Dinajpur district residents have stopped defecating in the open because of the children's total sanitation campaign that follows a radical community-led approach. Whistle blowing is a favorite pastime among children in the villages of Dinajpur district in northern Bangladesh. They would blow their... Read more...
The Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) has transformed sewage systems in low income, informal settlements ('katchi abadi'), where 60 percent of Karachi's population lives. OPP has challenged development approaches, which are very technical and overly-dependent on government and donor support. Such... Read more...
The residents of Sudhamnagar, a slum community in Bangalore, made the big leap from defecating in the open until 2007 to having household latrines in 2009, proving that once people understand what they're missing, they will find ways to get it. Read more...
An estimated 20-30% of funds and materials are diverted from sanitation programmes in South India due to corruption, experts have estimated. The Socio-Economic Unit Foundation (SEUF) has successfully employed a number of anti-corruption strategies in a participatory and community-based household... Read more...