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Active Cleaning & Environment

Safa Ward Abhiyan

Door-to-door two-bin waste segregation across one ward. Households segregating jumped 4% → 71%.

Ward 9, Itahari, Sunsari (Koshi) 2024–2026 ~6,700 residents NPR 640,000

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.

Budget breakdown (NPR)
ItemNPRShare
3,000 color-coded bins (subsidized)270,00042%
Composting hub (shed, drums)150,00023%
Awareness campaign90,00014%
Volunteer mobilization & training70,00011%
Weighing / tracking35,0006%
M&E25,0004%
Total640,000

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

Before
4%
After
71%

Burning hotspots

Before
6
After
1
  • 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.