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World Water
Day by Gramalaya
Gramalaya Tiruchirappalli, India, 22
Mar 09 |
| World Water Day by
Gramalaya, Tiruchirappalli |
| More than 25,000 women
in rural Tamil Nadu will campaign for
water and sanitation in their villages
on the occasion of World Water Day 2009.
"This event will be the largest
congregation of women in the world who
care for water and sanitation. |
| Gramalaya in association
with Water Partners International, USA,
WaterAid, UK and Arghyam, Bangalore
is organizing World Water Day 2009 at
its NIWAS Training Centre, Kolakkudipatti
in the rural parts of Tiruchirappalli
in Tamil Nadu. Women members from 2500
Self-Help Groups from 429 villages of
Thottiyam, Thathaiengarpet and Thuraiyur
Block will be participating in the campaign.
The participants from Women self-help
groups and AWASH committees of 186 urban
slums and rural areas will arrive on
22nd March 2009 to observe World Water
Day the National Institute of Water
and Sanitation campus. As a part of
WWD event, a signature campaign would
be conducted among 100,000 families
to create awareness on toilet habits
and instill a habit of hand washing
with soap. This signature campaign and
the message on toilet habits and hand
washing would reach 500,000 people. |
| This mega event would
be jointly organized with the help of
Total Sanitation Campaign of the District
Administration, Panchayat Raj Institutions,
AWASH and women self-Help groups,WAVE
( Women's Action for Village Empowerment)
Federation. |
Contact: Geetha Jegannathan,
Gramalaya, email : gramalaya@hotmail.com
Website : www.gramalaya.in
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