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.
It is estimated that Nepal bears an annual loss of about 10 billion rupees in terms of health expenses, loss of productivity and decline in tourism caused by poor sanitation condition (SCNSA 2000). In response to this, The Government of Nepal formulated the Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan 2011. This paper examines how this ambitious and well designed plan will be implemented on the ground.
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.
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.
The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programme in Nepal awarded eleven grants to seven sub-grantees in total USD 524,954, to kick start the implementation of its programme. GSF’s work in Nepal, aims to impact a total of 1.9 million people, 1.1 million of which currently do not have access to basic sanitation and hygiene. The sub-grantees who were awarded funds are local and national organizations in Nepal, which will focus on the districts of Bajura and Bardiya districts, located in the Far and Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal.
The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programme in Nepal recently completed two capacity-building workshops in the far western districts of Bajura and Bardiya. The workshops were part of a concerted effort to collect critical baseline data to achieve improved water and sanitation community-level projects in Nepal.
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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