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Call for abstracts for the WASH 2016 conference
The theme of the WASH 2016 is ' WASH Futures: Pathways to universal and sustained water, sanitation and hygiene'.
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 05:38 PM

For more details download the call for abstracts from below or visit the website

UNDP's Climate Change Storytelling Contest
Write your best climate change story and get an opportunity to join and cover COP21
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 04:26 PM

UNDP has launched its global storytelling contest, Voices2Paris, to contribute to raising public awareness on the negative impacts of climate change as well as on the opportunities and solutions seen in actions by individuals and governments alike across vulnerable devel

Relaunch of Buniyaad 2015- a 15 day activist training program
Sambhaavnaa Institute relaunches the activist training program Buniyaad. This is a perspective building program for young activists in a social movement/organisation.
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 04:17 PM

Sambhaavnaa Institute is organising a two week program for youth involved in initiatives of social change at its campus in in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. 

About Buniyad: 

Tuning Fork Film Workshop in Himachal Pradesh
‘Tuning Fork Films’ are a collective of socially oriented filmmakers, who are keen to use film as a medium for self-reflection and social change.
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 04:07 PM

Please download the registration form from below.

A pond comes to life
Hundreds of villagers pitched in to revive a village pond at Bapugaon, a village in Rajasthan, to make it water and food secure. Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 10:42 AM

It had not rained for awhile and the tiny cracks in the earth in Bapugaon were opening up. This little village in Chaksu tehsil of Jaipur was yet again faced with a drought in the mid 1980s. The situation was aggravated in 1986 when the river Dhund, an important water source for Bapugaon, went dry. Since then, both the quantity and quality of water started deteriorating.

More than just physical rehabilitation of a water body, says Kalyan ji of Bapugaon
Strict action against polluters throwing puja waste in the Yamuna
News this week Posted on 21 Sep, 2015 10:19 PM

Delhi Government gets strict towards Yamuna pollution 

Garbage piled high near the Yamuna river (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Centre approves 50 more days of work under MGNREGA to tackle drought
Policy matters this week Posted on 21 Sep, 2015 10:14 PM

50 more days of work under MGNREGA in drought-hit areas

Labourers building check dams under MGNREGS (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Polavaram--solution or problem?
Dam history will be repeated with the construction of the Polavaram Dam. Unfortunately, other options that could have been looked into such as reduction of height, were ignored. Posted on 21 Sep, 2015 11:13 AM

Papi kondalu, a scenic gorge located on the lower stretches of the Godavari, will soon be engulfed within the controversial Polavaram Dam. The river serves as a visitor’s delight as it winds through the hills--the same hills that are home to primitive tribal groups such as the Kondareddys.

Papi kondalu gorge on Godavari (Source: Pranay Raj, Wikimedia Commons)
Community involvement key to successful water quality interventions
Faulty perceptions of water treatment and a false sense of protection from locally available water sources increased the risk of children to diarrhoeal diseases in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Posted on 20 Sep, 2015 10:07 PM

Recent evidence shows that as high as 95% of diarrheal deaths among children under the age of 5 can be prevented by water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related interventions that include handwashing, proper excreta disposal and most importantly improved water quality.

Water quality and health impacts (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Water guards of Rajasthan
Taankas are trusted allies in the harsh weather of Rajasthan, but the focus is shifting now onto personal assets rather than community resources. Posted on 20 Sep, 2015 07:29 PM

We were driving down the long desert road that runs parallel to the Indo-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. There was little else to see except the surrounding sand dunes and desert grass.

A taanka in the Thar desert
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