Sanitation and Hygiene

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MoHRD), Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) and GIZ (formerly known as GTZ) has initiated the `National School Sanitation Initiative’ with an objective to improve school sanitation scenario and to raise awareness leading to behavioural change.

This paper begins with the slow rate of progress in achieving the millennium development goals of environmental sustainability, especially in the areas of water and sanitation. This is due to the disconnect between the global rhetoric (which often focuses on water as an economic good) and social realities (such as the cultural attitudes towards water)

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Water For People is a USA based non-profit organization, which supports people of developing countries improve their quality of life by promoting of locally sustainable drinking water sources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene programs. The organization believes that access to safe water and adequate sanitation are basic human rights and can help put an end to needless suffering and death from water related preventable diseases.

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Water For People is a USA based non-profit organization, which supports people of developing countries improve their quality of life by promoting of locally sustainable drinking water sources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene programs. The organization believes that access to safe water and adequate sanitation are basic human rights and can help put an end to needless suffering and death from water related preventable diseases.

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Water For People is a USA based non-profit organization, which supports people of developing countries improve their quality of life by promoting of locally sustainable drinking water sources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene programs. The organization believes that access to safe water and adequate sanitation are basic human rights and can help put an end to needless suffering and death from water related preventable diseases.

It also deals with the efforts made by the Government of India to revolutionise sanitation services in the state of Kerala, with the aim of improving public health. Earlier experience had shown that significant governance problems had hindered water and sanitation reforms in local and national programmes in the state.

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The flagship programmes of Government of India Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) and National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) are being implemented by State Water and Sanitation Mission (SWSM) Jharkhand, Government of Jharkhand. A state level society Programme Management Unit has been functional for planning, monitoring and support in programme implementation.

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Author: Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan 

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Positive Community Impact (PCI) is a non-profit health and humanitarian aid organization dedicated to preventing disease, improving community health, and promoting sustainable development. It is a global health organization based in California, US and spread across 16 countries. PCI works to save lives and to build healthy communities around the world by preventing disease and providing access to economic opportunity, clean water and nutritious food. Through over 50 years of positive community impact it has developed particular expertise in building partnerships and networks, as well as mobilizing and building the capacity of communities to participate in program design, implementation and monitoring and continuous learning for sustainable and measurable impact.