Community Awareness Campaign

“Community Awareness Dialogue on Safe Drinking Water and

Sanitation
With Villagers of Jan Muhammad Khan
UC Jhoro Shar Taluka Daur
A community dialogue on safe drinking water and sanitation was held with
villagers of Jan Muhammad Khan in Union Council (UC) Jhoro Shar in order to
aware the local community on the importance of safer drinking water and
sanitation and its co-
relationship with
community health.
Sangat team first
invited the
community
members to share
their water related
facilities and
problems in their
villages and
adjoining areas.

The villagers said

they are confronting
with many socio-
economic and other
development issues but safe drinking water and sanitation are the main issues of
the village. They further do also confess that they have never given so
importance to the issues of safe drinking water and sanitation in their villages
and were even not so aware that their health problems are directly linked with
their proper and safe drinking water and sanitation in their villages.

They complained that deadly diseases such as hepatitis, cholera, malaria and
diarrhea are being rapidly spreading not only in their village but also there are a
lot of complaints from other poor communities of the villages of surrounding
areas and even over all union council Jhoro Shar of Taluka Daur District
Nawabshah. The villagers has a more complain regarding diarrheal diseases
frequently occurring in the village, which has badly affected especially the
vulnerable groups i.e children and women community of the village. Even living
in the 21st century, majority of people fetching water from the open ponds for
using in their food preparation and drinking purposes, which happened mostly

Sanitation and Drinking Water Campaign in Rural Villages of District Nawabshah

polluted and full of contamination. Using of unfiltered and contaminated water
has developed serious health problems in the community of the area.

While talking on the occasion, President of Sangat Development Foundation,

Nisar A. Brohi said health is wealth for every one being an individual,
community, or
nation, therefore,
developed nations
have given top
priority to the
health of their
communities or
nation. If a
community or
nation would not
be healthy, cannot
have a progress
and development
in any field of life.
Health is the first
and foremost
priority to have a
sustainable socio-economic development of any society.

However, it is great dilemma of our nation that even entered in the 21st century,
majority of our population drinking unsafe and contaminated water and also
living in unhygienic conditions, which has direly affected on their working skills
and capacities.

He further appealed to the community they should come forward for the
solution of their problems facing since many decades. Until and unless
community it self would not get involved themselves in the decision-making and
implementation process, the problems remain unsolved. So, community
involvement in any development process would not only pave the way for the
solution of the problems at grass rot level but also ensure their sustainability.

In the meeting the community was fully sensitized regarding their village level
problems and their possible solutions, especially formation of “Village Based
Health Committee” which would chalk out strategy to collectively make all
possible efforts in addressing the health related issues confronting by the
villagers and would also coordinate with local UC Nazim and EDO Health
District Nawabshah for early possible solution especially for the provision of safe
drink water to the villagers.

Sanitation and Drinking Water Campaign in Rural Villages of District Nawabshah

The sanitation and hygienic issues was also discussed with villagers and the
community was made aware to keep their houses and other residential
surrounding areas clean which is the only possible way to keep safe themselves
especially their children from deadly diseases and keeping death at bay. Because
unhygienic conditions are best sanctuaries for various germs and bacterias, if
transmitted in the human body, would a fatal attack on human being. So, it is
necessary to keep their environment and especially of house safe from all
unhygienic conditions.

He who teaches children learns more than they do

Sanitation and Drinking Water Campaign in Rural Villages of District Nawabshah