Introduction

More than 70 percent of India's population lives in half a million rural villages where water-borne diseases are a major health problem.  To reduce this, many investment programs have been implemented to improve rural water supply and sanitation in India.   Feedback Ventures is assisting Central and State Governments in achieving community-led behavioral change and transformation through a wide array of services. 

In improving the rural water supply and sanitation in India, Feedback Ventures pioneered the implementation of Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS). The Water & Sanitation Program, South Asia (WSP-SA) of the World Bank has been supporting the company’s initiatives in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Sikkim. While bringing a significant behavioural change, the CLTS approach has transformed the rural water supply and sanitation sector in India. Many of the villages in which Feedback worked were awarded the Nirmal Gram Puraskar by the President of India in May 2007.

Feedback Ventures also provides capacity building services to municipalities to better manage their water and sanitation systems.