Strengthening Community Engagement for ODF in Jodhpur and Sambalpur Municipal Corporations

• Geography: Jodhpur,Sambalpur
• Supported by: Urban Management Centre
• Focus: Inclusive WASH

About the project: This implementation began with an assessment of water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) conditions in the slums in the two cities.  The house- to- house survey covered 9945 and 12000 households in Jodhpur and Sambalpur respectively. The survey was carried to understand the situation of sanitation in all the households, ranging from usage and access to toilets, their behaviour towards sanitation and hygiene as well as their expectations. As many as 82 community and public toilets were surveyed and the open defecation and urination spots 42 in Sambalpur and 40 in Jodhpur were identified. The CFAR team reached out to the users of these spots, interacted with them to understand the factors that lead to open defecation and open urination. The team interacted with different types of respondents ranging from users, passer-by on captured their feedback.

Achievements: Setting up of 51 MISAAL Sanitation Committee in 50 settlements in Jodhpur and 88 in 85 settlements of Sambalpur with an aim to promote behaviour change among the residents and to improve uptake of sanitation services. CFAR developed 6 customized modules for the MSC members and trained 827 committee members in Jodhpur and 1225 members as master trainers on hand washing, solid waste management, tracking services, menstrual hygiene management, seasonal diseases, and safe sanitation.