Water Supply and Sanitation Services for the Rural Poor
The Gram Vikas Experience:
Safe drinking water near to the home and adequate household sanitation save poor households time, reduce illness and increase a sense of well being and dignity. Gram Vikas, a non-government organization working in one of the poorest states of India, recognized this key role and encouraged villages to agree to a pact—water and sanitation for every house in the village—in return for labor and a percentage of the costs.
This book describes how Gram Vikas engaged with new villages and carried out the program; how costs were met by households, government and donors; and the resulting impacts on health, education and livelihoods. Finally the question is asked: can this international award-winning approach be scaled-up to increase sustainable coverage of water and sanitation and combat poverty worldwide?
Pamela Keirns is a consultant in water resources.
“An insightful analysis of groundbreaking use of water and sanitation as the catalyst for village-wide transformation in hundreds of villages in rural India.” -- L. David Brown, Associate Director for International Programs, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University
144 pp., 6" x 9", March 2008 Published by Practical Action Pamela Keirns
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Water Supply and Sanitation Services for the Rural Poor
Water Supply and Sanitation Services for the Rural Poor 
The Gram Vikas Experience: