“Our solidarity towards the commitments for total sanitation”
“We are proud of having toilets in our homes”
Importance of IYS in Nepal
In Nepal, only 46% of the population has access to latrines against water supply coverage of 76%. The gap thus between sanitation and water supply facilities is over 30%. About one third of the 75 districts have sanitation coverage less than 20%; 10 districts in the Tarai and 14 in hills and mountains. The coverage among the rich people is 80% whereas it is just 12% among the poor.
Our Vision
Nepal envisions the IYS-2008 as a great opportunity to bring a revolution towards gearing up hygiene and sanitation momentum in line with the spirit of NG and MDG through stakeholders' collaborative efforts, innovative working modalities and technologies.
Joint Commitments
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Third South Asian Conference on Sanitation
16 - 21 November 2008, New Delhi, India
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News and Events
National Sanitation Week--A National Festival--CelebratedSanitation week has become a national festival, which is being celebrated annually since 2000. This Year, 9th National Sanitation Action Week (NSAW) was celebrated from 1-7 June 2008 allover the country to promote toilet, hand-washing with soap and total sanitation. ... Unprecedented Commitments for Sanitation PromotionFor the first time in the history, sanitation became a burning national issue in the political domain. The newly elected Constitution Assembly (CA) members made joint commitments to conserve the Bagmati River and ensure sanitation as a basic human right in the constitution.... Nepal Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) GroupOn 5th March 2008, IYS-2008 Nepal Desk, Nepal Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Group, Resource Center Network Nepal and End Water Poverty Sanitation and Water for All campaign organized a symposium with an objective to share the approaches and technologies in hygiene and sanitation sector in Nepal. The papers on SLTS, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Community Based Sanitation, Ecological Sanitation and Bio Gas Program were presented followed by a group discussion on the way to betterment of the technology and program approaches in the days ahead. Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works had made the CLTS Guidelines public. Mr. Hutta Ram Vaidya was awarded with a letter of recognition for his outstanding contribution in promoting environment and sanitation in Nepal.... Far West heating upRegional Monitoring and Supervision office of DWSS with other stakeholder---NEWAH, Care Nepal, RVWRMP/FINNIDA and WARMP Helvetas--jointly organized a regional workshop on 13th May 2008 at Doti for planning and programming of IYS-2008 and sharing the "Best Practices on Sanitation". ... IYS-2008 and Urban Sanitation As envisaged by Nepal Country Plan for the IYS-2008, IYS-Desk, UN-Habitat and ENPHO jointly organized a workshop on Decentralized Waste Water Treatment System (DEWATS) on 12th May 2008 for addressing the urban-sanitation problems. ...
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