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WASMO offers an opportunity and invites
individuals/ organisations to contribute their might in making
villages a better place to live in by ensuring safe and assured
supply of drinking water throughout the year; and thus making
scarcity of drinking water a thing of past. All of us have
always been receivers. Now the time has come to pay back to the
society. We can contribute in the process of enhancing the
overall quality of life of the village people by giving our full
support to programmes being implemented by the state government.
WASMO would facilitate the process of enabling the village to
have water supply system of their own choice, constructed and
managed by them, making the contributors proud of the same.
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WASMO maintains a network with a large
number of partners who play different roles and contribute to
the overall cause of the sector. See partners for a profile of
our partners and their contributions. You too could become one
of our valuable partners if you belong to any of the following
categories:
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The Gujarati diaspora (NRGs) has always
maintained relations with Gujarat, contributed to the
development of the place of their origin and championed many
causes. Normally, the economic contribution of the diaspora can
be in four forms: remittances sent by the non-residents to their
relatives, charitable donations, aid ear-marked for the
development of infrastructure, and investment in the economy.
With Gujarat now poised for a double-digit growth rate, further
economic contribution and assistance from Non Resident Gujaratis
will give even greater boost to the macro economy of Gujarat.
While donations have been quite substantial to educational
causes and social orgnaisations, they have been rather modest
towards rural infrastructure. Systematic infrastructure aid by
NRGs can play a significant role in filling certain missing
gaps, especially in rural areas.
WASMO provides NRGs the opportunity to join the cause of
ensuring drinking water security and improving sanitation
facilities in their area of interest and thus help enhance the
standard of living of rural communities. |
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one can join hands with the state are: |
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| Contribution to the cost of water supply
Supply of safe drinking water at the
doorstep of the villager is not cheap because of the water
treatment, pumping and other costs. The average cost of the
water supply in rural areas comes to about Rs. 30 per person per
annum. To make the system sustainable a part of this cost would
be recovered from the users. Co-sharing these costs for villages
would help the ongoing decentralised, community-managed water
supply programme. |
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Contribution to capital cost of setting up
in-village water supply systems
Since in-village infrastructure for drinking
water and sanitation is being developed for each village, one
can adopt any village and provide financial assistance to it
through WASMO. WASMO would ensure that the entire fund reaches
the Gram Panchayat/ Pani Samiti and the village people
themselves plan and construct in-village water supply and
environmental sanitation systems. WASMO would provide the
technical and management support. The cost of the in-village
system varies from Rs. 7 lakh to Rs. 40 lakh, depending on the
size of the village and efficacy of the system already in place.
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Contribution to capital cost of treatment/
filtration plants
One could further supplement the efforts in
the drinking water sector by sharing the cost of setting up of
treatment and filtration plants for a group of villages. This
will enable people to have access to treated water drawn from
local sources throughout the year. The cost of filtration and
treatment of water is about Rs. 6 lakh per million litres per
day (MLD) and these plants range from 4 MLD to 40 MLD in size. |
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Contribution to capital cost of regional water
supply systems
Groups of individuals, associations,
organisations and institutions can join hands with Government
and contribute by taking a share in the cost of supplying water
to a cluster of villages in the region of their choice. These
regional water supply systems would provide safe and assured
drinking water supply to the villages. The cost of setting up of
such regional water supply systems ranges from Rs. 10 crore to
40 crore, depending on the number of villages, area, population,
etc. |
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To initiate a dialogue, please contact Manager, Board and Funding.
(e-mail: wasmo@wasmo.org) |
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Sharing capital cost in
improvement of sanitation facilities
The
present situation prevailing in respect of the hygiene and
sanitation practices of the rural people in the country is not
very satisfactory resulting in health burden. In rural Gujarat
almost 78% of households do not have any form of latrines.
Construction of basic latrines have shown very positive results
on communities such as a reduced incidence of diarrhoea, lowered
expenditure on medical treatment, increased school attendance
rates and improved safety and dignity for women who no longer
need to defecate in open fields. Co-sharing cost of construction
of latrines (Rs. 1000 for the construction of a toilet platform
consisting of a trap, pipe and flooring) can go a long way in
advancing the Total Sanitation Campaign and improve living
conditions of rural communities.
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Donor Agency
You work for a donor agency that is focused
on the water and sanitation sector or programmes for the
under-privileged. You wish to make a substantial impact in the
sector through an agency that can achieve the dual purpose of
creating sustainable water supply and sanitation facilities
while at the same time empowering the local communities. Please
see the section above and contact Mr. Anjal Prakash, Manager
Board and Funding (e-mail: wasmo@wasmo.org) to initiate a
dialogue and become one of our valuable partners. |
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Non-government organisation of Gujarat
You represent a NGO that works at the
grassroots level and wishes to improve the quality of life of
the local communities. Your organisation has a good track record
in working with local communities, particularly the
under-privileged ones. Because of its impeccable reputation and
rapport with the people, your organisation is known for its
capacity to mobilise people on important developmental issues.
You could become one of our valuable partners as an Implementing
Support Agency (ISA). Please get in touch with officer in charge of the Community Mobilisation Unit (e-mail:
wasmo@wasmo.org). |
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Agency specialising in the water and
sanitation sector
You represent a sector agency working either
at state, national or international level. We would like you to
become a member of our sector network. Please let us know about
your significant achievements and forthcoming events. If you
wish to be on our mailing list, please contact Dy. Coordinator, Documentation and Communication Unit (e-mail:
iec@wasmo.org). |
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None of the above
If you do not belong to any of the above
categories and still wish to be involved with our work in some
way or the other, please write to us with details about your
background and institutional affiliation. Please also mention in
a few words the specific talents that you possess and the
specific areas in which you would like to make a contribution.
Please contact Manager HRD & EST (e-mail:
hrd@wasmo.org). |
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