To improve Health, Hygiene and Sanitation Practice of Marginalized Community People of the Banakhu VDC, Kavrepalanchok

To improve Health, Hygiene and Sanitation Practice of Marginalized Community People of the Banakhu VDC, Kavrepalanchok

Objectives:
  • To build toilet and install cooking stove for the marginalized community people.
Key Activities:
  • Orientation and sensitization of women and community organizations to health, hygiene and sanitation.
  • Materials support for construction of toilets.
  • Materials support for installation of Improved Cooking Stove (ICS) and kitchen management for rural women groups.

Major Achievements:

Date Title
3 days orientation conducted for women and community organizations members where total 80 people including 48 female and 32 male were the direct beneficiaries and the stakeholders were sensitized and informed about health, hygiene and sanitation for healthy living.
111 Improved Cooking Stove (ICS) were installed in deprived and dalits households resulting into reduced indoor pollution benefiting rural women and children in terms of health and sanitation.
75 Toilets construction in deprived and dalits households. The total beneficiaries from the toilet construction were 269 female and 203 male within 75 households, in which there were 22 dalits and 53 deprived Janajatis.

Project information

  • Geographic coverage 1 VDC
  • Project duration 7 months (December, 2009-June, 2010)
  • Project Location Banakhu VDC of Kavrepalanchok, District
  • Budget 662,870.00
  • Funding partner's Australian Embassy, Nepal /Direct Aid Program (DAP)
  • Target groups Marginalized Community People of the Banakhu VDC
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Clean Water and Sanitation

Clean Water and Sanitation is the main thematic area of Civic Forum's current strategic plan. We are determined to making clean water and sanitation accessible to all.

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