya.org.np/new |
| Established date: | 2064/05/19 |
| Org. regd. date | 2064/06/08 DAO Dadeldhura |
| DAO Regis No.: | 264 |
| Last Renewal Date: | 2076/05/17 |
| End of renewal date: | 2077 Ashad |
| S.W.C. affiliation No: | 23580 (2064/06/15) |
| PAN No: | 303496645 |
| Last Audit date | 2076/05/11 |
| No. of Executive member | 15 |
| General members | 16,953 |
| No of CBOs | 12 ( Farwest Province -9, Karnali Province -3) |
| No of Groups | 386 |
| Last general assembly held on | 2075/03/04 |
| Geographical coverage: | 12 districts (9 in far west province and 3 in Karnali Province -Surkhet, Jajarkot and Humla) |
| Bank Account: | 13392 Rasriya Banijya Bank, Dadeldhura Branch |
| Contact Person | Mr. Ishwar Sunar ( Central Chair person) |
Vision
Creation of equitable society
Mission
To establish just society ensuring the meaningful participation of freed Haliya in various government and non government services delivery agencies
Goal
Contribute promoting the socio-economic status of freed Haliya through rehabilitation with dignified life.
SWOT Analysis of the organization
S=Strengths:
- People’s organization (Freed Haliya’s Federation)
- Committed Executive Committee members for the welfare of Freed Haliyas
- Flexible with the policies and procedures of funding agencies
- Feedbacks are taken positively and corrected accordingly
- Well reorganization among government line agencies, stakeholders and right holders
W=Weakness:
- M&E system should be developed effectively followed
- Fund raising and donor diversification
- Lack of common understanding on the operational definition of freed Haliyas among stakeholders, EC members and freed Haliyas
- Need to mobilize team members and volunteers of organization adopting better resource utilization
- Promote the organizational culture for learning sharing and knowledge management
O=Opportunity:
- Clear advocacy agendas in line with plan/policies of GoN for rehabilitation of freed Haliyas
- Solidarity of civil society, political parties and media on issues based campaign led by organization
- Integrated bonded labor act in process of being developed
- Government has planned to rehabilitate freed Haliyas within upcoming 2 years
T=Threats:
- There are an about 25000 freed Haliyas missed in government records and are excluding to get the rehabilitation package
- There is improper categorization and rehabilitation package designed is insufficient for their livelihoods. Furthermore, whatever the rehabilitation package is designed still having slow pace in implementation
- The rehabilitation modality is still not clear, thus, freed Haliyas have not yet fully realized the true sense of freedom
- Due to absence of local elected body, different social structures (both government and non government) are directly influenced by misuse of political powers that has directly hampered in local initiation for rehabilitation of freed Haliyas