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December 13, 2022
Mobilising communities for WASH
WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
October 15, 2022
Evaluating WaSH conditions spatially at the panchayat level
Synthesis of water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) spatial pattern in rural India: an integrated interpretation of WaSH practices
People in rural areas lack potable water, and use unsafe sanitation and hygiene facilities (Image: Sebastian Dahl)
December 2, 2021
The loo loop
Public toilets and choice of work for women
Separation between women and men’s toilets (Image: Rajesh Pamnani; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
October 15, 2021
Hand hygiene, a public policy issue
Interventions to promote hand hygiene should be designed based on an understanding of what people care about, says report on ‘State of the world’s hand hygiene’
Girls learn the value of hand-washing (Image: Kristen Kelleher, USAID, Pixnio)
October 4, 2021
Understanding the thinking behind IEC in large programs
Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience
Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)
July 6, 2021
Billions lack access to WASH services
If trends persist, billions will be left without critical, life-saving WASH services, says a SDG monitoring report
Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)
Applications invited for 'Boot Camp: Covering India', Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
An orientation on the environment development debate bogging the Indian polity, with field visit to experience and report on the eco restoration work being done at the grassroots
Posted on 13 Sep, 2013 04:33 PM

For more information on the boot camp, please click here.

To apply for the same, fill the registration form online here.
Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
Free course on 'Climate Change Reporting ', Thomson Reuters Foundation, New Delhi, September 30 - October 4, 2013
A course for journalists to improve their skills in simplifying the language of climate jargon, to understand climate mitigation and accurately portray effect of climate change on weather patterns.
Posted on 12 Sep, 2013 11:53 AM

For more information on the week long course, please click here.

To apply for the course, please click here.
Invite to International Conference on “Advances in Water Resources Development and Management” (AWRDM-2013), National Institute of Hydrology, Chandigarh
A conference to exchange ideas, identify new problems, investigate concerned issues, explore new approaches and initiate possible collaborative research on water related issues.
Posted on 12 Sep, 2013 09:58 AM

For more information on the AWRDM-2013, please click here.

To register for the conference, please click here, or download it from below.
National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
More children stunted in India than in sub-Saharan Africa
Studies show a link between open defecation and stunted development, but merely building toilets may not be the answer.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 11 Sep, 2013 12:02 PM

Children in India are shorter when compared to those in sub-Saharan Africa even though Indians have higher income levels.
Children in India; Source: MOSPI
Unbalanced - Bangalore's water supply and demand
Averaging out demand per person isn't good enough to determine supply. Other variables such as growth of a city, difference in groundwater conditions by area and sewerage are equally important.
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 01 Sep, 2013 09:02 PM

Water consumption varies based on many factors – how much water is available, where one lives, one’s personal habits, the weather, the seasons and so on and so forth. Each of these contributes to varying usage patterns.
Integrated water resource management
Applications invited for the post of Sanitation Campaign Manager, Haiyya, Mumbai
Haiyya's vision is to break through urban apathy and create a citizenry that is not only aware of its rights but willing and able to act to make a difference in their communities.
Posted on 29 Aug, 2013 12:46 PM

For more information on the organisation, please click here.

For further details on the vacancy, please see the attachment below.
Free online course on 'Designing and implementing successful water supply and sanitation utility reform', The World Bank, September 23 - November 19, 2013
A core learning program to provide government officials, senior managers of utilities and technical staff with the knowledge, skills and tools for initiating and sustaining reform.
Posted on 29 Aug, 2013 08:54 AM

For further details on the online course, please click here.
Can we keep blaming dengue on climate change?
Poor sanitation, poor waste management systems and poor urban planning are the real causes of dengue. Find out what we can do to prevent this disease.
Aarti Kelkar - Khambete
Posted on 25 Aug, 2013 10:15 PM

Shantamma woke up one morning with a high fever. She also had a sudden pain at the back of her eyes and severe joint pain. She had been finding it very difficult to move around and go on with her daily routine. And it was quite a tedious routine, which began at 5 a.m. She was a house maid and worked at multiple houses every day.
Mosquito bites - the cause for dengue fever
Request for proposal 'City Partnerships for Urban Sanitation Service Delivery', Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & UK Department for International Development (DfID)
A proposal to test how cities can use binding service-level agreements and performance-based contracts to ensure city-scale delivery of equitable & sustainable sanitation services.
Posted on 23 Aug, 2013 01:11 PM

For more information on the proposal sought, please click here.
Training programme for engineers ’ Design & implementation of DEWATS', Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore, December 2- 6, 2013
A residential training programme that aims to introduce and impart engineering skills to professionals for designing and implementing decentralised wastewater treatment systems.
Posted on 21 Aug, 2013 10:53 AM

For more information on the programme please contact capacitybuilding@cddindia.org

To register for the trainig programme, please click here.

For more details, you may refer to the brochure here.
Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society
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