Neha Pawar

Neha Pawar
Building the water quality champions cohort in Jharkhand
A knowledge-driven platform could act as a catalyst in achieving drinking water targets Posted on 27 Jun, 2023 09:33 PM

Jharkhand State is on the journey of ensuring the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation of their laboratories and recently completed the accreditation of 29 labs in the state for water quality testing on a mission mode.

A large-scale training program that actually delivered results
Summary of INREM’s Water Quality Management Course assessment
Posted on 21 Mar, 2023 07:58 PM

The context

Ms. Chandana Biswal using the Safe Water Learning Cards to train other Chemists and Lab Assistants in her District. (Image: Chandana Biswal)
Creating a pool of water quality trainers at scale
Developing core skills of trainers through the Trainer Certification Program Posted on 11 Jan, 2023 10:52 AM

According to the Global Water Quality Index, India ranks 120th out of 122 countries in water quality, its ability and commitment to improving it.

Strengthening skills of participants to impart training in their respective work areas (Image: INREM Foundation)
Building communities of practice on water quality
Water Quality Practitioners from across the country connect every week to discuss water quality issues and ground level challenges, explore possible solutions through the Guided Mentoring programme on Water Quality. Posted on 09 Jan, 2023 01:50 PM

Healing traditions in India have withstood the test of time. Not many of us need to be taught to mix a pinch of haldi in a glass of milk to cope with sore throat, now famously known as turmeric latte, or to add a pinch of dry ginger to our tea when we catch a cold.

Snapshot of a Guided Mentoring session being conducted virtually on Zoom Platform (Source: INREM Foundation)
Transforming wall paintings into speaking walls
An innovative initiative for awareness building and communication on water quality issues Posted on 09 Sep, 2021 07:02 PM

If you travel to rural India, you can find wall paintings near bus stands or compound walls of schools or walls of a Panchayat office adorned with messages.

Fluoride contamination is leaving villagers crippled, while authorities struggle to find solutions. (Image: India Water Portal)
Learning about safe water practices and solutions
Safe water learning cards being used to train a wide spectrum of stakeholders Posted on 03 Sep, 2021 09:21 AM

If you are a practitioner, working in the areas of water and sanitation, it is likely that you are building capacities of different people. What if you had a simple but versatile tool that can help build awareness and capacities; that can surface questions and answers and do this for communities, government officials and CSOs?

Different combinations of safe water learning cards can be customised for a session based on the target audience (Image: INREM)
Tiny bytes of safe water education
How safe water learning cards can be further contextualized for training the frontline workers
Posted on 02 Sep, 2021 11:22 PM

One of the key goals of every participatory program on water and sanitation is the creation of awareness, leading to behavior change.

Dividing complex issues into neat modular flash cards (Image: INREM)
Swacchagrahis: The frontline workers of India's largest sanitation program
There is a need for long term sustained engagement of the skilled workforce for water and sanitation
Posted on 13 Apr, 2021 02:04 PM

There is good evidence that frontline workers have proved to be gamechanger in the delivery of services like health and integrated child development services (ICDS).

Swachhagrahis are the motivators for bringing about behaviour change concerning key sanitation practices in rural India. (Image: SBM)
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