Sanitation

Microfinance is helping mothers in rural Tamil Nadu secure the health and safety of their children by financing the construction of toilets in their homes.

Suriya Ansari, a former engineer, is helping improve the health and sanitation conditions of rural India with a simple, cost-effective toilet solution.

In Coimbatore City, people from all walks of life are coming together to build toilets in every household. The City is on a construct-a-thon to make itself open defecation free.

India’s sanitation crisis is immense and not easily solved. Over 600 million people in rural and urban areas defecate in the open. The nation cannot incessantly wait. Two recently developed solutions may help.

Indo-Canadian Girish Agarwal scaled the heights of Mt Kilimanjaro as part of his campaign, Summit For Dignity, to raise money to build clean toilets in Indian schools.

As many as 600 volunteers in Mumbai got together and undertook the beautification of Sion Railway Station. And the results are amazing.

Madhusudhana's son Kushal was thrilled to have his fourth birthday celebrated in such a unique manner and wants to continue this practice every year.

An Australian, Mark Balla, has been raising funds for the construction of toilets in Indian schools since 2013. After making an eye-opening visit to a school in Dharavi, Mumbai, he decided to set up a charity that aims to build 20,000 toilets in schools so that teenage girls never have to leave their education midway.

Mizoram has seen a commendable decline in stunting and it is directly related to improved access to sanitation. Here is the complete report on how it happened.

The World Bank has approved a Rs 10,000 crore loan to support the Swachh Bharat campaign. The project will focus on improving sanitation in rural India.