Our Member Organisations

Gramalaya

"Gramalaya" was established in 1987 with a group of committed youths in the field of rural development. Gramalaya has got its legal entity by registering under the Indian Trust Act of 1882 with a registration No. 72/87 dated 11.06.87.

The ultimate goal of Gramalaya is to work for the amelioration of socially downtrodden people under the integrated rural development approach. Since, 1987, Gramalaya has been operating in Thottiam and Thathaiengarpet Block of Tiruchirappalli District with various development programmes.

Health and hygiene education, promotion of Self-help groups among rural and urban women, construction of low-cost house and latrines are the prime activities of Gramalaya.

Mission of Gramalaya is to encourage the oppressed people in the community especially women and children in getting justice, equality and participation in Education, Health, water and Sanitation activities.
To initiate actions towards upliftment of the economically and socially downtrodden through active participation in the income generation activities.
To ensure women's participation in decision making and implementation of community development works in co-ordination with their male counterparts leading to an overall improvement in health, social wellbeing and empowerment of the community.

For More Information : http://www.gramalaya.org/

World Toilet Organization

WTO is a non-profit organization, established in Singapore in 2001. The organization communicates the need for better toilet standards in both the developed and developing economies of the world and provides a service platform for all toilet associations, related organizations and committed individuals to facilitate an exchange of ideas, health and cultural issues.

Activities includes

• Research & development (i.e. Benchmark Toilet Research, in collaboration with the National University of Singapore)
• Conferences (i.e. World Toilet Summit, World Toilet Forum & Expo)
• Training academy (i.e. World Toilet College)
• World Toilet Day, 19 November of each year
• Emergency Disaster projects (i.e. tsunami affected areas of India / Sri Lanka etc)

Jack Sim, WTO founder, was given the Singapore Green Plan 2012 award for his efforts in helping the environment, by the Singapore's National Environment Agency.

For More Information: http://www.worldtoilet.org/hp/wto_hp.htm

Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)

The overall goal of the SuSanA is to contribute to the achievement of the MDGs by promoting sanitation systems which are taking into consideration all aspects of sustainability. The MDGs and the UN's "International Year of Sanitation 2008" are highly appreciated by the "Sustainable Sanitation Alliance" as they help push sanitation high up in the political agenda. The main focus of the work of the "Sustainable Sanitation Alliance" will be to promote the implementation of sustainable sanitation systems in large scale water and sanitation programmes, in line with the strategies proposed e.g. by WHO, UNDP-PEP, UNSGAB and UNESCO.

Specific objectives

• to collect and compile information, which will assist decision makers (including the civil society) to assess different sanitation systems and technologies with regard to the full range of sustainability criteria so that informed decisions can be taken;
• to demonstrate how sanitation systems, which produce soil conditioner, fertiliser, biogas, energy, and irrigation water, can contribute to reaching the MDGs beyond sanitation, and consequently present a change of paradigm from purely disposal oriented to more reuse oriented sanitation;
• to collect and present examples of "smart practice" in sanitation for the "International Year of Sanitation 2008" and beyond;
• to identify and describe the mechanisms to up-scale implementation of more sustainable sanitation systems including appropriate financing instruments for pro-poor sanitation provision;
• to develop global and regional visions of how sustainable approaches can contribute to reach the sanitation MDG and to promote them in the IYS 2008 and beyond.

For More Information: http://www.sustainable-sanitation-alliance.org