Journey from fringe to centre — asserting rights and dignity: experiences of WASH intervention in India

摘要

The government efforts for improved WASH services in the rural areas eventually favour thesocioeconomic well off groups rather than reaching the excluded communities. Against this backdrop,project intervention in Morena district of MP adopted a decentralized and inclusive approach forintegrated planning and implementation of WASH-services. The intervention intended to address propoorand social exclusion concerns by reflecting the needs and voices of communities. The major focus ofthe project has been on capacity building of the community members, local institutions, and field levelextension workers and collaborating with the government department to leverage resources and linkageswith national flagship programmes like NBA and MGNREGA. In about three years of field interventionthe project was able to influence the lives of hundreds of marginalized families by creating a number ofwater and sanitation facilities and empowered institutions capable of planning and executing WASHinterventions.