WASH sector stakeholders signed 1st JSR Resolution in Nepal
The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector stakeholders of Nepal signed the 1st Joint Sector Review (JSR) Resolution during the JSR meeting organised by the Sector Efficiency Improvement Unit (SEIU) of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW) from 5th to 6th May 2011. The JSR document has been considered as a common guiding document to move forward in the sector.

Follow this link to download signed JSR Resolution of the WASH sector in Nepal.

Time to acknowledge the dirty truth behind community-led sanitation
The ends may justify the means, but let's be clear - in rural India, extremes of coercion are being used to encourage toilet use.

This article about CLTS that appeared in the “Poverty Matters” blog of the newspaper “The Guardian” on 9th June 2011 was written by Liz Chatterjee, a DPhil candidate in international development at the University of Oxford.

To read full article by Liz Chatterjee, click here.
 

WASH Nepal blog launched
The WASH-RCNN with technical support from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, the Netherlands has launched WASH Nepal blog that consist of a sector calendar, a collection of documents, mailing group, social network and a Q&A platform on the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Nepal. To improve the performance of the WASH sector up to a situation where the sector is ‘learning’ and continuously improves / adapts to changing realities, it is paramount information flows freely. Please send your feedbacks to make the blog effective and user friendly by following this link.
 

Fifth World Aqua Congress (Exhibition and Conference) 2011
November 16-18, 2011, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

For more information, follow this link: www.worldaquacongress.org
 

Present scenario of drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in rural Nepal

The primary rationale of this article is to share documented process and experiences gained in WASH programme, which went through different contexts and experienced new developments. This article concentrated primarily in the mountains and hills of Nepal, which has the high levels of poverty in Nepal. It is envisioned that the information captured here can serve as reference material in the future.

Article by: Saroj Yakami, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Scott Wilson Nepal Pvt. Ltd.

Click here to read full article.
 

D-WASH Resource Group formed in Chitwan
The District Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (D-WASH-CC), Chitwan organised a meeting to discuss and share lessons on sanitation promotion and making Chitwan as Sanitation Model District (SMD) in the country and also formed a D-WASH Resource Group. To read more, click here.

Call to use human faeces for better soil
Experts have urged using bio-fertilisers made from human excreta to reduce contamination of water and increase fertility of soil. To read more, click here.

Rukum sees diarrhea death, Jajarkot hit too
A diarrhea outbreak at Khagal settlement in Rukum’s Purtimkada VDC in second week of May this year claimed one life and left at least 16 villagers ill. To read more, click here.

Parliament passes bill on solid waste management
The Parliament passed the bill on Solid Waste Management (SWM) unanimously on 26th May 2011. The bill has replaced the old law in effect since 1987. To read more, follow these links (nepalnews and ekantipur).