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Vacancies : Announcement from DevNetJobs India
Posted on 14 Sep, 2009 02:21 AMForwarded to the Portal by: DevNetJobs India
Listed below are relevant vacancies announced by DevNetJobs India. Kindly follow the link for more information regarding the listed position.
Rural schools in Rajasthan -The Barefoot College experience
Posted on 12 Sep, 2009 04:27 PMIn 2003, the Ministry of Water Resources sanctioned a pilot project to harvest rainwater in 100 rural schools across 13 states in the country through 20 village Community Based Organizations (CBOs). The project aimed to provide adequate water for drinking and sanitation by collecting rainwater from the roof tops of school buildings and storing this in underground water tanks. The Barefoot College, Tillonia outlines the simple and low cost traditional technique which can serve as a permanent sweet drinking water source for school children in rural areas. |
Invitation: Workshop on integrated domestic water management, Development Alternatives, Orchha, MP
Posted on 12 Sep, 2009 12:41 AMSisyphean labours - Domestic water supply in the central-western Himalayas
Posted on 11 Sep, 2009 01:11 PMThis paper by the People's Science Institute informs that domestic water supply, mistakenly referred to as drinking water supply, is a state subject under the Indian constitution. However, policies and programmes are ususally set within a national framework as a part of the national five year plans. Domestic water supply programme performance in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have followed national trends.
Bharat Nirman - A time-bound plan for rural infrastructure by the Government of India in partnership with state governments and panchayat raj institutions (2005-2009)
Posted on 11 Sep, 2009 12:45 PMThis report describes a time-bound plan for rural infrastructure by the Government of India in partnership with State Governments and Panchayat Raj Institutions
Project Survival Media: Call for entries from the youth !
Posted on 10 Sep, 2009 12:28 AMAn NGO called Project Survival Media has organized a terrific opportunity for young journalists and others. National origin is NOT a bar! Deadline September 11. More information is added herewith. Any further questions, please feel free to email the coordinators, Shadia Fayne Wood (shadia.fayne@gmail.com) or Mayank Bubna (mayankbubna@gmail.com) directly.
Case studies on drinking water from Whitman Direct Action's "Water Book"
Posted on 09 Sep, 2009 11:22 AMSujala Scheme: The Byyraju Foundation's manual for setting up a locally managed, rural drinking water plant. The Foundation's drinking water initiative covers 154 villages across five districts of Andhra Pradesh via 31 village-level treatment plants.
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Byrraju Foundation website
UNESCO training program on low flow, drought and climate change, April 2010, Thimphu
Posted on 08 Sep, 2009 04:31 AMForwarded to the Portal by: Preeti Gupta, WES-Net