Even after 56 years of Independence‚ right from the Nehru era to the Vajpayee era‚ the rural India of today still short of basic amenities‚ like drinking water‚ electricity‚ roads‚ housing‚ food and clothing. Once Gandhiji told the renowned author Mr. Mulk Raj Anand that we can’t build India unless we build villages. Gandhiji wanted to make the villages independent republics‚ independent in governance and for routine requirements‚ governed by the people of the villages and self sufficient for
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I - WATER A N D SANITATION FOR HEALTH PROJECT I THE ROLE OF WOMEN AS P A R T I C I P A N T S A N D BENEFICIARIES I COORCINATION A N D INFORR4ATION CENTER IN W A T E R SUPPLY A N D SANlTATlON PROGRAMS L m Opcrarcti bv CDhl FIVC for the U.S. t l g r n c y T r Intcrriation‚il r k Y ~ l q ~ n i ~ r i l o 1611 N. Kcnt Street‚ Room 1002 Arlington‚ Virginia 22209 USA Telephone: (703) 243-8203 Tclcx No. VJUI 64552 Cable Address WASHAID WASH TECHNICAL REPORT NO. 11 DECEMBER
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BLUE PLANET RUN FUNDING Project Number: MAL 0443 Name of Project: Engucwini School and Health Clinic Water and Sanitation Project Location: Engucwini‚ Malawi – in the Muzuz District Malawi: The Land‚ the People and the Economy Of the 10 million people in Malawi‚ only half have access to clean‚ safe drinking water. As a result‚ water-related diseases such as schistosomiasis (bilharzia) and amoebic dysentery are rampant. Further complicating conditions in this southeast African country
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Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes as well as the treatment and proper disposal of sewage wastewater. Hazards can be either physical‚ microbiological‚ biological or chemical agents of disease. Wastes that can cause health problems include human and animal feces‚ solid wastes‚ domestic wastewater (sewage‚ sullage‚ greywater)‚ industrial wastes and agricultural wastes. Hygienic means of prevention can be by using engineering
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The provision and availability of proper sanitation facilities is equally important to mitigate health threats and control carriers of communicable diseases e.g. rats (UNHCR‚ 2013). The quality of drinking water is an influential determinant of health and the guarantee of clean and safe drinking water is a foundation for the prevention and control of water borne diseases (WHO‚ 2013). Lack of water and facilities to take away waste water in the refugee camps lead to hygiene problems and water borne
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(vdkulkarni92@gmail.com) 1 VJTI/ Swach Bharat Project - Mumbai/ 2014 2 MUM --- BAI VJTI/ Swach Bharat Project - Mumbai/ 2014 3 Clean Mumbai Project • Major Problems of Mumbai 1.Sanitation Problem 2.Drainage system 3.Waste Management 4.Transportation VJTI/ Swach Bharat Project - Mumbai/ 2014 4 Sanitation Problem • In slum areas of Mumbai an average 81 people share a single toilet. • In some places it rises to an eye-watering 273. • Even the lowest average is still 58‚ according to local
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access to basic sanitation‚ hygiene and nutrition programmes for millions of children across South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as part of their Sustainable Living Plan[2] goal to improve the health and wellbeing of 1 billion people by 2020. This will help the UN achieve its global target to reduce under-5 deaths by 2015. They are committed to changing the hygiene habits of one billion people‚ bringing safe drinking water to 500 million people‚ improving access to basic sanitation and improving the
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past few decades‚ food sanitation and hygiene has been a growing concern among the public. This is because we are now better educated and aware of the dangers of eating contaminated foods. Many people nowadays are used to eat in many food establishments‚ Restaurants and Fast Food Chain‚ especially us Filipinos. But is it safe to eat on those food establishments and are we sure that they serve food which cannot lead us to food borne diseases? This Research defines sanitation as the “Conditions and
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Urbanization‚ urbanisation (see spelling differences) or urban drift is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of rural migration and even suburban concentration into cities‚ particularly the very largest ones. The United Nations projected that half of the world’s population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008. Urbanization is closely linked to modernisation‚ industrialisation‚ and the sociologicalprocess of rationalisation. Urbanisation can describe a specific condition at a set
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Socio-economic issues in India Overpopulation India suffers from the problem of overpopulation. The population of india is very high- 345 million approx. [1][2][3] Though India ranks second in population‚ it ranks 33 in terms of population density below countries such as The Netherlands‚ South Korea and Japan. There is a lot of problems which arise due to such a large population. Problems such as unemployment ‚ excessive pressure on environment‚ social infrastructure and the most important food availability
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