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One area where Yuvak Pratishthan has really concentrated is Apana Shauchalaya. This project is undertaken for the better sanitation to the people living in slums and hutments with BMC support. Yuvak Pratishthan is the trend setter in rehabilitation and development of slums.

Apana Shauchalaya (Feb 2001 to till date):

Target Group : Slum Population

Objective : To build the sanitation facilities with the help of slum population under the World Bank Project.

Strategies :
1.
 Motivating CBOs to involve.
2.
 Awareness through Group Meetings
3.
 Involvement of people by self contribution for maintenance of toilets.

Evaluation Method & Results:

Observation by BMC officials and probing of people shows that people come forward for any good projects and they are also ready to contribute for any governmental project where they will get benefitted.


Main Outcome :
All MPs from Mumbai stopped giving funds for Toilet Building and asked people to come under this scheme.
 
Individual Toilets

With improvement in the earning levels of individual slums dwellers especially in' Chawl' like dwellings there is urge for a sanitation system which is more hygienic, efficient and cost effective as well as catering to privacy of dwellers. No other option than 'Individual Toilets' can come closer to meets all these requirements. Though people have desire and small amount of money to construct individual toilets, they face hurdles due to infrastructure to be made available by the local body and permissions involved. There is enormous potential and demand for individual toilets which has remained untapped so far. Yuvak Pratishthan has been in the fore front in tapping this potential.

This Unique concept has received overwhelming response after initial demonstration project at Tulshet Pada and ongoing work at Chhatrapati Nagar at Asalpha.

Special Features of Individual Toilets:

Environment Friendliness.
Cost Effective.
Hygienic.
Efficient.
Caters to Privacy.
Better Ultimate Disposal.


Co-ordinator: Santosh Surve


Course In Slum Studies


With the technical support of All India Institute of Local Self Government, Yuvak Pratishthan has also initiated a course in Slum Studies which is organised by R.N.Ruia College, Matunga, Mumbai. First course in India which is exclusively in Slum Social Work.

Objectives And Scope Of Course:
Understand the nature and complexity of the problem.
Need of the day to segregate the systematic study of the slums.
Study of slum problems and the slum policies and their details

Future Expansion Of The Course

After necessary medications a full length graduate courses with proper affiliation will be introduced all over India, with the help of All India Local Self Government and other such educational bodies.

Workshops for Brief Orientation about Government schemes SJSRY & VAMBAY

Target Group : Elected Representatives GOs, NGOs, and CBOs, NSS Students.

Growth of slums :

Evolution of slum- squatters colony.
Issues and problems related to slums.
Socio-economic, Cultural & Psychological aspects of slums.
Slum as an individual identity.
Classification of slum colony-one unit of 1000 huts
Various services to slum settlements.
Basic services-water, sanitation and health & hygiene.
Voluntary/need based services-Balwadi, library, Gym etc.


Co-ordinator: Manoj Nikam