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Hindustan Times: On the Yatra trail, Bollywood actress comes clean

Last year, she created ripples with her Silk act in The Dirty Picture and followed it up with an intense role in Kahaani this year. Come October 19, Vidya Balan will don a completely different avatar. The actor will be travelling to Bihar’s Bettiah district, considered the birthplace of Mahatma  Gandhi’s satyagraha movement, to spread the message of sanitation and good hygiene. 

Source: Hindustan Times
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2 October 2012

The launch of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra

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1 October 2012

Rapporteur report from a Dry toilet Conference in Tampere, Finland

A Dry toilet Conference hosted by the Dry Toilet Association was held in Tampere, Finland  from 22 to 24 August 2012.

Author: Ekane Nelson
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1 October 2012

Speech by Archana Patkar at the Nirmal Bharat Yatra launch

At a press conference on 28 September in Delhi, India, WSSCC's Archana Patkar, Programme Manager for Networking and Knowledge Management, joined high-ranking public officials, Bollywood celebrities, sports stars and sanitation and hygiene professionals at a press conference to launch the Nirmal Bharat Yatra (NBY). Her speech is below.

Source: WSSCC
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1 October 2012

Nirmal Bharat Yatra campaign radio jingle

 

From 3 October until 19 November 2012  the Nirmal Bharat Yatra - a major campaign come mega mela will travel 2,000 km through villages from Maharashtra to Bihar to advocate for good sanitation and hygiene. Learn more about how the messages of the campaign will reach thousands of Indians!

 

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28 September 2012

Nirmal Bharat Yatra radio jingle (Hindi)

From 3 October until 19 November 2012  the Nirmal Bharat Yatra - a major campaign come mega mela will travel 2,000 km through villages from Maharashtra to Bihar to advocate for good sanitation and hygiene. Learn more about how the messages of the campaign will reach thousands of Indians!

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28 September 2012

WSSCC Steering Committee meets new Executive Director

From 1-2 October, WSSCC’s Steering Committee will take place at its Secretariat Headquarters in Geneva. The meeting will be chaired by Anna Tibajuka and WSSCC’s new Executive Director, Chris Williams, will also participate.

28 September 2012

WSSCC Chair Prof. Anna Tibaijuka advocates for sanitation and hygiene during New York visit

Professor Anna Tibaijuka, Chair of WSSCC's Steering Committee, is in New York City this weekend for two important events being held in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly meetings. On 1-2 October, she will chair the next WSSCC Steering Committee meeting in Geneva.

Source: WSSCC
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28 September 2012

Call for letters of interest on sanitation and hygiene research in Tanzania

The SHARE Research Programme Consortium in collaboration with the National Institute for Medical Research has issued a Call for Letters of Interest (LOI) to conduct research on sanitation and hygiene in Tanzania. The deadline for submission of Letters of Interest is Wednesday 10 October 2012 at 18:00 hours.

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27 September 2012

Global Sanitation Fund Learning and Sharing Workshop, September 2012

More than 40 professionals involved in Global Sanitation Funded (GSF)-work in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia met in Lilongwe, Malawi, in September 2012 for the first full-scale “GSF Learnin …

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24 September 2012