1. Activity progress report- RSSH4A
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World Toilet Day
Sustainable Sanitation & Hygiene for ALL
(SSH4A)
Prepared by:
Raju Shrestha
WASH Advisor
SNV Nepal
Salyan, Rukum, Rolpa
November 2016

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1. Introduction
World Toilet Day is a day to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global
sanitation crisis – a topic often neglected and shrouded in taboos. Today, 2.4
billion people are struggling to stay well, keep their children alive and work their
way to a better future – all for the want of a toilet.
The Sustainable Development Goals, launched in 2015, include a target to ensure
everyone everywhere has access to toilets by 2030. This makes sanitation a global
development priority. Government of Nepal has also set the target for universal
access to sanitation by 2017.
The theme of World Toilet Day 2016 is ‘toilets and jobs’, focusing on how
sanitation, or the lack of it, can impact people’s livelihoods. Toilets play a crucial
role in creating a strong economy, as well as improving health and protecting
people’s safety and dignity, particularly women’s and girls’.
2. Top facts:
2.4 billion People live without improved sanitation (World Health
Organization (WHO)/UNICEF 2015).
One in ten people has no choice but to defecate in the open (WHO/UNICEF
2015).
Diarrhoea caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water kills 315,000 children
every year (WASH watch 2016).
Disease transmission at work mostly caused by poor sanitation and hygiene
practices, causes 17% of all workplace deaths (International Labour
Organization (ILO) 2003).
Loss of productivity due to illnesses caused by lack of sanitation and poor
hygiene practices is estimated to cost many countries up to 5% of GDP
(Hutton 2012)
Diarrhoea caused by unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene is linked to
50% of child undernutrition, which can lead to stunted physical and mental
development (WHO 2008).
Globally, approximately $260 billion is lost each year to the effects of poor
sanitation and unsafe water on many aspects of the economy, but most
significantly on healthcare (Hutton 2012).
In the EU, there are more than 2.5 million jobs in the wastewater and solid
waste management sectors (Ernst and Young 2006).
Every $1 spent on water and sanitation generates a $4.3 return in the
form of reduced health care costs.

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3. Objectives of WTD:
Raised awareness and inspired to community people for behabiour change
Disseminated importance of hygienic use of toilet
Coordination ,collaboration and joint action plan to tackle sanitation crisis
4. Nepal context
The sanitation coverage of Nepal is 88.5 per cent meaning almost nine in ten
households have toilet. By development region, mid and far western region have
coverage of 99 percent each while central region has lowest coverage (79%)
followed by eastern region with coverage of 87 percent and western region (97%).
In the last Nepali FY, 324,000 toilets were built in Nepal- which is 890 toilet per
day. If we consider 5 skilled and 10 unskilled persons are required to build a toilet,
48,69,000 persondays equivalent job was created by construction of toilet alone
in Nepal. If we convert person days into cash it will come 2.9 Arab (skilled labour
wage= 800 and unskilled labor wage 500). This amount of work carried out in the
construction of toilet is estimated at five folds higher than what the development
agencies provided in mobilization for toilet construction.
As of today, about 622,150 toilets have to be built (estimated) in Nepal. There is
407 days left to end 2017 which is the national target of ODF. If we have to
complete the ODF mission by 2017, Nepal has to make 1,528 toilet in a day.
Though this figure is higher than the 2015/16 year target, there is high possibility
of having achieving ODF status as there are only few districts remaining to work
for ODF.
5. Major Activities
5.1 Salyan
World Toilet Day was celebrated in Salyan with the main slogan “Toilet and Jobs”.
This event was organised in Shantinagar, ward – 1, Sharda Municiality. This event
was organised by DWASH-CC. All WASH actor were participated and celebrated
through rally, campaign and toilets inspection as well as interaction with
community people about the improtance of toilets. The program host by Shovit
Basnet , Field Supervisor of SSH4A , PASS Nepal and closing speech was delivered
by DE Mr Shiv P Devkota ,WSSDO Salyan.
DE Mr Devkota highlighted about the importance of toilets and Government of
Nepal is also trying to increase the access of improved sanitation through ending
open defecation and Salyan is recently declared ODF district and need to move
towards total sanitation by coordination ,cooperation of all stakeholders working
in district. He stressed a clean and safe toilet ensures health, dignity and well
beings.

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Key participants
WSSDO Salyan
DDC Salyan
SNV Nepal
PASS Nepal
Red Cross
FEDWASUN
SUAAHARA
PAHAL
DDS Salyan
Small Town Water Supply project , Salyan
Naba Shakti Yuba club
Toilet Inspection and interaction with house
owner, 19 Nov 2016 at Shantinagar, Sharda
Municipality -1
WASH Actors participated in World Toilet
Day, 19 Nov 2016 at Shantinagar, Sharda
Municipality -1
Distributing the cleaning materials to house
owner to make hygienic use of toilets
Closing remarks by DE Shiv P Devkota
Seems Happy after cleaning the pan by
using cleaning materials (Harpic and
brush)

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5.2 Rukum
World toilet day was celebrated at total sanitized green settlement namely
Chandannath Tole of Musikot municipality -1, Rukum. The program was organized
by DWASHCC Rukum and facilitated by RSDC under SSH4A program supported
by SNV Nepal. The program was chaired by Mr Narayan Prasad Chapagain from
DDC and chief guest DE Bikesh Shrestha from WSSDO Rukum as well as political
parties, journalist, and other WASH actors were also participated. DE Mr Bikesh
Shrestha highlighted about the importance of Toilet and its hygienic use and need
to maintenance of toilets to upgrade for use by all at all time. He also highlighted
about hygiene behaviour and practices to achieve total sanitized condition and
Rukum district has already set goal to achieve Total Sanitized district by 2020.
During the event, 4 households of Mathilo Baghbazaar Tole were awarded for
maintaining hygienic use of toilets and sanitation kits were given as rewards to
them. Members of Rapti Sahitya Parishad Rukum had also participated to make
this event more fruitful and different literature and poem were shared among the
community. The program was host by Narendra KC (DPC /SSH4A/RSDC) and
Shrijana Sharma (Secretary of Rapti Sahitya Parisad).
Rewards given to house owner having clean toilet, Baghbazaar, Rukum
World Toilet Day celebrated in Chandannath Tole, Musikot Municipality -1

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5.3 Rolpa
19 Nov 2016, World Toilet Day was celebrated at Libang, Rolpa district in
collaboration with D-WASH-CC, SNV Nepal /PASS-Nepal, REDCROSS, DDC and
PAHAL/DECOS. In the program, short presentation including importance of latrine,
disadvantage of open defecation and interlinkage of latrine and nutrition was
presented by DE Mr Bhola Prasad Thapa. The program was host by Mr Damodar
Subedi, WASH focal person of DDC. After then in concerning of main theme of
“Toilet and Job”, all WASH actors had participated in argument and shared their
views related with hygienic use of toilets and that creates job in national, regional
and district level. At the end of program, SNV/PASS-Nepal had distributed Harpic,
toilet brush and soap under SSH4A program and small jug, plastic bucket donated
by Red Cross Rolpa to three public toilets owner in Libang.
Reference materials
1. http://www.un.org/en/events/toiletday
2. Siddhi Shrestha/UNICEF and Kantipur daily newspapaer).
3. Event report of Rukum, Rolpa and Salyan
WTD was celebrated by WASH actor in Libang, Rolpa