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One of the main purposes of WASMO is to mobilise the communities in its project areas, mainly through awareness campaigns and transfer of knowledge. It seeks to bring about a change in habits and practices. This is essential to empower local communities to take up the challenges of a demand-driven, community-managed water supply and sanitation programme.
This work is carried out by WASMO's Community Mobilisation Unit and Documentation and Communication Unit, through the help of Implementation Support Agencies (ISAs). |
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| The Community Mobilisation Unit is responsible for training programme personnel and for interacting with ISAs and pani samitis in developing participatory planning and implementation. It acts as a gateway between Coordination Monitoring and Support Units (CMSUs) and Engineering Support Cells (ESCs) on the one hand and ISAs and pani samitis on the other to ensure smooth implementation of community-managed water and sanitation programmes. |
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| The Documentation and Communication Unit creates awareness in project areas and beyond through information, education and communication (IEC) activities such as meetings, campaigns, radio programmes, manuals, brochures, leaflets and posters. These are targeted at local community members and leaders such as sarpanches, pani samiti members, school teachers and doctors and Public Health Engineering engineers. |
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| Gram Panchayats can be efficiently managed with periodic Gram Sabhas (village meetings). A Gram Sabha ensures participation of each section of society and gives an opportunity to reflect and ensure their needs. It is an important tool in raising awareness among the community and eliciting their participation. It facilitates decision making, helps in resolving conflicts and contributes towards building up transparency in the entire process of programme implementation. Gram Sabhas are conducted for forming pani samitis, preparation of village action plan, deciding on community contribution, acceptance of village action plan, presentation of work plan arrangements including contracts, approval of expenditure, appraisal of work and for final settlement of accounts. More than 3,700 Gram Sabhas have been conducted in the programme villages. These Gram Sabhas are attended by representatives of ISAs /CMSU. |
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