NANDINI SERVICE ON WHEELS

    

Nandini Mobile Van

Environmental Sanitation Institute

                       

The Environmental Sanitation Institute is involved in a number of projects from building sanitation facilities

to training educators and masons. Although the Institute has a lot of past experience in the field of rural grass root education, it currently does not have any such programs. The Sanitation and Health on Wheels project is an opportunity for ESI to restart such initiatives within rural communities. This project seeks to raise awareness of prominent sanitation and health issues, provide basic health services, increase the felt need for sanitation facilities, and provide an environment for volunteering all within rural communities.

A custom-built, professionally-designed Sanitation and Health on Wheels bus houses more than four staff members and volunteers. With sleeping and bath facilities, the bus provides the flexibility to visit any region at any time. A state of the art multimedia installation also provides the flexibility of media rich educational programs. Utilizing ESI ‘s extensive experience and commitment to service, by working alongside villagers and building a rapport with the inhabitants, the project aims to motivate rural Gujarat to take control of their village and make it model of cleanliness, good health, and environmental sanitation.

In order to make significant progress in India’s current state of health and sanitation, the majority of India’s population must practice proper sanitation methods.  Since 70% of India lives in rural regions, creating awareness among the rural masses is crucial to the overall sanitation progress in India.  The mobility aspect of Sanitation and Health on Wheels allows the ESI training teams to conveniently reach rural communities with all the materials and facilities to make these visits most effective. Since some of India’s rural population is illiterate, educational awareness must be conducted through creative verbal modes of communication.  The media tools that Sanitation and Health on Wheels is equipped with allow communicating sanitation and health concepts through visual presentations, songs, plays, and hands-on experiments demonstrating the consequences of ill hygiene and unsanitary habits.

Additionally, the rural cultures of India do not readily trust methods rooted in urban organization.  Activities

should be conducted such that the educators gain the trust of their community in order to implement behavioral change with regards to habits.  ESI’s experience in working with villages has proved that completely immersing into the village culture is the best way to earn the respect of the village residents.  Although the issue at hand is education, ESI has learned that the relations formed with individual members of the community form the communication structure for gaining the trust of the community. The Sanitation and Health on Wheels team will assimilate these principles into the daily activities in target villages in order to effectively address health and sanitation habits. 

Objectives

•  Sanitation
• Health
• Value Based Education
• To enlighten the people about various schemes of sanitation and drinking water of State Govt. and Central Govt.
• To generate felt demand for sanitation facilities through awareness creation and health education.
• To encourage cost effective and appropriate technologies in sanitation.
• To accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas.
• To impart training about water, sanitation, health and hygiene to NGOs, Panchayats, school teachers and children for behavioral change in the areas of water and sanitation.
• To bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in rural areas.
• To provide opportunity for sharing experiences in maintenance of safe drinking water and environmental sanitation.

For more details contact

Suresh poondiya                                                                                                                                        Jayesh patel  (Director):

+91-9978596172                                                                                                                                      Enviromental Sanitation Institute

(Coordinator of Nandini Mobile Van)                                                                                                     SUGHAD, Near Narmada Main

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