GIWA HITS THE ROAD TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE THE MASSES
WASH ON WHEELS Self-contained theatre
GIWA’s ‘WASH on Wheels’ programme is a historic first to unite the behavior-influencing power of faith with conventional educational methods to educate, trigger and empower the masses – village by village, region by region – so that they may be compelled to build and use toilets, wash their hands and conserve our nation’s dwindling and increasingly-polluted water resources.
Using our two beautiful WASH on Wheels trucks that have been fitted out so as to open up and become a traveling, self-contained theater, which delivers fun, interactive and very inspiring programmes wherever they go: from enormous faith events to small villages.
Inspiring Masses
With puppet shows
for every age
This innovative approach utilises the powerful voices and messages of the leaders of India’s major faiths alongside intervention developed to inspire and mobilize entire communities for lasting change.
Together with the WASH on Wheels’ trucks and on-board social worker and outreach team, our program leads community and school programmes that are especially geared towards educating on the importance of toilets, hand hygiene, MHM and other WASH essentials.
Activities include beautiful live puppet and street theater shows, which break down complex issues into memorable, fun and easily understandable narratives. the screening of videos featuring motivational messages by faith leaders, WASH-Centric Games, Community Forums, Sanitation Walks and more.
During follow-up programmes, other important WASH topics, such as the importance of washing hands, are also discussed, to help ensure the well-being of the entire community.
A Historic First
Unique Education Initiataive
ACTION BY GIWA
Campaigning with Impact
The Swachh Bihar Yatra to End Open Defecation
GIWA supported the government of Bihar by providing months of intensive daily campaigning in hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across multiple districts. An especially intensive focus was placed in Nalanda, including with our renowned WASH on Wheels traveling theaters, children’s rallies, community leadership meetings, film screenings, and classes for hundreds of community leaders, pradhans, teachers, and masons. Just months after the conclusion of our campaign, the historically renowned district was declared open defecation-free.
Impact
GIWA’s Mass Campaign Swept through some 300 villages, and major cities
Total Direct Beneficiaries: in less than 6 months:
Total Indirect Beneficiaries (Estimated)
Millions
Media Impact
During our massive Swachh Bihar Yatra campaign to end open defecation, feedback forms were collected from 12,320 participants by dedicated M&E professionals. The compilation of data revealed that:
The Swachh Kumbh Yatra
In 2019, the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) and the WASH Institute, came together for the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, in alignment with the state and local government, to help ensure a clean and open-defecation free Kumbha Mela, with thousands of people signing written commitments to this cause. The motivational Swachh Kumbh Yatra as a massive behavior change campaign to inspire the masses as an act of faith.
Many initiatives took place in parallel including our two featured WASH on Wheels trucks, several simultaneous puppet shows in different locations, the inspiring words and slogans from with a ‘Yatris for Yatris’ communication campaign on mics, screening of motivational videos on the preservation of our water and Mother Ganga.
Honoring our pledges, thousands of people have signed written commitments for a clean, serene and ODF Kumbha Mela!
Impact
95% Rated Our Messages as “Important to Very Important” to their Lives
Question: How important is our message to your life?
97% Rated the Overall Programme as Good to Very Good/Excellent
Question: What rating do you give the entire program?
Inspiring an Open Defecation-Free District in Nalanda, Bihar
GIWA supported the Government of Bihar by providing months of intensive daily campaigning in hundreds of villages, towns and cities across multiple districts. An especially-intensive focus was placed in Nalanda, including with our renowned WASH on Wheels travelling theaters, children’s rallies, community leadership meetings, film screenings, and classes for hundreds of community leaders, pradhans, teachers and masons. Just months after the conclusion of our campaign, the historically-renowned district was declared open defecation-free.
