Training & Capacity Building
RDI has used lively, participatory methods to train various levels – grass root workers, supervisor level, managerial and professionals. As technical agency various primary as well as secondary stakeholders’ capacities are enhanced. The training package offered ranges from one day orientation to 5 days’ training as residential and Online mode.
Studies
Open Defecation Free Verification (Evaluation) Study in 5 Districts of U.P.
| Title | Open Defecation Free Verification (Evaluation) Study in 5 Districts of U.P. |
|---|---|
| Area | District – Shamli, Meerut, Bijnor, Ghaziabad & Hapur of Uttar Pradesh |
| Author | WATSAN-HIHT |
| Date | 2017-18 |
| Description | ODF Verification Study was conducted in 96 Gram Panchayats of U.P. under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) to find out actual situation and community sanitation practices collectively and to ensure improved sanitation behaviour and practices. |
Experience of Hommothan Project (WATSAN Intervention) in Himalayas through Community Management Approach
| Title | Experience of Hommothan Project (WATSAN Intervention) in Himalayas through Community Management Approach |
|---|---|
| Area | Water & Sanitation |
| Author | Mr. Nitesh Kaushik, Ms. B. Maithili, Mr. Vishnu Sharan |
| Date | 2014 |
| Description | To study the sustainable health &hygieme benefits through suitable WATSAN solution |
Health Benefit Study
| Title | Health Benefit Study |
|---|---|
| Area | Swajal villages of Uttarakhand |
| Author | WATSAN-HIHT |
| Date | 2002 |
| Description | : Improvement on health and hygiene status of community and impact assessment through implementation of drinking water and sanitation project. |
Impact Assessment Study
| Title | Impact Assessment Study |
|---|---|
| Area | Swajal villages of Uttarakhand |
| Author | WATSAN-HIHT |
| Date | 2002-03 |
| Description | Impact assessment (social, technical, financial, environmental) on community through implementation of drinking water and sanitation Swajal project. |
Project Planning, Implementation Plan (PIP)
| Title | Project Planning, Implementation Plan (PIP) |
|---|---|
| Area | Himmotthan villages of Tehri District |
| Author | WATSAN-HIHT |
| Date | 2002-03, 2006-07, 2010-11, 2013-14 |
| Description | Pre-feasibility, Planning & Implementation guideline of water and sanitation project. |
Appraisal of Detail Technical Reports
| Title | Appraisal of Detail Technical Reports |
|---|---|
| Area | Kumaun and Garhwal region of Himmotthan villages of District – Tehri, Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Bageshwar |
| Author | WATSAN-HIHT |
| Date | 2003-04, 2005-06 |
| Description | Appraisal of Detail Technical Reports of water and sanitation project. |
Information Needs Assessment
| Title | Information Needs Assessment |
|---|---|
| Area | Uttarakhand |
| Author | WATSAN-HIHT |
| Date | 2005 |
| Description | Identifying information needs of various level stakeholders under water and sanitation sector. |
Institutional Mapping Exercise and Publishing Blue Pages
| Title | Institutional Mapping Exercise and Publishing Blue Pages |
|---|---|
| Area | Uttarakhand |
| Author | WATSAN-HIHT |
| Date | 2005 |
| Description | Publishing a Blue book of key information of the water & sanitation institutes of Uttarakhand. Information include their general details, key strengths, expertise etc. w.r.f. water and sanitation. |
Projects
- Swajal Project (1998-2003)
- Himmotthan Pariyojana (2002-2018)
- Sector Reform (2002-2005)
- Resource Center Development (2003-2006)
- Swachh Bharat Mission/Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan/TSC (2004-cont.)
- Watermill Initiative (2005-2006)
- Sector Program (SWAp) (2006-2016)
- Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Program (2010-2013)
- Solar Pumping Scheme (2013-2014)
- National Rural Drinking Water Program (2014- 2016)
- Himmotthan Pariyojana – WASH+ (2014-2018
- Hans Jaldhara (2016-2018.)
- Zila Yojana Program (2015-2018)
- School Wash (2018-2018)
- Namami Gange (2017-2019)
- National Key Resource Center of Swachh Bharat Mission (2017-2021)
- Sanitation & Hygiene at Odisha (2019-Cont.)
- Implementation of Water Schemes (2019-Cont.)
- Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Implementation Support Agency (ISA) (2020-Cont.)
- Key Resource Centre of National Jal Jeevan Mission (2021-Cont.)
- Sector Partner of National Jal Jeevan Mission (2021-Cont.)
Publication
PRINT MEDIA
- Water & Sanitation Brochure
- Operation & Maintenance Guideline
- Blue Pages
- Paani ki Kahani
VIDEOS
A Panyari (A Water Carrier)
The country which boasts of having great rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, filled with water throughout the year, and many other water resources in excess, yet we have villages where a women keeps carrying water for the whole life.
Media
Behavior change communication (BCC) has always been an essential component of all the Programs of RDI. Since most of activities of RDI has been carried out in the rural areas therefore to involve people at village level & also to deliver health, education & developmental messages effectively various BCC techniques, material & activities were tested & tried out at field level successfully and activities were organized accordingly.
Some of materials used are Audio and Video methods, training kits, modules, posters, flip chart, illustrative & game accessories, and participative flash cards etc.
RDI’s CVU is aiming to bring about the qualitative change in the life of people through informing, inspiring & encouraging people’s involvement & action for the realization of the developmental priorities and needs of their areas. CVU is a local production unit which produces and screens their monthly Video Magazines, focused on critical community issues, as an effective approach allowing communities to increase community’s awareness.
Since its inception, CVU has made a significant progress in terms of identifying community issues & problems and exploring new insights on such issues. Following this process it produced more than 125 films including 90 documentary films, promotional & educational films on health, livelihood & education & also social advertisement on eye donation, blood donation, family planning, epilepsy & cancer related awareness. These films conveyed the message such as to motivate people to bring about positive changes in their life. Women, youth & adolescents have always been in the nucleus of films produced by CVU. So far various films have been screened off in several villages of mountains with an annual coverage of approx. 50,000 people.
Our Supporters
- Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India
- PMU-Swajal Project, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of Uttarakhand with World Bank
- PMU-Swajal Project, Department of Rural Development, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh with World Bank
- Sir Ratan Tata Trust
- Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust
- Himmotthan Society with Titan Co. Ltd. & Tata Water Mission
- N. Hilton Foundation, U.S.A.
- IRC, Netherlands
- UREDA with Asian Development Bank
- Department of Urban Development, Govt. of Uttarakhand with Asian Development Bank
- The Hans Foundation
- State Project Management Unit – Namami Gange, NGRBA, Govt. of Uttarakhand
- Dept. of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
Water & Sanitation
Water is one of the prime needs of all human beings. Himalayan area is highly water stressed inspite of origin place of the Ganges, Yamuna and other almighty rivers. Rudimentary infrastructure for the provision of safe water and sanitation is absent or inadequate in most of the hilly regions. This has direct impact on health and drudgery along with other multiple issues. Women, have to increasingly spend more and more time approx. 3-4 hours daily to fetch water from greater distance. Scarcity of drinking water is on the rise with steady decline of water sources.
WatSan Projects are designed on approach of demand-responsive, need based and community-driven. It ensure active participation of gram panchayat, user committee, community; which plan/design/implement/manage their own schemes. Communities share 10% of capital cost of community works, >60% of individual sanitation facilities and 100% Operation & Maintenance responsibility.
The key objective of WatSan programs is to deliver sustainable health & hygiene benefits through water supply and environmental sanitation services; thereby improving quality of life. Providing safe water and sanitation and promoting hygiene have significantly reduced the burden of diseases in the villages.
Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Govt. of India has empanelled us as National Key Resource Centre for Capacity building & studies under Jal Jeevan Mission. HIHT is also emapnelled for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative and Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) by the Ministry.
As Key (Knowledge) Resource Centre,, we have trained Government Engineers of Water Supply Departments of 21 States/UTs ranging from Ladakh to Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh to Maharashtra. Covered States/UTs are Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Sikkam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Maharashtra, M.P., Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamilnadu, Karanataka, Puducheri and Kerala.
Achievement:
- 21+ States/UTs covered through capacity building of Government Water Supply Engineers
- 550+ villages covered through implementation of water & sanitation projects
- 303 User Water and Sanitation Committees formed
- 14000+ Individual toilets and 50+ school / community toilets constructed
- 342 Water Supply Schemes
- 600+ Roof Rainwater Tanks Constructed
- 150 Hectare Springshed area treated in 71 villages
Services
- Piped Water supply scheme
- Rain Water Harvesting Tanks
- Solar Pumping scheme
- Water Quality
- Individual & Community Toilet
- School Sanitation & Hygiene
- Geo-hydrology based Springshed
- Capacity Building
- Hygiene and sanitation awareness
- IEC/BCC
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- Technical Facilitation
- Residential and Online Trainings