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December 13, 2022 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 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 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 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 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 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)
Sustainable sanitation and water management ‘Training of Trainers’ course, ECOSAN, Pune
Posted on 21 Jun, 2010 10:23 AM

Ecosan Services Foundation

Ecosan Services Foundation in collaboration with the Sustainable Sanitation and Water Resources Management Network Asia (SSWRMNA) is offering a SSWM Trainers course.

Venue:
Pune

Description:     

The training of trainer’s course modules will focus on teaching methods and the design of target group oriented SSWM modules to optimize knowledge transfer. It will enable trainers to design and conduct their own SSWM courses incorporating the philosophy and principles of adult learning in sustainable sanitation and water management scenario.

Sustainable sanitation and water management ‘Expert training course’, ECOSAN, Pune
Posted on 21 Jun, 2010 10:04 AM

Ecosan Services Foundation

Ecosan Services Foundation in collaboration with the Sustainable Sanitation and Water Resources Management Network Asia (SSWRMNA) is offering a SSWM Expert course.

Venue: Pune

Description: 

Water resources are under increasing pressure. Population growth, urbanization and a steep increase in water consumption for domestic uses, agriculture and industry has created a water crisis. Climate change is exacerbating the problems of water availability. This scenario leads to water scarcity and water-conflicts worldwide and seriously undermines progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

WSSCC : Expressions of interest for a country programme monitor for a sanitation and hygiene programme
The Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council's (WSSCC) Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) calls for a country programme manager for a sanitation and hygiene programme in India Posted on 18 Jun, 2010 12:06 PM

Water Supply & Sanitation

The Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council's (WSSCC) Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) calls for Expressions of Interest for a COUNTRY PROGRAMME MONITOR for a Sanitation and Hygiene Programme in India

WSSCC invites suitably qualified firms/organisations to express interest in the role of Country Programme Monitor (CPM) for the GSF grant programme in India. The initial contract duration is for 2 years, extendable up to 5 years upon satisfactory performance of services.

Round up of the water news for the week ending 31st May 2010 : Six sewage treatment plants coming up in tsunami-affected areas of Nagapattinam, TN
Six sewage treatment plants coming up in tsunami-affected areas of Nagapattinam, TN. This and more stories in the weekly new round up. Posted on 31 May, 2010 10:31 PM

Some recent news items from the news feed that India Water Portal maintains at Newsrack: (http://newsrack.in/stories/arghyam/Water/55) :

India's Sanitation for All: How to make it happen - An ADB report
This discussion paper examines the current state of sanitation in India and calls for a 50% reduction in the proportion of people without sanitation by 2015. Posted on 26 May, 2010 11:02 AM

India's Sanitation for All: How to make it happen - An ADB reportThis discussion paper by ADB, examines the current state of sanitation in India in the context of the Millennium Developmental Goals, which call for a 50% reduction in the proportion of people without sanitation by 2015 and India's goal of providing Sanitation for All by the 2012.

The paper targets policy makers, governmental ministries, state and local governments, non-governmental organisations, developmental agencies and all those who are involved in the planning and implementation of sanitation policies in India. It makes a few recommendations for the successful implementation of sanitation efforts in India.The focus of these recommendations is on household sanitation, which includes safe disposal of human excreta, as measured by household ownership of a sanitary latrine and household access to drainage facilities.

School water, sanitation and hygiene education - Paper by Water for People
This document emphasises the importance of appropriate sanitation coverage in schools that is gender sensitive and culturally acceptable. Posted on 24 May, 2010 04:52 PM

School water, sanitation and hygiene education - Paper by Water for PeopleThis document by Water for People, emphasises the importance of appropriate sanitation coverage in schools that is gender sensitive and culturally acceptable to the needs of both boys and girl students, rather than the exclusive focus on adequacy of facilities.

It discusses the case of schools in rural areas in West Bengal where it was found that although the coverage of sanitation facilities was reasonable, lack of adequate availability of water, lack of consideration to student differences in terms of age and gender in the construction of latrines and drinking water facilities, poor systems of maintainence and disposal of wastes made the sanitation facilities inappropriate for use.

Rank of Indian cities on sanitation (2009-10) - National Rating and Award Scheme for Sanitation in Indian Cities (MoUD)
The sanitation survey initiated by the Ministry of Urban Development as a part of the National Rating and Award Scheme for Sanitation ranks Indian cities on sanitation. Posted on 24 May, 2010 02:18 PM

In order to get a sense of the current status of sanitation in India's cities, a survey was initiated by the Ministry of Urban Development as a part of the National Rating and Award Scheme for Sanitation for Indian Cities. The methods used for the survey can be found on the Ministry of Urban Development website.

The findings and the rankings of the cities according to the survey found that the situation was grim with only 25 cities topping the list, while majority of the others lagged behind in terms of a number of sanitation parameters.

Sankalp awards 2010 winners : SarvaJal & Shramik 3S recognised for their double bottomline(social and financial) returns
Sankalp 2010 Forum and Awards recognizes, awards and connects the most investible social MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium enterprises) operating in 5 high impact sectors. Posted on 11 May, 2010 04:28 PM

Sankalp 2010

The Sankalp 2010 Awards and Investment Forum is an annual Intellecap initiative committed to catalyzing entrepreneurship in the social enterprise space. Sankalp actively facilitates collaboration between established and budding entrepreneurs, investors, thought leaders and sector stakeholders interested in contributing effectively towards this fledgling yet fast-growing industry.

With a strong focus on double bottomline (social and commercial) enterprises Sankalp, in its second edition, aims to accelerate investment in this space through the showcase of pioneering, sustainable and innovative enterprises capable of long term social impact. Sankalp's primary goal is of bringing together various stakeholders sharing a common conviction that capital should be invested to create multiple bottom-line returns (financial, social and environmental) and not exclusively financial (profit-maximizing) or social (philanthropic) returns.

Thus having successfully established a niche for itself; Sankalp has taken the lead in recognizing those businesses that have mastered the balancing act between the profit and social objectives. Sankalp 2010 Forum and Awards shall recognize, award and connect the most investible social MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium enterprises) operating in 5 high impact sectors:

VACANCY NOTICE International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC)
Posted on 07 May, 2010 03:15 PM

Dear All

Please find attahed vacancy notice of 3 Positions below and alos find the link attached for more informations.

icrc.humanresources@gmail.com

Water and Habitat Program Manager

International Committee of the Red Cross

Location: Raipur - Jagdhalpur

Community-led Total Sanitation newsletter for May 2010
Highlights of the newsletter from the CLTS include story on vigilance by young girls and women, a one pager by Anupam Verma of Knowledge Links. Posted on 05 May, 2010 11:07 AM

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Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is an innovative methodology for mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation (OD).

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