In Brief

Advocating for change in and around two major Eco - Systems. Tropical Hill Ecosystem of Shimilipal Biosphere Reserve & Eusterine / Coastal Ecosystem of Bay of Bengal in Balasore District of Orissa in India.

Our Motto

Let Us Live & Act Together
WATER AND SANITATION
 

Water and Sanitation: Water is a prime natural resource and a basic human need as well as all life forms. Water should make available to all not only quantities but also qualitatively. Availability of safe Drinking water in rural areas is a big problem. Cleanliness and sanitation is another issue in rural areas. Ensuring Safe Drinking Water and Capacitate the Community for Healthy living & Sustainability is the need of the moment.

Hence PRAVA work to

• Build capacity of the stakeholders.
• DNH for Health ( safe drinking water, nutrition, sanitation and hygiene for health)
• Drudgery reduction of water collection- reducing the burden from women.
• Expansion of preparing the future generation through school education ( operational DNH) and wider dissemination.
• Technology mix for dealing with quality problems.
• Advocacy for water security.
• Develop design that is community friendly, manageable at the community level and futuristic that take care of the increase in demand and emerging problems relating to climate change.
• Development of models of meeting recurring and replacement costs through user fees and corpus fund.
• Streamlining the maintenance system.
• Ensuring role clarity ( GP hander over and line responsibility)
• Finding simple solutions to make the transitional sources relatively safe (platform, treatment)

 
 
 
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