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CHILDREN’S
SANITATION
CLUBS SPROUT
ACROSS MIZORAM
anitation is essential to children’s the Clubs in Thaizawl, a village in Lunglei
survival and development, who need District of Mizoram with a population of
Sto be provided hygienic facilities and 418 individuals from 91 households. This
services in a clean atmosphere. This will has revolutionized the sanitation sector to
ensure that children develop safe sanitation achieve overall growth and development in
behaviours that are needed to fight diseases their village.
and grow up healthy.
With support from their Swachhagrahi,
To facilitate this, Children’s Sanitation Clubs the Thaizawl Children’s Sanitation Club
were formed across the Districts of Mizoram. undertook various activities to ensure that
Far-reaching measures were taken through their village meets the criteria of an ODF Plus
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