Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Water, sanitation and hygiene
1. To build toilets where none are present thus giving dignity to the residents and prevent crime against women.
2. To prevent diseases, educate residents about hygiene.
3. To save water as this system involves optimum use only.
4. To protect environment from pollution caused by open defecation. Once constructed, each house-hold would have self-sustained lavatory system.
5.Save women from sexual harassment.
This project will prevent major multiplicity of water and sanitation related diseases, such as diarrhea, cholera and typhoid.,reduce water and soil pollution as it will stop open defecation by the community living in the semi-urban slum.
Last year 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 discussions veered around the civic amenities. We 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.
The joy and the relief on this lady's face when we built the toilet at zero cost to her strengthened our belief that this is the project which we need to undertake at a larger scale. The local people told us that they would pitch in by giving us manpower for digging the pits and building walls around the toilet.
We have during last one year constructed 20 toilets on our own and we are regularly being approached by other people with a request to build toilets in their houses. We are very impressed with the maintenance of these toilets by the inhabitants. This has led to reduced diseases and hygienic surroundings.Our club along with the local counselor undertook a survey and have identified 194 house-holds who are living in abject poverty.
Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.
Project listed for the 2013-14 Rotary Year.
The TRF Grant application number is #16038.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Arlington (Sunrise) (5790)
25-Aug-13
$10,700
$3,850
$14,550
Amritsar Civil Lines (3070)
25-Aug-13
$6,000
$3,000
$9,000
Uelzen (1800)
16-Dec-13
$2,857
$0
$2,857
Celle-Schloss (1800)
16-Dec-13
$2,597
$0
$2,597
Lüneburg-Hanse (1800)
16-Dec-13
$1,299
$0
$1,299
Wolfsburg (1800)
16-Dec-13
$1,299
$0
$1,299
Lüchow-Dannenberg (1800)
16-Dec-13
$649
$0
$649
Nienburg/Neustadt (1800)
16-Dec-13
$649
$0
$649
Halle/Saale (1800)
16-Dec-13
$420
$0
$420
Hannover (1800)
16-Dec-13
$325
$0
$325
District 1800 DDF
16-Dec-13
-
$5,200
$5,200
Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation
$13,397
$12,050
$25,444
Total
$64,289
DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.
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History Log Entries
20-Aug-13
System Entry
Creation of project page.
25-Aug-13
System Entry
Pledge of $6,000 with $3,000 DDF by Christopher J McLucas of the Rotary Club of Arlington (Sunrise), District 5790.
25-Aug-13
System Entry
Pledge of $6,000 with $4,500 DDF by Gurjeet Sekhon of the Rotary Club of Amritsar Civil Lines, District 3070.
25-Aug-13
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
16-Dec-13
by Gurjeet Sekhon
This project has been approved by the Rotary Foundation.The total project size is 60,042USD.RC Amritsar Civil Lines (D3070),RC Arlington Sunrise,USA (D5790),RC Uelzen (D1800),RC Celle-Schloss (D1800),RC Lüneburg-Hanse (D1800),RC Wolfsburg (D1800),RC Lüchow-Dannenberg (D1800),RC Nienburg-Neustadt (D1800),RC Halle (D1800),RC Hannover-Leibnitz (D1800)
District 3070
District 1800
District 5790
They have all supported the project and raised the required amount.RF has matched it with 23,746 USD.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $10,095 with $5,200 DDF by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Uelzen, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $2,857 by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Uelzen, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $2,597 by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Celle-Schloss, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $1,299 by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Lüneburg-Hanse, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $1,299 by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Wolfsburg, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $649 by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Lüchow-Dannenberg, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $649 by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Nienburg/Neustadt, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $419 by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Halle/Saale, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $325 by Frauke Betz of the Rotary Club of Hannover, District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Pledge of $6,937 DDF by Frauke Betz of District 1800.
16-Dec-13
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
16-May-14
by Gurjeet Sekhon
The entire funds have been received and nearly 25% of project is already completed and rest should be over in 90 days.Our partners from Germany visited Amritsar and expressed their happiness over the progress.
16-Jul-14
by Gurjeet Sekhon
This project was approved and we got a funding of $64,002 for 319 toilets.As on we have made 220 toilets and we expect to finish the project by 15th September,2014.
16-Jul-14
System Entry
Project reverted to "Published".
16-Jul-14
System Entry
Project is now "Fully Pledged".
16-Jul-14
System Entry
Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
