Friday 24 September 2010
Youth hiked and observed Teej festival to spread sanitation messages. Teej, itself, being a festival of gathering and sharing among women on issues of dissatisfactions and grievances at family, now a days, has been changed as a means to communicate and sensitize people on different social issues.
The major activities during the hiking tour were visiting temples, monasteries etc.; playing games; practicing leadership and teej day sanitation folk song presentation and dancing. “At first we got confused to request didis’ (sisters) to join us for singing, but later we requested and convinced them and e enjoyed together and also spread our sanitation message through the teej special folk songs” said Kamala KC, one of the participant. The programme was organized by ‘paschim paaila’ team.
Source: Published on: PANI ra SARASAPHAI, monthly e-bulletine, August of WASH-RCNN
(http://www.nepal.watsan.net/page/712)
DRINKING WATER QUALITY TESTING CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
May 10, 2010
From 17th – 31st March, ENPHO together with the volunteers of “Paschim Paaila” and “Guthi” tested over 100 samples during a drinking water quality testing campaign in different parts of Kathmandu Valley. About 25 volunteers directly participated in different communities and about 100,000 peoples were directly or indirectly made aware about the water quality.
(Source: ENPHO e-bulletine, march,2010)
Let's not face another epidemic in Nepal!
10 May, 2010
As the major tragedy happened last year in Nepal from the Diarrhoea/Cholera epidemic, more than 300 innocent people were killed. It became big news in media and also became a hot cake. But as time passed out, it simply cooled down, though lots of responses were mobilized to control this problem from government as well as non-government sector. Paschim Paaila made a highly appreciated effort that time.
Simple things like lack of safe drinking water, improper personal hygiene and environmental sanitation etc. are causing epidemic in Nepal. One time solution for such problem is insufficient because nobody can say the epidemic will not repeat this year. News reports have begun to cover the outbreak of diarrhea cases in few districts this year too. Hence, it’s high time we take some concrete actions to prevent the spread of diarrhea/cholera.
In this context, "Paschim Paaila" organized a "Photo Exhibition" at The Longest Toilet Queue 2010 main event. The main objectives of this exhibition were to highlight last year's Diarrhoea/Cholera Epidemic in the Mid and Far western part of Nepal, explain Paschim Paaila campaign’s interventions during this epidemic, and deliver messages to prevent future epidemic. More than 5000 people observed the photos, in which all of them got the message and positive feeling to prevent the next Diarrhoea/Cholera Epidemic in Nepal.
‘Let’s not face another epidemic in Nepal’ – says Paschim Paaila team requesting youth volunteers to work together to stop next epidemic in Nepal.
To learn more about Paaschim Paaila initiative, e-mail the team at: paschimpaaila.nepal@gmail.com
(Source: Pani ra Sarsaphai, WASH sector e-bulletine of Nepal, RCNN, http://www.nepal.watsan.net/page/561)
