Month: June 2012

"Believe me it was really very difficult to walk through this area as defecation was openly practiced. Moreover, the household waste was dumped haphazardly. The situation was awful, "reminisces Surendra Maharjan, a member of local youth club of Harisiddhi VDC. He describes the initial attempts; the local youths tried their best in finding the solution to keep the area sanitized that is ultimately the resultant of inadequate toilets and human behaviour. (more…)

"We are living here since ten years. Everybody wants us go away from here. One day someone came to us asking how we could be helped, I could not believe it," said Ranjita Devi Podar, an informal waste worker living at Boudha Fulbari settlement.  She grieved," nobody wants us because of our job. We bring in the recyclables that the people throw away, yes! But we collect it and bring it here not to dump and pollute, rather we organize it to be sold. People blame us for their own littering behavior". "This is our livelihood where should we go?" She questioned. (more…)