Satya Bharti Govt.Primary School, Balyawali Talai,Amer

Details;- “Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan” Total sanitation campaign was roll out-1999-2000. The approach adopted in this campaign aims at motivating rural households to build toilet facilities and encouraging their use.

Satya Bharti government school, Balyawali Talai is situated in open area out of village Labana. Students of school see community members go out for defecation at open areas surround school, field, road side & farms etc. The students feel it related to a sensitive issue with Sanitation of Environment & safety of girls and women against crimes. They decided to spread awareness in community about bad effects & harms of personal hygiene and environment.

The students discussed with teachers about this conditions and get informed about Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme of Govt. to help BPL,APL family for construction of toilet at home. They conducted meetings, rally, role-play at school, community to spread awareness in community and aware about harms of Insanitation condition & female crimes at the time of late night in the open areas.

Students surveyed to identify non toilet homes & Prepared list and submitted at Gram Panchayat office with Application for helping amount issued by govt.to toilet construction.

The result of community awareness was seen and every home started to construct toilets in community and Gram Panchayat issued grant amount to villagers. All community got aware about the sanitation….

Feel- Most of the community members were going outside the community areas ( nearby roads, Fields etc.) for defecation. It was not safe for the girls and women to go outside as well as not for health of the peoples of village.

The students listened, read many news of teasing/rape cases where mostly females were alone of went for open defecation. They asked teachers that why they are not using or constructing the toilets at home & what are the

ways to resolved it.

Imagine- Students decided to aware people for proper use of Govt. aid . And tell them the harms of open defecation. They had their own discussion sessions after school hours where plans were made for survey, Rally, Meeting with community members, Poster pasting, Individual counseling.

Voting for true support the team

Planning for next steps

Meeting with community leaders

Individual counseling Poster pasting at common places

Rally

DO- Door to door survey, Meeting with community leaders, Letter to Panchayat Samiti, Harms of

open defecation & Govt. aids for toilet construction.

Letter drafting & submission to Panchayat Samiti

Door to door survey Role-Play

Impact- Many people of village got benefit of Govt. Aid for toilet construction. Females of those homes

were very happy. Now there is no need to be ashamed and feeling safe……Thanks …

Heartiest Feelings;-

“Ganv me Bahu-Betiyun ko khule me der raat shouch jane se unki surksha ko lekar hamesh chinta bani rahti thi lekin aaj school ke bachhon ne ganv me shouchalayo ka nirman

karakar Paryawaran ke sath-sath hamari bahu-betiyun ko bhi surksha dila di h..mai aaj bahut khus hu...”

- KAMLA DEVI (Community Member)

“Mai 10 salo se Gram Panchyat me ward Panch hu ore vikas ke bare bahut bolta hu lekin aaj in ganv ki bachho ne jo kar dikhaya use dekh kar shukriya ada krne ke liye mere pass shabd nhi.bas itna hi

ki mahsus kar pa rha hu ki ganv ka asli leader mai nhi..ye masum bachhe h ….”

-ARVIND MEENA (Ward panch)

“In students ki environment and Female safety feelings ko dekhakar yahi kahunga ki..Aap apne future ko to nhi badal sakte lakin apni habits ko badal sakate h.yahi habits apka future jarur badal degi..” - - SHYAMBABU

SHARMA (Cluster co-ordinator)

“Mai isi village me rhne ke sath-sath is school me teacher bhi hu. Hum village ki mahilao ko andheri subah-sham latrine ke liye surksha ke dar ore sankoch ke sath ghar se bahar jana padta tha.us dar

ko dur karne me village ke logo ne koshish tak nhi ki ore in chote-chote bachho ne gharon me toilets banakar us dar ko hamesha ke liye samapat kar diya.Bachho ki awareness dekhar meri to ankhe

bhar aayi…” - PRIYANKA SHARMA( School Teacher)