It is demand driven
	Based on Cost sharing
	Involves Local decision making
	Entails Organisation & Management by community
	Emphasis on behavioural change
	Systemic capacity building of the communities
	Awareness on linkage between water, health and sanitation
	Environmental improvement link with water and sanitation

Activities

Hardware (infrastructure based)	Water supply Drainage Catchment protection Household sanitation Construction of latrines, soak pits, Compost pits, Garbage, sanitation etc.
Software (capacity building)	Non Formal Education (NFE) Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation Awareness (HESA) Women’s Development Initiative (WDI) Capacity building of VWSC through structured training programmes Training of Village Health Promoters (VHP) Training of Village Maintenance Worker Formation SHG’s (self help groups)

Financial management

	Planning phase funds to Support Organisation (SO)
	Implementation phase funds jointly managed by SO and VWSC

Our involvement

Implementation phase :	5 villages in Batch I 5 villages in Batch II 8 villages in Batch III
Planning phase :	8 villages in Batch III x Total no. of villages covered 26 Total population covered 33846 Total no. of Households covered 6507 Piped water scheme executed in 3 villages under execution in 3 villages Total no. of new HP installed 81 (under installation 107) No. of HP repaired 45 Total no. of toilets constructed 425 Toilets under construction 61 Toilets planned for construction 1161 Total no. of soak pits constructed 189 Soak pits under construction 19 Total no. of Compost pits constructed 14 Under construction 7 No. of jobs created : 6 Piped water supply schemes : 36000 man days 20 villages with hand pumps : 24000 man days Enhancement of village economy
Capacity building of village community	VWSC members : 260 VMW : 26 VHP : 26 Masons : 52 Mid wife : 26 NFE teachers : 80
Beneficiaries of	NFE : 1170 WDI : 520 HESA : 680
Improvement in Quality of Life ...	Access to safe drinking water Reduction in Drudgery and time saving in fetching water Reduction in water borne diseases More time available for child and health care Improved domestic sanitary environment Improved village environment through better disposal of solid and liquid waste Improved functional and non-formal education level Improved women’s participation in decision making Improved saving culture and income generation through time saving and skills up-gradation Improved leadership quality through trainings and participation Improved self reliance to solve their own problems

Increase natural resource sustainability

Achieved by planting trees around water resources and implementation of catchment protection works like field bunding, gully plugs etc.

Deliverables

	At the end of Phase I of the SWAJAL project in Oct. 2001 we would have covered 33846 of population of 26 villages
	Completed piped water supply scheme in 6 villages
	Installed 188 new hand pumps, upgraded 45 old hand pumps
	Constructed 1647 toilets
	Constructed 411 soak pits, Garbage pits and compost pits