Completed Projects

The objective of this program was to fill the necessary gaps in the educational infrastructure of the schools, promote digital education among all the students & teachers and to promote sanitation & hygiene and its importance among all the students, teachers, parents & various stakeholders. This program was implemented in over 5 schools in the Mumbai city.

Avasara Academy is a girls’ school providing schooling to the girls from underprivileged families. The school is being designed by a visionary architect Samuel Barclay of Case Design. ESF is involved in providing a decentralised treatment system to the residential school.

Conduction of rapid assessment and gap analysis to assist in the formation of city sanitation force task in Newasa and Shevgaon. This includes awareness generation and capacity building of the communities and schools on water and sanitation, implementation/construction of toilets blocks. The proposed toilets to be constructed in both the cities are around 4000 in number. The program envisions itself towards being a key contributing factor in completion of Open Defecation Free (ODF) 2018 goals under Swachh Maharashtra Abhiyan (SMA-Urban).

Carrying out surveys and preparing a sanitation action plan with the school management committee. The project involves a hardware component, including restoration/construction of toilets and a software component, where the school officials and students are trained about proper utilization of the sanitation system

To support the community to achieve an ODF status by not only providing the toilets but also trainings them to use, operate and maintain the provided sanitation facilities. The program included construction of individual household toilets as well as ESF’s school sanitation service, in villages and schools surrounding MIDC.

This project included carrying out school surveys and preparing a school sanitation action plan with the school management committee for a zilla parishad school in Sanaswadi, Pune. The project involves a hardware component, including restoration/construction of toilets and a software component, where the school officials and students are trained about proper utilization of the sanitation system

This project included carrying out school surveys and preparing a school sanitation action plan with the school management committee. The project involves a hardware component, including restoration/construction of toilets and a software component, where the school officials and students are trained about proper utilization of the sanitation system

To collect the data, analyse and prepare a eco village development plans four villages from the cities of Pune and Nashik. These plans are envisioned to be stepping stones for the villages to develop their infrastructure in the coming years.

Implementation of Urine diversion dehydration toilet (UDDT) for the houses in the Rawdewadi hamlet in Pune district

Research and Innovation as well as implementation of pilot and full scale natural waste water treatment systems at select locations

Construction of an ecological sanitation facility attached to a community center in the Kapila village in Zambia. The project was implemented together with Dr. Banubhai Nanavati College of Architecture (BNCA) Pune.

5 young cyclists from Germany, cycled all the way to India to raise money for building UDDTs in the Darewadi hamlet near Pune. Along with the construction of UDDTs, ESF conducted events such as cycle rallies, menstrual hygiene workshops and tree plantations.

The National School Sanitation Initiative (NSSI) was launched in April 2011 by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MoHRD), Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) and GIZ to effectuate a quantifiable achievement in sanitation practices in the country. Under this initiative ESF provided its school sanitation service in the cities of Delhi, Shimla, Vasai Virar, Raipur and Tirupati.

Preparation of city sanitation plans (CSP) along with pilot scale implementations of UDDTs or Sewage Cure components for Vikarabad, Vasai Virar, Rajahmundry, Hosakote cities. This project was implemented with together with ICLEI South Asia.

Preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for different components of Sanitation and sewage management for the town of Pandharpur

Providing sustainable sanitation solutions at two community toilets with decentralized treatment systems

Design, implementation and evaluation of Urine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDT) for migratory field labors and a family at Thergaon village in the state of Maharashtra; design and implementation of decentralized wastewater treatment unit for Kamilini Kuteer Resort, Adarsh Vidyaprasarak Sanstha’s College of Arts & Commerce, Badlapur and Oasis Resort Club.