SCHOOL SANITATION PROGRAMME

As part of the Clean Village Campaign, school sanitation activities were also undertaken. School headmasters and teachers were provided with training and encouraged to teach children the importance of hygiene and sanitation. COODU facilitated in construction of Toilets in schools and provided with water facilities. All village children were encouraged to use footwear and wash hands before and after eating/ using toilets. The children were seen as a good medium to spread the message of sanitation to the elders in the village.
1. Training of members of VWSCs on Planning, Monitoring and Management of Public Water Supply Schemes.
2. Training of representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions on Planning, Monitoring and Management of Public Water Supply Schemes (PWSS).
3. Training of Grass root level workers on monitoring water quality by using Field Water Testing Kits (FWTK)- Level-1.
4. Training of women SHG members on water safety, Health and Hygienic practices.
5. Training of representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions on monitoring water quality by using Field Water Testing Kits (FWTK).
6. Training of Teachers, PTA members and students on safe, protected water, best hygiene practices and monitoring water quality in schools.
7. Training of Grass root level workers such as masons, pump mechanics, OHT operators, etc., on effective Operation and Maintenance of pumpsets.
8. Training of Grass root level workers on monitoring water quality by using Field Water Testing Kits (FWTK) - Level-2.

Solid Waste Management And Natural Farming - TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

COODU, besides professionally implementing different programmes, has over time become a Skill & capacity building agency not just for people and their organizations but to different organizations in Government, Public, Private and Voluntary sectors. Many people have been trained and provided with skills & knowledge by COODU Independently as well as collaboratively. For example, Ecotech Consortium in which COODU is a founder partner imparted training to PRI Representatives and SHG Federations Representatives of Perambalur and Ariyalur district on Solid Waste Management and organic farming practices in 1998.