Dobate Water, Sanitatie & Hygiëne (WaSH) Project

The project

This project includes implementation of a clean drinking water system and software programs related to Health, Women empowerment and Technical know-how knowledge for the community people of Dobate, Ahale and Shikaaritar Chitwan. This WaSH program will help to provide near and improved access to safe drinking water for 72 household families and 2 churches with a population of 420 marginalized Chepangs and Tamangs. The community will be supported to improve access to nutritious vegetables through promotion of kitchen gardening; improve health and hygiene practices through training and awareness campaigns and empower women through women empowerment programs.

Status

The planned tasks under the project are being implemented smoothly. Shanti Griha Nepal (SGN) managed communication between the construction committee & SGN and satisfactory cooperation from the ward representatives making this project running easy. 90% of the construction work and 80% of the additional program completed.

Milestones

1. Delivery of 3rd phase hardware construction materials cement, iron rod and collection of Local materials; sand, stone and aggregate
2. Construction of 3 intakes and 3 collection chambers at 3 water sources
3. Construction of 2 DT/RT with the capacity of 2,000 Liter in Dobate village, 4,000 liter in Ahaale village & 1 RVT with the capacity of 6,000 in Shikaritat village. Repair of old existing RVT (12,000 Ltr) in Dobate village
4. Digging and laying of 3,500-meter main pipeline & 9,250-meter branch pipeline
5. Construction of 60 new tap stands and repair of 5 existing old taps

Additional activities

• Girl education & Gender equality: A one-day awareness program on girl education & gender equality conducted. 25 women from the women’s group located in the communities of Dobate, Sikaritar, Aale and Pokhari participated. The community, specially located in remote and rural areas, still lacks the awareness of the topic. In terms, the community is highly influenced by patriarchy. Empowerment is the key tool to come over from the ongoing situation. A very difficult task, but still not impossible! Through this program, it is tried to make participants understand the aspect of being a valuable part of the society and become the guideline so the message is transferred to each and every community member about the equal right of education and equality of the gender.
• Leadership and Non- Violent Communication: A one-day program on Leadership and non-violent communication organized in Dobate village. 25 selected women and youth participated. Basically, people living in the remote and rural areas do have less capacity to self-lead towards the destination and they lack proper communication skills. It is always important to reach these people and provide supportive guidelines for the development of a meaningful future with self-oriented leading capacity and developed communication skills.