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Water borne diseases

A child drinking water from water tab at his school in western Indian state of Maharashtra.

Providing clean water to the home of every child in India

A safe water supply in every household will ensure children and families survive and thrive.

Sanitary workers follow the various steps for handwashing at the contact free handwash station set up by Orbia-UNICEF at the Dharamsala Community Health Centre, Jajpur, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

WASH and health care

UNICEF focuses on the scaling-up of WASH in health care facilities

Champa Bag, Prime Minister of the Child Cabinet, enjoys a fun hand wash demonstration session at their dedicated hand washing station at the Pujariguda UGHS school in Rayagada district.

WASH in schools

Clean India: Clean Schools ensuring children stay healthy and learn

14 years old Sania Akhtar, Sofia Perveen and Bushra Alam are close neighbours and study in class 9 at Barahambarada Government High School, Rasulpur, Jajpur, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

A Clean (Sampoorna Swachh) India

Towards maintaining an open defecation-free and clean environment and managing solid and liquid wastes efficiently

People collect water from a closed sanitary well created by UNICEF reducing the time to get water from their house from few hours to a few minutes, in Jamunhai, Chitrakoot.

World Water Day

Save every drop, for every child

Cover page of the report.

Child Friendly version on understanding COVID-19

Learn ways to prevent it from spreading and assure children not to be stressed and scared

Files available for download (2)

English (PDF, 1 MB)

Tamil (PDF, 3 MB)

Girls washing hands in school.

Swacchta Volunteers sweep up a revolution

Time, energy, money—they are ready to give it all.

A lady looking at herself in the mirror.

How a village built 40 toilets—with a wedding necklace

In a small village called Kalvakota in Telangana, a woman decided to part with her wedding necklace to help 40 poor families build their toilets.

Students hold banners and spread the message of "Clean India”, as a bunch of volunteers from DAV Vedanta Int. School undertake their monthly field visit to a new village in the neighboring tribal area of Lanjigarh.

Clean India

We have already lost a lot of time, but the new generation is aware of the things to do to help.

Children using toilet at government primary in Aurangabad.

Report on environmental impact of Swachh Bharat Mission

UNICEF and the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, with support from Shri Ram Institute, conducted an assessment.

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Summary (PDF, 941 KB)

Full Report (PDF, 2 MB)