Sunday, July 31, 2011

Global sanitation programme launched in Assam

The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programme to promote total sanitation and hygiene was launched in Assam.
The programme  will support sanitation and hygiene promotion in eight districts of Jorhat, Nalbari, Kamrup, Cachar, Hailakandi, Goalpara, Sonitpur and Nagaon districts, covering 5,000 villages using a combination of Community-led Total Sanitation  and sanitation marketing approaches.
The GSF aims to collaborate closely with the centre’s Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) to raise the level of sanitation awareness for up to eight million people in the States of Assam and Jharkhand.
The two states of Assam and Jharkhand have been selected as the focus States under the Global Sanitation Fund in India based on the criteria developed and agreed upon with the major national sector across and the government.
The US $5 million fund aims to achieve sustainable open defecation-free communities and tangible health benefits, GFS programme officer Oliver Jones said. He said that the programme is being implemented in 10 countries including India.

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