These women have worked tirelessly to make their respective communities Open Defecation (OD) Free. They have understood the much touted saying that Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
As part of their felicitation by FORCE under the “Swatch Delhi, Swasth Delhi” (Clean Delhi, Healthy Delhi) project funded by WaterAid, the women sang bhajans in the house of God and gave a new meaning to cleanliness and Godliness.
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE congratulated the women on their achievement and said, “God lives where cleanliness exists. We women must take this message all over the world.”
This is the last song sung by the women during the program. The song has been written and composed by the women themselves.
The song congratulates ( offers “badhai”) to the women who have worked to make their respective communities OD free. And through the song, women are also making a promise that they will construct toilets in their homes and encourage all to do the same.
Kudos for developing an effective communication format. It needs wider dissemination, even beyond the target audience set for the initiative.
I would be glad to share it in my circuit of schools going children across the State of Uttar Pradesh and through some of my friends dedicated to improve the quality of life of the communities & their surroundings especially in rural areas, and also in and around urban slums.
In case you have a media and/or communication kit, please do share a set. I am accessible through the e-mail given above. Please contact.
Wish you and your Project all the very best!
Regards
Aditya Vidyasagar
Dear Aditya,
Many thanks for your kind words and encouragement. I am glad you liked the effort.
I do agree with you that it needs wider dissemination and all help in making that possible is gratefully acknowledged.
We’ll shortly share with you more details about the same and I’ll have it sent to you on your email.
best regards
Sanjiv