बिश्व चर्पी दिवस 2019

अन्तराष्ट्रिय जगतमा आज बिशेष दिन...बिश्व चर्पी दिवस। नेपाल राष्ट्र खुला दिसा (दिशा हैन है) मुक्तसगै चर्पीको समस्याबाट नेपाल धेरै हदसम्म मुक्त छ। तैपनि, चर्पीको सुरक्षित प्रयोग र सुरक्षित चर्पीको (Safely managed) सवाल अझै टट्कारो देखिन्छ।

अझ, यदि तपाई सार्बजनिक क्षेत्रमा हुनुहुन्छ र चर्पी जानुपर्यो भने त शार्वजनिक शौचालयको अवस्था पनि बुझ्ने मौका पाउनुहोला। तपाई हामीलाई यस्तो छ, अब सोच्नुस बिशेस आवश्यकता भाको समूहहरूलाई कस्तो अप्ठेरो होला?

तसर्थ, केही पनि बन्चित हुन नपरोस (Leave No One Behind) भन्ने कामना सहित बिश्व चर्पी दिवसको शुभेक्षा।

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

Responding Earthquake...Experience sharing by Phurba

(Questions/Answers – by Phurba who is the live witness of Nepal Earthquake-2015 and WASH Relief/Response immediate after upto Recovery Phase (upto Jan. 2016 (Now)))

1. Where were you during the two major earthquakes of April and May?

During the first earthquake, I was in home at Kathmandu, 2nd floor. I had just completed my meal and started to take some rest on bed. During the second quake, I was at Chautara (duty station), Headquarter of Sindhupalchowk for my regular WASH response/relief works, was on the road.

2. What was your first response after the quake?

As earthquake happened, immediately I called to my office supervisor and let him knew that I am safe and with my family, then, sheltered to the safe open land for couple of days. On the third day of earthquake (i.e. on April 27, 2015), I got informed from my senior colleagues that National WASH Cluster meeting is going to happen at Singha Durbar premises (Strategic location of Nepal Government). So, I joined that meeting and shared some remarks regarding the current status of the district based on my communication with the district level colleagues. On the next day, I moved to Chautara (duty Station) with taking responsibility to coordinate/facilitate the WASH relief/responses. Immediate after reaching to Chautara, I met with the Government authority for WASH

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Earthquake damaged the physical toilet, not toilet in mind

Satta Bahadur Dungaana, aged 55 from Sipapokhare VDC-6 built his latrine with his own effort on the new temporary shelter. His house along with toilet destroyed completely by the earthquake and become homeless for some time. But he encouraged himself to built the temporary shelter nearby his previous house. And, along with the temporary shelter he also built the latrine nearby his present shelter. 

He used his old pan, pipes, U-pipe, CGI sheet, woods and laboured himself and completed on building the latrine. To support him to construct the latrine, some sanitation volunteers from Kathmandu and local communities supported him to complete the building. Now, he is happy and healthy and also encouraged others’ to re-built or, revive the latrines in his communities. 

Written by: Phurba Sange Moktan, June 11, 2015

TOILETS REVIVAL IN PROCESS IN SINDHUPALCHOWK

“Now I have realized that we can use our toilets with maintenance. We saw it damaged but pans and pits were very fine when we cleared the toilets.” These kinds of statements now have arising by many communities. Marking National Sanitation Week-2072 (June 5-11, 2015), toilets revival Campaigns has started in two VDCs (Irkhu and Sipapokhare) with the 30 Sanitation Volunteers’ team from UN-Habitat (local and from Kathmandu). During the campaign, more than 100 toilets were revived in a week with simple maintenance/renovation and spread message to more than 800 HHs that toilet revival is the possible and is also the best way to promote sanitation and stop open defecation.

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Sindhupalchowk towards District ODF

Written by: Phurba Sange Moktan

DWASHCC decided the date to declare District ODF in Sindhupalchwok during the DWASHCC Meeting/Workshop held on Sept. 11, 2014. The date decided is March 14, 2014 (Phalgun 30, 2071 BS). Representatives from Political parties, Chief District Officer, Local Development Officer, Divisional Engineer-WSSDO, District Education Officer, District Health Officer, Journalists, Facilitating NGOs/ UN-Habitat, CBOs, etc jointly signed the declaration and finalized the date to declare district ODF. “This is our shared responsibility and we should work together to achieve it on the assigned date,” LDO/DWASHCC-Chair said, “This is district’s target. So, all the district stakeholders and each individual should support the campaign.”

 

During the workshop, all the stakeholders participated actively during the entire sessions and worked out to explore challenges and ways to overcome the challenges. Direct wash-out of the sewerage to the river in most of the houses of the Araniko highway riverside, no access of public toilets, still the subsidy mindset of some VDCs etc. have found as the major challenges to overcome. The workshop decided to systematic plans to overcome such challenges on time.

Followed by the workshop, VDC secretaries from all the ODF remained VDCs interacted and worked out together to declare the final date for VDCs declaration and action plans to achieve it respectively. Similarly, Journalists have also showed their commitment/support towards district ODF. VDC level activities have been going on rapidly in all 27 ODF remained VDCs of Sindhupalchowk with the constant follow-up/ facilitation by GSF/UN-Habitat and other NGO line agencies. Till date 52 VDCs of the Sindhupalchowk have declared ODF with remaining just around 4000 latrines to be constructed/ used. And the number is decreasing day by day.

Hat's off to Shit President: Moti Krishna

Written by: Phurba Sange Moktan

He looks elderly by appearance, but the energy he posses is not less than that of youths. With age, he has crossed more than 5 decades, but he can overtake anyone on foot. At the time people refuse to talk about shit in the village, he became shit president and he is Mr. Moti Krishna Shrestha from Thampaldhap VDC, Sindhupalchowk. He feels pleasure to the chosen one.

About a year ago, VWASHCC has been formulated in the VDC with the facilitation of the local NGO, entitled, CDECF (GSF/UN-Habitat parter) and the campaign has been initiated in the VDC. Unlikely other local leaders, he found the issue “Open Defecation” as prime concern for the village development and key to make the village clean and healhy. “Nobody wanted to take the lead for the ODF Campaign in the village. Then, I realized if we really expect change then we should take lead. And I took the lead in Thampaldhap as Shit President to clean all the open defecation habits and mindsets of the locals.” He said. 

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Success Tale - "No land, No problem for Toilet"

Written by: Phurba Sange Moktan

Ms. Balkumari Sundas, resident of Damai Tole, Ward-4, Thulopakhar Village Development Committee (VDC) of Sindhupalchowk District, Nepal has not got any problem to build toilet at her home, despite the lack of own land.

She has got triggered to defecate on latrine at her home after the formation of VDC Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (VWASHCC) 9 months ago. However, the problem arose to her as she didn’t own any land nearby her home. Then, she got in dilemma. But with the constructive facilitation from VWASHCC/VDC chair in the village, her brother-in-low agreed to provide her family a piece of land to build toilet. “We used to defecate in open. To avoid shame, we used to hide on bushes. Sometimes people have seen us having defecation. Those moments were really shameful moments,” She further added, “Now we don’t need to feel that. Even environment has become clean and flies have reduced much.”

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चुनावमा भोट हालियो, अब "गु" लाई पनि चर्पिमा हाले कसो होला?

लेख: फुर्बा सांगे मोक्तान 

बिगत केही हप्तादेखी नेपालमा एक किसिमको उल्लास एबम उत्सबको माहोल सिर्जना भएको छ। कारण हामी सबैलाई थाहा छ, दोस्रो संबिधानसभाको चुनाव-२०७०।

एक नेपाली नागरिकको हैसियतले नियाल्दा यस चुनावको आफ्नै राजनैतिक, सामाजिक तथा आर्थिक महत्व मैले पाएको छु, देश को अग्रगामी निकासको लागि। त्यसैले, मैले पनि यस चुनावमा भोट हाले। आशा छ तपाईंहरुले पनि आफ्नो अमुल्य भोट दिनुभयो होला। हामी सबैले हाम्रो भोटबाट दिगो शान्ती एबम बिकासको पारीकल्पना गरेका छौ होला तर एकै छिन बिचार  गरौ त हजुरहरु, यदी अझै पनि प्रत्येक ३ मध्ये १ जना ब्यक्ती आधारभुत सरसफाइको पहुचबाट बन्चीत हुन बाध्य छन भने दिगो शान्ती र बिकास कसरी आउन सक्दछ?, जसको कारण ठुलो बिकासे परीयोजना वा सरकारी मोटो योजनाको कमी हुँदै होइन। म यो कुर प्रष्ट पार्न चाहन्छु। बरु साधारण तर महत्वपूर्ण आत्मज्ञानको कमी हो। नैतीकता, प्रतिस्ठा अनि स्वास्थ्यको महत्वलाई आम जनतामाझ उजागर गर्न नसकिएर हो।   प्रत्येक १ रुपैया लगानी गर्दा रु ९ बराबरको प्रतिफल प्राप्त गर्न सकिन्छ भन्ने ज्ञानको कमिको कारणले गर्दा हो।

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हिजो त राती के देखे सपना...

लेख: फुर्बा साङ्गे मोक्तान

"हिजो त राती के देखे सपना, मै मरी गएको......."
 
उल्लेखित हरफ नेपालका लेखकिय क्षेत्रका प्रख्यत हस्ती राष्ट्रकवि माधव प्रसाद घिमिरे ज्युबाट लिखित हृदयस्पर्सी गीतको टुक्रा हो। मैले पनि हिजो राती सपना देखे तर म सपनामा मरेको थियिन। बरु खुशीले गद्गद हुँदै पो थिए। सोध्नुहोला किन?

हिजो राती सपनामा मैले नेपालका प्रख्यात राजनैतिक पार्टिहरुले नेपाललाई खुल्ला दिशा मुक्त बनाउन पूर्व मेची देखी पश्चिम महाकालीसम्म बाटइभरी पोस्टर टालेका थिए (अहिलेको चुनाबी अभियान जस्तै गरेर)। नेपाललाई बिकास गर्ने पहिले आधार स्तम्भ मानिएको सरसफाइमा पहुच साच्चै आवश्यक रहेको कुरा ति सबै राजनैतीक दलहरुले महसुस गरेर ब्यानर, तुल र पर्चा पनि ठाउँ नै पिच्छे बाड्दै थिए। माइकिङ पनि "सभ्य नेपाल निर्माण गरौ, खुल्ल दिशा बन्द गरौ" भन्दै अघी बढीरहेको थियो। अनी म दंग पर्दै नियाल्दै थिए त्यो द्रिश्य बिहानको अलार्म घडीले मेरो निन्द्रा अकस्मात् भंग गरिदियो। बजिया अलार्म भन्दै उठे। कती मिठो सपना देखिरहेथे, बिउँझीनुपर्यो। कती मिठो नेपालको कल्पना थियो, तोडीनुपर्यो। 

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ODF Movement in Sindhupalchowk and GSF Program: Through My Sight

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

- Sankar Tamang, aged 36, Sipapokhare-4 stopped to defecate in open and built the safe and low cost toilet and also labored to his mother’s and others in the village to construct latrines.

- Man Bahadur Pahari, aged 74, Thokarpa-3 convinced his community people for not defecating in open. This selfless efforts finally counted by declaring the VDC as ODF.

- Majhi baje, aged 99, Pangretar VDC now feels comfortable to defecate in toilet. It has become one of his daily rituals as well.

The glimpses given up are some hidden stories behind the success so far in Sindhupalchwok district. Sindhupalchowk is the district which is connected with Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, and just 80 Km away to Chautara, district headquarter, more than half population used to defecate in open just one year ago. Data from WSSDO-Sindhupalchowk says, 61.35 % of the population from Sindhupalchowk didn’t have toilet access in their houses by July, 2012 with the strong discrepancy with water supply coverage, i.e. 84.43 %. (Source: District Sanitation Strategy Plan-2013, Sindhupalchowk). After DWASHCC formed on June 2012 and GSF started to work from July 2013, the data on sanitation started to change in Sindhupalchowk. Number of coverage has reached above then 60 % in a whole in district database exceeding more than 90 % coverage in improved sanitation in first phase of 37 VDCs. The rough data says after the intervention of GSF Program in Sindhupalchwok, more than 11000 toilets have been constructed upto June end, 2013 in 37 VDCs directly. The indirect outcomes are yet to count in the district.

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Success Tale-"Nisha Sundas is now healthy and happy"

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

During the busy time of Monsoon, Nisha Sundas, aged 30, inhabitant of Thulopakhar VDC and her family was busy to build the toilet nearby of her house. “Some triggerers came to my house and showed me how we are having our and neighbours’ faeces,” She said with shyness in her face, “Which convinced me and my family to build latrine.” If it is seen in deep, it was not very easy to build the latrine to the lady like her with two children to feed by herself and fractured leg since three months, not able to bear the treatment cost. According to her, her husband is laboring in Kathmandu but not supporting the family.

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स्वच्छतामा फर्मुला र यसको उपादेयता

By: Phurba Sange Moktan
आजको दुनियाँ फर्मुलाको दुनियाँ भएको छ। यसो गर्यो फर्मुला बन्यो, उसो गर्यो फर्मुला नै बनायो। त्यसपछी बनाउने भन्दा प्रयोगकर्ताहरुलाई फर्मुलाको चिन्ता। एकताका तालिमको दौरनमा चाइनिज विस्पर (Chinese Wisper) भन्ने खेल खेल्ने क्रममा "रामको गाउ साह्रै सुन्दर छ, रामले १० वटा गाई पालेको छ, राम खुशी छ।" भन्ने वाक्य कानेखुसी गर्न लगाउदा अन्तमा "राम चोर हो" भन्ने वाक्य निस्केको थियो। जुन प्रायजसो फर्मुलाहरुको प्रयोगकर्ताहरुमाझ निस्कने परिणाम हो। यस्तै फर्मुलाहरुको शिकार हात धुने बानी (स्वच्छता)को अभ्यास पनि अछुतो रहन सकेको छैन। 

हामी बिकासका साझेदारहरु (म पनि एक हुँ) आफुलाई खुबै जान्ने भन्ठान्छौ र कुनै पनि कुरा आफ्नो तरिकाबाट समुदायमा छर्न चाहन्छौ। अनि के भु हुन्थ्यो र परिवर्तन? हामी हात भिजाउनेबाट हात धुनेतिर किन र कसरी जाने भन्ने कुराको आभास नगराइकननै 6×6 बिधीबाट हात धुन-धुवाउन तम्सिहाल्छौ। अनि उक्त बिधिलाई गीताको गायात्री मन्त्र बनाइदिईहाल्छौ। 

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गु गजल

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

गु बहार हो उपकार हो, जीवजातीको कारीगर हो।  
गु नै श्वास्थ्य, प्रतिस्ठा अनी मोक्ष प्राप्तिको आधार हो।

जाने गु मोहर हो, नजाने गु फोहर हो। 
प्रयोगमा आए रोपनी आना धुर हो, खेर गयो झुर भो।

चिन्तन, मनन, छलफल गरौ अपार। 
बुझौ गु मा शक्ती छ, गु को महिमा अपरम्पार। 

जय गुदेव!!!   :)

बजार सरसफाइ कार्यक्रम र मेरो बुझाई

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

गणतन्त्र दिबसको अवसरमा हिजो चौतरा बजार सरसफाइमय भयो। सरसफाइ कार्यक्रम बिभिन्न सरोकारवाला निकायहरुको सहकार्यमा गज्जबसग सम्पन्न गरियो। सम्पूर्णलाई बधाई!!!

यसैबिच फोहोरको थुप्रो नियल्दा मुख्यगरी गुठ्खाको खोलहरु, चक्लेटका बोक्राहरु र प्रयोग भईसकेका रिचार्ज कार्डका टुक्राहरु फेला परे, यसबाट मेरा मनमा केही जिज्ञासाहरु पलाएर आए।


पहिलो, निकट भबिष्यमा यस ठाउका मनिसहरुमा मुख र फोक्सोको अल्सर/क्यान्सरको ठुलो चुनौती आईपर्नेछ। 

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GSF Learning Event sets landmark for scaling up sanitation movement in Nepal

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) Learning Event ended with the commitment for scaling up the sanitation movement in GSF implementing districts even more rapid and sustainable way, held on February 21 and 22, 2013 at CHRDU Hall, Nagarkot, Nepal. 

With the quote from Winston Churchill, “The most importing thing in the education is appetite”, Mr. Bhushan Tuladhar, UN-Habitat opened the floor for GSF Learning Event. GSF Perspectives from various stakeholders were shared and made more clarity on GSF understanding from various aspects such as NSHCC, WSSCC, CPM and EA. “GSF program has tried to make clear targets and aimed to be result based,” Said, Mr. Oliver Jones, WSSCC, “It has focused more on behavior change, changing the mindsets.” 

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Perspectives on WASH convergence with Nutrition and Health

By: Mr. Phurba Sange Moktan

Nepal faced a tragedy of diarrhea outbreak across the 25 Mid- and Far-Western districts in 2009 resulting to 59,000 cases and almost 400 related deaths within few months. The situation in the affected districts still remains critical, which are reporting more than 450/1000 diarrheal incidence in each year (Source: HMIS-2010/11).  

Even these days, the affected children in these districts are facing high risks of morbidity that are being associated with acute malnutrition.  Acute malnutrition among under-five children in Nepal is a silent emergency.  Wasting, a measure of acute malnutrition has remained practically unchanged over the last decades. According to NDHS-2001, 2006 and 2011, the wasting was estimated at 11 %, 13 % and 11 % respectively.

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युवाहरु लाइ खुल्ला पत्र

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

नेपाललाई खुल्ला दिशा मुक्त पार्न सैयोउ समाजसेबी लागिपरेका छन, हजारोउ बालबालिकाहरु लागि परेका छन, लाखौं त जनसमुदायहरु नै लगिपरेका छन। कैयोउ अपाङ्गता भएका ब्यक्तीहरुले खुलेर चर्पिको लागि आवाज उठाइरहेका छन। अहिले ब्रिद्ध ब्रिद्धा हरु पनि यो आव

ाजमा सामेल भये। उनिहरु सबैलाई मेरो सादर क्रितग्यता/

तैपनी,

तैपनी,

तैपनी,

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युवाहरुबाट सरसफाइका लागि भैली सम्पन्न

फुर्बा सांगे मोक्तान/ २९ कार्तिक, २०११

भैलो आफैमा एउटा उत्साहजनक शब्द हो, जसमा सान्स्कृतिक एबम मनोरन्जनात्मक तादाम्यता रहदै आएको छ। प्रत्येक बर्ष दिपावलिको पावन अवसरमा खेलिदै आएको भैलो कार्यक्रम यसपटक "पस्चिम पाइला" को युवा साथीहरुमाझ पनि बिशेष शैलीमा प्रस्तुत भयो । सान्स्कृतिक, मनोरन्जनात्मक उध्येश्यका साथसाथै सामाजिक उध्येश्यका साथ खेलिएको भैलो कार्यक्रम यो बर्ष बिभिन्न सामाजिक संघसंस्थाहरु लक्षित गर्दै करीब ३० जना युवाहरुको जमातले लक्ष्मीपुजाको अघिल्लो २ दिन, कार्तिक ७ र ८ गतेलाई उल्लसपूर्ण ढंगले मनाएका थिए।

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Youth issues on disaster risk reduction at national symposium

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

Youths shared ideas, opinions and experiences on the issues of youths on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at National symposium held on Kathmandu. 

As a part of International Disaster Risk Reduction Day-11 (IDRR-11), national symposium entitled, “Importance of participation of Youths and Children in DRR in Nepal” was conducted at Kathmandu on October 13 with the joint effort of various youth organizations and other stakeholders where “paschim paaila” was one of them. The symposium basically focused on the issues of Youths and children and their role on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) which is definitely an issue for consideration.

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