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1970 |
2009 |
| a) |
I was alone |
Now, there are 60,000 people – 35,000 on regular basis and 25,000 as associate members. |
| b) |
In 1973, one municipality awarded the work |
Now, we are working in 1320 local bodies in 1147 towns/cities. |
| c) |
One State govt. – Bihar |
Now, 25 States and 4 UTs. |
| d) |
Two twin-pit, pour-flush toilets (Sulabh Shauchalaya) built in Arrah Municipality in Bihar for demonstration |
More than 1,200,000 (1.2 million) toilets built by now. |
| e) |
First public toilet constructed in Patna |
More than 7,500 Sulabh public toilets constructed and maintained throughout the country |
| f) |
Number of users 500 per day |
Each day, over 10 million people use the 1.2 million individual toilets and more than 7500 public toilets constructed and maintained by Sulabh. |
| g) |
Number of scavengers liberated |
More than 120,000 scavengers have been liberated from scavenging and rehabilitated after proper counseling and vocational training. |
| h) |
Towns made Scavenging-free |
240 towns have been made scavenging – free till date. |
| i) |
Man-days created |
More than 130 million man-days created. |
| j) |
First Biogas plant constructed on an experimental basis in 1980 in Patna |
Now 190 biogas plants linked with public toilets constructed in different parts of the country and five public toilets with biogas facilities in Kabul in collaboration with Kabul Municipality, Afghanistan. Technologies of wastewater treatment, composting solid waste into fertilizer and use of dried water hyacinth in raising biogas production are now in use. |
| k) |
Quality Education English Medium Public School - none |
500 children enrolled in Sulabh Public School, New Delhi (60% students from scavenger community and the rest from other communities). |
| l) |
Vocational Training Centre - none |
Wards of scavengers - about 3100 boys and girls (50% from of scavenger community and the rest from other communities) at Vocational Training Centre in New Delhi. |
| m) |
Scavenger women training - none |
28 women who were carrying human excreta manually till March 2003, have been trained and rehabilitated at Nai Disha, a Vocational Training Centre at Alwar in Rajasthan. These women have learnt to produce and market their goods (food products and apparel etc.) by forming self-help groups. Next group of 28 women also under training. New Centre started in 2008 in Tonk, Rajasthan. |
| n) |
Foreign Visitors to Sulabh Campus - none |
People from more than 100 countries have visited Sulabh Campus to learn more about the Sulabh sanitation technologies. |
| o) |
Capacity building/training being imparted: - nil |
Students and teachers from Schools, Engineering and Medical Colleges, Nursing and Social Work Institutes etc. Professionals from Government, Urban Local Bodies, Pollution Control Boards, other NGOs etc. provided training. |
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Training of foreign professionals – none |
Training programme organized in collaboration With UN-HABITAT for sector professionals from 14 African countries - Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia in 2005 and 2006. |
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Regular summer training/internships provided to students from France, Germany, USA, Kenya, Nepal etc. |
| p) |
Training of Women Volunteers from Urban Slums – none |
Over 14,000 women from urban slums have been trained on health, hygiene, safe drinking water, HIV/AIDS etc. |
| q) |
Health Centre attached to Toilet Complex – none |
Two Health Centres attached to Sulabh Toilet Complexes are providing free medical services to slum dwellers in Delhi. |
| r) |
Special Consultative Status |
Sulabh has been accorded Special Consultative Status by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN. |
| s) |
Duckweed Technology for Wastewater/Public Toilet Effluent Treatment – no technology |
Based on the results of the project on waste water treatment through Duckweed, by Sulabh, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Government of India, made a guideline to use this weed for Waste Water Treatment. |
| t) |
No Museum on Toilets |
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets at New Delhi, which nearly 10,000 people have visited. |
| u) |
Training to unemployed youth- none |
Over 6000 youth have been trained in plumbing, electrical and motor winding, gardening and as security guards |
| v) |
Food Processing Training Centres - none |
Centres in 6 blocks in Mewat area in Gurgaon. Over 900 women have already received training in food processing. |
| w) |
Sewing and Embroidery Centre - none |
Nearly 900 women have been trained in sewing and embroidery. |
| x) |
ENVIS (Environmental Information System) Centre) - none |
Sulabh International is an ENVIS Centre of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India for data collection and dissemination on the topics of Hygiene, Sanitation and Sewage systems.(www.su labhenvis.in) |
| Support to persons with disabilities |
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| y) |
Children |
50 hearing impaired children have been provided with five-year education based on the CBSE curriculum and then integrated in other reputed schools for further education. |
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Women |
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| z) |
No presence in foreign countries |
Public toilets in 2 countries – Bhutan and Afghanistan. |
| aa) |
International agencies co-operation – nil |
Now, WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, UN-HABITAT, UN-ECOSOC, WSSCC, WEDC, ILO, ADB, SIWI, WTO, SuSanA, etc. |
| bb) |
UN recognition – none |
Now, Economic and Social Council of United Nations has given Special Consultative Status to the Organisation. |
| cc) |
World Toilet Summit – not held |
Organised the World Toilet Summit-2007 in New Delhi in which delegates from over 40 countries participated. |
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Artistic form from manure of human excreta - none |
21 artistic pieces in the shape and size of doors, made from manure converted from human excreta from the pits of Sulabh Shauchalayas were displayed at the Lisson Gallery, London, U.K. |
| dd) |
Broadcast only on All India Radio, Bihar |
Broadcast on Radio and Television:- Worldwide News – BBC, Mexican TV, German TV, CNBC-INN, National Geographic Channel, Australian TV, French TV, Dutch TV, Doordarshan (Indian TV Channel) DD News, NDTV, etc. |
| ee) |
Reports in print media only in Patna, Bihar |
Now in national and international dailies and magazines such as:
National:
Hindustan Times, The Statesman, The Tribune, The Hindu, India Today, The Pioneer, The Sunday Express, The Economic Times, The Indian Express, The Asian Age, The Times of India, Punjab Kesri, Hindustan, Dainik Jagran, etc.
International:
BBC News, The Canadian Press, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Der Spiegel, The New York Times International, The Washington Post World News, Gulf Times, Chicago Tribune, Asahi Shimbun, Der Uberblick, etc. |
| ff) |
Seminar and conferences attended - none |
Attended nearly all important international and national conferences worldwide on sanitation. |
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