A Model Village | Water | Sanitation | Livelihoods | Wellness | Community Led Transformation

• published: 30 Jan 2015
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A community at Silua Tek, near Jabalpur is a model village. Our program in collaboration with Gram Vikas, ECOSOFTT commenced in May 2013 and was completed in October 2014 with a Samarpan Samaroh. Each family has: 1). access to 24x7 water supply. 2).An over head water tank. A water meter for each home for which they pay a volume based fee. The revenues collected meets monthly expenses and grows their corpus to take care of their ongoing development. 3). A toilet and bathing room with water supply. It is the first community in India that has a wastewater recovery treatment system that eliminates the use of septic tanks and soak pits. A vibrant and successful livelihood and wellness program is run and managed by the community itself. Each participating family has an enhanced income of about INR 150-250 per day. The initial corpus has grown to over INR 50,000 within 18 months of the launch of the program. A big accomplishment for a marginalized and rural community of 40 homes. They are proud of their achievements. They are healthier, economically more productive and better off in every aspect of their lives. It is an open defecation free village. It manages its own solid waste. Does not pollute or contaminate the neighboring rivulet that meets the mighty and Holy Narmada river. The program was facilitated and managed by SAAMARTH Social Service Organization in collaboration with Gram Vikas, Odisha and ECOSOFTT Pte. Ltd. Singapore via its subsidiary Hindustan ECOSOFTT Pvt. Ltd - A Social Enterprise. Over 20 communities have signed up to embrace the program and its non-negotiable principles: 1. 100 % Inclusion (no one is left out) 2. 100% Engagement & Contribute (every family has to participate and there is no charity involved) 3. Gender Equality in Self Governance 4. Value based commitment and skill based training 5. Take charge of their own development. We are ready to scale up via our unique C4 approach involving 1. Campuses, 2. Corporates, 3. Channelizing Partners, 4. Our Customers. As a social enterprise, we channelize a large part of our profits to social impact activities such as community and nation building. www.ecosoftt.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/water.sanitation.livelihoods.wellness contactus@ecosoftt.org stanley.samuel@ecosoftt.org