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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)
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra Wardha The week that was
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

September 30th - The skies poured out the day we were to leave for Nagpur. The morning shower felt like a blessing. Thankful, but sceptical of the weather, our biggest concern was whether the rains would follow us. In Nagpur, the moment we stepped out the heat hit us. Clear skies welcomed us and for that we were grateful.
Videos CIVICs work on water and sanitation in slums of Bangalore Karnataka
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Since its inception in 1992, CIVIC’s (Citizens’ Voluntary Initiative for the City) work has revolved around urban issues, especially realizing social equity in the growth of Bangalore through the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act (or the Nagarapalika Act, an Act under the Constitution of India that defines how cities/towns in India need to b
Enabling empowerment The CORD approach towards rural development in Himachal Pradesh
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD) has been working in rural India since 1985. Since then , it has had an impact in 600 villages in 4 states of India.
Squatting rights Study by Dasra highlights the issue of access to toilets in urban India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

coverDasra, a strategic philanthropy foundation in collaboration with Omidyar Network and

Plastic trash fish to highlight coastal pollution at Hyderabad CBD COP Roundup of the weeks news 1 7 October 2012
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Plastic trash fish to highlight coastal pollution at Hyderabad CBD COP
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra My Yatra Your Yatra Our Yatra Jairam Ramesh Union Minister Rural Development inaugurates the event from Bapus Wardha
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

5 Oct 2012, Helipad Ground, Wardha, Maharashtra.

Water supply and sanitation in India - Meeting targets and beyond A discussion Paper by Global Water Forum
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This discussion paper by Global Water Forum sheds light on the progress on access to safe water

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra Stop 1 Day 1 in Wardha Rain washed our tents but not the Great WASH Yatra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

3rd October 2012, Wardha, Maharashtra.
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra Breaking the Menstrual Taboo in rural Maharashtra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Women in India are treated as untouchables or even worse during their menstrual cycle. Have we ever stopped to think why we let this happen? Why are we constantly victimizing women when this is a routine procedure that women go through to complete their womanhood?
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra Stop 1 We dont talk about it at all The taboo of menstruation in rural Maharashtra a major deterrent in achieving menstrual hygiene
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Priyanka, 13 and a chirpy adolescent girl studying in a government school in a village called ‘Rohini Gaun’ 25 kms from Wardha in Maharashtra blushes and says, "We don’t talk about it at all!".
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