Community Participation & Ownership of Sanitation and Hygiene in Western Nepal
Joshi, Sudip (2011)
Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2011112815936
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2011112815936
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ABSTRACT
Sudip Joshi. Community Ownership of Sanitation and Hygiene in Western Nepal. Language: English. Jarvenpaa, Autumn 2011, 79 p.
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Diak South, Jarvenpaa Unit, Degree Programme in Social Services.
The study specifically intends to assess the situation of community ownership of sanitation and hygiene in rural communities of Western Nepal through a community development perspective. The present study provides an overview of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Western Nepal (RWSSP-WN) approach to improve the access of Western Nepal’s rural inhabitants to sanitation and hygiene. The research also points out the core processes and insights on the community governance and analysis on lesson learnt in the rural sanitation and hygiene sector of Nepal.
The research was undertaken in a descriptive and qualitative framework. The researcher used ‘data triangulation’, a process of collecting data by using more than two methods. Relevant secondary data was obtained from documentations, information on the internet, project records, and other published sources of major stakeholders in sanitation sector. For primary data collection semi structured interviews, participant direct observation of the target communities and focus group discussions were undertaken in the RWSSP-WN intervention villages.
The findings suggest that the whole planning discourse of sanitation and hygiene activities in Western Nepal represent a strong engagement of communities in the implementation of sanitation and hygiene activities. The social planning involved in the pre-planning and planning phase of RWSSP-WN WASH program resonates the idea of social planning with the assessment of the community needs and problems in a participatory manner. The whole discourse has also been socially inclusive of marginalized groups and exemplary of women participation.
This study confirms that the local patterns, structures and activities relating to sanitation and hygiene activities in Western Nepal have the authority and scope to enforce downward accountability and community ownership of overall sanitation and hygiene program. RWSSP-WN has also laid foundation stones for decentralization process of sector-wide water supply, sanitation and hygiene program implementation in Western Nepal.
Key words: Marginalization, Sanitation, Community Led Total Behavioral Change in Hygiene and Sanitation (CLTBCHS), Community Ownership.
Sudip Joshi. Community Ownership of Sanitation and Hygiene in Western Nepal. Language: English. Jarvenpaa, Autumn 2011, 79 p.
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Diak South, Jarvenpaa Unit, Degree Programme in Social Services.
The study specifically intends to assess the situation of community ownership of sanitation and hygiene in rural communities of Western Nepal through a community development perspective. The present study provides an overview of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Western Nepal (RWSSP-WN) approach to improve the access of Western Nepal’s rural inhabitants to sanitation and hygiene. The research also points out the core processes and insights on the community governance and analysis on lesson learnt in the rural sanitation and hygiene sector of Nepal.
The research was undertaken in a descriptive and qualitative framework. The researcher used ‘data triangulation’, a process of collecting data by using more than two methods. Relevant secondary data was obtained from documentations, information on the internet, project records, and other published sources of major stakeholders in sanitation sector. For primary data collection semi structured interviews, participant direct observation of the target communities and focus group discussions were undertaken in the RWSSP-WN intervention villages.
The findings suggest that the whole planning discourse of sanitation and hygiene activities in Western Nepal represent a strong engagement of communities in the implementation of sanitation and hygiene activities. The social planning involved in the pre-planning and planning phase of RWSSP-WN WASH program resonates the idea of social planning with the assessment of the community needs and problems in a participatory manner. The whole discourse has also been socially inclusive of marginalized groups and exemplary of women participation.
This study confirms that the local patterns, structures and activities relating to sanitation and hygiene activities in Western Nepal have the authority and scope to enforce downward accountability and community ownership of overall sanitation and hygiene program. RWSSP-WN has also laid foundation stones for decentralization process of sector-wide water supply, sanitation and hygiene program implementation in Western Nepal.
Key words: Marginalization, Sanitation, Community Led Total Behavioral Change in Hygiene and Sanitation (CLTBCHS), Community Ownership.