Water and Sanitation Improvement Users Committee, Surajpur declares their settlement “Open Defecation Free (ODF)”. The ODF declaration is the first of such kind of declaration in Gulariya Municipality.
The WASH FORUM – an interaction programme launched by the ‘Paschim Paaila’ group was useful in sharing experiences and sensitizing youth to get involved in epidemics preparedness actions.
"Initiatives for Zero Waste Community" - a campaign for minimizing solid waste at source that follows the concept of 3R (reduce, recycle and reuse) has been launched at Ratopool area in Kathmandu by Clean Energy Nepal (CEN). Recently a biogas plant that feeds municipal waste has also been installed through the support provided by Manjeet Dhakal, International Climate Champion (2009-10) announced by the British Council in Nepal.
Friends Service Council Nepal (FSC-N) has published a training guide book on “Disaster Management, Water, Health and Sanitation” with the support from Simavi, The Netherlands and Cottonwood Foundation, USA which is supposed to be helpful to organizations, trainers, community mobilizers, and individuals who have been working and interested in disaster management and water, health and sanitation sector.
"I had just squatted to release myself, when an enormous bear pounced upon me at lightning's speed. Before I could retaliate, it pulled out a chunk of flesh from my scalp. I blacked out, when I gained consciousness I found myself lying on a pool of blood. The bear had runoff; however my husband had come looking for me. He took off the lungi (cloth) he had wrapped around himself and dressed it around my wound and immediately rushed me to the hospital."
Darechowk Village Development Committee (VDC) becomes the 18th Open Defecation Free (ODF) VDC in Chitwan District of Nepal. The VDC has altogether 1665 households and population of 10,712. Among these households, 901 have sulav toilets, 733 have EcoSan toilets the rest have pit latrines. This makes Darechowk, the VDC with the highest density of EcoSan toilets in Nepal.
With an aim to draw public attention towards the critically degraded condition of the Bagmati River by raising local awareness through a variety of ways, Nepal River Conservation Trust (NRCT) and the High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilization together with few other organizations have organized 10th Bagmati River Festival starting from 5 June.
Kibacho Ward No. 7 people declared their Ward an Open Defecation Free (ODF) and Safe Drinking Water zone. This is a first declaration of such kind in Bhaktapur, a district in Kathmandu Valley.
Youth groups organized various programmes on the occasion of Sithinakha, a local festival of Newar community devoted to water and sanitation.
Shova K. Yadav from Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) writes on her reflections from the three-day regional conference on Development of Appropriate Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Solutions for Informal Settlements and Marginalized Communities organized by Nepal Engineering College (NEC) with its partner institutions, the Imperial College London (ICL) and Preston University, Pakistan.