Orientation session for Sanitary Workers from five local town panchayat
Sanitary workers as frontline workers need constant orientation and helpful advice to carry out their crucial work that keeps us and our localities safe while risking their lives. Our interventions in the urban local bodies we work in – constant engagement and session have been the norm since the pandemic began. Through the session we […]
Support for Sanitation Workers
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 July 2021. […]
Meeting Sanitation Needs
Access to proper sanitation facilities is a problem that persists for the urban marginalized communities here in the Nilgiris too. Many of these communities depend on age-old insanitary setups that have been neglected for a long time. In some settlements, community toilets are maintained but access to piped water is scarce. To minimize this general problem, […]
One man’s fight to Conserve a Wetland
On February 12, 2021, we Inaugurated the Wetlands and Water Information Centre along with a Wetlands Park that was set up in partnership with Indco Tea Factory in Kattabettu. Meanwhile, another wetland near Keirbetta in the heart of the Kotagiri town was about to be converted for building a Primary Health Centre. Called the Rifle Range […]
An Exclusive Wetland Information Centre
Elsewhere and in India, for a long time, wetland ecosystems have been insignificant on the conservation front compared to forests, grasslands or marine ecosystems, etc. With indistinct definitions or laws for the conservation of wetlands, they often fall under the “wasteland” category – meaning, they are unproductive lands that can be used for more productive […]
Informing women sanitation workers about the negative health impact of poor hygiene practices
A recent study claims, in India 80% of sanitary waste workers are women. Given their nature of work – the occupational hazards associated with it make them inevitably exposed to harmful gases and chemicals that lead to infections and other diseases. In addition, managing menstruation during their work routine comes with several social and environmental barriers. Informing women sanitation workers about the negative health impact of poor hygiene […]
Webinar Series on Wash
The Technical Support Unit (TSU) of TNUSSP, conducted a series of Webinar sessions on the 20th, 22nd & 28th of August. Broadly, three different topics were chosen for discussions, highlighting – the impact of the pandemic on education and schools; how could we manage mental wellbeing among children, and the importance of Water, Sanitation & […]
Landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping
Hydrologically induced landslides are a new normal in the Nilgiris nowadays. The annual average rainfall for the district for an entire year is 2500 mm. Downpours in 2009 and in 2019 recorded half of that with just a week of rains. The India Meteorological Department had forecasted a nearly similar rainfall event in August 2020 […]
From Living water to Dead waters – a local perception
“Would you believe if we told you there are rural villages in the Nilgiris where women still have to wait for hours to access clean and safe drinking water? Would you believe if we told you that a lot of our communities defecate in the open due to lack of adequate sanitation facilities?” Yes, this […]
One’s livelihood ensures another’s safety
One’s livelihood ensures another’s safety: Newly formed women’s group are making masks for Sanitary workers Marginalized communities are the most affected by the pandemic as it continues to dent their livelihoods and their income. Yet there are stories of communities & people coming together to help those that are most vulnerable and are of dire […]
