Campaign for Open Free Defecation Zone

A dog can't use latrine, but you can. Have a latrine yet?

In financial support of Fida International Nepal, New Life Service Association (NSA) is implementing its project under Water and Sanitation (WASH) project in 5 VDCs of Kailali district. 

The project has been started from 2011 and will completed in 2014. We have 54 WASH groups in each cluster of these VDCs. Through these WASH groups we are campaigning sanitation activities. Under this project we have a purpose of declaring Open Free Defecation Zone for at least 2 VDCs until 2014. 

From this year 2012, we have started to support to build low cost toilet to poor and marginal family from our coverage area. 

Please be with us and pray for us for the successful of this campaign. God created this beautiful nature and we people had destroyed it. 

Orientation on Personal Hygiene Practice:

Orientation on "Personal Hygiene Practice" has been conducted on all the 5 VDCs of the project working areas. The Orientation was mainly focused or organised to Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) of the project area. More than101 CHVs from 5 working areas were taken part in the orientation. Mr. Pramindra Man Shrestha (Field Supervisor of NSA) and Mr. Dhan Bahadur Khatri (Project Accountant of NSA) took part in the orientation on behalf of the organisation to manage the logistics and monitoring. The detail information of the orientation is given below.

Details of Orientation:

Date	Name of the VDC	Venue	No. of Participants		Name of Resource Person	Ward No.
			M	F	Health Post In Charge
6th Dec. 2011	Pahalmanpur	Health post  Office	16	4	Mr. Ram Prasad Chaudhary	5
6th Dec. 2011	Pabera	Health post  Office	19	9	Mr. Jagdish Kushmi	5
8th Dec. 2011	Gadaria	Health post  Office	20	4	Mr. Ram Bahadur Dhami	4
10th Dec. 2011	Urma	Beheda Baba Higher Secondary School	11	0	Mr. Bhagiram Chaudhary	5(Kha)
11th Dec. 2011	Basuti	Health post  Office	18	0	Mr. Bhagiram Chaudhary	6

Orientation on Safe Drinking Water and Waterborne Disease:

According to the project work plan of the fiscal year 2011, we have completed 2 days orientation on ''Safe Drinking Water and Waterborne Disease" in five VDCs. Before started the orientation, we have informed Mr. Jayaram Karki, Officer of District Public Health Office about our work and the orientation program. We had requested him to provide qualified trainer to conduct the training effectively. As per our discussion, he told us that he will inform the health post in-charge of five VDCs to support our program. After that we had visited the Health post of the 5 of our working VDCs and made interaction with all the Health post in charge. They had accepted our proposal and we have made an agreement (LOU) with trainer for the orientation. Two participants from each WASH group were selected for the orientation. Participants were enthusiastically and eagerly participated in the training. They showed their commitments to share their learning among their groups and in their ward. Overall the orientation was focused on raising awareness on safe drinking water, water born disease by contaminated water, method of purifying water, to impart the knowledge on management of water during flood and rainy season. There were 107 (54 Male and 53 Female) participants in total from 5 VDCs.

Details of orientation:

Date	Name of the VDC	Venue	No. of Participants		Resource Person	Ward No.
			M	F	Health Post In Charge
24th-25thAug 2011	Pahalmanpur	Health Post  Office	16	8	Mr. Bed Bahadur Chaudhary	5
30th-31st Aug 2011	Basuti	Health Post  Office	13	4	Mr. Bhagiram Chaudhary	6
4th Dec. 2011	Pabera	Health Post  Office	10	13	Mr. Jagdish Kushmi	4
7th Dec. 2011	Gadaria	Pidit Mukti Samaj Bhwan	4	18	Mr. Bhagiram Chaudhary	5
9th Dec. 2011	Urma	Beheda Baba Higher Secondary School	11	10	Mr. Bhagiram Chaudhary	5

NSA and WASH groups celebrated 10th World Toilet Day

Celebration of World Toilet Day 19th November 2011

In 2001 WTO declared 19th November World Toilet Day (WTD). World Toilet Organization created WTD to raise global awareness of the struggle 2.6 billion face every day without access to proper, clean sanitation.WTD also brings to the forefront the health, emotional and psychological consequences the poor endure as a result of inadequate sanitation.

To promote and enhance better sanitation, clean environment and healthy community NSA is also having partnering with Fida International to raise awareness the community people where NSA implementing its WATSAN project in Kailali district.

Students ready for rally

Celebrating World Toilet Day

NSA celebrate World Toilet Day at schools with schoolchildren doing various extra curricular activities like: awareness rally, speech competition, drawing competition etc. Students from Aparampar Lower Secondary School, Gadariya VDC, Benauli, ward no.6 took participated in rally. The program was organized by the Nawajeevan Youth Service WASH group. There were more than 150 students and teachers participated in the rally. They speak out to the community clean their house and surroundings. They spoke, "We are proud to have toilet in our home".   

Participants of drawing competition

Children after program

Mr. Ganesh Thapa, Secretary of SMC distributing prize

 Shree Janakalyan Primary School of Urma VDC, Jalghusra, ward no.9 celebrated World Toilet Day by doing drawing competition among primary level children on sanitation. There are 10 students participated in drawing competition. They are from class 7 and 8. School Management Committee (SMC) and Principle distributed prizes for the winners. 

Student giving speech in the competition

SMC member distributing prize to the winner

Shree Janta Lower Secondary School of Basauti VDC, Uttar Kataini, ward no.7 celebrated World Toilet Day by organizing speech competition among lower secondary level students. There are 10 students participated in the competition from class 8. The subject of the speech competition was, "Importance of Toilet for Sanitation and Environment". School Management Committee and school teachers participated in the program and they also distributed the prizes to the winner of the competition.

SMC members and teachers cleaning toilets at school

Mr. Pramindra Man Shrestha, Field Supervisor of NSA handover sanitation materials to School headmaster of Urma VDC Mr. Likha Ram Chaudhary.

We want to be a partner....

NSA is a non profitable and non government registered Christian organization based in Dhangadhi, Kailali, Nepal. We are committed to serve the marginalised and the poor community people.

We are seeking to become partner and do partnership to serve those marginalised poor community people in our areas. We work in the area of HIV and AIDS, Sustainable Livelihoods (Micro Credit, Micro Enterprise Development, Food Security), Education (formal and non formal), Health (Hygiene), Sanitation, Water, Environment, Disaster Management, Children, Disability and Gender.

If you want to make us your partner to serve the marginalised and poor our contact address is:
Or if you want to donate NSA to give your support:
New Life Service Association (NSA)
Dhangadhi-4, Kailali district
P.O.Box No.49
Nepal
Office Phone: +977-91-527370; 524383
Email: nsa_kailali@ntc.net.np; nsa.kailali@gmail.com

Project Activities:

1. Water and Sanitation (WASH) groups monthly meeting:

Mamta WASH group members after monthly meeting from Basauti VDC-5

Under WATSAN project there are 54 WASH groups in 5 VDCs. In total there are 634 members in WASH groups. 352 male and 282 female. Every month all 54 WASH groups organized their monthly meeting in different date as per their convenience. The main objectives to form this WASH groups is to mobilize and transform their community in health, water, sanitation and hygiene. In their meeting they discuss and interact in various agenda, like personal hygiene practices, sanitation in their home and community, safe drinking water, safe and clean environment etc. 

Matma WASH group in Basauti-5 discussion on monthly meeting

Those WASH groups has also celebrated World Environment Day (5th June 2011) , National Sanitation week (5th-11th June 2011), Global Handwashing Day (15th October 2011) and they going to celebrate World Toilet Day on 19th November 2011 in their community and schools with various activities.

 

2. Global Handwashing Day Celebration: 

Demonstrating by one of the participant on Global Handwashing Day

Global Handwashing Day was celebrated by WASH groups in 5 VDCs on 15 October 2011 organising different activities in community, schools and churches. Among that WASH group of Urma VDC, ward no.8, Bhada celebrated Global Handwashing Day at Shree Dipendra Charpate Lower Secondary School. There were 33 participants in the celebration. 21 female and 12 male. They learn and aware on importance of hand washing. They demonstrated by themselves on how to wash their hands in a proper way. 

Students Demonstrating hand washing

Orientation on hand washing to school students at Urma VDC

Children demonstrating hand washing

Ashish Church of Pahalmanpur VDC, ward no.2 celebrated Global Handwashing Day in their church. There are more than 150 participants participated. Mahima Church of Basauti VDC, ward no.4 celebrated Global Handwashing Day in their church community. There are more than 80 participants participated in the activity.

Church members participating Global Handwashing Day

Our Values

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1. We are committed to the poor and marginalized. -xfdL ul/a / l;dfGts[tx?df k|lta4 5f}+_
2. We love and value people. -xfdL dflg;nfO{ k|]d u5f}{ / dfGotf lbG5f}_
3. We work in transparency through integrity. -xfdL OdfGbfl/tf dfkm{t kf/blz{tf;Fu sfd u5f}
4. We are accountable and responsive. -xfdL hjfkmb]xL / pQ/bflo 5f}+_
5. We are God's people to show and perform God's love. -k/d]Zj/sf] k|]d b]vfpg / k|:t't ug{ xfdL k/]d]Zj/sf dflg;x? xf}+_