India
Members of the WASH India Coalition
The WASH India coalition comprises a large number of member organisations and individuals from all over India. Member organisations include WaterAid; TERI; Utthan; PRAVAH; SAATH; GRWHC; Gram Vikas; CEE; UNICEF; Sulabh; AFPRO; CCHR; and many more.
Focus
Because of the country's size and the complexity of addressing WASH issues in India, different WASH members have carried out different activities with diverging focus. However in general, focus areas so far have included:
- Sanitation and Hygiene promotion at community level
- Advocacy and general awareness raising
- Influencing policies and policy development
- Monitoring progress and impact
Milestones and achievements
India has seen a number of WASH initiatives taking place in parallel, run by different organisations. Some highlights of activities include:
- In 2006 during World Water Day and Sanitation Week, the NGO network PRAVAH in Gujarat organized a range of activities under the WASH banner, to do with promoting water, sanitation and hygiene and community participation approaches in 4 districts across the state. Read the report here.
- Also in March 2006, on the initiative of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, the Global Rainwater Harvesting Collective and WSSCC, and in cooperation with UNICEF India and WaterAid India, a South-Asia regional workshop on 'Women and Sanitation' was organized in Delhi, on 20-21 March.
- From 2003 to 2005, the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) carried out a range of activities supporting the WSSCC WASH campaign, focusing on school sanitation and hygiene education and the development of education materials for inclusion in the school curricula.
- The Sulabh WASH campaign was launched in June 2003 in New Delhi with the participation of several government Ministers, the WSSCC and local celebrities. Several WASH-related educational materials have been produced and distributed in schools and communities.
