Sanitation and Clean Water for 60 Dalit Families

Our families are struggling to survive the economic hardship of COVID19, while also struggling to stay safe and maintain high levels of hygiene in impossible circumstances. We are teaching our families the importance of hand washing and social distancing but when families do not have running water in their homes and have to share a communal village water pump for both water to wash with and to cook their meals and wash household utensils etc, it is extremely difficult to adhere to the strict hygiene recommendations of constant handwashing.  

We are educating our families and their children on the importance of handwashing and social distancing.  Our families lack the basic sanitation that we take for granted in our homes - access to running water and toilet facilities.  We are continuing to work with the villages to improve access to clean water and increase the number of families who have their own toilets.  To date our rural families have been lucky to have avoided many deaths from COVID19 but the economic consequences have been devastating. Without the support of Nandri they would not be able to feed their families. We are continuing to help them survive with food and financial aid while also working to improve their lives with access to clean water and proper sanitation.