Original Query: Meeta Jaruhar, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Jharkhand

Posted 30 August 2006

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Jharkhand is implementing the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), of which Sanitation in Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) is an important component. As we all know, AWC is a centre where children below 6 years, Anganwadi workers and also sometime members of Mahila Mandal gathers. Therefore, to start appropriate sanitation behaviour we are planning to have toilet facilities in these centres.

Country Paper Series “School sanitation and hygiene education in India: Investment in building children’s future” has been published by Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Drinking Water Supply for SSHE Global Symposium “Construction is Not Enough” Delft, The Netherlands 8-10 June, 2004, the books were developed in the context of the School Water and Sanitation Towards Health and Hygiene (SWASTHH) programme in India.

COUNTRY PAPER SERIES School Sanitation And Hygiene Education In India Investment In Building Children's Future.
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Source : UNICEF

Making Sanitation A 'Clean' Habit: Lessons from a School Sanitation Project, is a comprehensive study published by Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), that outlines the lessons gleaned from the evaluation of a large sanitation project involving 100 schools, largely Zilla Parishad institutions. The project was implemented in 2003 in four districts, Ahmednagar, Beed, Nagpur and Wardha, in the state of Maharashtra , and the evaluation was conducted four years later in 2007

The paper titled “Incinerator for School Toilet Waste Case Study: Tamil Nadu” has been developed and published by Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). This case study is about the use of incinerator for school toilet waste in Tamil Nadu where innovative low cost technology incinerator has been developed for proper disposal of sanitary wastes.

“School and Anganwadi toilet designs: Norms and Options – a technical note”, which have been developed and published by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) with support from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). There was an urgent need to develop a Technical Manual on the design options for the Anganwadis and Schools, to suit the special requirements of babies and children. The manual tries to address the major issues relating to child-friendly design options, in a comprehensive manner.

The case study titled “Scaling up school sanitation and hygiene education with quality” has been written P Amudha in India Infrastructure Report, published in 2007 by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). It presents the success stories of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) and its impact all across India. The case study describes about how School-centric interventions brought attitudinal and behavioral changes towards critical sanitation and hygiene practices among children and to empower them to lead a healthy life.