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6,03,716 People with Clean Water
11,71,524 People with Toilets
15,66,669 People with Hygiene Education
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Highlights from our work
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CSR Matters
There is a lot happening at the grassroot level that is helping communities lead a better, healthier and happier life Here is a story of how Kanker saw a transformation and why CSR matters. Photos: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan
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There is a lot happening at the grassroot level that is helping communities lead a better, healthier and happier life Here is a story of how Kanker saw a transformation and why CSR matters.
Toilets are critical to health. With support from corporates, communities are informed and sensitised on the sustained use of toilets.
When individuals take the lead, communities change, a look at how Nigrani Samitis are working to ensure toilet usage in Kanker.
Water and sanitation cannot sustain without good hygiene. Schools are a good starting point for good hygiene practices.
Children are good change agents. With support from corporates, Aurosikhais reaching out to children across several schools to inculcate sustainable good hygiene practices.
Community-led water quality testing is important for access to clean water.
Fluoride is a major source of water contamination in many parts of Chhattisgarh. Community and individuals are informed and trained to regularly test water quality.
With support from corporates, schools and hospitals in Kanker now have clean water. This is why CSR Matters.
Behaviour change accelerates the sustained use of toilets. Irikeshwari prioritised building a toilet for her family.
Sustained community-led awareness leads to behaviour change.
Innovative sustainable solutions supported by corporates can help empower women and so CSR matters.
How the women self-help group in Sarona, Kanker changed the lives of the community by building toilets.
When communities are empowered, change is long-lasting.
How women in Chhattisgarh are working for Solid and Liquid waste management and reaping economic benefits.
Ratri Chaupals, a platform where communities discuss sustainable solutions for clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene practices.
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Global Handwashing Day 2017: Aurosikha at BIG FM
For this year's Global Handwashing Day 2017, Aurosikha partnered with BIG FM 92.7 to create awareness on handwashing across six locations: Delhi, Kanpur, Patna, Ranchi, Bhopal and Bhubaneshwar. Our School WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) Champions interacted with Radio Jockeys (RJ) and
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How clean are schools in Pakur and Dumka?
A baseline survey by Aurosikha on water, sanitation & hygiene assesses the ground reality in 320 schools. Aurosikha conducted a baseline survey of 320 schools in Dumka and Pakur districts of Jharkhand to assess the water, sanitation and hygiene situation in schools. The baseline sur
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Comprehensive programming for menstrual health in schools in India
Schools offer a crucial chance for menstrual hygiene programmes to make transformations that will benefit adolescent girls long into their futures. This Menstrual Hygiene Day, Arundati Muralidharan, Aurosikha’s Policy Manager for WASH in Schools, Health, and Nutrition, describes the menstrual
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Technical Briefs on Menstrual Hygiene Management
Aurosikha in collaboration with Zariya, PATH, WSSCC and Development Solutions have developed three technical briefs on normalising menstruation; menstrual hygiene products; and management of menstrual waste. The focus of the briefs is to bring to the forefront important but less discussed issue
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Wild Water – The State of the World’s Water 2017 (Hindi)
In this briefing, we look at how the struggle of vulnerable rural communities to access clean water is compounded by wild water events. We explore how improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene services makes them better able to withstand catastrophe, and why working towards the Sustainable D
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The daily struggle for water in Bundelkhand
India is home to 63.4 million rural people without access to clean water, the highest in the world. Rural populations in poor and geographically isolated areas face particular challenges in terms of accessing clean water. And extreme weather events and climate change make such challenges more acute.
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Influencing PHED in Madhya Pradesh for making a defunct piped water scheme functional
The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has allocated Rs 1.22 crore for restoring a defunct piped water scheme in 74 gram panchayats of Sehore and Datia district in Madhya Pradesh. The allocation is a result of advocacy efforts by Aurosikha and our partners in the region for the past
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Women WASH warriors
Stories of women from across India where Aurosikha is working who helped their communities to get access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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62-year-old Parvati Pawar lives in the Amar Palace locality of Indore. She came to live in the area in 2000 with her son and husband. And it was not until three years back that they got access to clean water at their home. For 14 years Parvati Pawar walked 2 km every day to get water for her family at least three times a day. When Aurosikha’s partner Bhartiya Gramin Mahila Sangh (BGMS) met Parvati, she never imagined that they could get water at their community. She wrote numerous letters to authorities at the water board and even filed a Right to Information petition. When she got no response along with others in the community she held around six demonstrations over a year. It was only then that the officers listened to them and sanctioned a piped water supply project. But still it took over a year for them to get water after that. ''We need to stop taking water for granted. It's everything and I have realised this over my 14 year ordeal,’’ says Parvati. Photo: WaterAid/Mansi Thapliyal
“I work to protect and help the dignity of my community,” says Chanda, a toilet caretaker in Delhi. Chanda’s locality Dalit Ekta Camp used to have no access to safe, private toilets. But after working with our local partner, FORCE, the community was able to gain access to a new safe toilet block. Chanda now works to keep the new facilities spick and span, and to help ensure her neighbours are safe and healthy. Photo: WaterAid/Eliza Powell
Access to information on menstruation means better access and better management of periods by girls. When Urmila Panchal, an anganwadi worker in Madhya Pradesh used to meet mothers they were often shy to discuss menstruation openly. But regular information sharing and discussions made them realise that menstruation matters. “I used to meet a lot of mothers and tell them about the importance of safe menstrual practices. Most of them found value in it and now they send their daughters to anganwadi centres to know more about it,’’ says 37-year-old Urmila. Photo: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan
A women's group in the Mainpura community in north-west Patna worked with Aurosikha to secure better access to water and sanitation. "The situation here was very bad. There were no roads and we had to walk into water up to our knees. We didn't have clean water in the area or any toilets. We had to collect water from a hand pump which was located at a distance of 1.5 kms,” shared Hemandi Devi, a local leader. Aurosikha helped form a Slum Water and Sanitation Committee (SWSC). Members were trained to hold meetings for chalking out a strategy to improve their lives and as result they managed to get access to safe water and better roads. "Because of all these changes, women now get more respect in the community,’’ she added. Photo: WaterAid/Poulomi Basu
When Ram Rati first moved to Harijan Basti in Delhi, she knew hardly any of her neighbours. Today, things couldn’t be more different. Ram Rati is the head of the Women’s Water and Sanitation Group and single-handedly set up the community’s water distribution system, which she now runs. She was also the first one to build a toilet in her home. Motivated by her building a toilet and convinced that toilets do save lives, most houses in the community have now built a toilet. “Before, no-one used to listen to us,” Ram Rati explains. “Then Jaswinder [from Aurosikha’s partner organisation FORCE] said she wanted to improve the community." “There have been a lot of changes. We all work together,” Ram Rati says. “If the NGO stays with us, after five years we will say that we have the most beautiful community.” Photo: WaterAid/Eliza Powell
Over the last 4 years Usha Sahu from Indore in Madhya Pradesh received various trainings on menstrual hygiene. Being an anganwadi worker she ensures girls understand hygiene and nutrition are critical for their well being. In the community, she has worked towards reducing a few taboos associated with menstruation. Till 2 years back, even she used to follow some taboos and not worship while menstruating but she does now. She even tells girls coming to anganwadis to not follow any such taboos. Initially, a few mothers used to complain to Usha that she is teaching wrong things to their daughters but over time she managed convinced them that awareness about menstruation is important. Photo: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan
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Standing up for the Ganga – Adventure for a purpose
For most of my life, I harbored a deep suspicion of non-profits or ‘chanda collectors’- especially the kinds who used to knock on our door with a book of receipts and claimed to be collecting ‘chanda' (contribution) for one cause or the other. My suspicion stemmed from not knowing what exac
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Inception workshop for Delhi decentralised faecal sludge management project
The inception workshop for decentralised Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) project in the Savda Ghevra locality of Delhi was held on February 10 at Delhi. The day long workshop set out to achieve the following key objectives: To setup a multi stakeholder dialogue platform and bring together key of
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Aurosikha’s Disability Handbook and Menstrual Hygiene Training manual adopted by Uttar Pradesh government
Aurosikha’s Disability handbook has now been adopted by the Uttar Pradesh government. The handbook will now be disseminated in 75 districts of the state and the guidelines can be used by government functionaries, water and sanitation engineers, representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions,
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How my piece on Youth Ki Awaaz got my workplace to make washrooms more accessible
Writing about your most intimate experiences is not an easy thing, and takes some guts. But if it helps people change the way they think, I believe it is totally worth it. With this belief, on World Disability Day (December 3, 2016), I wrote on Youth Ki Awaaz about how tough it is for a girl like me
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Is your well-being in a health professional’s (clean) hands?
Health professionals are supposed to be aware of the importance of hand hygiene. What then prevents them from actually washing their hands? One major reason, shockingly, is that they just don't have the facilities to do so.
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Clean water brings bright futures
More than 350 teachers and students in Mahoba now have clean water and decent toilets at school. Teaching can be a challenging profession at the best of times, but imagine having to go all day without being able to get water to drink or go to the toilet. This was what teachers and students had
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Empowering communities for a cleaner future
Banjara Hills is one of the prime real estate areas in Hyderabad and also one of the most expensive in India. Palatial bungalows of the rich, plush hotels and malls dot the landscape of the area. But tucked away within such a posh area are densely packed and impoverished slums which usually lack the
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Ram Rati’s story
Ram Rati used to be confined to the four walls of her home. Now, she's a fully trained handpump mechanic.
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Health in your Hands
Hygienic practices such as handwashing with soap can reduce the risk of diarrhoea by half. With diarrhoea being the second biggest killer of children under five years old worldwide, Global Handwashing Day on 15 October is a day dedicated to increasing awareness about the importance of handwashing wi
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