Poverty and adverse societal norms have deprived a majority of poor and marginalized in India to access to adequate and nutritive food and essential healthcare. Women and children both suffer disproportionate impacts of the gap. Women have to suffer lives of extreme drudgery and high rate of extreme mortality due to lack of healthcare. Closely associated with this is the status of safe water, the sustainability of which is questionable.
Our WASH intervention is multi – prolonged in its efforts to address these issues. We are focused upon Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects in East UP and North Bihar.
key strategies adopted for achieving WASH outcomes
upgrading the drinking water facilities
sensitizing communities on the ills of open defecation
generating awareness and sensitivity among people on personal hygiene
