Water Exhibition Features the Innovative Work of Nilgiris Schools
December 1, 2022 By Water & Sanitation team Following World Toilet Day declared on November 19 by the United Nations, Keystone’s Water and Sanitation team began to brainstorm ways to integrate a practical awareness of water among young children. Water is a vast subject that encompasses countless elements: our relationship with water, how our perishable […]
Free Health Camps for Sanitation Workers in Coimbatore
October 15, 2022 By Vinitha MurukesanProgramme Coordinator – Water & Sanitation Sanitation workers are some of the most vulnerable workers in the system, who provide an invaluable public service that is also life-threatening in the face of a severe lack of sanitation innovation in the country. The nature of their work exposes them to various […]
Evolving Ideas with the Coimbatore Collector and Officials
September 23, 2022 By Vinitha Murukesan and Bagavanidhi M.Project Coordinator – Community Well-being (Coimbatore)Technical Coordinator – Governance We’ve been working with the Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP) for seven years now, with our projects largely based in the hills. With the two projects that were active in the plains (Periyanaickenpalayam and Narasimhanaickenpalayam) coming […]
Sanitation in Mountain Regions
Vinitha MGiven the specific challenges in urban sanitation faced in the mountain region, NIUA proposed setting up of a ‘Forum for Inclusive and Resilient Sanitation in Hill Cities’. The purpose of the Forum is to bring together government officials and other stakeholders from states and cities to share their experiences with respect to Citywide Inclusive […]
Teaching children about wetland ecosystems and the complex human connection
World Wetlands Day on Feb 2nd is observed globally to raise awareness on the importance of wetlands as an ecosystem. Its unique intrinsic ecological functions play an important role in mitigating climate, preventing flood, controlling the hydrological flow of groundwater and supporting a large diversity of species. In the Nilgiris, rapid urbanization, agricultural intensification, unsustainable tourism coupled […]
Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme – District level multi-stakeholders workshop
The Tamilnadu Urban Sanitation Support Porgramme (TNUSSP) after six years has come to its conclusion. Stakeholders at the District level participated at the final episode of the project.
Relief Support for Sanitation Workers in the Coimbatore District
With the help of Urban Local Bodies, we reached out and identified sanitary workers (permanent and contractual) employed beyond our working urban cluster Perinacikenpalayam and Narsimanaickenplayam (230 sanitary workers). Additionally, 220 sanitary workers from three other town panchayaths (Idikarai, Veerapandi and Gudalur) in the Coimbatore district were provided with nutritional and safety kits during our relief support in […]
Distribution of Safety Gears for Sanitary Workers
On the 23rd of October, Keystone Foundation with support from HCL Foundation distributed safety gear (gumboots, gloves, and face masks) to 100 Sanitary workers in the Kotagiri Town Panchayat. The distribution took place at the Kotagiri Town Panchayat Office in the presence of Mr. Mani, Executive Officer and Mr. Ranjith, Sanitary Inspector. The importance of wearing […]
Art to Promote Good Hygiene Practices
Through art, we envisage communities and children will be able to easily grasp the importance of good hygiene practices at a time when it is of utmost importance.
Community Stewards visited Auroville to learn and understand watershed systems
Community Stewards have always been a part of our implementation in our projects. Through this, we envisage developing local capacities to manage and conserve local resources in their own respective villages. Last month, to build our stewards capacity on watershed systems and their connection to ecological restoration – a four-day exposure visit to Auroville, Pondichery […]
