Month: May 2017

Meet the Beneficiaries of Share & Care’s Nirmal Village Program

Last year, our Nirmal Village Program provided toilets and hygiene education for 770 families living in rural India. Our goal in 2017 is to help 1,000 more. As we’ve previously written about, tackling India’s sanitation crisis is a complex issue, requiring not only the construction of toilets but also plenty of hands-on, village-wide education about … Read more

How We’re Tackling the Complexities of India’s Sanitation Crisis

To improve sanitation in rural India, we’re not just building toilets — we’re also changing people’s attitudes about using them. There is, and has been for generations, a dire sanitation situation in India. Per the 2011 census, nearly 70% of rural Indian households and 13% of urban Indian households defecate in the open — a … Read more