Examples of our work
Read more about UNICEF water, environment and sanitation projects in different parts of India.
Sustainable Sanitation
Pardi Village, Yavatmal, Maharashtra: A neatly framed citation hanging on Gram Panchayat walls in Pardi village announces village receiving ‘Nirmal Gram Puraskar’ on attaining full sanitation coverage in households, schools and Aanganwadi centers
Girls Show the Way
If you look for apparent signs of development in Tipeshwar village you are likely to be disappointed
WASMO Gujarat awarded by Prime Minister for Excellence in Public Administration
Water and Sanitation Management Organisation, Gujarat, popularly known as WASMO, was awarded by the Prime Minister of India for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2006-07.
School children demand, get special toilet on World Water Day
As the world grapples with the challenges of unsafe water supplies contributing to 88 per cent of all diseases, student cabinets in this rural village of India’s eastern Indian state of Bihar have shown the way forward.
Low-cost materials boost toilets construction in rural Andhra Pradesh
UNICEF identified and provided technical support in setting up compressed earth brick (CEB) production units while MEDVAN provided the necessary training to 11 entrepreneurs some of whom are already trained masons...
…and he kept his promise
UNICEF has launched Urban Sanitation interventions under USHA (Urban Sanitation & Hygiene Action) Project with the aim to bring hygiene and sanitation in urban poor areas.
School sanitation programme - unexpected journey from class room to the world roundtable discussion
Rekha, an eighth standard student, is the new icon of success in the village because she was coming home after representing their country in a global conference in the United Kingdom
UNICEF’s response to tsunami emergency in India
This year’s Christmas break came to a crashing halt for Dr. Prakash Gurnani, UNICEF’s health officer in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
State-wide planning for rural schools – Tamil Nadu
If the click of a mouse could open up an entire range of data on a school in a remote area of India, planning would become better and funds would reach the right place.
Combating Fluorosis – Andhra Pradesh
Excess fluoride in drinking water sources in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh has made the area’s marginalised, rural population vulnerable to fluorosis.
Women in the forefront - Jharkhand
Chakulia in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand has high infant mortality and poor sanitation.
