A toilet is the first step along the way to improving the sanitation of a village. Oxfam’s partners in Nepal sent this collection of photographs to show us how your toilets are contributing to a wider water and sanitation programme.
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Domestic toilet, Awalparajul, Dailekh. One of more than 900 latrines which your gifts have funded. “I knew the health impact of defecating in the open,” says SabitaThapa. “However due to money constraints my family and I were unable to construct a toilet. We have now constructed one and sanitation conditions have improved.” |
Health education in Pasupati Primary School, Kalyan, Surkhet.
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Health literacy class, Awalparajul, Dailekh. Attendees learn about hygiene and sanitation, diarrhoea and waterborne disease prevention, and women’s health issues. |
Health literacy class, Haku, Jumla. |
HIV/AIDS and sanitation awareness programme in a school, Garpan.
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Travelling to project sites is not easy. The project is targeting some of the most remote communities, and roads are often impassable especially after rainfall, when they just turn to red mud. |
Women’s group, Kopikot, Baitadi. Some women have travelled outside their villages without their families for the first time, to take part in gender and public health training. They will pass on what they’ve learned to other village women.
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A sample poster with sanitation messages about the importance of cleanliness around school. |
Those in charge of keeping the toilet clean, and the women who attend health classes receive a smokeless stove for use at home, as an incentive. |
No entry to this village for those who do not use the toilet or wash their hands!
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