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Guidelines/Manuals

A Guide Book to SARAR Kit
RWSSFDB Participatory Tools (English & Nepali)
In order to understand the basic concept of Self-esteem Associative Strengthen Resourcefulness Action Planning Responsibilities (SARAR) participatory approach and to use the tools properly and effectively a guide book has been developed by the Fund Board. The main purpose of the guide book is to enhance knowledge, skill and technique to facilitate the people in the development process to use SARAR participatory tools included in the kit bag.  The guidebook is basically prepared for the Community Workers, Community Technicians and other Community Motivators who are the practitioner of SARAR tools in the Fund Board schemes.

   

Health and Sanitation Education Mannual
Health, Hygiene and Sanitation Program Guide (in Nepali)
Health and Sanitation Manual is developed as a guidebook for the Community Workers (CW) and Village Health Promoters (VHP) to deliver the health and sanitation education to the community. The manual comprises 18 different sessions of health and sanitation e.g. nutrition, immunization, importance of latrines, ORS, diseases transmition root, water related diseases etc. Besides that some annexes are included which deal with Primary Health Care and general health. The manual is also used to facilitate the training to the health promoters, School Teachers, Students groups and Water Supply and Sanitation Users' Committee (WSUC) members.

   

Guidelines for Gravity Water Supply System Survey, Design and Estimate (in English)
RWSSFDB has its own elaborated technical guidelines for gravity water supply system survey, design and estimate. The Guideline is derived and updated from Fund Board Implementation Manual and divided into seven parts namely; 1. Introduction and System Components, 2. Survey, 3. Design, Estimate and Optimization, 4. Report Preparation, 5. Board Guidelines, 6. Formats, 7. Drawings. It would be an updated reference for water supply sector professionals and the beginners as well. This guideline is being followed during the design, estimate and report preparation for the RWSSFDB schemes.

   
Village Maintenance Worker (VMW) Mannual (in Nepali)
A guideline for repair and maintenance has been developed for the use of Village Maintenance Worker (VMW) of gravity water supply schemes, which is based on RWSSFDB Operation manual Volume IV, part I Operation and Maintenance for VMW. This book also helps to Water Supply and Sanitation Users Group (WSUG)/ Water Supply and Sanitation Users Committee (WSUC) for operation and minor repair and maintenance of water supply schemes. The main purpose of this guidebook is to enhance the capacity of the village maintenance workers and Water Supply and Sanitation Users Groups/ Water Supply and Sanitation Users Committee for the regular services of the water supply and sanitation project.

Institutional Profile

Institutional Profile (in English & Nepali)
To make acquainted with organization and management, program components, scheme cycle, eligibility criteria of support organization, scheme eligibility criteria and M&E of the Fund Board it has published an organizational profile. The Organizational Profile has also encompassed the working approach, polices and its implementation experiences. 
   
   

Video Documentary

Water and Life (in English & Nepali)
RWSSFDB has prepared video documentary film " Water and Llife". The film is on RWSSFDB working process and impact on community. The documentary have telecasted from Nepal Television aiming to disseminate the Fund Board concept, working approach and methodology to the People all over Nepal.
   
Clean Water for Good Health (in English & Nepali)
RWSSFDB has prepared video documentary film "Clean Water for Good Health". The film is on RWSSFDB working process, criteria, policy and working approach. The film is useful in training and orienting SO/SA staff working on Fund Board supported projects.
   
   

Participatory Tools

  SARAR Kit Bag
RWSSFDB has introduced a participatory tool named SARAR to ensure participation of the community in the process of project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Water Supply and
Sanitation projects. This tool is found very useful to build community capacity to identify and analyze problems/issues/needs, prioritize their needs,  plan/design schemes/ activities, create and organize and evaluate the scheme. Besides this the SARAR also helped for conceptualization and internalization of the local situation of the community in terms of resources, skills and attitude of the people towards the development perspective. The tools were field tested and adopted during pilot project JAKPAS. Tools were reviewed and modified as per the local situation and need.

SARAR is a philosophy and practical approach to adult education that seeks to optimize people's ability to assess, prioritize, plan, selforganize, take initiatives, and shoulder management responsibilities. The acronym SARAR stands for five attributes or abilities that are critically important for achieving full and committed participation in development: selfesteem, associative strength, resourcefulness, action planning and responsibility for follow through. SARAR is a highly experiential methodology that deliberately differs in style from conventional "top-down" methods. Its central strategy is group process; it begins with creating a relaxed and congenial atmosphere in which hierarchical differences are set aside.

   
   
   
   
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