Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Arpan's WASH programmes build awareness on the judicious use of water and access to safe drinking water, facilitate community-owned drinking water security plans, drive behaviour-change communication, and support toilet construction and waste management.

• Prepared Drinking Water Security Plans for 3,035+ villages across 12 districts of Rajasthan.
• Conducted judicious-water-use awareness campaigns in 8,748 Gram Panchayats across 29 districts of Rajasthan through Jal Chetna Rath, Jal Mela, NukkadNatak, school rallies and Participatory Rural Appraisal.
• Installed 34 solar-powered drinking water schemes in remote hamlets of Rajasthan.
• 500+ Village Water & Sanitation committees (VWSCs) strengthened under Jal Jeevan Mission and Atal Bhujal across Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
• Deployed IIT Jodhpur's low-cost “G-Filter” water-purification technology under “The Arogyam initiative”– training to potters and demonstrating the technology inschools and rural families.
• Facilitated toilet-with-bathroom construction for 3,000+ households, and triggered sanitation behaviour change for 3,300+ families through the Community-Led Total Sanitation process.
• Delivered school WASH facilities – toilets and safe drinking water access – across 700+ schools.
• Recipient of the State CSR Excellence Award (WASH category) and the FICCI Award on Water Sustainability at national level.