Active Cleaning & Environment
Safa Ward Abhiyan
Door-to-door two-bin waste segregation across one ward. Households segregating jumped 4% → 71%.
A replicable ward-level waste model.
Door-to-door two-bin waste segregation across one urban ward, with a community composting hub and youth-led awareness.
Designed from the start to be documented and adopted as a ward model that other wards can copy.
"School children turned out to be the best enforcers — at home, not on the street."
— Ward social mobilizer, Itahari
At a glance
- Program: Cleaning & Environment
- Location: Ward 9, Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City, Sunsari
- Duration: 2024–2026
- Budget: NPR 640,000
- Beneficiaries: 1,500 households (~6,700 residents)
Three objectives.
1,500 households segregating at source
40% of ward organic waste to compost
End roadside burning at 6 hotspots
Success criteria
- 1,500 households segregating
- 40% organics diverted
- Burning hotspots eliminated
- Ward adopts rules in annual plan
Where NPR 640,000 goes.
| Item | NPR | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 3,000 color-coded bins (subsidized) | 270,000 | 42% |
| Composting hub (shed, drums) | 150,000 | 23% |
| Awareness campaign | 90,000 | 14% |
| Volunteer mobilization & training | 70,000 | 11% |
| Weighing / tracking | 35,000 | 6% |
| M&E | 25,000 | 4% |
| Total | 640,000 |
Budget notes
- Sell compost cheap — don't give it away free.
Who this reaches
1,500
households (~6,700 residents)
5
schools
12
waste workers (safer sorting)
- 1,500 households, roughly 6,700 residents
- 5 schools engaged
- 12 waste workers with safer sorting
MoU to ward adoption
Q4 2024
Ward MoU + baseline waste audit
Q1 2025
Bin distribution + door-to-door training
Q2 2025
Compost hub live
Q3 2025
Hotspot cleanups + follow-up audit
Q1 2026
Ward adopts rules in annual plan
Before → after
Households segregating at source
Burning hotspots
- 38 tonnes composted in year 1
- Ward allocated NPR 500,000 continuation budget
People behind it
Local coordinator
Ward social mobilizer.
25 youth volunteers
Saturday shifts, Bagmati-Cleanup style.
Diaspora mentor
Nepali environmental engineer in Germany — compost QA.
Partners
- Ward office
- Private waste collector
- 2 schools
How it aligns
SDG 11 · Sustainable Cities
SDG 12 · Responsible Use
National alignment
- National Cleanliness Week momentum
Lessons learned
- Collection trucks must keep waste separated or trust collapses in a week.
- School children were the best enforcers at home.
- Sell compost cheap, don't give it free.
This project profile is an illustrative example developed for program design and partnership discussions.