One of our local partner organizations in India, Gramalaya, wrote this story of an elderly couple in a rural Indian village where to them, a toilet was everything:
“Kandasamy, age 71, and Chinnammal, age 62, are an elderly couple living in a rural Indian village called Velayuthampalayam. Chinnammal had developed partial paralysis, and as a result, [...]
On average, 180 people are served PER DAY with water and sanitation improvements in India through ten programs currently being executed by Water.org’s partner organizations, and funded by PepsiCo Foundation.
SCOPE is one of these Water.org partner organizations at work. In one month:
• 67 water pipe connections were completed
• 15 Ecosan toilets were constructed
• 10 toilets [...]
