NGO for Rural Development to Clean Noida
Previously, the word sanitation was used to be identified by proper disposal of the human waste. Today, it has become a part of the wider spectrum that covers solid and liquid waste disposal while maintaining personal, domestic, environmental and food hygiene. Sanitation defines quality of life as well as the level of human development. Good sanitary practices need to be adopted in order to prevent soil and water from getting contaminated and eventually, prevent diseases from occurring.
Sanitation — A Wide Coverage
The term broadened its horizon to include terms like personal hygiene, garbage disposal, safe water, waste water disposal, excreta disposal and home sanitation. It is not just about the waste treatment and maintaining hygiene but also to come up with cost effective technologies for sustainable and ecologically safe sanitation. The government shifted its focus to people and community to trigger a demand and awareness for having sanitary facilities in every home, school and the immediate precincts.
Behavioural Change for Communication
Thus, a centralised rural sanitation programme was rolled out in a phased manner to emphasize on Information, Education and Communication (IEC), capacity and human resource development. The strategy intends to bring about a behavioural change in the people towards adopting better hygiene practices. It is here that the Non-Government Organisations are supposed to play the main role. They are partners in advocacy and every NGO for rural development is expected to be involved in IEC activities.
In India, where cleanliness is considered next to godliness, the problem of waste disposal has become a point of concern because our country is still not having the systems in place that can manage the human excreta. The campaign run by the government was aimed at putting an end to the age-old practice of open defecation and ensuring safe drinking water to the masses. Our government also invited other stakeholders on board to spread education and awareness about the same in both rural as well as urban areas.
NGO Contribution in Awareness
Therefore, many non-profit organisations came up with their ideas of extending their contribution to the Swachh Bharat Campaign in their own way. One such organisation, the Ponty Chadha Foundation, an NGO for rural sanitation in Noida and Ghaziabad, works as the CSR wing of the WAVE Group to organise mass meetings and indulge into door-to-door advocacy of the campaign. It recently acknowledged the efforts of people who did their bit for the cleanliness drive through its sister concern, Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
PCF contribution in rural sanitation awareness has been remarkable in this regard since it integrated its cause of working for the children with special needs to lay emphasis on cleanliness that says, ‘If we can, why not you?’. The message served as an inspiration for the entire city in awakening the inhabitants who are willing to play their part in this concern.
