This is a collection of interesting media articles and stories written by members of the South Asian WASH Media network on issues related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
Wells cleaning and disinfection is an innovative approache which was started by IRSP, Pakistan with the financial and technical support of SCD in flood-affected districts Charsadda and Nowshehra, where more than 50% of population were dependant upon dug wells for drinking water. These wells were severely contaminated and destroyed by the flood waters in July 2010. The initial phase of project enabled 2,200 housholds (26,000 population aprox.) to access clean drinking water via rehabilitation, cleaning and disinfection of wells.
Read the 2012 Progress Report on WSSCC's Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) which has impacted some 102,970 people so far. Details of programmes being implemented in Cambodia, India, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Senegal and Uganda, together with People's Voices telling their stories are just some of features of this publication.
Sana, a young girl - a student of class 9 and member of the School Hygiene Club is proving herself as an agent of change by promoting best practices of Menstrual Hygiene Management in Pakistan.
This menstrual hygiene management study was carried out in Azad Kashmir UC and MC Muzaffarabad. The scope of the study was to learn about the coping mechanism of schools girls during menses.
Water sources are abundant in many upland communities in rural areas,
particularly in the Bukidnon Province., home of the watersheds and famous for
the scenic and historic Mount Kitanglad.
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This set of books for primary and secondary schools on water, sanitation and hygiene has been developed in the Urdu language as a resource for any school WASH programme in Pakistan.
