In the remote villages of Uttarkashi, everyday life is a struggle.
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In the remote villages of Uttarkashi, everyday life is a struggle.
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Not only do children take dangerous paths to reach school…
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but surveys revealed that basic hygiene awareness and sanitation facilities were also often missing at school.
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Community consultations were held to form School Management Committees
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with principals and teachers serving as a core driving force for the initiatives.
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Student Health Clubs were formed in all the 140 selected schools…
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enthusiastically driven by the children
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and awareness sessions were held on simple steps like hand washing.
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With landslides polluting water supply in many places, water filters were also provided to a few schools.
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Of these, 25 of the most needy were picked to construct sanitation facilities.
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These ‘child-friendly’ units took into account age and height.
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Separate sanitation units were built for boys and girls…
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with changing rooms and incinerator facilities that are improving girl’s attendance during menstruation.
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Each student contributes a small amount per month for maintenance and bits are also taken
from government maintenance and beautification funds.
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Clearly, good hygiene is slowly becoming a habit…
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and the health clubs are actively discharging their duties to create cleaner, safer environments!
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women’s club women’s club women’s club women’s club women’s club women’s club
Nirmal Gram Villages
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7 Plan-SMBMA supported villages across Bhatwari and Dhunda have won ‘Nirmal Gram Puraskar’:
a government award for open-defecation free villages.
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Our role was mostly sensitisation – propagating the sanitation need among the leaders and community as a whole.
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But the initiative was taken by the Pradhan and the PRI members
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with active Mahila Mandals often being the driving force
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and involving all generations of the community.
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Every household in these villages now has a toilet; all following the leach pit system.
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These were constructed by the families themselves; using existing government schemes
with some material support from Plan-SBMA.
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Toilets were also built in all schools and anganwadis; with separate ones for boys and girls above the primary level.
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It’s a proud feeling when every road in your village is clean!
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There were also local innovations such as small compost pits around the village…
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and the building of rain water harvesting tanks; now an additional income source for some.
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Having passed the extensive evaluations, the award money was put towards further village development…
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while anyone reverting to open defecation is convinced with community pressure; rather than a fine.
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However, constant water supply to support the hardware remains a challenge in several villages .
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With one giant leap forward already accomplished, they are now looking to solve this core problem!
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Produced for: Plan IndiaProduced by: Safer World Communications, www.saferworld.in
Photographs: Sarika Gulati, Jyotsna Singh, Andrew Edwards and Sri Bhuvneshwari Mahila Ashram (SBMA)