Sanitation and Hygiene

Had the opportunity to attend a recent worldwide gathering on the topic of youth and social entrepreneurship, which gave much food for thought. The event was the 5th Global YES Summit, entitled “ReWork The World”.  Details of the gathering are at www.reworktheworld.org . The message there  was that we need to do something radical in order to find productive work for the vast numbers of youth coming into the workforce especially in developing nations. The new jobs cannot be of the old variety, they need to be green, sustainable jobs. In other words, we need to ‘rework the world’.  The conference was based on the premise that these new jobs will come out of social entrepreneurship.

Organizer: Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination(CDD) Socity

Venue: Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions, Bangalore

Description:

The Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society is a not-for-profit organisation working in the field of Decentralised Basic Need Services (DBNS) across India. For the past 10 years the Consortium has successfully promoted and implemented DBNS with community participatory approach.

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• Short Term Consultant in Monitoring and Evaluation

Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia

Location: MP, HP and Karnataka
Last Date: July 23, 2010

Highlights

• India: World Bank Aid of USD 372 million for Coastal Zone & Water Supply
• India: Centre Approves National Mission on Micro Irrigation
• Chennai: 45 New Machines to Clear Clogged Sewers
• Stockholm Water Award 2010: Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority is the Winner
• Grundfos: World’s Largest Pump Manufacturer by VDMA List

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The July edition of e-Disha published by the Consortium of DEWATS Dissemination Society (CDD) has the following highlights:

A national workshop on 'A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC): Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward' was organised in New Delhi on the 22-23rd April 2010, by the Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS) and Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). The three presentations below are outputs from the workshop.

The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM), Govt of India was launched to cover all households with water and sanitation facilities and promote hygiene behaviour for overall improvement of health of the rural population. Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) were involved in scaling up the TSC to promote large scale social mobilisation to bring about behavioural change.

This report by WHO and UNICEF, describes the global status and trends with respect to the use of safe drinking water and basic sanitation, and global progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the context of drinking water and sanitation targets. The findings reveal some striking disparities with respect to:

• the gap between progress in providing access to drinking water versus sanitation
• the divide between urban and rural populations in terms of the services
• the differences in the way different regions are performing
• disparities between different socio-economic strata in the society
• gendered differences in the burden experienced in accessing and collection of drinking water

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• Program Manager for Water and Sanitation Education NGO

Haath Mein Sehat

Location: Mumbai, India
Last Date: June 29, 2010