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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Initiatives |
Sambhav has been supported by Water Aid, UK, for implementing
activities of Poverty Reduction through Water, Hygiene and
Sanitation.
The
objectives
of the Water & Sanitation Program are:
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Bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the
rural areas.
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Accelerating sanitation coverage in rural areas.
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Generating felt need through awareness creation and health
education.
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Covering schools in rural areas with sanitation facilities.
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Encouraging suitable cost effective and appropriate technologies.
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Bringing about a reduction in the incidence of water and
sanitation related diseases.
Strategy:
The Programme is to be implemented as 'community led' and 'people
centered'. A "demand driven approach"
is to be adopted with increased stress on awareness building and
meeting the demand with alternate delivery mechanisms. Subsidy
for individual units has to be progressively reduced and phased
out. Rural School Sanitation is to be a major component and entry
point for wider acceptance of sanitation by the rural masses.
Technology improvisations according to customer preferences and
location specific, intensive IEC Campaign and involving
Co-operatives, Women Groups, Self Help Groups, NGOs etc. are also
important components of the Strategy.
IEC Activities:
Information,
Education and Communication (IEC) are
the important components of the Programme so as to create the
demand for sanitary facilities in the rural areas. The activities
carried out under this component should be area specific and
should also involve all the sections
of the rural population in a sustained manner so that the
willingness of the people to construct latrines is
translated/interpreted as demand generated. The motivator can be
given his/her incentive from the funds earmarked for IEC. The
incentive will be based on his/her performance i.e. in terms of
motivating the people to the extent that they
construct the latrine and soakage pits and also use it
subsequently.
Programs:
Sambhav Water and
Sanitation Program, Gwalior
Damyanti Water and
Sanitation Program, Shivpuri
Slum Environmental
Sanitation Initiative, Gwalior
School Health and
Hygiene Education Promotion Program, Lalitpur
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