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Reap Benefit brings you thematic

playbooks to guide you in solving Local
Problems & become a Solve Ninja

These playbooks will be themed on

5 civic areas

Water Waste Sanitation

Energy Citizenship

Who is a Solve Ninja?

Any young citizen who can

use Local Data to create Local
Solutions to solve Local Problems

While solving problems a Solve NInja

will discover their potential and
identify as one of these personas

Hands on Hippo Action Ant

Build creative & Tackles problems
innovative hacks to combining actions of
tackle issues, small reporting, campaigning
and large and building solutions

Techno Tiger Curious Cat

Utilize technology to Discovering,
develop, prototype, investigating & asking
& install solutions the right questions

Campaign
Reporting Rhino Chameleon
Report, interpret and Mobilize and inspire
broadcast problems communities through
in local communities campaigns

Every young person has the potential

to become Solve Ninja and build
these skills to solve local problems

How can one be a Solve Ninja?

Unlocking
Creativity &
Leadership skills

Peer to Peer
Mentorship

Expert
Guidance

Learn to solve a problem using Reap

Benefit’s DISS frame work

Discover Investigate
and Identify a be curious,
local problem find details

Solve Share
by finding a your findings,
solution that experience
works and ideas
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Level up your Game

Raise the challenge for yourself

Each of the projects in this playbook

can be implemented at whichever
level you wish to.

Level 1: Use the project toolkit at

home. Impact: 5-6 People

Level 2: Take this project to your

neighborhood.Impact: 40-50
People

Level 3: Make this a community

effort. Impact: 100+ People
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Theme 3: Sanitation
This series will focus on resources
and methods to improve hygiene
and sanitation practices with an
eco-friendly approach

When the water source is polluted, the

ground water gets contaminated
affecting the neighborhood health in
long term
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Solve Ninja success story

The ‘Period Solution’ group of Solve
Ninjas from DPS North discovered
that about 6500 pads a month
were being disposed of incorrectly in
the school premises. This was
creating a problem for the cleaning
staff who had to deal with it
firsthand.

With the help of their

school principal, they
got incinerators
repaired and running
on every floor.

They also conducted a

campaign to create
awareness on
menstrual hygiene,
environmental impact
and de-stigmatising
menstruation

1700 Students and

Housekeeping staff

Out of which 400 are considering

switching to sustainable alternatives
like menstrual cups, cloth pads,
period panties and 114 have already
switched. They also distributed
sustainable menstrual products to
80 staff members.

This has not only helped them

create momentum around
sustainable sanitation practices but
also through their efforts, they have
collectively prevented 10,000 kg of
waste a year from being
generated.
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Project 3.1 : Difficulty Level: Easy

Sanitation Mapping
Sanitation is important to maintain
public health and wellness. It is
everybody’s right to have access to
clean water, hygiene in public toilets
and have a well working sewage
disposal system.

However, many of the public places

might not be well maintained in this
aspect - this could include schools,
public halls, hospitals, public toilets
and wash areas. This could make the
place what is called a sanitation
hotspot.

• Understand • Ideate and

the various implement
sanitation solutions for
related issues in some of these
your locality issues by either
reporting or
creating a
campaign
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Step 1: Discover
Task 1: Go around your
neighbourhood and identify
issues related to sanitation
that you observe.

Task 2: Look at places like

• Public toilets
• School/College and playground
facilities
• Hospitals
• Public places like a famous
sightseeing spot
• Any low income/underprivileged
group’s residential establishment

List down the sites you have

chosen to check whether it is a
sanitation hotspot.

1. Name of the
place you have
chosen

2. What kind of
an establishment
is this?

3. Name of the
road/lane

4. Landmark
near the road
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Step 2: Investigate
Activate your data skills

Action to take Links

Task 1. Have a detailed

investigation into the Click Here
sanitation checks that for example
can be performed in
the area.

Task 2. Add qualitative observations

to your investigation.
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Step 3: Solve
Step by Step solutions to
apply at home.

Act to solve by Reporting.

Report
Solution Links
You are ready to
report the issue of
sanitation
improvements to your
local authority.
You can either
1. Physically visit the Click Here
office for example
2. Carry out a phone
call

Make sure you have

all the data from
your discovery and
investigation handy!

2. The steps in this

are :
• Create a script for
yourself
• Take notes during
the call
• Share your
experience! Click Here
• Follow Up with your for example
representative
• Get more people to
follow suit.

Use this toolkit for

your conversation to
report the potholes
in your area!

Step by Step solutions to apply at

home.

Act to solve by Campaign.

Campaign
Solution Links

Spread the word!

Get more Solve
Ninjas to take this
step and help in
maintaining localities
hygienic and clean.

Good sanitation is a
basic human right
and your campaign
can go a long way.

1. Share this toolkit

with 10-15 friends
2. Share your
learnings o inspire
them to take this
action!
3. Make sure you
follow up with them
to ensure the data is
submitted on the
chatbot!

4. Record your actions with us on

this link, so that we can also share
your story with others.
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Step 4: Share
Share your success by
creating a poster, ppt, video
or reel don’t forget to tag us.

Link to Forum

Don’t forget to check out our other

solvebooks in water, waste, energy,
sanitation, and citizenship.
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Solve Ninja success story

Solve Ninja, Navneet
Kaur identified the
problem lack of a
drainage and sewage
system in her village
Chahal of Faridkot,
Punjab.

In order to understand
its effect on the water
sources in the village
since the waste matter
also seeps into the
ground water. She
conducted a TDS study
to measure the amount
of fecal matter and
other undissolved solids
in the water.

Based on this she moved the motion

for a better drainage and sanitation
system in the village making way for
the solution of building 7 cemented
tanks for fecal matter and pits for
waste water along with the
sarpanch!
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About Reap Benefit?

Vision
We aspire to work with children and
youth in the country and make every
young citizen, a local problem solver

Mission
Reap Benefit strives to be a platform
that inspires and nurtures children
and youth to build their civic muscles
by engaging in local, civic and
envoirnmental problem solving.

Impact

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