About

Our Story

Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC) established in March 1993 in Sindhupalchowk District is a social organization that has been campaigning for more than three decades for comprehensive agrarian reform and the land rights of working farmers and tillers. CSRC has unwaveringly strived to organize and raise consciousness amongst those deprived of land rights, build public opinion in favor of progressive land reform, and conduct action research related to land and agrarian issues.

It is now regarded as a national resource organization concerned with land rights. CSRC has established a presence across Nepal’s mountains, hills, and plains, in more than two-thirds of the nation’s districts and has maintained working relations with communities and local governments in all these places. CSRC is committed to the belief that social inclusion and participatory democracy must be strengthened at the roots of society.

In the future, CSRC’s activities, plans, and campaigns will be driven by the goals of a pro-people land management system and a sustainable, organic, and eco-friendly agrarian practice.

Our Vision

The Creation of a prosperous, democratic, and equitable Nepal where land management is just and agrarian practices are sustainable.

Our Mission

By establishing the rights of the landless, peasants, and working farmers, we will contribute to the establishment of a justice-based land system and sustainable agrarian practice.

Our Core Values

Every year, CSRC initiative, task, and campaign is inspired and directed by core values of social and ecological justice. These core principles form the basis for the rules and norms followed by the Executive Board, and CSRC believes it is also important that they are reflected in the behavior and everyday practice of its members, staff, and campaigners.

Social Justice and Environmental Justice

We are committed to the belief that just relations must exist amongst both individuals and communities. We strongly oppose negative discrimination based on any identity, be it class, caste, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, nationality, beliefs, or any other criteria: everyone deserves justice. Furthermore, we strongly believe that the relations between people and the land, between humans and nature, also require justice. We oppose the depletion, pollution, and exploitation of nature in the name of ‘development.’

Non-violence

We strongly believe that constructive and sustainable social change can be achieved through non-violent campaigns and social movements.

Simplicity and Mutual Respect

We call upon our members, partners and employees to strive in their personal and professional lives, towards a simple and modest lifestyle, marked by respect for all. At the same time, we believe that respect must go both ways, and that those denied respect must be fought for. We believe that mutual respect is an essential part of democratic relations.

Empathy and Solidarity

We believe that the creation of a just society necessarily requires taking the sides of individuals, families and communities that have been subject to injustice. What is required is not sympathy for victims, but solidarity and a commitment to justice borne of empathy towards those who have hitherto been excluded from it.

Self-Reliance and Interreliance

Interreliance is a driving force of social progress. Families, communities, nations, and global society can only progress towards prosperity through cooperative action. Unequal dependencies can only make individuals and communities vulnerable. Hence, CSRC believes that individuals, families and communities, need to move away from unequal dependencies and towards a state of positive interreliance.

A focus on value driven Results

We firmly believe that an alternative to the status quo is possible. To achieve such an alternative, we will go forward with the belief that each and every task we face can be completed with excellence and quality.

SECURED LAND OWNERSHIP

LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT

JOINT LAND OWNERSHIP

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