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Key Achievements

Scaling up of Water Access & Water Quality: developed and translated into 8 regional languages
and disseminated across more than 20 blocks
 The Trusts provided technical support under the
Government of India’s National Jal Jeevan Mission across 6 states. Encouragingly, over 20,000 women
(NJJM) for training and capacity building, started producing cloth pads and became
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technology innovation, institution-building, etc. self-reliant.
Further, through its associate organisations, the Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC):
Trusts engaged with state governments as an  In Gujarat, the JJM is being implemented in over
Implementation Support Agency (ISA). 250 villages, and to ensure community
 The Trusts provided technical assistance to the participation at all levels, a comprehensive SBCC
government in development of guidelines for campaign was designed and implemented across
“Source Sustainability through Springshed programme geographies, reaching out to over
Management in Hilly Regions.” To guide the local 20,000 individuals that are part of Village Water and
implementation departments, the Trusts supported Sanitation Committees (VWSC), who further
the training of government officials across 6 hilly disseminated messages on safe water access to all.
states.  Based on learnings from earlier SBCC
 In Rajasthan, around 70 intra-village water supply interventions in sanitation programmes, the
systems were commissioned for providing safe ‘Samajhdar’ campaign was extended to the
and assured drinking water to more than 4,000 Menstrual Hygiene Management programme. Since
households. Further, to address high fluoride issues MHM interventions are a part of household-level
in ground water, a ‘Fluoride Mitigation Project’ was engagement, all training modules were converted
initiated in Sirohi district, where the aim is to create into a digital format (videos) and disseminated
awareness among communities about fluoride, its among the target audiences. Notably, acceptance of
adverse impact on health and ways to reduce digital tools proved immensely useful to the CRPs,
fluoride in drinking water. given the ongoing restrictions of inter-personal
communication due to Covid-19.
 In Uttarakhand, the Trusts completed a 5-year
integrated water programme, where more than  The Trusts operationalised a Solid Waste
10,000 households across 300 habitations Management (SWM) programme in Gujarat and
were covered. Assam, in which one of the core focus areas is to
promote segregation of dry and wet waste at
Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM):
household level by influencing community
 An awareness generation programme on MHM behaviour.
reached out to over 75,000 women and
A Drinking Water Tank constructed at Collaborations & Partnerships:
Sari Fali, Varli, Pindwara adolescent girls.
 Through a partnership with Tata AutoComp,
 The Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns WASH in School and MHM programmes were
affected the supply chain of sanitary pads in rural implemented, benefiting over 5,000 individuals
areas. With a view to sustain better menstrual across 20 villages of Pune district.
hygiene practices among the project areas of the
Trusts, a self-sustainable system based on localised  A partnership with Tata AIG was formalised for
improved cloth pad production was promoted. implementation of technology-based solutions to
Around 6 production units were initiated through promote mechanisation in sewer-cleaning and
Self-Help Group women who earned an additional reduce manual scavenging, while enhancing
monthly income of up to Rs 5,000 by engaging in working conditions for sanitation workers.
the production and sales of cloth pads. The
Community Resource Persons (CRP) became
ambassadors for supplying these cloth pads to
women living in rural and tribal areas across
6 states.
 Using digital media as a tool, an animation film 1. Source: The Government of India has launched National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM) programme in
August 2019 with a view to provide 100% rural households with Functional Household Tap Connectivity (FHTC).
on ‘How to stitch your own cloth pad at home’ was NJJM’s core objectives are aligned to the Trusts’ WaSH initiative and with a view to effectively contribute, the
Trusts collaborated with NJJM at central as well as state levels.
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