UNICEF / IRC school sanitation input contributed to national guidance for Indian states

The Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of India (2005) has used "quotes" from UNICEF / IRC Indian SSHE Resource guide in writing guidance documents for all the states in India. In their Technical Note Series "School Water Supply, Sanitation & Hygiene Education: India" many quotes on page 7, 8, 10 and 12 are taken from our Indian Resource Guide on School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE). Download the publication ‘School Water Supply, Sanitation & Hygiene Education: India’, Department of Drinking Water Supply Ministry of Rural Development Government India, PDF file.

In addition, the Director of the programme said that IRC was responsible for the addition of software to its construction strategy. This is a particularly interesting use of IRC communications. It forces people who are doing the district planning to plan for training before construction. This is a tangible leap forward for districts that use this form.

This work contributed to the Total Sanitation programme active since 1999 in India, which aims to put 385,000 school sanitation facilities in place by the end of 2006, with 60 per cent of the funding coming from the national budget, 30 per cent from participating states and 10 per cent from communities.

Source: Department of Drinking Water Supply Ministry of Rural Development Government India 2005