Jemamani with her new latrine

February 28th 2007
Today we set off to Bhadrak where we will stop for the night. We spend the day in a village where WaterAid has intervened, and now all 82 households have toilets and clean water. As we arrive the crowds chant "Well Come Well Come!" and we are all handed flowers and coconuts with straws. Welcoming speeches are made. The contrast to yesterday is vast. This village has been declared 'Open Defecatio ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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Sarah Hancox

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I am lucky enough to be representing Anglian Water on the supporters' trip to India for the charity WaterAid. I'll be going for 2 weeks (24 Feb to 9 Mar) to see for myself how the charity works to give clean water, sanitation and hygiene education to some of the world's poorest people. Come back to this blog site to read more about the places and people I visit, and see some pictures. In India, 2 out of 3 people do not have access to any sort of toilet. Across the world, 5000 children die every day from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea, caused by dirty water and lack of sanitat... full info

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