Sanitation

Lack of Sanitation  Facility –  A  Threat to Public Health

An absence of sanitation and hygiene contributes to the scope of health and environmental issues. The subsequent disorder cause enduring and loss of opportunities to earn a living or gain an education.

Over the years, however, we have understood that sanitation and hygiene assume a critical part in protecting lives, and expanding health and prosperity. After diversifying in 2012 Turnstone Global undertook various community development programmes like Housing, Sanitation and Hygiene etc.

Sanitation Programme in Malda, Darjeeling and Punjab

In Malda, Indian house hold latrine program under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was implemented by Turnstone Global with the help of local NGO, English Bazar Gram Unnayan Samity. Work for the program started during the last quarter of 2013- 2014 till date, approximately 889 latrines were constructed under the programme bringing the figure to an average of over 3.5 per day.

To fight against hunger Turnstone Global take numerous significant steps to distribute dry ration kits.

In 2015 with the support from Bharti foundation in Ludhiana, Punjab, Turnstone Global started this project at Samrala block and also in few villages in Doraha block. Hundreds of households who used to opt open defecation now using these household toilets and getting benefited from the project. We have built approximately 3000 individual household latrines in Punjab