PARISHUDH achived the target in 18 months

Parishudh Initiative goals achieved. More than 5 Lakh families in over 400 villages educated on better hygiene. Over 11,200 toilets built in last 18 months (10,000 of them funded by Infosys Foundation). Various policy changes initiated with govt. Glad that at least three entrepreneurs have picked up in making precast toilets. Systems and processes built for repeatability. Thanks to Infosys Foundation, KBBS, all mentors, Infosys volunteers, NBA - Govt of Karnataka, Parishudh India team on the ground, NGOs and well wishers.

PARISHUDH towards achieving its goal

 

Parishudh which was started in October 2011 with a goal of building 10,000 toilets in North Karnataka village area and to create awareness in 2 lacks people from more than 400 villages on sanitation and hygine is now towards the end of project.

As of now 8,500 toilets are built and another 2,500+ toilets are under construction, its more than he goal of constructing 10,000 toilets. Parishudh also has created awareness for more than 2 lacks by conducting toilets summits, IEC sessions, competition for children’s, sponsoring to youth fest and recently with toilet delivery functions. Hence the project is going towards huge success.

Parishudh now started giving incentive by creating Nirmal Gram Samithi in villages, the intention of creating is through this NGS the village people can take up other developmental initiative to make their village model. For some initiative in villages the parishudh is helping . The NGS which are helping majorly for Parishudh are SPRED, Indus foundation, RUDISET, Vikas academy Yadgir, Gram yuva seva sangh Kannal etc…

Parishudh has been using new technology for the maintains of accurate data. One of is “Salesforce.com”, a cloud computing software from which we can get the each beneficiary details like his village, GP, phone number , status of his toilet construction. If the payment is done than the date of incentive given, who gave incentive and still more. By using this Salesforce.com we can get fully accurate report on toilets built, under construction, for how many people incentive gave etc… Another software which using is “Poimapper” by this software we can see the photo of each individual toilet built with its longitude and latitude position.

Along with construction of toilets Parishudh selected a village in each district and conducted a health camp, veterinary camp and two months training for SSLC students for board exam preparation.

 

About Parishudh

 

Parishudh is in initiative funded by Infosys Foundation towards increasing sanitation levels in North Karnataka. The program began in 2011 October and is expected to run through 2012.

This initiative intends to 

(1) Help 10,000 families in North Karnataka have a toilet of their own in select 40 villages and educate at least 1,00,000 families in having a sustainable toilet of their own 

(2) Encourage entrepreneurs to get started in the area of building sanitation facilities for the public and sustain in the long run 

(3) Build reusable artifacts including designs, processes to make the initiative easily repeatable elsewhere.