Kathmandu: Public Service Announcements related to Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) have been produced. These PSAs were developed with the objective of broadcasting them through radio stations in various districts in order to promote the concept of citywide inclusive sanitation. The public interest messages were...
Kathmandu: The five day South Asian regional training on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) has successfully concluded in Lalitpur. With support from CAWST, the Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) organized a “Training of Trainers on Delivering Effective WASH Training for South Asia.” This was ENPH...
Surkhet: A province level training on the “Introduction to Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) Approach” has been conducted in Surkhet, with the objective of strengthening participants’ understanding of inclusive, accessible, and sustainable sanitation services for all. The training was jointly organized by the Min...
Kathmandu: A recent study has found that the management of human waste in rural areas remains unsafe. The study, conducted across 16 municipalities 10 in Koshi Province and 6 in Madhes Province reveals that 76% of septic tanks have never been emptied since the toilets were built. Only 24% of households have emptied the...
Kathmandu: Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Water Supply, Meena Shrestha, has said that Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 can only be achieved through the construction and operation of adequate fecal sludge treatment plants and well-functioning sewer systems. Speaking at a national discussi...
"If I stood in the boys' line, they would push me and say, 'Go over there.' If I sat on a boys' seat in the classroom, they would mock me, saying, 'This desk and bench aren't yours.' And if I sat on a girls' seat, the girls would say the same thing." Rajani Thakali's experience highlights the extent of discrimination f...
I live in Ward No. 32 of Pokhara Metropolitan City, in Khudikhola. This settlement is home only to people displaced from various districts during the conflict between the government and the Maoists. It has been almost 25 years since we started living here. This is an unmanaged settlement, so nothing here is orga...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has directed all states and union territories to mandatorily provide compensation to the families of those who die while cleaning sewers or septic tanks manually, within three weeks of the incident. According to the court’s order dated October 29, if the compensation is not ...
Jhapa : The Charaali Small Town Water Supply and Sanitation User Committee has initiated coordination efforts to operate the faecal sludge management center in Charali, Jhapa, at its full capacity. According to Committee Chairperson Rajan Chimariya, coordination is being carried out with Birtamod Municipality, Mech...
Minraj Khanal, a resident of Ward 4 of Ratnanagar Municipality in Chitwan, is the chairperson of the Municipal Coordination Committee of the Disabled. He is visually impaired. I met him during an event in Hetauda, Makwanpur, organized for the amendment of the legislation of the National Federation of the Disabled. ...
