Villagers Increasingly Aware of Good Hygiene Practices

Ram Devi Shrestha of Bungamati, who was one of the spectators of the street drama in the local bus park, shared that the main problem on household solid waste management is the plastics. She told,” I have learnt from the show that if everybody uses the clothes bag then it will help to reduce the plastics”. She was determined to work in her community to change the behaviour first. Tost Raj Chettri, (project coordinator) explained that communities at Harisiddhi, Thaiba, Godamchaur, Saibu, Khokana, Bungamati and Dukuchhap Village Development Committee (VDC)s of Lalitpur district are now aware of the importance of sanitation, health and hygiene through various training programmes conducted by Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) under the Water and Sanitation Project supported by World Vision International Nepal (WVIN). Mr. Chettri shared that Shree Budhha Secondary School at Thaiba, involved its school sanitation committee members and the students from the neighboring communities in the school based monitoring and evaluation programme on 13th July 2011. The programme was participated by the forty six students and teachers including three resource persons of CIUD and one from WVIN. On 14th July, a one day training on household solid waste management was conducted to the Nakhudole Water Users’ Committee at Saibu ward No. 3. Twenty four participants, along with five resource persons of CIUD, one CDF of WVIN Lalitpur ADP actively participated in the training programme. “Barsha” a video documentary on WASH awareness and behavioural change was shown on 15th July 2011 in Shree Yuwa Pratibha Bidhya Mandir Secondary School at Khokana. Altogether forty nine community members including the children and three resource persons of CIUD enjoyed the documentary. Saru Maharjan of grade six was very much impressed with the drama and she immediately expressed,” Now I learnt that our hands should be washed with the water and the soap properly before eating the food and after the toilets, otherwise we face the consequences of the diseases like diarrhea, dysentery, skin problems, etc. I will explain this to my friends and family members at home.” It was very impressive to watch fifteen young child artists, trained students of Shree Yuwa Pratibha Bidhya Mandir Secondary School, Khokana, performing the street drama at bus park of Bungamati. “I found it very effective means to communicate the message and convenience the people in the villages for the behavioural change,” said Niraj Lama, a member of the drama team. The community people were increasingly interested to involve in these types of the trainings. They were enthusiast to learn about the good sanitation practices, understand the personal health and hygiene and apply it. The villagers like the way the artists pulls the audience till the end of the show and questions them about the message conveyed by the street drama. They feel that the street drama was more effective in raising the community awareness, hence, demanded to have more number of shows along with the trainings in the neighbouring villages to spread the WASH messages.

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  Sanitation Week & World Environment Day celebrated in Lalitpur

Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) has organized the Sanitation Week and World Environment Day from 1st to 5th June 2011 in coordination with government schools of Lalitpur; Shree Jana Uday Lower Secondary School, Adarsh Saula Yubak Higher Secondary School, Shree Yuwa Pratibha Biddya Mandir Secondary School, Rudrayeni Secondary School and the Tri-Ratna Secondary School. World Vision International Nepal (WVIN) Lalitpur ADP has financially supported for the programme. The aim of the programme is to aware the community on health and hygiene through different health and hygiene related messages. In sanitation week, Cleaning Campaign has been conducted at Harisiddhi Secondary School and Shree Jana Uday Lower Secondary School. Nail cutting and hand washing demonstration activities has also been conducted at Shree Chuni Devi Lower Secondary School and Adarsh Saula Yubak Higher Secondary School through school sanitation committees. Poem competition has organized by CIUD, and best poems from eight VDCs of WVIN ADP’s working areas has been collected for the competition and among them best has been awarded on closing day. Closing day of sanitation week programme was on the World Environment Day, 5th June 2011. Closing programme started through rally. The rally began from Sainbu to Khokna then to Khokna Dobato and end at Bungamati. 300 students from five different schools of Lalitpur, INGOs & NGOs representative, committees, community people were present on that programme. The closing programme of sanitation week, formal programme was conducted at Shree Yuwa Pratibha Bidhya Mandir Secondary School, Khokana. Chief Guest; Ex-vice Chairman of National Planning Commission Dr. Jagdish Chandra Pokharel, Board member of CIUD Mr. Bipin Chitrakar, WVIN Lalitpur ADP team Leader Mr. Gyan Narayan Shrestha, Khokana VDC Secretary Mrs. Radha Dhakal and representative from 4 schools were present on that day programme.

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  Sukekhola, the first community in Kamalamai Municipality declared open defecation free community

On the occasion of World Water Day, 22nd March 2011, Kamalamai Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Improvement project declared Sukekhola community as an open defecation free (ODF) in March 2011.Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) in close coordination with local sector stakeholders, District water supply and sanitation office, District public health office and local Water and Sanitation Users Committees with support of WaterAid in Nepal (WAN) and UN Habitat, Water for Asian Cities (WAC) Programme is implementing this project in peri urban settlements of Kamalamai municipality to improve the water, sanitation and health condition of poor and vulnerable residents. After this declaration, Sukekhola has become the first community in Kamalamai to declare ODF in the Municipality. There are 88 households (HHs) in the community, where 75 per cent HHs were practicing open defecation before the project intervention. The community people with support of the project constructed 66 individual toilets that helped them to bring their community to this stage. On 11th of March mass rally was organized before the formal declaration programme where students, teachers, various women groups, political representatives, VWESH, child clubs, local residents and other stakeholders participated overwhelmingly. The rally went around the Bhiman bazzar area, then to Sukekhola community and ended at school premises where the formal ODF progamme was organized. Ms. Chandra Maya Ghalan, President of Sukekhola Batawaran Sudhar Samiti chaired the formal program in which chief guest was Mr. Bhupal Baral, Executive Officer of Kamalamai Municipality. Similarly, other respected personnel from different sectors were present in the programme. The chief guest, other guests as well as the participants visited the Sukekhola community before the inauguration programme. The chief guest Mr Bhupal Baral unveiled the ODF declaration board at the entry point of the community and declared Sukekhola community as open defecation free.

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