Revived Sanitation Journey - “Me and my family felt uncomfortable and ashamed to defecate in open place” Sabita Parajuli, Age 31, Batal, Ugrachandi Nala VDC, Kavre District, Nepal (more…)
Under financial support of Water Aid Nepal and EAWAG, Nala WASH improvement project is being implemented in Nala. The situation of sanitation in the VDC has changed drastically along with change in behavioural aspect of Nala communities after the intervention of CIUD implemented WASH project. Ugrachandi Nala was declared ODF in 22 March, 2013 and Decentralized Waste Water Treatment System (DEWATS) came into operation in the same year. (more…)
The National Sanitation Week was celebrated for 2 days under Nala Integrated WASH Project. It was celebrated in four schools of Nala, the schools were Prabhat Lower Secondary School, Arunodaya Primary School, Shree Nanda Devi Primary School and ChandeswariHigher Secondary School. The program was conducted by Mr. BiswanathShrestha, Ms. SandhyaRanjeet and Ms. Reecha Piya. (more…)
On the occasion of Menstrual Hygiene Day, two days program was conducted in Kuntabesi by CIUD with financial support of WaterAid. Essay Writing Competition was organized on the first day on the topic ‘Role of men in menstruation’ in which 23 students (both male and female) participated from the schools where CIUD is intervening WASH Project. One and half hour time was given to complete their essay and the word limit was 400. After Essay Writing Competition an orientation session was conducted by Ms. Reecha Piya on Menstrual Hygiene Management. (more…)
Charlotte Flew from WaterAid UK, accompanied by WaterAid Nepal and CIUD team members, visited CIUD’s project sites at Kavre district. Ms Flew and the team observed a water supply scheme at Bulle in Nala. She also interacted with the members of the Bulle Water Users’ Committee and took the necessary information. (more…)
On April 25, 2015, an earthquake, magnitude of 7.8 Richter scale, shook the country of Nepal causing massive devastation to the houses, roads, heritage sites, public buildings and school and college buildings. The death toll would have been more if it were in any other school days than Saturday. The ill-fated disaster was followed by hundreds of major and minor aftershocks that caused further damage to the already weakened infrastructures. The earthquakes took the lives of more than 8500 people, thousands of injuries and made millions homeless. (more…)
Bijaya Narayan Maharjan, 38, from Shankharapur Municipality-8, of Kathmandu District, is a constructor by profession. He recalled his memory saying, “We were at Church on 25th April. Thanks to Jesus that we survived. If it wasn’t Saturday, we would not have been able to survive in our old house.” (more…)
“A 19-years-old girl, at the age of weaving her dreams for the future, now stands still in front of debris of her flattened house. All her dreams are shattered now. She is afraid to dream now, and what she wants now is just a place, a place to hide herself, her mother, her father and a little brother.” (more…)
Like many others in his community, Prem Bahadur Nagarkoti, with his family members, had to take an emergency shelter in a large shade after his three-storied bricked house was totally devastated by the earthquake on April 25, 2015. (more…)
Bijaya Laxmi Maharjan, wife of Chiri Babu Maharjan, sought shelter under a single tent during first 5 days after the earthquake. During this time of post-disaster, the local community of Nagaun worked together to arrange shelter for each other.“It was difficult for my daughters when we lived under a tent. They were unable to study because of all the noise. You could hear between the walls.” On the other hand, BijayaLaxmi’s permanent house lies in the narrow alley further down from community center. (more…)