The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF), supported by the Geneva-based Water Supply and Sanitation Collaboration Council (WSSCC) is a pooled global fund established to gather and direct finance to help large numbers of poor people attain safe sanitation services and adopt good hygiene practices. Government of Bihar has declared Piprasi block of West Champaran district as First ODF Block of Bihar, which was supported by NRMC.
Dr. Anoop Tripathi
State Manager, EA for GSF in Bihar
3. SWACCHAGRAHA
Background
โข Shift from House Hold to Gram Panchayats
โข Peopleโs led and collective behaviour change
โข Speed, Scale and Sustainability
4. HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS
Peopleโs led collective behaviour change
intervention for ODF
Coordinated convergent action by actors and
stakeholders
Intense behaviour change interventions leading to
construction and use of toilets
Supply chain strengthened using local
entrepreneurs
Hygiene chain using Jeevika group members
Concurrent monitoring by Officials and
development partners
6. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE : PIPRASI
No. Of gram
Panchayats
(7)
1- Dumri Bhagarwa
2- Dumri Muradih
3- Manjharia
4- Semra Labedha
5- Sauraha
6- Baluwa Thori
7- Piprasi
Population 38592
Male 20321
Female 18271
SC 5566
ST 623
7. STRATEGY
Central call to action: Focus on
behaviour change
Parallel intervention in all GPs
Strong demand generation and
BCC by Development Partners
Sanitation Marketing approach
Concurrent monitoring and follow up
8. APPROACH
Community
led
โข Village triggering for collective outcomes
โข SHGs, ASHA, ANM, AWW for IPC
Collective
situation
Analysis
โข Updating of baseline status
โข Focus on ODF outcomes
Smooth
Fund Flow
โข Funds transferred to Individual bank accounts
โข Incentives post construction and after attainment of ODF Outcomes
Mission
Mode
โข Camp approach and targetted interventions
โข Daily updating and monitoring of status
20. RESULTS
โข 48,000 person days
of employment
generated
โข Market for sanitation
developed
Economic
โข Cross support and
subsidisation
โข Most excluded
prioritised and
improved equity
Social โข ODF Block
โข Improved capacity of
Jeevika Groups
โข Cadre of masons
โข Cadre of mobilisers
Technical
21. CHALLENGES AND
CONSTRAINTS
Reach
โข Hard to reach area
โข Abject poverty levels
Hydrogeology
โข Flood prone
โข Undulated topography
Supply Chain
โข Procurement and stacking of materials
โข Trained field force