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Women
Well being
Work
Waste
Sanitation
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What is 4WS?

• An action research
• On alternative strategies of environmental
  sanitation and waste management
• For improved health and socio economic
  development in peri urban coastal communities in
  South Asia

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• Funded by EU
• Regional Program
• Bangladesh(Kulhna)
• India(Kerala)
• Sri Lanka(Karukupane)
• Duration - 3 years
• Work with sub-national NGOs universities

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Sri Lanka - Karukupane
Karukupane
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Background of the Intervention Community
(Karukkupone)
Rapidly growing small fishing village

• Population 1606 in 389 house holds

• Religion- 97 Roman Catholics

• Education Primary (2 schools, Sinhalese and
  Tamil)

• Total area is less than five square
  kilometers
• The rainfall is lt120mm.
• Temperature is more than 26ºC.

• Women involvement- work in the fish production
  process, weave mats, involve in poultry and pig
  farming

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During the southwest monsoon the sea roughens and
many fishermen stop fishing and migrate(with
their families) to the Northeastern coast on a
seasonal basis, to fish on calmer seas there.
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• Education Primary (2 schools, Sinhalese and
  Tamil)

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Demand creation
COSI Intervention

• Enhance awareness
• Mobilization
• Motivation
• Active Participation
• Strengthening

• Resource management
• waste management
• water management
• energy saving

Establishing a mechanism
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Enhance awareness, Mobilization, Motivation
Social mapping
posters
Neighborhood group meetings
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Active participation
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Wealth Ranking
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Activities with School Children
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Strengthening
Leadership training program for Youth Club
Training for women masons
Innovative approaches for economic strengthening
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Masonry among village women
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Waste management
Live fence compost bin school yard
Failed because of pigs
Introduction of separation of garbage
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Separated Plastics and Glass
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PLASTIC AND POLYTHENE, WE DO NOT DISPOSE WASTE
HARMFULLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT
The separation bag designed for Non degradable
material
For degradable matter
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Challange- NO SPACE!!!
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water
29 used water from pits dug on sand
Rest from the water vendor
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This low land where rain water gets accumulated
is considered as the source for recharging the
PALIYA
PALIYA where they dig sand for water
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Solutions
Seven Rain water harvesters
10 households practice SODIS
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Construction of a rain water harvester
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From Traditional stove
To Smokeless stove
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Adoption of good practices
Good Hygienic Practices Appropriate sanitary
practices
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Before.
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After
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SANITATION
After.
Before..

• The number of people who used alternative places
  for defecation has lowered by about 40.
• People are now aware of the importance of safe
  defecation and they are ready to go for lower
  options of the sanitation ladder.

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Over hung toilet over the lagoon
An abandoned toilet
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Solutions.
Water sealed latrine
Cost too high, not affordable
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• Solution..
• Introduction of low cost Ecosan toilet
• Pit lined with used tyres
• Superstructure with wooden planks and GI sheets
• Cost LKR 2500 / 24 USD

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Steps of construction of a dry pit latrine lined
with used tyres
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Characteristics of the Ecosan toilet

• Low cost, Low tech
• Re usage of materials
• Tyres, barrels
• Broken tile pieces for the concrete
• Water, urine diverted in to a plastic barrel
• (tree is planted nearby)

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• Thank you