Baseline survey on functioning of VWSCs and VHSNCs in Sagar and Patharpratima Block of South 24 Parganas

Water for People, a reputed international NGO has been working for providing access to WASH services for ‘everyone and forever’ in Sagar and Patharpratima Block of West Bengal with their partners. As a part of the project and keeping in view to understand the future needs to be addressed in their coming country plan the… Continue reading Baseline survey on functioning of VWSCs and VHSNCs in Sagar and Patharpratima Block of South 24 Parganas

Prepare four modules on the role and responsibility of VWSC, VHSNC and Water User Committees

Water for People, a reputed international NGO has been working for providing access to WASH services ‘for everyone and forever’ in Sagar and Patharpratima Block of West Bengal with their partners. The project aims at more involvement of the community for sustainable delivery of services in the WASH sector. As a part of their capacity… Continue reading Prepare four modules on the role and responsibility of VWSC, VHSNC and Water User Committees

Improve the capacities of monitoring and evaluation officials for better appreciation of MIS data and monitoring & improving Drinking Water Quality in Assam

This is a partnership under SSFA with UNICEF Assam State Office. The project had two parts. The first part was to train the state and district level M&E officials of Assam on basic aspects of monitoring, techniques of analysis of data available in the IMIS of the MDWS and presentation of results for decision support.… Continue reading Improve the capacities of monitoring and evaluation officials for better appreciation of MIS data and monitoring & improving Drinking Water Quality in Assam

Time and Work study for Panchayati Raj Functionaries in India (study for West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh)

National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) took up a project of assessing the workload of the GPs across the country to find out the types of human resource requirement for the GPs in different states. This has to be achieved by conducting “Time and Work study of Gram Panchayats” in some GPs… Continue reading Time and Work study for Panchayati Raj Functionaries in India (study for West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh)

Provide support in demonstrating a more effective Gram Panchayat Development Planning (GPDP) process in 12 Gram Panchayats of Tonk district

The project is a joint initiative of District Administration of Tonk, Rajasthan and UNICEF Rajasthan state office. The objective of the project is to develop models of preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) for the year 2018-19 in respect of a two selected model GPs with intense handholding by the experts of SIGMA Foundation… Continue reading Provide support in demonstrating a more effective Gram Panchayat Development Planning (GPDP) process in 12 Gram Panchayats of Tonk district

Developing Capacity Towards Concurrent Monitoring and Supportive Handholding to Govt. of Maharashtra to sustain ODF Status of Rural Maharashtra with Identification of Bottlenecks and Developing Enabling Environment

This proposal is for an eleven-month long project in collaboration with UNICEF-Maharashtra State Office and WSSO, GoM. The project has different segments. Support WSSD, GoM to monitor progress of SBM(G) with special focus on use of toilets and change in sanitary behaviour in HHs as well as in institutions like schools and Anganwadi centres and… Continue reading Developing Capacity Towards Concurrent Monitoring and Supportive Handholding to Govt. of Maharashtra to sustain ODF Status of Rural Maharashtra with Identification of Bottlenecks and Developing Enabling Environment

Collecting Baseline Information, Conducting Post-Implementation Monitoring and water sample collection for water quality testing in Sheohar district (Bihar) & Sagar and Patharpratima Blocks of South 24 Parganas

The study is categorized into three parts. The first study captures the current drinking water and WASH Scenario in Sheohar district of Bihar. Secondly, impact of the investment of ‘Charity Water’ is being studied by post-implementation monitoring of the installed water points in Sheohar as well as Sagar and Patharpratima blocks of West Bengal. Thirdly,… Continue reading Collecting Baseline Information, Conducting Post-Implementation Monitoring and water sample collection for water quality testing in Sheohar district (Bihar) & Sagar and Patharpratima Blocks of South 24 Parganas

Assessment of Management Practice and Functioning of the Rural Piped Water Supply Schemes Maintained by GP/VWSCs as well as PHED in the Districts of Nadia & Hooghly of West Bengal

Safe water is very important for public health as well as for economic growth of a country. One of the Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is “universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030”. To achieve this SDG, according to the order of Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation… Continue reading Assessment of Management Practice and Functioning of the Rural Piped Water Supply Schemes Maintained by GP/VWSCs as well as PHED in the Districts of Nadia & Hooghly of West Bengal

Strengthening Functioning of PHED, Govt. of Assam and Training of Lab professionals of District Water Testing Labs of Assam and hand holding 7 selected DLLs and the SRL to acquire capacity for getting accreditation from NABL

PHED Assam mobilized the Swachhgrahis in large number and they were supposed to carry out SBCC activities at the village level. Several problems have been faced in utilizing them efficiently. The approach was to create a pool of competent trainers in a cascading mode. 36 State Level Master Trainers (SMTs) were identified by PHED from… Continue reading Strengthening Functioning of PHED, Govt. of Assam and Training of Lab professionals of District Water Testing Labs of Assam and hand holding 7 selected DLLs and the SRL to acquire capacity for getting accreditation from NABL

Conducting baseline survey for ‘Clean and Safe Environment in Rajnagar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal’

This proposal was based on three broad objectives – WASH in facilities, community sanitation and behaviour change components to reach out to the most vulnerable and excluded communities in Rajnagar Block. The WASH initiatives aimed at functional WASH facilities in all the government aided primary schools, Anganwadi centers (AWCs) and tribal schools/Ashramshalas along with establishing… Continue reading Conducting baseline survey for ‘Clean and Safe Environment in Rajnagar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal’