JAL JEEVAN MISSION 

Jal Jeevan Mission is envisioned to provide safe and adequate water through individual household tap connections to all households (100% coverage) in rural India by 2024 with a minimum of 55 LPCD service levels.RWS&S dept. AP and VCF have entered into a partnership, dated 26th Jul’21 for providing Technical support to JJM at the state level as PMU and also to play as an Implementing Support Agency (ISA) in two districts ( NTR and Anakapalle) for providing FHTC across 106 villages by the development of village piped water supply infrastructure to ensure the provision of 55 LPCD.

Key objectives

Ÿ Engaging with rural communities to raise
awareness and build ownership of water
supply systems.
Ÿ Providing technical and operational support
for the planning and execution of water supply
schemes.
Ÿ Conducting capacity building interventions
for local stakeholders, including Village Water

Sanitation Committee (VWSC) and village-
level committees, to strengthen water

governance.
Ÿ Monitoring and ensuring the sustainability of
water infrastructure through regular
assessments and feedback mechanisms.

Drinking Water Project -, VCF intends to address the community (i.e., that section of people who currently do not have access to safe and purified drinking water at affordable prices) by setting up Water Treatment Plants in backward, high salinity and water-stressed areas. Subsequently, these systems can be utilized for providing safe drinking water to the affected areas on a self-sustainable basis. The project’s model includes user charges for the supply of treated water to the community, thereby recovering operation and maintenance costs for running the plants.

Objectives of the Intervention

1. To transfer the operations and maintenance of water plants to the Village water sanitation committee on a self-sustainable basis.
2. VCF to provide Handhold and technical support to the VWSCs for running the community water plants for a period of 6 months after the handover of the water plant.
3. VCF to build the capacity of VWSCs to independently operate and maintain the community water plant on a self-sustainable basis.

Menstrual Hygiene Management in Andhra Pradesh

Project  Statement: The Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) project aims to empower women and adolescent girls, particularly in rural and tribal areas, by equipping them with the knowledge, resources, and support necessary to manage

menstruation hygienically and with dignity. The project focuses on improving menstrual hygiene practices, reducing health risks, and ensuring women and girls can manage menstruation in a safe, comfortable, and dignified manner. This is achieved through intensive community training, health awareness campaigns, and the establishment of sustainable, low-cost menstrual product solutions.

KEY OBJECTIVES

The vision of MHM project is to enable the women and adolescent girls to gain appropriate knowledge, information,

and support on menstruation and can manage their menstruation hygienically with dignity, safety and comfort

and improve their overall reproductive health.

• Awareness and Education: Provide women and girls with the knowledge and confidence to manage menstruation

hygienically and safely, ensuring dignity.

•  Low-Cost Solutions: Establish entrepreneurship models for producing a

affordable menstrual absorbent materials by engaging rural youth and Self-Help Groups (SHGs).

• Safe Disposal: Promote the safe disposal of used menstrual products in a way that respects privacy and

dignity.

• Health Awareness: Educate on the signs and symptoms of UTIs, RTIs, and STIs, and the importance of proper

menstrual hygiene to prevent these conditions.

Project Outreach : The program aims to cover three mandals in Alluri Sitarama Raju District and NTR districts. It will benefit 10,000 adolescent girls and women of menstrual age (14-45 Years) from communities. The project also covers Adolescent Girls and adolescent boys from schools in intervention villages.