WASH Alliance is a relationship among Government Departments, CSRs, Development Organisations, NGOs, CBOs, Research Organisations, People and other stakeholders who have joined together to achieve common purpose regarding WASH. The members of the WASH alliance are known as allies. These allies collectively work in the direction of achieving the intended objectives.
The WASH Alliance is a unique partnership of allies involved in WASH technology & innovation in the Maharashtra. The WASH Alliance focuses on innovative and sustainable WASH technology that can be used. It is driven by the idea that WASH technological development, innovation and best practices and knowledge sharing is needed to develop WASH facilities in institutes. In this way the Maharashtra will become the WASH compliant state.
Essential for the “WASH Alliance” in Maharashtra
The following challenges/reasons confirm the need for the “WASH Alliance” in Maharashtra.
- Insufficient and poor WASH infrastructure in schools & other institutes, such as a limited number of toilet pans, lack of handwashing facilities, no toilet facilities for children & people with special needs, non-availability of safe drinking water, limited supply and storage capacity of water at schools, etc.
- Unavailability/lack of cleaning staff at schools who are responsible for the cleanliness of the WASH infrastructures. As a result of this, the toilets are dirty & defunct and no regular cleaning happens.
- Limitations on funds for the maintenance of the available WASH infrastructures.
- Lack of awareness and knowledge on WASH issues among the children, parents, community and other stakeholders.
- Limited collaboration with the district’s level implementation partners.
In order to gear up the WASH facilities, WASH Alliance is offering the technical support through the impact-oriented model. It is a scalable model and other partners must come forward and have to join hands with us as WASH Alliance member for good cause.
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