Water For People Expands in India
June 29, 2011
By Eileen Lambert
Our program in West Bengal, India has been a focal point of success. We've worked with partners and the government to create the Jalabandhu mobile mechanics program to ensure maintenance of water points is performed—and the program has proven successful in creating jobs as well. The school sanitation program empowers secondary-school girls to design their own bathrooms—they know what they need and what will keep them in school. Working with partners, we're supporting safe water and sanitation in 138 schools this year. And the best news, we're nearing full coverage in two blocks of South 24 Parganas—which means Everyone will soon have access to safe water.
Capitalizing on this success, the Water For People–India staff is preparing to expand programs into the state of Bihar. To begin, the team is evaluating the needs and will soon select one district to support full water and sanitation coverage with the goal of Everyone having access.
In addition, Water For People–India is launching a pilot peri-urban (the area just outside the city) sanitation and hygiene program in Kolkata and possibly another city.
What do you think?
It is an opportunity for the poor people of India who are still struggling for a drop of clean water. Small girls are traveling kilometers everyday to fetch drinking water. In a tribal block of Trichy, Tamilnadu, we have came across 13 deaths in last rainy season due to Diarrhea.I wish 'Water for People' initiative in the area to bring about a real transformation in the life of the tribal.
Good work done in Sundarban
Our school is benefited by the programme of Water For People.We appreciate their way of working.
We are benefited by programme of Water For People.Thanks them.
We are benefited by programme of Water For People.Thanks them.
I appreciate your job. This programme is also needed in State Jharkhand. Your pilot peri-urban (the area just outside the city) sanitation and hygiene program in Jharkhand is requested by me.
Hi, We are working in the field of Water and Sanitation, we are interested to partner with Water for people in Bihar. We are working in Muzaffarpur and Samastipur districts at present. Looking forward to your replies...
Very good initiative for the soceity. Keep it up.
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I'd love to stay updated on your work in India. Please let us know how we could be of service to you. Our website: www.truthintl.org
your effort in India is very good step. because, it is very difficult to improve sanitation situation in Indian villages/ communities despite there is a lot of progress in infrastructures and industrial sectors.
Dear Ms. Lambert, your short details shows a lot model work like involving girls in designing their bathrooms. it is really a participatory approach in the community development. thanks
Kate - great question and thank you! Check out the World Water Corps, our volunteer arm. http://www.worldwatercorps.org
This is so awesome. We are increasing our impact in the great work we do.
Would love info on traveling to Kolkata and volunteering with sanitation/hygiene program. Thank you
I think it is a good idea.
I think helping these people with this program is great! I truly hope they all will get everything they all need, particularly "CLEAN WATER"!
This is great. Hope WFP see similar support and success in Bihar as in WB