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This presentation was given during the stakeholders meeting in New Delhi, September 2013. The NGO Gramalaya presented the organisation's work on expanding water and sanitation access to more than 100,000 households.
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Community Water Plus Project
“Sector Stakeholder Consultation Meeting”
20th Sep 2013 - The Park Hotel, New Delhi Presentation by S.Amirtha - Gramalaya
About Gramalaya •Gramalaya established in 1987. •Gramalaya registered under Trust Act •Gramalaya is working for water, sanitation and women empowerment activities •Gramalaya is currently working in Trichy, Perambalur, Pudukottai and Namakkal Districts of Tamil Nadu. •Gramalaya formed CBOs like 4600 women self-help groups 126 AWASH committees in the project areas. • So far Gramalaya constructed more than 1,00,000 household toilets and provided around 20,000 individual water connections •Gramalaya vision – “Envisions a society in which all people will have equal rights and access to protected water, sanitation, health and improved income status without gender discrimination”
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From time immemorial people in the rural areas are defecating in the open places.
They are not aware of the dangers of open defecation
Unaware of the importance of toilets
Myths and misconceptions about toilets
Educating the toilet habits among the mass is a continuous process
HABITS DIE HARD
• Absence of locale specific toilet type designs and including the cost estimate
• Inferior quality of construction materials produced by local cement fabricators
• Poor quality of construction by contractors without adequate knowledge on the type designs and cost estimates
• Toilet constructions by contractors with profit motive
Access to Technology
Access to Information
Access to Financial
Resources
• Hardware aspects
• Toilet design • Toilet pan • Superstructure • Technical standards • Support services • Men, Money and
Materials • Linking local cement
fabricators • Linking Masons
• Software aspects
• Awareness creation – CLTS approach
• PRIs involvement and commitment
• Roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders
• Door to door hygiene education
• Interpersonal communication
• Focus Group Discussions
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Thandavampatti model toilet (INR 300)
The stone inscription by community
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Toilet only model using Brick Superstructure
Toilet only model attached with wall
Gramalaya promoted Guardian MFI which is providing loans only for water and toilets. This is the first MFI in the World started in 2006 for water and sanitation
Guardian provided loans to 42000 clients for water connections and toilets
A study of leach pit model toilets
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Gramalaya has been
approved as National
level Key Resource
Center for Water and
Sanitation by Ministry
of Drinking Water and
Sanitation
Milestone in Gramalaya history
Toilet attached bathroom model with kitchen garden from bathroom waste water
Space is not the constraint - Toilet constructed in a limited space in front of the house
Leach pits using soling stone lining
Leach pits using concrete rings & top layer soling stone lining
Rural pan with high degree slope for water saving
Eco-san toilet for water-logging areas
A bathroom attached Eco-san toilet
A goose-neck attached polypropylene toilet as – Easy Flush – designed by Gramalaya for direct pit
toilets and emergency sanitation
National-level Workshop on Toilet Technology
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100 toilets in 100 hours in 2005 300 toilets in 3 days in 2006
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Visit of Matt Damon, Hollywood star
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