posted on 2018-11-14, 16:52authored byAsad Umar, Satviki Varma
The Pusa Block of Samastipur District in the Indian State of Bihar accounted for very low sanitation coverage of 16%. This was coupled with poor understanding of roles and responsibilities amongst government functionaries as well as lack of knowledge on the benefits of safe sanitation. The AKDN Initiative demonstrated the impact of effective partnership with government functionaries and communities to achieve open defecation free status at scale. The partnership has focussed on community centred approaches, strengthening of service delivery, improved hygiene behaviours and capacity building of local institutions to improve sanitation access. A key differentiator of the AKDN Sanitation programme is the introduction of mobile monitoring tool-AKVO Flow, which allows project teams to undertake real time tracking of household sanitation coverage as well as monitor improvements in key hygiene behaviour over time. The key results of this programme has been to create ODF communities at scale and sustained hygiene behaviour.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services: Proceedings of the 41st WEDC International Conference
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Citation
UMAR, A. and VARMA, S., 2018. Partnering with government and communities to achieve open defecation free status at scale: an example from the Indian state of Bihar. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services: Proceedings of the 41st WEDC International Conference, Nakuru, Kenya, 9-13 July 2018, Paper 2965, 6 pp.
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