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Regional
Conference for SAARC Countries on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS)
Three days regional conference for SAARC countries on Household Water
Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) recommended strengthening evidence base for
effectiveness of HWTS in reducing water-borne diseases and optimal combinations
of HWTS interventions in different settings. To read more,click here.
The Open Water and
Sanitation Resource: Akvopedia
Akvopedia is the open water and sanitation resource that anyone can edit. The
goal of Akvopedia is to improve water and sanitation projects through knowledge
exchange on smart and affordable technical solutions and effective approaches.
Follow this link to learn more,click here.
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PLWHA Realized the
Importance of Safe Drinking Water
IPeople living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)
have realized the importance of safe drinking water. This has been concluded at
the workshop on ‘The Importance of Safe Drinking Water for PLWHA’ organized on
28 April 2010.
To read more, click here
WASH Media
Fellowship Applications are being Reviewed
WASH-RCNN Secretariat has received 30
applications for WASH Media Fellowship announced jointly by WASH-RCNN, NNSS/ENPHO
and VAV. The applications are being reviewed by the Fellowship Review Committee.
What’s
New at WASH-RCNN web portal?
Useful WASH related resources have
been added to WASH-RCNN’s web portal (www.nepal.watsan.net).
Some of them include: National Drinking Water Quality Standards (NDWQS) 2005 of
Nepal, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Handbook for Facilitators (both in
English and Nepali version), Kanchan Arsenic Filter (KAF) Booklet 2006 etc.
Please type key words into search space at top of the web page to find these
documents. Nepal Node for Sustainable
Sanitation (NNSS)’s web section has also been created within WASH-RCNN’s web portal.
Log on to
www.nepal.watsan.net/nnss to learn more about NNSS activities and to
retrieve sustainable sanitation related resources (Articles, Reports and more).
We have been revising the content plan
of our web portal and request you to send in your suggestions to make it more
informative and interactive.
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National
Sanitation Action Week (NSAW) 2010
With a view to
improving the sanitary situation in Nepal, Steering Committee for National
Sanitation Action (SCNSA) was established at the central level in 1998. The
Director General of Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS) chairs this
committee. The NSAW is one of the important activities executed through the
initiative of SCNSA. The first NSAW was organized from 18-24 June 2000.
To learn more about this year’s NSAW activities, follow this link:http://nsaw.wordpress.com/
OR
Contact:
SCNSA Secretariat at DWSS
Phone: +977-1-4413670
E-mail: iysnepal@ntc.net.np
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"The human
right to water entitles everyone to sufficient, safe,
acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for
personal and domestic uses. An adequate amount of safe water is
necessary to prevent death from dehydration, to reduce the risk
of water-related disease and to provide for consumption,
cooking, personal and domestic hygienic requirements".
General Comment No. 15 (2002): The Right to Water.
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2002 |
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A Journey towards Right to Water and Sanitation
More than 884 million people worldwide are living on unsafe
drinking water and 2.6.billion without improved sanitation (WHO/UNICEF, 2010).
Water and sanitation are not mere human necessities; we depend on it for our
survival, which is why these have emerged as issues of people's basic right.
People in developing world are dying from diarrhoeal diseases while people in
developed parts of the world may find hard to believe. The historic political
change in Nepal has opened doors for a new constitution building process in the
country, providing opportunity to civil society organisations to push for these
rights. Entrusting people with their political rights is not enough; it has to
go beyond those rights to guarantee them their general well being and
sustainable development. Civil society has strived to actively engage in
lobbying and advocacy for water and sanitation rights. Civil society voices were
collected and views presented on their behalf to the government at various
national and regional forums. The press and media groups have joined hands with
civil society to take forward this agenda as an active ally. Considering the
role of the Committee on Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles (a
committee under the constituent assembly), discussions were made with this
Committee on the importance and relevance of inclusion of improved sanitation
and safe water as basic fundamental right in the constitution. The committee
chairperson agreed that it is the responsibility of the state to provide these
basic necessities to its people. As a result water and sanitation has been
included in the draft constitution under fundamental rights section - Article
20. Nonetheless, as long as the constitution is not endorsed there is no
guarantee that water and sanitation will find its due place in the constitution.
"There are miles to go before we sleep".
Article by:Bharat Adhikari and Anamika Singh Bhandary,
Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH). To read full article, click here.
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REFLECT Center
for WASH
Friends Service Council Nepal (FSCN) has been
running REFLECT Centre for WASH in Rupandehi District from January 2010.
To read more, click here.
IDS-Nepal Selected as Service Organization by RWSSFDB
IDS Nepal has been selected as Service Organization by Rural Water Supply and
Sanitation Fund Development Board (RWSSFDB) for Batch IX programme in Rolpa
District and Implementation Phase of four schemes in Rukum District. To read more,click here.
Experts Stressed on
the Need of PPP Initiative
Representatives from Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW), WHO,
UNICEF, UN-HABITAT Water for Asian Cities, and the Bottlers Nepal Pvt. Ltd.
stressed on the need of promotion of safe water systems and Public Private
Partnership (PPP) initiative for providing safe drinking water to all. To read more, click here.
Jajarkot Revisited?
At least 20 people have already succumbed to diarrhoea in Mid West inside the
first month of the Nepali calendar even before the onset of the monsoon when
water-borne diseases spike. However, most of the money is going into seminars
and group discussions at district headquarters, rather than into building
infrastructure in more remote areas where they are likely to make most
difference. This has been mentioned in an editorial of The Kathmandu Post, a
national daily. To read full editorial, click here.
Reflections from the Regional Conference on Development of Appropriate WASH
Solutions for Informal Settlements and Marginalized Communities
Shova K. Yadav from Environment and Public Health Organization writes on her
reflections from this three-day regional conference organized by Nepal
Engineering College (NEC) with its partner institutions, the Imperial Collage
London and Preston University, Pakistan. To read more, click here.
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Agriculture Demands
Ecological Sanitation
Nepal is an agriculture based country where more than 85% of the people rely on
agriculture in one way or another. However, the quality and quantity of food
production is not satisfactorily fulfilling the requirement at large. Although
the government is promoting chemical fertilizers, these are not easily available
and they are further degrading the soil. In this context, we need to look into
the very basic property that is hampering the agriculture sector and find a way
out through ecological sanitation; a concept emerged a decade before in context
of Nepal. To read full article by Kashi Kant Thakur,click here.
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Students Carry
Jerrycans besides Textbooks
By: Mukunda Bhandari
Doti: Besides textbooks, students of Malika Primary School at Goseda,
Doti also carry jerrycans and empty water containers to school. When the school
is over, they fill their jerrycans from a nearby stream to bring them back home.
This has become a daily routine for students, as there is no drinking water
facility in the village. To read more,click here.
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WASH-RCNN is an informal network of NGOs and INGOs involved in
water and sanitation sector, which intends to facilitate the sharing of
information and promote the use thereof to improve the performance of the sector
as a whole.
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