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The mission of Loveland TVET College is to produce high quality products and have a visible impact on social and economic development by:
- offering programmes of international standard, through the formation of strong linkages with key stakeholders and focusing on the holistic development of learners; and
- being a well-capacitated, accessible, credible, and self-sustaining TVET College, …
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Appropriate management of municipal solid waste is critical for public health and environmental pro tection. With denser settlement patterns, the chal lenge and threat becomes more acute. Managing biowaste with appropriate recycling strategies can reduce waste amounts by more than 50%, and create economic opportunities. Value products from biowaste include soil amendment and fertilizer, …
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Ishwardi municipality is a sub-district town of Pabna District under Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, which is 282 km away from Dhaka City. The municipality was established in 1974. The city is located in the plain area of Bangladesh, situated on the bank of the Padma River. It consists of 9 wards and 27 Mahallahs (small cluster based area of population). It is also the headquarters of the western …
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Jordan ranks as one of the world’s water-poorest countries. The influx of refugees from Syria into Jordan since 2011 is placing a heavy burden on its already strained water resources. This brings existing deficiencies in water supply to the forefront, leading to frequent supply bottlenecks and dissatisfaction among the population, particularly in rural areas.
Although the absolute quantity …
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This Conceptual Framework for Social and Behaviour Change Programming gathers in one place a wide variety of theories and presents the Behavioural Drivers Model which informs a set of research and programming tools recently developed and used by UNICEF, including Everybody wants to belong: Practical guide to tackling and leveraging social norms in behavior change programming and Measuring Social …
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In the fictional African city of Bafini, 80% of residents have no access to a sewer connection, relying instead on toilets with pits or septic tanks. This creates a need for better faecal waste collection services, and a market opportunity for a smart entrepreneur.
You run a waste management business in Bafini, and have just decided to expand into faecal sludge management. You have a positive …
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The WASH in Schools (WinS) Three Star Approach (TSA) has been adopted in Fiji (from a pilot in 2015 but now is at scale), Kiribati (atoll island first implementation from 2015 to 2018), Solomon Islands (since 2016), in Vanuatu (since 2017) and 2018 introduction in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The evaluation aims to understand whether WinS TSA is achieving the intended results and how …
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Kalpetta is a town and a municipality in the Wayanad district, state of Kerala, India. The FSTP uses vermifiltration where worm-based sludge treatment is combined with water filtration to digest organic matter present in septage. The worms need only air, water, and sludge (food) to operate efficiently as a part of the vermifiltration system.
The Tiger Biofilter technique is based on …
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Capacity building initiatives and programmes were conducted for a range of stakeholders – Government officers, engineers, masons and desludging operators. An assessment was undertaken to see the impact of these programmes on the stakeholders and if they have been able to apply new learnings in their work environment. This report presents the findings of the assessment.
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The current document presents the City Sanitation Plan for PNP. PNP is one of the cluster towns selected for implementing fecal sludge management in Tamil Nadu. This plan is curated from the sanitation situation analysis which included identifying major components of sanitation (water supply, storm water drainage and solid waste management), issues related to it, and possible solutions.
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Srivilliputhur is a town and promoted as a first-grade municipality in the year 1984 located in north of Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamilnadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 75,396.
The town is known for its famous Lord Andal temple which is a 192 (58.5 m) feet long tower structured temple, lord said to be as vatapatsayee. Srivilliputhur is located at …
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The WatSSUP Cash for Work (CfW) tree planting activity takes place between April and November 2022. It aims at improving the water source protection of water supply system catchment areas as well as delivering positive impact on household incomes. The activity covers a total of 18 acres in the West Nile Region in Northern Uganda. 9 acres of trees are planted in Yumbe district (Bidibidi refugee …
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Rangamati Hill District is a district in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. By area, Rangamati is the largest district in the country. Rangamati is one of the 53 district-level Municipalities in the country.
According to the population census in 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics …
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WOMENA SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Many women develop urogenital infections, such as bacterial vaginosis or yeast infections, at some point in their life. Prevalence rates of 20-30% or more have been documented in both high-, middle- and low-income countries. Many infections are asymptomatic, meaning that those who have the infection do not know.
Menstruation is a normal, physiologic …
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Access to adequate hand hygiene facilities (HHFs), including a reliable supply of water and soap, is
paramount to ensure that daily hand hygiene can be practiced in public places. With COVID-19, public
spaces have become an important location for the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector to
engage in when it comes to key moments for hand hygiene. However, the nature of public places …
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Bandipora city is the headquarters in Bandipora District. Bandipora District is one of the 22 districts of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. The District lies in Northern Kashmir with Baramulla District in South and Kargil District in East. It is the 14th largest District by population in Jammu and Kashmir.
Bandipora city is located at a distance of 47 km from Srinagar and at a distance of …
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Locally produced ceramics have been used to filter water for hundreds of years. Ceramic candles are hollow cylindrical forms fastened into the bottom of a container. Water seeps through the ceramic candle
and falls into a lower container, which is fitted with a tap at the bottom. Units often use more than one candle because the flow rate through one candle can be slow. A lid is placed on top of …
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The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for Health (W4H) Program has put together a comprehensive package of materials for you to use in your communication sessions. These materials have been developed to help you change WASH behaviours in your communities. The following is a list of the types of materials contained in the WASH for Health Communication Package. Materials have been developed for …
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Narsingdi municipality stands on the bank of the Branch of the River Meghna and is located adjacent to the Dhaka-Sylhet National Highway and 57 km East of the capital city Dhaka. It is well connected with road, water, and railways. The city is well known for its small and medium industries, like textile mills, dyeing mills, agro-industries and other processing mills which are the remarkable …
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During emergencies it is important to monitor the impact of Hygiene Promotion including the change in community hygiene practices which can contribute to the reduction of WASH related diseases. Information provided by monitoring can usefully be fed back into future evaluation and planning of Hygiene Promotion projects so the objectives can be adjusted where necessary. It is important that data …
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The secondary review of urban sanitation in Tamil Nadu provides a situational analysis of the water and sanitation situation in urban areas of the State, situated in the context of economic growth, demographic change, natural resource endowments and their historical utilisation character. This study draws mainly from available secondary literature and data from government and other public …
