Water & Sanitation Project

To ensure use of safe water and sanitary latrine among the rural poor community AJKS-F has taken Utahan Boithak, School Program on Water & Sanitation, Training on Sanitation, Slab and rings distribution the following activities with assistance of NGO Forum. AJKS-F has been implementing an innovative approach to promote people led total sanitation in the development areas with technical and financial support from NGO Forum for drinking water supply and sanitation and Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), GoB. The Organization believes that many of the healthrelated problems could be mitigated if get access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation.

At present, although government trying to establish health care facilities in the rural communities but inadequate facilities and lack of awareness on personal hygiene often affect the rural poor specially women, and children to spread out diseases. Personal and environmental cleanliness, hygienic sanitation and safe drinking water help to get a wayout of the situation. 

AJKS-F believes in people’s fullest participation in the planning process of a new intervention, and sensitizes them in implementation and monitoring as it ensures the ownership and provides assurance of success of the intervention. Community led total sanitation is such an intervention where community people take the entire activities to make the program a success. As a part of the action plan AJKS-F provides support in hardware and software i.e. tube-wells and sanitary and offset pit latrines install, and creating impetus through courtyard meeting, and workshop /seminar to use safe drinking water and follow hygienic behavior.