active· WASH
WASH Model Village Project, Nepal
The principal impact of the project is poverty reduction and improved well-being in communities via enhanced democratic capacity to maintain sanitation and manage water. This translates to capacitating local governance levels (municipality, ward, community) of Devchuli Municipality, Nepal, in WASH (Outcome 1). The main goal is to achieve 100% coverage of national Total Sanitation standards in selected communities (Outcome 2). Furthermore, the project supports smart water use and climate change adaptation (Outcome 3). All project activities are implemented through a participatory Human Rights-Based Approach aimed at improving Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) (Outcome 4). Special emphasis is put on assisting Persons with Disabilities and disadvantaged groups, including ethnic minorities, women and girls and the elderly. Communities that achieve all above outcomes will be declared WASH Model Villages. The background is that work towards improved sanitation in Nepal was accelerated in 2010s via the Open Defecation Free (ODF) movement, including nation-wide toilet construction for all, and related hygienic behaviour changes. Nepal was declared ODF in 2018, after which focus has shifted towards achieving more advanced standards, titled Total Sanitation. Currently, Nepal is struggling with Total Sanitation, and in some areas maintaining ODF has proven challenging. The project works in the least developed hilly area (wards 5 and 6) of Devchuli Municipality in Nawalpur district of Western Nepal. The local partner CATN has identified several technical and societal issues in the wards, such as a lack of basic water and sanitation infrastructure and training as well as under-representation of women, Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and ethnic minorities. The population of the working area is 95% Janajati and 4% Dalit, both being ethnic minorities. Project activities include behaviour change, capacity development and infrastructure support. The local partner CATN implements the project under the supervision of WaterFinns. Activities are planned and implemented in close collaboration with Devchuli municipality, project wards, communities and civil society groups.
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The principal impact of the project is poverty reduction and improved well-being in communities via enhanced democratic capacity to maintain sanitation and manage water. This translates to capacitating local governance levels (municipality, ward, community) of Devchuli Municipality, Nepal, in WASH (Outcome 1). The main goal is to achieve 100% coverage of national Total Sanitation standards in selected communities (Outcome 2). Furthermore, the project supports smart water use and climate change adaptation (Outcome 3). All project activities are implemented through a participatory Human Rights-Based Approach aimed at improving Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) (Outcome 4). Special emphasis is put on assisting Persons with Disabilities and disadvantaged groups, including ethnic minorities, women and girls and the elderly. Communities that achieve all above outcomes will be declared WASH Model Villages. The background is that work towards improved sanitation in Nepal was accelerated in 2010s via the Open Defecation Free (ODF) movement, including nation-wide toilet construction for all, and related hygienic behaviour changes. Nepal was declared ODF in 2018, after which focus has shifted towards achieving more advanced standards, titled Total Sanitation. Currently, Nepal is struggling with Total Sanitation, and in some areas maintaining ODF has proven challenging. The project works in the least developed hilly area (wards 5 and 6) of Devchuli Municipality in Nawalpur district of Western Nepal. The local partner CATN has identified several technical and societal issues in the wards, such as a lack of basic water and sanitation infrastructure and training as well as under-representation of women, Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and ethnic minorities. The population of the working area is 95% Janajati and 4% Dalit, both being ethnic minorities. Project activities include behaviour change, capacity development and infrastructure support. The local partner CATN implements the project under the supervision of WaterFinns. Activities are planned and implemented in close collaboration with Devchuli municipality, project wards, communities and civil society groups.
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