SPARC-NSDF – Mahila Milan Alliance: Lessons Learned from Building Successful Communal Toilets in India

Resource Library | Author Stephen Giddings | Date 2012

This national sanitation project underscores the success that community-driven programs can have when given the power and resources to succeed. With additional funding from the state government, alliances of community groups scaled up their projects and were able to address their sanitation problems faster, cheaper and more sustainably than traditional state-led projects.

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