Drinking Water, Health, Hygiene and Sanitation Programme

Rural Mutual Development (RMD) implemented the water cum sanitation project in 3 VDCs of the Dhading district covering 2550 population from 410 Households of Dalit, Janajatis and other marginalized community through 7 drinking water schemes. The project has supported 29 water taps, 410 household toilets and 3 child friendly school toilets. In addition to it, school level awareness raising activities and community training activities are conducted. At this project phase project staffs have provided training to Users Committee on leadership development and community mobilization. The Users Committees are also linked with District level stakeholders. In order to sustain and develop community ownership, the communities have contributed at least 10% of the total project cost on their own. In development phase (other activities that started before drinking water system construction) of those scheme different activities already started. Those activities are; toilet construction in each household, user committees formation and provide health/sanitation training to beneficiaries, women group formation and started saving credit programme, training to mothers about personal hygiene and vaccination to children.