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Boond Project: improving the quality of life of marginalized communities

This project’s aim is to improve the quality of life of marginalized communities in the districts of Gaya and Madhubani, in the state of Bihar, India, through community- and institution-led sustainable and equitable access to WASH services.
215,500
Targeted population
5 years
2019 to 2024
Districts of Gaya and Madhubani, Bihar, India
India
US$2,1M
Budget
Ongoing
Partners involved
One Drop thanks METRO AG and WaterAid Canada — as well as the project's executing partner, WaterAid India, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Public Health Engineering Department, Department of Rural Development and Jeevika — for making this life-changing project possible!
Our key strategies

The Gaya-Madhubani project includes piped water supply, water quality monitoring, Social Art for Behaviour Change activities, and active measures towards making services sustainable, by establishing entrepreneurial models. The project supports district and state administrations to promote community-managed models through training and capacity building. In addition, this project will support governmental stakeholders in assessing and improving water-quality labs. The goal of the Gaya and Madhubani project is to have an impact on critical WASH behaviours that contribute to poor health outcomes, particularly for children, adolescent girls, and women.

A·B·C for Sustainability

The proposed project will be implemented using our A•B•C for Sustainability model:

Access
- Increase access to safe, sustainable, inclusive and gender-sensitive water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in communities, including in schools, health centers and public places and build capacities of institutions to provide and manage them.

Behaviour Change
- Improve WASH behaviours such as handwashing with soap and safe handling of water, promoted and sustained through Social Art for Behaviour Change and by building capacity of Leaders of Change.

Capital
- Ensure access to WASH services through women-led market-based livelihood and entrepreneurial models.

COVID-19 RESPONSE
Repair of 34 community handpumps and standposts
Installation of six portable handwashing units in five local markets
Retrofitting of WASH facilities in five health care facilities
Distribution of 500 hygiene kits to frontline health care workers
Carrying out of hygiene messaging in project areas using local media and art forms.
Highlights
Constructed and delivered an accessible and flood-resilient community managed toilet in Madhubani,
benefitting 484 community members
A total of 732 people in 85 households across Madhubani and Gaya
were reached through the construction of community-level soak pits to pilot greywater management.

Artist Directory - Boond

PAMARIYA GROUP
MITHIRANG LOK TARANG
LOK KALA RANG GROUP
SIKKI KALA GROUP
PAINTING ARTISTS
SURANGAN PATNA (SOCIAL ART PARTNER)
SUBODH PASWAN GROUP
GAUTAM PASWAN GROUP
CHANCHAL KUMARI
NIKHIL SINHA
GAUTAMI KUMARI
BAIDNATH LAL
FOLK SONG GROUP
MAGIC GROUP
NEELU KUMARI
SWEETY KUMARI
ANU KUMARI
DEEPAK KUMAR
ROUSHAN KUMAR
RAMA SWAMI NAIKAR
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