Sustainable School Sanitation in Tamil Nadu

Summary

-750 school children get toilets -More than 2100 girls continue education -School sanitation training in 10 schools

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $340 was raised for this project.

Received $340 from 4 donations from people like:

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Providing sustainable sanitation systems and capacity building and education to the society through school children.

Activities

By providing toilets with sustainable sanitation systems, and by training in healthy habits, school children can educate the family. This will lead to self-sustenance and inculcate the best practices in sanitation in every home.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $340

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $340.  The original project funding goal was $120,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

More than 3000 school children will get to use safe and sustainable toilets, and education thereby increasing the society's cleanliness and hygiene.

Project Message

In-spite of the communication barrier, the girls at the orphanage, said only one simple sentence in English that showed why human dignity matters more than anything else: We like you.
- Anbarasi Boopal, Research Manager, during the visit to project site

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Deepa Chaudhary,
Director
438 A, Race Course Road
Singapore, Singapore 218684
Singapore
+6562979614
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

World Toilet Organization
19, Toa Payoh West
Singapore, Singapore 318876
Singapore
(65) 63528921
http://www.worldtoilet.org

Learn more about World Toilet Organization and the project team.


World Toilet Organization's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Sustainable Toilets in Cauvery River Basin, India
Sustainable Toilets in Cauvery River Basin, India
Sustainable Community Sanitation in Tamil Nadu
Sustainable Community Sanitation in Tamil Nadu

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 04, 2007.