Joe Madiath: Better toilets, better life
ג'ו מדיאת': שרותים טובים יותר, חיים טובים יותר
Joe Madiath brings Indian villagers together around water and sanitation projects. Full bio
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to speak about food
aromas and tastes.
the digestive system,
to speak about it.
from bullshit to full-shit.
"village development organization,"
שמשמעו "פיתוח וארגון כפרי,"
of renewable energy.
producing biogas,
by using animal manure,
is called cow dung.
person that I am,
and the disposal of crap in a proper way,
וההפתרות מחרא בדרך הנכונה,
in India and most developing countries
ורוב המדינות המתפתחות
for poor quality water,
to the disposal of human waste.
להפתרות מפסולת אנושית.
bathing water, washing water,
מי הרחצה, מי השטיפה,
of the diseases in rural areas.
לאזורים כפריים.
women who carry water.
women have to carry water.
נשים צריכות לשאת את המים.
defecates in the open.
into the open is by Indians.
החוצה היא על ידי הודים.
of such a distinction.
להיות גאים בכזו אבחנה.
address this situation of sanitation.
במצב הסניטציה הזה.
a project called MANTRA.
Network for Transformation of Rural Areas.
למטרת שינוי של אזורים כפריים.
transformation in rural areas.
שינוי באזורים כפריים.
to implement this project,
consists of all members
who implement the project
שמיישמים את הפרוייקט
the operation and maintenance.
and a shower room.
reservoir and piped to all households
ויעברו בצינור לכל הבתים
one in the kitchen, 24 hours a day.
ואחד במטבח, 24 שעות ביום.
like New Delhi and Bombay,
כמו ניו דלהי ובומביי,
in the quality.
which is very much accepted
שהיא מאוד מקובלת
and all those who matter,
pathetic solutions.
a Nobel Prize-worthy theory that
are forced to drink.
humiliated for centuries.
הושפלו במשך מאות שנים.
and very often,
better than their houses.
טובים יותר מהבית שלהם.
the attached houses
exception of a family in a village,
בלי משפחה יוצאת מהכלל בכפר,
collect all the local materials --
אוספים את כל החומרים המקומיים --
sand, aggregates,
of external materials
מהעלות של חומרים חיצוניים
and a bathing room.
שמרוויחים משכורת יום, בעיקר חסרי אדמה,
daily wage earners, mostly landless,
trained as masons and plumbers.
others are collecting the materials.
אחרים אוספים את החומרים.
they build a toilet, a shower room,
הם בונים שרותים, חדר אמבטיה,
an elevated water reservoir.
to treat the waste.
של שני בורות ספיגה כדי לטפל בפסולת.
into the first leach pit.
and it can go to the next.
וזה יכול לעבור לבא אחריו.
banana trees, papaya trees
עצי בננה, עצי פפאיה
because they suck up all the nutrients
שואבים את כל החומרים המזינים
these bananas and papayas with you.
והפפאיות האלו איתכם.
the completed toilets, the water towers.
את השרותים המושלמים, את מגדלי המים.
most of the people are even illiterate.
very often when you store it --
הרבה פעמים כשאוגרים אותם --
something falls into it.
water reservoir is constructed.
and there is some space available,
כל כך גבוה, ויש מעט מקום פנוי,
under the water tower,
נבנים מתחת למגדל המים,
different committee meetings.
of the great impact of this program.
להשפעה הגדולה של התוכנית.
from waterborne diseases.
ממחלות שנישאות על ידי מים.
אמפיריות ש-82% בממוצע,
that 82 percent, on average,
1,200 villages have completed it --
1,200 כפרים השלימו אותו --
have come down 82 percent.
especially in the summer months,
a day carrying water.
it's only women who carry water,
זה רק נשים שנשאו מים,
girl children, also to carry water,
ילדות, איתן כדי לשאת את המים,
to look after the siblings.
of girl children attending school,
שהלכו לבית הספר,
and boys, almost to 100 percent.
בערך ובנים כמעט ל-100%.
the daily wage-earners.
שמרוויחים משכורת יום.
through this training
increased 300 to 400 percent.
עלתה ב- 300%-400%.
a governing board, the committee.
people are governing themselves,
their own affairs,
into their hands.
the grassroots level in action.
have so far done this.
and it's still going on.
אנשים וזה עדיין ממשיך.
as taps and toilets.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joe Madiath - Social entrepreneurJoe Madiath brings Indian villagers together around water and sanitation projects.
Why you should listen
When he was 12, Joe Madiath unionized young workers to fight for better work conditions. They were employed by... his own father. He was therefore sent away to a boarding school. After his studies, travels across India, and participating in relief work afer a devastating cyclone, in 1979 he founded Gram Vikas. The name translates to "village development" in both Hindi and Oriya, the language of the state of Orissa, where the organization is primarily active.
The bulk of Gram Vikas' efforts are on water and sanitation. The organization's approach is based on partnership with villagers and gender equity. In order to benefit from Gram Vikas' support to install water and sanitation systems, the entire village community needs to commit to participate in the planning, construction and maintenance, and all villagers, regardless of social, economic or caste status, will have access to the same facilities. This requirement of 100 percent participation is difficult, Madiath acknowledges, but it leads to socially equitable and long-term solutions. Gram Vikas has already reached over 1,200 communities and over 400,000 people.
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