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An Engineer and His Team of Volunteers Transformed a Railway Station in Just...
A group of volunteers in Mumbai got together and undertook the beautification of Sion Railway Station. And the results are beautiful. According to Gaurang Damani, founder of Die Hard Indian, the...
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This 40-Year-Old Indo-Canadian Climbed Mt Kilimanjaro to Provide Indian...
Indo-Canadian Girish Agarwal scaled the heights of Mt Kilimanjaro to raise money to build clean toilets in Indian schools. To say that Girish Agarwal scaled mountains to raise money for sanitation of...
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MY VIEW: Two Brilliant Solutions For Addressing India’s Huge Sanitation Crisis
India’s sanitation crisis is immense and not easily solved. Over 600 million people in rural and urban areas defecate in the open. The nation cannot incessantly wait. Two recently developed solutions...
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How Coimbatore is Roping in Grandparents, Students and Corporates to Build...
Coimbatore City is on a construct-a-thon to build toilets through a unique crowdfunding initiative, Toilet First. In Tamil Nadu, it is a tradition to celebrate 80th birthdays like weddings. It is...
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This Former Engineer Is Introducing Rural India to Cost-Effective and...
Suriya Ansari, a former engineer, is helping improve the health and sanitation conditions of rural India with a simple, cost-effective toilet solution. Ever so often, life takes an unexpected turn. You...
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TBI Blogs: Taking Loans to Build Toilets For Their Kids Is an Expression of...
Microfinance is helping mothers in rural Tamil Nadu secure the health and safety of their children by financing the construction of toilets in their homes In India, more than 60% of the population does...
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Meet the Man Who Mortgaged His Goats and His Wife’s Jewellery to Build a...
According to UNICEF, around 595 million people in India, which is almost half of it’s population, practice open defecation. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, started in October 2014, aims to change all that....
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A Former Engineer Builds Toilets That Are Not Only Free to Use but Also...
According to recent estimates, around 100 million people in India do not have access to clean drinking water and more than 600 million do not have access to toilets and other sanitation facilities....
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Why Bezwada Wilson Will Not Rest till the Last Manual Scavenger Quits the...
A manual scavenger's son, Bezwada is fighting to eliminate this demeaning profession from its roots. He has organised rallies, filed PILs, approached policymakers, and says he will not rest till the...
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‘Saas-Bahu’ in 21st Century India: Andhra Woman Builds Toilet as Wedding Gift...
A woman from Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh has set an example for her community by gifting a toilet to her son's bride on the occasion of their marriage. Sk. Shamsun and her family members had to...
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When Her Father Refused to Build Her a Toilet, Panchayat Officials Gifted Her...
A 16-year-old girl, whose father refused to build a toilet for her and her mother, received a surprise gift from panchayat officials who built her a toilet in one day. Sunitha, of Kukkodu village near...
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Students Crowdfund Money to Build Toilet For Classmate Who Does Not Have One...
Four students living in the Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu crowdfunded money from their classmates to build a toilet for their friend who did not have this facility at home. Vaseegaran, Rahul,...
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TBI Blogs: Natural Tricks to Kick Those Deadly Insects out of Your Home
The monsoon season brings with it a variety of diseases, many of which are spread because of small but deadly insects. This guide will help you keep insects away from your home. India, especially...
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How Kerala is Getting Ready to Become an ‘Open Defecation Free’ State by...
As Kerala makes headway in becoming 'open defecation-free’, agents of change in the state assume a critical role in the mission. The Government of Kerala has declared the state will become 'open...
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The Inspiring Story of How Sikkim Became India’s Cleanest State
In Sikkim's Basilakha village, residents proudly escort visitors to their toilets, before posing happily for a photoshoot with a lavatory in the background. Basilakha is not an exception. In this small...
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IITians Build Low-Cost Machine to Produce Sanitary Napkins & Help Keep...
A report from 2011, claims that only 12 % of India’s 335 million women use sanitary napkins while menstruating because of lack of access to good quality and affordable menstrual care products . A major...
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Three Women Leaders Are Leading the Sanitation Revolution in Kanpur. Find out...
NGO Shramik Bharati is empowering women in the slums of Kanpur to become community leaders and lead the movement for a clean, open defecation free India. Kanpur, the largest city in Uttar Pradesh, is...
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5 Eco-friendly & Affordable Bio-Toilets That Can Bring On a Sanitation...
In India, nearly 600 million people lack access to adequate sanitation, increasing the risk of groundwater contamination. According to the World Bank, diseases like diarrhea kill approximately 800,000...
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IN PHOTOS: A Visit To Delhi’s Toilet Museum Will Leave You Both Informed &...
Sulabh International's Toilet Museum in Delhi offers a glimpse of the development of sanitation facilities across the world. Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International, set about trying to...
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#GiftAToilet and Help a Village Become Open Defecation Free In Just a Month!
Every morning, The Better India team spends a first few hours scouting for positive stories. We find many tales of humanity, some that moist our eyes for the courage displayed, that make us leap in joy...
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