Hello all, this is a ...

Hello all, this is a fantastic group with extremely relevant discussions. I believe awareness of the communities on the topics of water and sanitation are one of the most important things in the path towards approaching 100% water and sanitation coverage anywhere in the world. Most of the times communities are unaware about the problems linked to water, sanitation, hygiene, diseases and the like. In my experience in WASH in rural communities in India, I have noticed that clean and safe drinking water and toilets are considered a very 'urban' concept. Communities exhibit reluctance to adopting these concepts. Having said that, the people who exhibit reluctance are more often the elderly of the community. The youth are open and more aware of the concepts of water and communication due to obvious reasons of higher penetration of media (internet, TV etc.) and education.