By Janice Vard Smith | Project leader
in 2014 India launched a campaign to make the country “open defecation free” by Oct 2019 to mark the 150 th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. This entails constructing millions of toilets in Rural India.
Nandri’s mothers groups are working to make this a reality in their own villages with the help of a government grant and a loan from Nandri. This means their families no longer have to suffer the degradation of defecating in a field.
The mothers have embraced the sanitation scheme and are delighted how having a toilet has improved their health and their lives. Nandri loans have helped construct 38 toilets. We are continuing to expand this scheme to many more rural families with the help of your donations.
Malarkodi and her husband and two adult sons obtained a loan to build their own toilet.
The family are poor agricultural workers, living in kolapallur village. Recently their health had been suffering badly from diseases due to poor sanitation. The toilet has changed their health and lives - and is the source of a huge sense of pride for them all!
“Toilet construction has relieved me and my sons from shamefulness” - Malarkodi.
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