Himachal Pradesh Voluntary Health Association presents the initiatives & achievements undertaken by them.

1. TSC in Himachal Pradesh
VIKRAM JEET
Programme officer
 Himachal Pradesh Voluntary Health Association
Shimla

2. About HPVHA
 Registered as non profit making society is
working since 1987
A state Chapter of Voluntary Health
Association of India (VHAI)
 A federation of 40 Voluntary Organizations
and 8000 self help groups engaged in
health and developmental activities.
 Member of more than 20 State & District
level Governing Committees Including
many State and District committees under
Sanitation.
 Working on health and development issues
in all districts

3. Initiatives by HPVHA
STD/HIV/AIDS prevention and care
Reproductive Child Health(RCH)
Child Rights, Education & Budgeting
Health Centers
Therapies for Disability
Community Led for Total Sanitation
Campaign
Advocacy for URCH
Anti tobacco campaign/Smoke Free
Himachal Campaign

4. State of Himachal Pradesh
ODF Re-verification
Number of GPs in HP 3243
Number of ODF GPs 3243
Number of GPs reverified 2651

6. Financial Report

7. HPVHA AS SUPPORT
ORGANISATION
Himachal Pradesh Voluntary Health Association working as a
Support Organization (SO) for implementation of IEC Activities
under Total Sanitation Campaign and signed the MOU with
concerned DRDA:-
District Bilaspur - June, 2006
District Hamirpur - July, 2008
District Solan - August 2008
District Una - October 2010
Partners of HPVHA are implementing in 4 other districts of the
State.

8. Key Principal /Elements of
State Strategy
 Demand Driven, Community Led Approach
 Decentralize Structure District to Ward
 Promotion of Open Defecation Free/ Nirmal Panchayats
 Generating demand through IEC, BCC and Social Marketing approaches
 Support from Political Leadership (Many Initiatives taken)
 Competition driven (MVSSP, MMPY, SSAS)
 Incentives for sustainable community-led sanitation
 Public honouring of Individuals who contributed towards the Campaign.
 NGO’s Involvement
 Training & exposure
 All Stakeholders involvement (PRIs, CBOs, SOs, Health Workers, AWW,
VHSC, Schools &Teachers /Students /Community Leaders etc.
 Strengthening the Supply chain of Sanitation Products
 Reporting on Monitoring framework at Block, District and State level,
Frequent review meeting on Video conferencing.

9. State Specific IEC Innovation

10. State Specific IEC Innovation
 Participatory Rural Appraisal Tools (P.R.A Tools) – Posters,
Banners, Cards etc.
 Use of Water Testing Kits.
 Media Advocacy (Press Conferences/Coverage success stories
etc.)
 NRHM- Funds utilized for IEC activities by VHSC.
 MGNREGA- IEC funds also available for joint IEC campaign.
 All the Anganwadi workers have been involved.
 Better sanitation facilities ensured in schools with the involvement
of SMC and Schools teachers.
 Hygiene education made a part of school education.

11. Involvement of Line Department
 Extensive involvement of field staff of various line departments in the
campaign at each level including monitoring and evaluation.
 Special trainings/ workshops organized for thrash out plans for
intersectoral convergence.
 Line Departments are widely involved in the sanitation Weeks.
 Nodal officers have been appointed by the major connected line
departments e.g. Education, Health, Welfare, IPH, and PWD
 In the new strategy for effectively meeting out the challenge of SLWM,
School sanitation, Anganwari sanitation and for Community Complexes
the role of the line Departments have increased manifolds.
 Community toilets and SLWM strategy to involve all the line
Departments.

12. Comparing HP with other States

13. Major Achievements as SO
Only One Development Block achieved the status
of Nirmal Block i.e. Development Block Ghumarwin
till date in Himachal Pradesh.
All the 693 Gram Panchayats attained the status of
ODF and 309 received the Nirmal Gram Puraskar and
also received more than 5 crore from award money.
Under MVSSP the panchayats also received more than
1 crore as award money till date and all the prizes up
to state level received.
Established Paper recycle plant in District Bilaspur
and managed by SHGS/MM group.

14. Honoring of Nirmal Gram Panchayats in
State Level NGP function at Mandi

15. Cleanliness is next to Godliness…..
Mahatma Gandhi