Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Project (RWSS)

Name of project Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development  Project
Total Fund NRs.14,420,000.00
Duration 2073/3/24 to 2074/3/31
Funding sources Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board (RWSSFDB) Maharajgunj, Katmandu
Contact person of the earlier donor agency Ram Kumar Yadav
Beneficiary HHs 475
VDCs Kalika&LanhaVDCDolpa
Major Interventions:

·         Developed School Health Promotion Plans

·         Institutional Building of  VDC/ Health Post, Schools, Local Markets and Other in the Scheme Area

·         Declared and maintained STATUS OF ODF (in Scheme implementation Ward

·         Managed Rural Community Infrastructures Work

·         Trained Drinking Water Consumer Committee, Vigilance Committee, Village Management Worker And Village Health Promoter before construction.

·         Trained Committee Treasurers on Financial Management, Financial Inclusion

·         Rehabilitation training for Rural Maintenance Workers

·         Post-construction training for Water And Sanitation Consumer Committee officials related to maintenance, operation, water supply management

·         Distributed 324 taps in households; 24 institutional taps in schools, clubs, health posts, local bazaars

·         Land ownership certificates of Drinking water schemes received

·         Construction, operation, maintenance, uses of 324 household toilets and 24 institutional toilets

·         Conducted household survey on health, sanitation, hygiene, menstruation hygiene, Chaupadi, nutrition intake, child health, occupational health and safety.

·         Conducted health orientation, training, mentoring, counseling, interaction on ‘Uses of Soaps, Hand-washing, Cleanliness, Safe Drinking Water, Menstruation Health and Hygiene, Solid Waste Management, Dish-Washing, Making Dish-Sun-Dryer, Management of recyclable and non-recyclable Waste,

·         Formed, capacity development, mobilization of 51 Child Complete Hygiene and Sanitation Groups; Youth Complete Hygiene and Sanitation Groups; Mothers’ Complete Hygiene and Sanitation Groups; and

·         Formed, managed and mobilized 21 Survey Evaluation Committees

·         Designed, developed and constructed Garbage Bins or Containers

·         Designed, developed and constructed Kitchen Dish Washing Stations

·         Designed, developed and constructed Sun Dish Dryer Stations

·         Designed, developed and constructedWaste Water Management (Drainage)

·         Designed, developed and constructed cow and animal sheds, pet-sheds and maintained their sanitation.

·         The WASH Committees were able to develop Community maps; Maps of the projects (water source, distribution lines, drinking water taps (households and public), Household Survey on Health; Mobilization of field staffs and adminstritive works; follow standard decision making processby Executive Committee of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Consumer Committee; received land ownership certificates related to projects areas.

·         Enhanced home and community sanitation, personal hygiene and community health.

·         Designed, developed and constructed Gardening in home-around

·         Training and orientation on Hand Washing after using the toilets.

·         Training and orientation on Kitchen Gardening, vegetables farming, horticulture, bee keeping, animal husbandry and explored other viable income generation schemes.

·         Formed, developed capacity, mobilized the Women’s Saving Groups and Self-Help Groups

·         Conducted nail cutting campaigns

·         Conducted Hand washing campaigns with soapy water

·         Conducted households chores cleaning campaigns

·         Conducted campaigns to clean streets and public places

·         Conducted Sanitation-related public speech, quiz, song competitions

·         Conducted Spelling competition related to WASH

·         Conducted as campaigns street drama, duet songs on WASH

·         Collected water utilizing fee, manage the fund and utilizes for its operation, maintenance, and equitable distribution of drinking water

·         Enhanced water sources protection and their sanitations,

·         Decreased wild-fire and protected the forest building blocks;

·         Decreased the incidents of cholera, typhoid fever, Giardiasis, Cryptosporidiosis,dysentery, tapeworms, Jaundice, fever, diarrhea, and other water-sanitation borne diseases.

·         Increased students enrollments in schools, and their retention and upgraded academic performances,

·         Enhanced the socio-economic, financial status of the peoples of the program areas

·         Enhanced the community bondages, cultural ties and decreased the disputes, quarrels, and unhealthy completions and force rule.