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Workshop on Sustainable Sanitation in Nepal

The workshop on “Sustainable Sanitation in Nepal: The Way Ahead” stressed on the need to enhance linkages with other sectors like health, agriculture and education to effectively promote sustainable sanitation in Nepal. During the workshop, Prof. Dr. Thor Axel Stenstorm from Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), who is also an advisor to World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva giving a keynote presentation emphasized on the need to think sanitation from public health perspective in order to establish a long term solution to sanitation need of the people. Representatives from government, non-government, academia, UN agencies, bilateral agencies and businesses participated in the workshop. The workshop was organised by Nepal Node for Sustainable Sanitation, Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) in partnership with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene - Resource Centre Network Nepal (WASH-RCNN) on 23rd October 2009.

Click here for presentations made during the workshop: http://www.nepal.watsan.net/page/488

RCNN-PSO Workshop with IRC on 23rd January 2009 at Kathmandu

RCNN workshop is being held on 23rd January 2009 at Summit Hotel,`Kupondole from 10:00AM onwards for one day. Regrading RCNN activities review during six months and future strategies and plan to be taken for PSO PROGRAM Proposal.The representative from member organizations including DOLIDAR (Goverment body),representives SNV will be praticipating for the workshop.Mr Joep Verhagen from IRC Netherlands is attending the workshop.The PSO Consultant will facilitate the workshop.

RCNN-IRC Workshop 8th December 2008 at Kathmandu

RCNN workshop is being held on 8th December 2008 at Summit Hotel,Kupondole from 10:00AM onwards for one day. Regrading RCNN activities review during the year and future strategies and plan to be taken for PSO PROGRAM.The organization heads and the members including DOLIDAR (Goverment body) will be praticipating for the workshop.Mr Rene van Lieshout and Mr Joep Verhagen from IRC Netherlands are facilitating the workshop.

Nov 12 2008 : Training to RCNN memebers by IRC

The IRC facilitators Ms Carmen Da Silva Wells and Ms Ingeborg krukkert were present to facilite the RCNN members in network development and hygiene for men for a half day. Detial can be seen on Article.

Nov 11 2008: Meeting with DOLIDAR

The organizational heads of RCNN member organazations from IDS-Nepal,NEWAH and FSC-Nepal had a meeting with DOLIDAR personnel regrading patentership/membership to expand and strengthen RCNN Network.It was positive meeting for future perspectives of RCNN.

RCNN workshop: friday 11th july

RCNN workshop is being held on 11th july 2008 at Summit Hotel,Kupondole from 10:00AM to 1:00PM
for one day. Regrading RCNN activities review during the year and future strategies and plan to be taken for sustainebility. The organization heads of the member organation will be also present during the lunch hour. Mr René van Lieshout from IRC Netherland is also attending the workshop.

From fsc

Health Camp Organized:

One day free eye camp was jointly organized by Friends Service Council, Nepal & Butwal Lions Eye Care Hospital on May 27, 2008 in Keruwani VDC ward no 1 with the financial support from SIMAVI, the Netherlands.

During organizing the health camp in the program area, community people’s demand was for an eye camp. So they were informed about various kinds of eye diseases, their eyes checked up, and referred to other relevant hospitals for further check up.

The health camp was supported, attended & actively participated by the secretaries of 5 VDCs (i. e. Devdaha, Makrahar, Karahiya, Kerwani & Siktahan), Health Post In-charges of each VDCs, and the representatives from PC WaSH Main committees & Sub-committees.

In total 359 people ( i. e 235 male and 124 female) got their eye checked up. The following were the diseases found in them.

Eye soreness: 50 persons.

Lack of Vitamin A: 20 persons.

Trachoma: 47 persons

Nuclear Cataract: 47 persons

Cortical Cataract: 2 persons

Simple eye problem: 10 persons

Vision impair: 150 persons

TOT training on Health Management:

A 7 days long TOT training on Health Management was organized on 22-28 May 2008 in the community building of Friends Service Council, Nepal in Mrigauli – 8, Makrahar. 29 participants including 18 female and 11 male from the five VDCs ( i. e. Devdaha, Makrahar, Karahiya, Kerwani & Siktahan ) took part in the training.

2000 Calendars for 2065 BS:

Under IEC materials production, 2000 new calendars were produced for new year (Nep. 2065 Bikram Samvat). The calendar were produced in joint consortium of Simavi, the Netherlands, Friends Service Council, Nepal, Action Aid Nepal and European Commission, Humanitarian Aid Department, Kathmandu. The logos of the respective organizations were visualized in the calendar together with the informative message about safe drinking water, Sanitation & disaster preparedness information. The calendars were distributed to the community people of our program areas, different local NGOs and youth clubs, district level line agencies, department of central Government, ( ministries, planning commission, water supply department, water induced disaster management department), district level line agencies of Rupandehi District. Simavi Contribution in calendar production was only 5,000 Nrs. to the total of 33, 000 Nrs. budget.

Ramechap ToT Programme carried out with 24 participates for 5 days

FEDWASAN members and trainer from IDS Nepal were present.

13th Nov RCNN meeting

For Annual work plan review and Nov -Dec 2007 Workshop.

CLTS Tookit at NalaGola village in kritipur multipicity ward no 15 on 16th Nov 2007 with 20 participates, Ratan Budhathoki from NEWAH, Palpasa Tuladhar from ENPHO and Kedar Adhikari from IDS Nepal were present.

Chitwan Resource centre : Mr Nabin Tiwari has been assigned for the tasks by NRCS.

RCNN workshop:

RCNN workshop is being held on 30th Nov.2007 at Summit Hotel,Kupondole from 9:30 am -4:30pm for one day. Regrading RCNN activities review during the year and future strategies and plan to be taken for sustainebility. The organization heads of the member organation will be also present during the lunch hour. Mr Joep Verhapen from IRC Netherland is also attending the workshop.