About Us

Gurababa Multipurpose Cooperative Origin

Before the establishment of the Gurababa Cooperative, all the banking facilities were concentrated in the bazaar areas only, and hence, villagers, especially farmers, were not able to grasp saving and credit facilities. They were being cheated by informal money lender at a high interest rate. Similarly, villagers used to cultivate only seasonal grains and vegetables for their consumption. They had no concept of off-season cultivation and business, and they were far away from access to government facilities. Their economic situation was so poor that neither could they nourish the family sufficiently nor provide any better health and education. Taking this pitiable situation into consideration 32 Tharu people of Rawatgaun and Chakhaura village of Dang established the Gurababa Cooperative Organization Ltd on the date June 28, 2013 based on the principle of cooperative under the Nepal cooperative policy 1992 with the aims to motivate its members to develop the regular saving habit from their income to uplift their economic and social status by creating sustainable agricultural development through improved and environment friendly farming practices, agribusiness, saving and credit, and animal husbandry.

Initially, Balu Ram Chaudhari (Manager) and his assistants, Sujata Chaudhary and Debendra Chaudhary, worked as volunteers for 3 years. The team started to organise women, men, and youth in self-help groups and youth clubs in the village areas by encouraging and motivating the villagers and started saving and credit in one hand and started to lobby and dialogue with government body for subsidy programs and facilities in the other hand. Initially, they faced many problems in uniting the villagers and getting concerned from the government bodies, but nownit has been growing smoothly with the broader vision fostering different sectors like saving and credit, agriculture, business, and education, and is in close coordination with local, provincial, and central government in agricultural programs and activities. Currently, the organization has been working in Dangisharan, Shantinagar, Babai rural municipalities, and Tulsipur sub-metropolitan. The cooperative is working on the four thematic areas: a) Economic Development, b) Member services and capacity development, c) Institutional Management and Strengthening, and d) Leadership development. The cooperative will initiate further programs for the holistic development of members and the community in the future. The Gurababa family is in full trust with the highly experienced and dedicated teams of the cooperative that they will implement the designed plans and programs in the future as in the past.

Baluram Chaudhary -Manager

Our main objective is to raise the incomes of small and medium-sized farmers through saving and credit, improved environment-friendly farming practices, and agribusiness.

Gurababa Cooperative at a Glance

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Mission Statement

To make the members good individual capable of leading the community developing in them cultured, happy and self-reliant by delivering quality and convenient educational, financial and agricultural services.

Goal

To conduct member centric saving and credit system.
To be the members’ friend in joy and sorrow.
To follow the cooperative values.
To work in the sectors beneficial for the members and community.
To conduct special programs for the betterment of farmers, backward community, senior citizen, differently able people etc.
To work for the preservation and promotion of traditional skills, culture etc.

Our Vision

Joy and sorrow’s friend, our Gurababa cooperative.

Objectives

To conduct basic and secondary level school, campus and university to provide quality technical and higher education to its members’ and backward community children at minimum cost.
To foster economic, social and environmental development by creating collective feeling among members and implement income generating activities.
To work in sectors like agriculture, livestock, forest and environment, saving and credit, renewable energy, and medicinal herbs in accordance the interest and demands of the members.
To conduct and organize capacity building and skill development trainings and national and international exposure visits for the members.
To work in the sectors like production, collection, distribution, and marketing of agricultural product, diary product, meat product, and medicinal herbs.
To empower and motivate members to conduct and establish small cottage and medium sized industries.
To promote sustainable social and economic growth through income generating activities.
To search donation support and debt from different national and international organizations.
To manage and distribute seed, chemical and compost fertilizers, and agricultural equipment’s among members.
To work for the preservation and promotion of traditional skills i.e. handicrafts through conducting small cottage industries.
To conduct short-term technical training to develop the professional skills of the members.
To conduct cooperative medicals and hospitals to provide quality healthcare to its members and rural community at minimum cost.