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Video on Community Managed Water
and Sanitation
CEE is working with 28
villages in Bhavnagar District Gujarat focusing on institutions
and their capacity building, and implementation of awareness
programmes for women, men and children on water care,
sanitation and hygiene under the Community Managed Ghogha
Regional Water Supply and Sanitation Project. Village
Water Committees take up the task of constructing the
in-village water supply systems as well as water resource
management structures such as check dams, pond deepening
etc.
A video has been developed on the
process and provides visual information about the work
carried out in the village, including the construction
of the overhead water tank, the sump, pump room, cattle
troughs, water stand posts etc.
The video also includes interviews
with women sharing their concerns and future benefits
from the newly constructed water supply systems.
It has also looked at sanitation issues
and brings out ground level concerns. For instance,
in response to the question on why the villagers dump
dung just outside the home, men stated that the farmlands
are far away and it is not possible to go and dump the
dung every day. They also stated that the Village Water
Committee did give them notices to remove the dung heaps
but the distance to the farmland is the major issue.
School children also shared their views on how they
had learnt about water care, sanitation and hygiene
for their own health.
This video has been shown through
the village dish connections. The video had a repeat
value because it showed people from the village itself.
It also provided an opportunity for the community to
view their own - known people on the television screen.
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