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Special notice for members: Nominations sought by 10 January 2013 for SIDS, Latin America, and Global Steering Committee seat election

In January, WSSCC will begin elections to fill three open seats on WSSCC’s government body, its member-elected Steering Committee. 

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14 December 2012

WSSCC sponsors CLTS workshop in Jharkhand, India

WSSCC is supporting the CLTS Foundation in its arrangement of the 4th Annual Workshop on “Sustainability of Rural Sanitation Initiatives in India.” 

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7 December 2012

National Sanitaiton Day_World Toilet Day in Cambodia

National Day for Rural Sanitation is celebrated on November 13, 2012 across the country in Cambodia.

Cambodia
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30 November 2012

Livelihood Links to Poor Water Quality in India: Alternates

 

The water quality problem in India is severe in many pockets of the country. It has been learnt that there are comparatively less efforts toward addressing the problems related to water quality by government and other agencies in India. We have examples where the youth could not find jobs in organizations or public sector agencies those take physical fitness test by looking in each parameter of health of a person. In majority of cases the health authorities are not aware about the severity of endemic water quality problems in their area. The institutional coordination and knowledge networking efforts are shockingly negligible. This article tells that what the agencies and government should consider in such situation.  

People's Stories
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Author: K N Vajpai
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India
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30 November 2012

Misleading Facts: Still We Can Celebrate World Toilet Day - a perspective from a WSSCC member

Today it’s world toilet day. The monitoring of sanitation facilities globally remained a challenge to the country governments and International agencies. …

Author: K N Vajpai
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Climate Himalaya
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20 November 2012

The Nirmal Bharat Great WASH Yatra: what a long, strange and wonderful journey it has been

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra (Great WASH Yatra, as it is known internationally) is the brainchild of WASH United and Quicksand Design Studio. …

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Author: Sonja Ochs
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16 November 2012

Now also in Nepali: Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies

Clean toilets save lives. But with billions of people lacking access to basic sanitation around the world, which toilet best meets each person's and family's need? Since 2008, one of the most popular guidebooks used to help answer that question has been the Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies. Now, the Guidebook, published by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and WSSCC, is available in Nepali, complementing the English, French and Spanish versions available.

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31 October 2012

New engagement opportunities with India and Togo Global Sanitation Fund programmes

Non-governmental organizations, civil society groups and private sector companies are invited to explore engagement opportunities with two Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programmes, India and Togo.

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30 October 2012

Nirmal Bharat Yatra celebrates Global Handwashing Day with soapy mega-party in Indore on 14 and 15 October

With more than 1,000 Indian children dying from diarrhea every day, India is the undisputed world leader in child mortality from preventable diarrhea, far ahead of Pakistan, Bangladesh or China. 

15 October 2012

New WSSCC National Coordinators announcement

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is pleased to announce that it has completed the recruitment of National Coordinators (NC) from across Africa and Asia for nine of its priority countries.

12 October 2012