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June 15, 2024 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 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 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 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 Immersive research for safer sanitation in Bihar and Maharashtra
Children pose outside a toilet (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
December 13, 2022 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)
Eradication of manual scavenging - Recent PIB Releases
Manual scavenging is a dehumanizing and degrading practice and rehabilitation of manual scavengers is an issue of human dignity Posted on 28 Jan, 2011 04:17 PM

 The Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Mukul Wasnik recently inaugurated the two-day Consultation Meeting on Eradication of Manual Scavenging and Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers.Speaking on the occasion, he called upon the States to work towards eradicating the shameful practice of manual scavenging by the end of the 11th plan. He regretted that despite various efforts made by the Central Government and the States, the practice of manual scavenging still exist in some parts of the country. The meeting was organized by the Ministries of Social Justice & Empowerment, Urban Poverty Alleviation and Urban Development.

Shri Wasnik said that we must address rehabilitation of manual scavengers to our utmost capacity.

Posters on water hygiene and sanitation in Assam
Project: Strengthening indigenous peoples response to multiple-use water services in villages near floodplain wetlands in Morigaon District, Assam Posted on 22 Jan, 2011 08:35 PM

Water Hygiene & Sanitation

 

Supported by: ARGHYAM

Compilation of 300 hands on field activities for community based adaptation
Center for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce a new compilation of Community Based Adaptation Field Activities. Posted on 20 Jan, 2011 01:42 PM

 

This collection of CBA field activities began as a resource for online CBA students. However, as it grew, we decided that it was important to make it more broadly available to CBA development practitioners worldwide. The activities are organized in the following framework.

24th national convention of IPHE (India) on "Water & sanitation utility services in India and their health implications" held in Bhubaneshwar
The 24th National Convention of Institution of Public Health Engineers (India) on the theme “Water & Sanitation Utility Services in India and their health implications” Posted on 18 Jan, 2011 11:49 PM

The 24th National Convention of Institution of Public Health Engineers (India) on the theme “Water & Sanitation Utility Services in India and their health implications” will be organised by IPHE(I), Regional Centre, Bhubaneswar during 12th -13th  February,2011.

Managing Natural Resources -A report by IDSAsr
Managing the scare natural resources better and how space programme plays a role in this, a seminar of country's brilliant minds take the issue head on. Posted on 18 Jan, 2011 04:24 PM

The scarcity value of natural resources has risen due to rising pressure of human population and demands made by modern economics progress. As such managing these resources has become very important.

School hand washing with soap promotion program
Tips on how to put on a fun and practical workshop at rural schools in increase hand washing with soap which includes use of the tippy tap. Posted on 18 Jan, 2011 03:16 PM

Tips on how to put on a fun and practical workshop at rural schools in increase hand washing with soap.  Includes use of the tippy tap.

International Certification Programme on Management of Public Private Partnerships in the Urban Water and Sanitation Sector, ASCI, 17th Jan - 21st Jan, Hyderabad
Posted on 12 Jan, 2011 04:12 PM

The Administrative Staff College of IndiaOrganizer: The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)

Venue: ASCI, Hyderabad

Job openings from "Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)"
Posted on 12 Jan, 2011 03:56 PM

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  • Short Term Consultant to Support Operations and Research in Rural Sanitation

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  • Short Term Consultant (Rural Sanitation and Water)                                          

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SVARAJ is looking for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Officer for the (IUWRM) program in Doddaballapur, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Jan, 2011 02:47 PM

Svaraj – the society for Voluntary Action Revitalisation and Justice – is a small but well known national development voluntary organisation. head quartered in Bangalore.  Our vision – a just society in a just environment. Our programmes include strengthening food, water and livelihood security through fair and just management and protection of our ecosystem, responding to needs of disaster affected families and providing vital physiotherapy care for people with disabilities; research and policy analysis, communications and promoting individual philanthropy.

One day national consultative workshop , Strategic Plan 2010-22 of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, 14th Jan 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 07 Jan, 2011 03:07 PM


Organizer: Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Venue: Auditorium, Ground Floor, SCOPE Complex (Near Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium), New Delhi.

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