Program Category: Sustainable Sanitation

Rising for Rights: Rising for Rights for Strengthening Civil Society Network in South Asia to Achieve SDG 6

ENPHO, as the secretariat for FANSA Nepal Chapter, is a lead executing agency of “Rising for Rights: Strengthening Civil Society Network in South Asia to Achieve SDG 6” project and is jointly implemented with two other FANSA member organizations: Lumanti-Support Group for Shelter and Federation of Drinking Water and Sanitation Users Nepal (FEDWASUN). The project aims to (i) advocate two local governments – Pokhara Metropolitan City and Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City for ensuring rights of marginalized and vulnerable population on Safely Management Sanitation Service (SMSS) through (i) effective policy actions; enhanced capacity of civil society organization, marginalized and vulnerable population, groups, and network for demanding their rights to SMSS; and (iii) strengthened FANSA Nepal Chapter as a vibrant network to raise the voices of deprived communities on WASH rights.

Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Scaling and Sanitation Innovation

The global trend of urbanization is rapidly increasing, and the case is the same in Nepal as well. Only 10.5 percent (MICS 2029) of the total population has access to sewered sanitation services while 66.02 percent (Census 2021) of the total population resides in urban areas. It shows the huge gap in proper sanitation services. Different approaches and techniques are being implemented to increase safe sanitation services but there is a capacity gap among key stakeholders to understand and implement effectively and collaboratively.

Pilot Implementation of FSM Standard in Nepal

Like in many developing countries, over 70 percent of the population in Nepal rely on Non Sewered Sanitation (NSS) services such as pit latrines and septic tanks (Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (2011), Government of Nepal). As the number of municipalities has now increased to 293 (2017) from 58 (2014) with many of the small and emerging towns also being classified as municipalities, the percentage of households connected to septic tanks has further increased.