Title: End
1End Term Evaluation of Community Participation
Unit (CPU) under Aapni Yojna
- Submitted By
- Development Research Services Pvt. Ltd.
- New Delhi
2Introduction
3About the Project
- It is an integrated water supply, sanitation and
health education programme - Mission- Improve the overall standard of health
of the population - Objectives
- Reduction of wastage of water
- Contribution of the community towards cost
recovery - To create awareness and responsibility for the
consumption of water (through Water Health
Committees) - To implement the construction of low cost
sanitation facilities - To launch women development activities and
promote family welfare measures - To implement ad hoc measures to according to a
particular situation of the village
4Objectives of the present study
- To assess the effectiveness of the CPU and other
project partners in changing the lives of the
beneficiaries in terms of their attitude towards
health, living conditions, local level
participation and self-governance - To recommend, if any, improvement of the approach
to community mobilization - To assess the viability of the Aapni Yojna model
for future projects in Rajasthan and thereby make
proposals to the policy makers.
5Methodology
6Sampling
- 12 village level socio-economic indicators were
identified from census data - Scores were allotted to all villages on the basis
of indicators - The project and non-project villages were
arranged in ascending order and villages were
chosen through Circular Random Sampling - The non-project villages with similar scores as
the sampled project villages were selected in a
similar manner
7Sampling
Contd..
Project Villages Non-Project Villages Total
Churu 27 27 54
Hanumangarh 13 13 26
Total Villages 40 40 80
Respondents per village 35 35 35
Total Respondents 1400 1400 2800
8Tools for Data Collection
- Household Interviews
- Project villages
- Non-project villages
- In-Depth Interviews
- WHC members
- CPU staff
- Focused Group Discussions
- Community Members
- Women Group
- Asset Verification
9Respondent Profile
10Respondents Profile
- Approximately 89 respondents in project villages
and 88 respondents in non project villages
falls in the economically independent age group. - About one third of the total respondents in
project villages and 15 in the non-project ones
were women respondents. - About 98 of the respondents and in the
non-project villages about 93 of the respondents
are Hindus - Jat (OBCs) forms large proportion of population
in both project (42) and non project (43)
villages. The tribal population in the districts
is very low
11Respondents Profile
- Close to 90 of the responding households in both
project and control villages has family size of
less than 5. - One fifth of the respondents in both control and
project villages are BPL card holders. - 90 of the families in project villages earn less
than Rs.4000 per month. - Half of the respondents in project villages and
two fifth in non-project villages are
illiterates. - About 80 respondents in project villages and 75
in non-project villages are either cultivators or
agriculture labours. - Average cattle head in project villages is 3.3
where is it is 2.9 in control villages.
12Findings
13Asset Verification
14PSP and CWT
- A total of 274 PSPs were visited.
- About 84 of the PSPs had attendants.
- About 80 of the attendants were trained.
- 91 of the PSPs were found to be functional.
- As envisaged on an average 29 families depends on
one PSP. - 68 CWTs were visited.
- 82 of the CWTs were functional
- 80 of the CWTs had functional float valves
- 68 of the CWTs had functional gate valves
- 43 of the CWTs had attendants
- 28 of the CWTs were found to be clean.
- One CWTcaters to about 617 cattle heads as
against 400 envisaged
15Sanitary Units
- A total of 210 sanitary units were visited.
- All the units had latrines and bathrooms.
- 98 latrines and all the bathrooms were
functional - 98 of the latrines had soak pits of which 99
are functional - 99 of the families reported that bathrooms are
used by the whole family - 94 of the families reported that latrines are
used by the whole family - Civil work of all the units are in good
condition.
16Water Distribution
17Water Distribution(Preparation and Operation
stage)
- Little over 53 of the total community members
participated in the meetings. - Caste wise distribution shows, higher caste (59)
participated more as compared to Jats (56), SCs
and other OBCs (47) and STs (33). - Over two fifth participated in social mapping
exercise and little over one fifth received
community level training. - Over four fifth participated in census survey,
selection of WHC members and contributed
voluntary labour. - Over 90 pay regularly towards user charges and
contribute towards repair and maintenance.
18Water Distribution (Shift in water usage)
- The usage of Kunds is still popular in project
villages. - The prominent change in the usage pattern has
been the shift from hand pumps, individual wells
and Johads or ponds to AY installed PSPs. - 97 of the respondents use AY installed PSP for
all purposes. - 30 of respondents use Kund water specifically
for drinking purposes. - Usage of CWT is a major shift.
- Substantial section of community believes that
the kund water is healthier than the water of
Aapni Yojna - There is some discontent about the taste and
quality of the water of the Aapni Yojna.
19Water Distribution (Dependency and Sufficiency)
- 49 of respondents in control villages uses Kund
water specifically for drinking purposes. - On which source you depend the most?
- In project villages 95 of the total respondent
households depend on AY installed PSP and CWT. - In control villages, more than 90 depend on hand
pumps and wells. - Water from which source is sufficient for entire
year? - In project villages, more than 88 reported that
PSP and CWT water. - In control villages, more than 94 said hand pump
and 88 said well.
20Water Distribution(Water Quality)
- Perceived quality of water
- In project villages over 90 of users of PSP said
water is colour less, 85 said taste is good and
about 90 said it is odourless. - Substantial percentage still uses kund water and
Kunds are considered better than that of the PSPs
at least in terms of the taste and the smell of
the water. - This can be attributed to the fact that the water
from the Aapni Yojna is chlorinated and treated
with camphor to reduce the chances of any
contamination in it. - However, the taste and the smell of this treated
water were disliked by the community - However, in comparison to the PSPs of the PHED,
the community favours the quality of the AY
installed PSP in terms colour, taste as well as
smell.
21Water Distribution(availability, charges
positive impacts)
- It takes less time to repair the PSP/CWT in
project villages, as compared to control
villages. - Average monthly charge towards usage of water for
a family and cattle head is Rs.25. - Convenience(64) and 24X7 water supply (58) has
been cited as major advantage of AY. - In control villages also convenience (49) and
24X7 water supply (42) has been cited as major
advantage of AY - In project villages, 45 and 41 respondents feel
that there has been a decrease in water borne
diseases and skin infection respectively. - The average time for water collection has come
down to 10 minutes per family per day as compared
to 48 minutes per family per day in pre-project
scenario.
22Sanitation
23Sanitation
- About 58 of the families have permanent sanitary
units - Of these about 80 have a complete set i.e.,
bathroom and toilet. - About 65 of the households received some kind of
assistance towards construction of toilets. - Over one third of the households received partial
material - Little over one fourth households received all
material. - 79 of the respondents cited convenience as the
most important reason for building sanitary units
24Sanitation (Awareness)
- About 35 of respondents reportedly dispose off
baby faeces in toilets as against 18 in control
villages. - About 22 respondents in project villages wash
their hands with soap after defecation as against
14 in control villages - However washing hand with sand is still prevalent
in project villages (57 of the total
respondents). - About 94 of the respondents reported financial
problems for not having toilets at home in
control villages.
25Women Empowerment
26Women Empowerment (Awareness)
- More than two fifth of the total women members
were aware of sensitization programme of AY - More than four fifth has better say in household
matters now - Over two fifth contributes towards family income
- Over 70 are able to save time for other
activities - However, only 3 are member of WHC and just 9
are involved in group based economic activities.
Only 11 of the total women population
participated in social mapping.
27Women Empowerment (Participation)
- More number of women members from SC category
have turned out to be leaders than from the
higher caste - The maximum participation for social mapping has
been from OBC women members. - In planning stage, participation of women members
was found to be high in water distribution
management - In Implementation and monitoring stage,
participation was more in fault reporting - Very low percentage of women members participated
in construction of sanitary units.
28Knowledge, Attitude and Practices
29Knowledge, Attitude Practices
- Containers of drinking water are kept closed in
both project as well as control villages by over
97 of the respondents. - Over 20 respondents from project villages pour
water from container for drinking as compared to
just 12 from control villages. - About 5 respondents from project villages wash
their hands with soap before cooking as compared
to just 1 in control villages. - Washing hands before eating is common practice in
both project as well as non-project villages.
30Knowledge, Attitude Practices
- Over one fifth of the project villages
respondents clip their nails twice a week as
compared to 14 respondents of control villages. - However, 12 project villages respondents have no
fixed frequency as against 6 of control
villages. - Over 70 people in the project villages take bath
everyday as compared to about 40 in the
non-project villages
31Perception in Town
32Perceptions in Towns
- The programme faced initial hiccups in urban
areas during implementation. - Population was not adequately covered during
social mapping exercise in the town. - No census survey was carried out.
- The elite of the town selected the sites for the
installation of PSPs under the project. - Discontent among people regarding duration and
quality of water supply.
33Health Impacts
34Health Impact
Health Impact in Non- Project Villages
Health Impact in Project Villages
35Village Level Institutions
36Village Level Institutions(Case Study 1)
- In village Ladam, district Hanumangarh, Mr.
Vikram Singh refused to pay the water bills. When
approached by the villagers, he said he would pay
whenever he feels like doing so. WHC members
approached court. District court summoned Mr.
Singh and asked to pay up or else face an
imprisonment of three and a half months. He
immediately paid up and has been paying his water
bills regularly since then. This action had its
effect on other defaulters too and the WHC did
not have to face any such problem as of now.
37Village Level Institutions(Case Study II)
- In village Ojariya of Churu district, during
summers a relative of one of the villagers, Mr.
Mahendra (S/o Nirana Ram), who belonged to the
Jat community, had visited the village with his
herd of 400 sheep. According to the rules of the
WHC, if the number of cattle is too large then
the WHC used to charge at the rate of Rs.25 per
100 cattle heads. Mr. Mahendra and the visitor
refused to pay up. The villagers reported to the
police and police forced the relative of Mr.
Mahendra to pay the money but Mr. Mahendra got
agitated and one night he deliberately kept the
tap of a nearby PSP open resulting in waste of
water. Another report was filed against Mahendra
and he had to pay a fine of Rs.551. Since then
there is no problem in the village.
38Village Level Institutions (Lessons Learnt)
- WHCs at village level and Pani Panchayat at the
cluster level requires enough legal support to
achieve their goals. - Success of the village level institutions depends
on necessary support from block/district
officials - Community should be empowered enough to cater to
any malfunctioning of the institutions itself - Feeling of ownership is important among the
community to sustain the programme.
39Sustainability
40Sustainability
- Project can be termed as sustainable because
- Gram sabhas being held in large number of
villages - Census in over 80 of the villages
- Large number of contribution towards voluntary
labour and regular payments for repair and
maintenance - Large number of functional assets
- High dependence on PSPs installed by project
- Close to 90 feel water supplied through project
installed PSPs is sufficient
41Sustainability
- Regular payment by the beneficiaries towards use
of water - Enhanced knowledge, positive attitude and
improved practices towards health and hygiene - Enhanced household income primarily because of
contribution of women - Strong village level institutions along with
empowered community - The feeling of ownership among the community
makes the project socially sustainable. - Sustainability of programme in urban areas
however, is doubtful.
42Conclusions
43Conclusions
- Foundation of first pillar of the programme
community participation has been strongly laid.
Community was taken into confidence before that
launch of project. - A programme can be sustainable only if there is
sense of ownership among the community towards
the assets created. Large number of trained
attendants and functional assets indicates
towards this aspect of the programme - The programme is not only providing safe
drinking water to parched villages, adequacy of
the programme can be judged from the fact that
every PSP caters to about 150 persons which is
exactly what was envisaged - However, dependency on cattle water trough is
serving more than the envisaged number of cattle
44Conclusions
- The basic advantages of the programme, as felt by
the community, is 24X7 water supply and the
availability of consumable water in close
proximity to the house which saves time as well. - The water collection time has come down to 9
minutes per day from 48 minutes per day - Large number of functional assets speaks about
technical success of the project - Hygiene as one of the pillar of the programme has
brought positive impact on health as 97 of the
families feel that there has been a positive
impact on the health due to the intervention. - Given the socio-cultural fabric of the state,
programme has achieved its objective of women
empowerment.
45Thank You