Papers, presentations and photo essays
Papers, presentations and photo essays for the South Asia Sanitation and Hygiene workshop in Dhaka 2012
Improvement in community toilet complex services through community monitoring - India
In most slum settlements, the municipal corporations provide Community Toilet Complexes. In Delhi, India, the day-to-day toilet management and infrastructure maintenance is usually out-sourced.This paper describes a community-centred feedback method which is regular and reliable, and based on information about the services the community should expect; replicable and scalable.
Improving menstrual hygiene facilities in secondary schools Initiatives from BRAC-WASH Program - Bangladesh
This paper describes the WASH in Schools activities of the BRAC-WASH program in Bangladesh. Along with financial support from school authorities, BRAC WASH is constructing separate sanitary latrines for girls with menstrual hygiene facilities in secondary schools. It also addresses the management and maintenance of the provided facilities.
Inclusion of less privileged communities as sanitation beneficiaries in the demand responsive approach - Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Authorities are approaching the beneficiary communities with a demand driven concept. The paper discuses the strategies adopted to address the issue of 'willing communities' during the implementation of the Third Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project funded by the Asian Development Bank.
Learning for healthy living – scaling up school based hygiene education in 2010 flood affected Pakistan
This paper is compiled to share the experience of the project’s various activities related to hygiene promotion. It includes a description of applied participatory methods for behavioural change at different levels in crisis-ridden, vulnerable rural communities of Pakistan.
Looking beyond capital costs: life-cycle costing for sustainable service delivery - India
In India, though considerable investments are made through the Total Sanitation Campaign (flagship program of Govt of India) the ground realities of sanitation facilities are very poor and alarmingly dangerous for human health.
Managing menstrual hygiene in emergency situations: How far from reality?
Menstrual hygiene is a vital as well as a very sensitive issue for women in reproductive ages. In general, women spend around six to seven years of their lives menstruating. Having a safe, personal and cultural environment to manage menstruation hygienically and with dignity is the right of every women. However, the ability to enjoy this right is often far from reality.
Myanmar - photo essay: Searching for better WASH results for flood-prone areas
Photo essay describing the difficulties with sanitation during the rainy season in Myanmar. Many people who live in flood-prone areas like Nwew Ni Chaung village in Thabaung Township in the Ayeyarwady Delta area, experience great difficulties with sanitation. Photographer May Zin Thaw made the photographs in this photo essay by World Vision.
Participatory establishment of water and sanitation facilities management unit at village level - Indonesia
This paper describes a participatory approach to create the infrastructure with sustained behavior change through establishing management units for water and sanitation facilities at village level. It is combined with the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach.
Paving way for menstrual hygiene management in rural Pakistan
This paper describes the results of a study on menstrual hygiene management carried out in Azad Kashmir UC and MC Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.The scope of the study was to learn about the coping mechanism of schools girls during menses.The challenge of providing special facilities for girls reaching puberty is a question far removed from the authorities. The lack of policy in this regard is a major hurdle.
Reaching the poor and vulnerable community in Rural Afghanistan through CLTS
In rural Afghanistan, sanitation coverage is low: half of rural Afghans use unimproved toilets and 20% have no toilets at all. Behind these national averages are stark disparities between rich and poor, but also between regions in the country. Four out of five people in the Central Highland region, four million people, defecate in the open or in sahrahis (area for defecation in the house compound, without a toilet pit), making this region one with the worst sanitation status in the country.
