00:00Parthati is an NGO worker who goes beyond her call of duty.
00:24She says the mental and physical trauma she experienced is the reason she started a campaign to build toilets for people in Mullikapatti village in Tamil Nadu.
00:54Open defecation was common here.
01:02There used to be only a couple of toilets in the entire village.
01:06With the financial support of the NGO Gramalaya, where Parvati works as well as local residents, the sanitation and hygiene conditions in the village changed.
01:16The project to build toilets in Mullikapatti began in 2023.
01:20Gramalaya got involved because building toilets is part of their broader sanitation work.
01:26The NGO is dedicated to improving water, sanitation and hygiene in India, especially for vulnerable population like women and children.
01:34Parvati is an NGO worker in the village.
02:04In the past, the central government took steps to build toilets here, but their efforts were in vain.
02:18Few toilets were built, but none were used because they didn't have roofs, sinks were leaking and there were many cracks on the walls.
02:25The dog was located on the walls, but they increased the roof.
02:30The diagnostic plan was made in the city's house.
02:35They were in the city's house.
02:36They were in the house, but didn't really know.
02:39They were in the house they do the estate to come from home.
02:43And they came to the village.
02:44They were immediately across the village, and they were in the village.
02:47They were in the village.
02:48We arrived to the village and there were 107 in the village.
02:51Then, the toilet is successfully so that the toilet is successful.
03:00When the toilet is successful, the toilet has to check and use it as a toilet.
03:06When you see it, you can use it as a toilet.
03:11Then, you can use it as a toilet.
03:18These people are a poor person than they wanted, and if it is a person, the person has a poor person with a person.
03:37Can you put the oil on your dirhams?
03:41Can you come come out?
03:44You are having pare.
03:46I will have some of you.
03:48Everyone is going out.
03:50You are going to go out there.
03:52They are going out to go out there?
03:56Your of you.
03:58You are going to go out there?
04:00What do you want to do?
04:02We have to go out there.
04:04We are going to go out there.
04:06Each toilet costs 24,000 rupees.
04:12The NGO Gramalaya contributed 18,000 rupees while every household in Mulikapatti village pitched in about 5,000 to 6,000 rupees.
04:21That is not a small amount in Tamil Nadu.
04:24The wage for daily labourers here is only 200 and 300 rupees.
04:28Village President Aramugam says similar successes would be possible if people in other villages came up with the funds as well.
04:58As part of the sanitation and hygiene efforts, Parvati also introduced cloth pads as alternatives for girls and women in Mulikapatti village.
05:14In addition, she started a campaign with school and college students to challenge and change the stigma surrounding menstruation.
05:20Parvati helped normalize menstruation in Mulikapatti village.
05:50through open dialogue.
05:51She went door to door to educate both men and women and especially teenagers and youngsters who in turn help educate their family members.
06:00With no menstrual waste and open defecation, Parvati's efforts have helped Mulikapatti
06:28become a model for other villages in Tamil Nadu in sanitation and hygiene.
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