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June 15, 2024
WASH facilities evade tribals 
What is the state of tribal populations in the context of WASH indicators and access to WASH facilities? A study explores.
A rural toilet (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
October 20, 2023
Building community expertise in planning, designing, and overseeing WASH systems
A holistic approach to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives
Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)
September 15, 2023
वायु प्रदूषण घटा रहा है उम्र
शिकागो यूनिवर्सिटी की रिपोर्ट एयर क्वालिटी लाइफ इंडेक्स-2023 भयावह तस्वीर प्रस्तुत करती है। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक भारत दुनिया का दूसरा सर्वाधिक प्रदूषित देश और दिल्ली सर्वाधिक प्रदूषित शहर है। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक पूरे भारत में एक भी जगह ऐसी नहीं है जो विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन के स्वच्छ हवा के मानकों पर खरी उतरती हो ।
वायु प्रदूषण घटा रहा है उम्र
July 12, 2023
Saamuhika Shakti: Empowering Bangalore waste pickers to live dignified lives
A collective impact effort, the first of its type in India that provides informal waste pickers a chance to live safe and dignified lives, with particular emphasis on gender and equity.
Waste pickers and sorters working hard to extract recyclable value from the waste we throw out (Image: Vinod Sebastian/ Saamuhika Shakti)
June 2, 2023
Lived experiences of sanitation and hygiene access
Immersive research for safer sanitation in Bihar and Maharashtra
Children pose outside a toilet (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
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)
Yamuna Nama: a book review
Born out of citizens' concern for the Yamuna, the bi-lingual Yamuna Manifesto presents a lucid and succinct snapshot of the river, it's troubles, and the potential for its resuscitation.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 05:51 PM

The Yamuna Manifesto -or Yamuna Nama- is a bilingual book with passages in both Hindi and English, published as part of the Yamuna Elbe project. In five deceptively short sections, the book takes us from the birth to the river to its future.
Yamuna river (Source: www.pilgrimageindia.net)
Digital tools as a catalyst for change
The Manthan Award 2013, commemorated NGOs who used Information & Communications Technology (ICT) tools to deliver their stories to a wider audience.
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 04:39 PM

Can a mobile or an internet connection improve the visibility and prospects of an organization? Will it help create exposure and result in further outreach?
Digital Tools (Source: Tech Transformation)
Call for applications for 'Training workshop for journalists in Northeast India', Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP), Assam, February 17 - 23, 2014
The objective is to improve creative thinking and effective communication on adaptation to climate change in a local context.
Posted on 17 Dec, 2013 09:51 AM

For more information on the organisers, Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP), please click here.

To apply online for the training workshop, click here.
Where are the toilets?
Policy matters this week: Ministry sets up committee to investigate discrepancy in toilet data and India and Asian Development Bank fund embankments in Nepal and Assam.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:23 PM

Committee to investigate discrepancy in data on toilets
Open defecation due to lack of toilets
Climate change hits Northeast bamboo crop
News this week: Climate change hits bamboo crop in the Northeast, people in Himachal reject EIA report on dams on the Satluj and marine pollution results in economic losses.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:18 PM

Climate change affects bamboo production in the Northeast
Bamboo hit by climate change Source: Wikimedia
Invite to the 11th International Exhibition & Conference on 'EverythingAboutWater', Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Delhi
This exhibition on water and wastewater management offers a perfect platform for end-users, manufacturers, distributors & dealers to interact with leading companies & associations.
Posted on 14 Dec, 2013 06:43 PM

For more information on the conference, please click here.

To register for the same, click here.

Download the brochure and the agenda below.

 

 
Conference on ' EverythingAboutWater'
Invite to the 'Go Green Photo Fest, 2014', ExcelEdge India, Hyderabad
To utilize photo creativity to raise awareness of significance of ecological elements of our mother earth- air, water, soil.
Posted on 04 Dec, 2013 12:57 PM

Organisers

ExcelEdge India

Objectives of the Fest
Go Green Photo Fest _2014
Vacancies for the posts of 'Project Associate, Assistant & Manager', UNDP, New Delhi
Openings are for the project “Strengthening Capacities for Decentralised Planning”, being implemented by the Planning Commission in partnership with State governments.
Posted on 02 Dec, 2013 12:50 PM

For more information on the UNDP, click here.
Request for Proposal for '“Identification, profiling & livelihood mapping of manual scavengers among high prevalence states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Gujarat', UNDP
The National Rural Livelihoods Mission and UNDP is looking for a suitable agency to undertake identification, profiling and livelihood mapping of families engaged in manual scavenging.
Posted on 02 Dec, 2013 12:03 PM

For more information on the UNDP, click here.

For further details on the proposal, click here or download it from below.

 

 
Invite to the 'CII Water Conclave 2013', Confederation of Indian Industry, Mumbai
An initiative to debate and set in motion few concerted and proactive actions to address national water scenario with due attention.
Posted on 02 Dec, 2013 10:26 AM

For details on the organisers, please click here.
CII Water Conclave 2013
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