We organised a multi-disciplinary medical check-up camp in a Gurdwara (Temple) located at Sultanwind.This is a semi-urban slum inhabited by poor people living in abject poverty with a scattering of middle class population. We got to interact with lots of people and were told that this area does not have a covered sewerage pipes and to our shock we learnt that many people do not have toilets in their houses as they could not afford to build them.They would have to walk 1-2 Km to find barren land or fields for open defecation as increasing population has resulted in mushrooming of unplanned colonies which has reduced open areas. One particular case which really made us to think of this project was of a blind widow living with her grandchildren as she had lost all her children to disease and drugs. Her plight moved us so much that we decided to build the 1st toilet in her house. Since there is no sewerage in this locality, we went for soak toilets.
We have built 20 toilets in the current year and plan to construct another 150 in the coming year (2013-June,2014).The project funds will be used for construction.
