Swachhta aur Paani Aakhir Bachani Hai Zindgani

In this article, we will delve into the importance of safe and inclusive toilets in schools, explore the impact of menstrual health management on girls' education, and discuss the transformative efforts of Mission Swachhta aur Paani, a Harpic India & News18 initiative, in creating safe and inclusive school environments through toilet inclusivity.

Harpic, India's leading brand in the lavatory care category, has led the way in communicating the importance of clean toilets and good toilet hygiene on health.

Sanitation is a human right. Everyone is entitled to clean toilets that provide privacy, ensure dignity and safety, and that are physically accessible and affordable.

By drawing a straight line from toilet hygiene to preventable diseases that ravage our communities and lead to an unacceptable number of deaths in children under the age of 5, the GoI's message was one that resonated all over the country.

The Swachh Bharat Mission is considered the largest sanitation programme in the world. In a five year period, the GoI built millions of toilets and connected almost as many homes to running water through the Jal Jeevan programme.

One only needed to look at our toilets (or lack of them). In what is considered the largest sanitation program in the world, the Swachh Bharat Mission changed all that.

We still have a long way to go before toilet hygiene and good sanitation practices become second nature for all Indians. We still hold on to some antiquated mindsets about toilet care.

In the largest programme of this kind, the GoI surpassed all our expectations by making a tangible difference to the quality of life of not just our poorest sections, but everyone else too.

Harpic, India's leading brand in the lavatory care segment, has tremendous experience in communicating good toilet hygiene and sanitation to adults.

India's Swachh Bharat Mission made headlines the world over, and is considered the world's largest sanitation programme to date. The GoI constructed millions of toilets, eliminating several problems at once. Today, every Indian has access to a toilet.

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Research suggests that hand cleanliness appears to be the most essential component in preventing the spread of many diseases.

Even though the central government announced the country open defecation free in 2019

Ambitious initiatives like the Swachh Bharat Mission are proving to be a game-changer in terms of access to toilets and safe sanitation.

Water borne diseases among children can be controlled by adopting improved WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) practices.

Villages in Maharashtra’s drought prone areas often struggle for water and the situation becomes worse during summer.

Inadequate access to safe drinking water and lack of hygiene at schools could result in serious health consequences for children.

Many men and women are compelled to take up cleaning jobs simply because they belong to lower castes or come from poor or marginalised families.

Discrimination based on caste makes it difficult for people from lower castes to find work other than cleaning jobs, including manual scavenging.

The Mission Paani World Toilet Day event saw the gathering of some of the notable personalities who took forward the agenda of access to clean water, safe sanitation and hygiene for all.

Mission Paani’s World Toilet Day event saw the gathering of some of the notable personalities from the sanitation sector, environment warriors, industry experts among others to take forward the agenda of sustainable sanitation and water conservation.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said, “News 18 Mission Pani initiative aligns Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of clean India and I congratulate the team for supporting the cause in every possible way."

Talking about the access to quality hygiene and sanitation facilities, Gaurav Jain said, “There is a fight which is about access to highest quality hygiene, wellness and nourishment as a right, not a privilege."

Her renowned studies including the one conducted on Kolkata's street vendors enabled a significant understanding of core hygiene issues.

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Narayan was the first-ever Indian professional dancer who, for a long period of time, combined a full-fledged career as a senior serving civil servant in the Government of India, before retiring from her services in 2010.

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Laadi Singh Kesar Singh Ramrasi, a 32-year-old sanitation worker from Patiala, Punjab, was all set to go to college when his dreams were cut short by poverty.

In 1989, Ranchhodbhai Kabira, a resident of Transad, a village around 50km away from Ahmedabad, travelled to the city in search of work.

Vinubhai Gangadiya worked as a daily wage labourer for almost 23 years of his life.

Her family belonged to the community of people engaged in manual scavenging.

Satish, who lived in a slum, had given up the hope to leave it behind. His family and neighbours all were manual scavengers. The situation was so difficult that they didn’t have proper drinking water.

Despite being at the forefront of maintaining cleanliness in both urban and rural areas the sanitation workers face social discrimination and earn a paltry sum, usually not enough to meet ends.

Satish and his family have left the slum and moved into a better neighbourhood. His brothers, too, joined Harpic World Toilet College and have moved into different sectors for work.

Having a toilet in the household is vital for every woman and lack of it causes various difficulties including health hazards. Lack of household toilets exposes them to the risks of molestation and harassment apart from compromising their dignity.

Sayyad Irfan, a 25-year-old manual scavenger from Aurangabad, had to drop out of school to help his family.

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