WATSAN INITIATIVE

Vinita Sethi, Assistant Secretary General, FICCI

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Fact sheet - India

Water97 million people without access to improved sources of drinking water, second only to China

1250 people die each day from Diarrhea related diseases

Almost 70 % of surface water resources and a growing percentage of groundwater reserves are contaminated by biological, toxic, organic and inorganic pollutants

Organic and bacterial contamination continue to be critical in water bodies

Fact sheet - India

Water

Fact sheet - India

Over 600 million people practice open defecation

India accounts for 90 % (approx) of the people in South Asia who practice open defecation

Census 2001, 36.4% of the households had access to latrine, which increased to 46.9% in Census 2011

Only 53 % of the population wash hands with soap after defecation

Only 38 % wash hands with soap before eating

Only 30 % wash hands with soap before preparing food

Only 6 % of rural children less than five years of age use toilets

Sanitation

Fact sheet - India

Sanitation

About FICCI

Established in 1927 as an apex Chamber of Commerce & Industry in India

Membership from corporate sector: private and publicDirect & Indirect membership of over 2,50,000 business

entities and associations

VISION

MISSION

To be the thought leader for industry, its voice for policy change and its guardian for effective implementation

To carry forward our initiatives in support of rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth that encompasses health, education, livelihood, governance and skill development

To enhance the efficiency and global competitiveness of the Indian industry and to expand business opportunities both in domestic and foreign markets through a range of specialized

services and global linkages

Graduating role of Private Sector with International Agencies such as IFRC

Building the resilience of communities

Support humanitarian activities via its investments in socio-economic landscape

Environmental and social concerns have increasingly been mainstreamed on the agendas of businesses

Increasingly willing to establish cross sector partnerships for making their specific capabilities available to the international community

Humanitarian organizations are also recognizing that the private sector has more to offer in terms of material and human resources, know-how & technological innovation

FICCI Members in CSR

Azim Premji foundation

Educati on

Aspires to facilitate a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society by working in education and related development areas

Shiv Nadar Foundation

Focused primarily on creating iconic institutions of excellence in learning across the education spectrum

Bharti foundation

Aims to provide education to the weaker sections of the society, so as to make them employable

FICCI Members in CSR

Ambuja Cement Foundation

Water & Sanitati on

Working towards ensuring drinking water security in villages through water sufficiency for each household programme

HSBC Water ProgrammeCommunity led sustainable approaches for improving access to water and sanitation in rural and urban areas

FICCI Members in CSR

Apollo Foundation

Healthcare

Created to help meet the needs of families when their child faces a fight for their life

Fortis foundationCreate a high quality, compassionate healthcare awareness , prevention and support system for the underprivileged sections of the society

Engaging private sector with organisations such as IFRC We propose greater engagement between organisations such as IFRC and private sector to:

Leverage on each other’s strengths and create a virtuous cycle of growth and development agenda reinforcing each other by mainstreaming private sector initiatives in development & human welfare initiatives of Humanitarian organisationsConcretize an agenda for development that addresses issues related to human development, especially in a young country like India where demographic dividend can become a crises if not nurtured well

Contribute to peoples’ welfare by universalizing access to basic services at affordable costs and promote equitable growth that trickles down to the bottom of the pyramid

FICCI’s contribution to development agendaMillennium Alliance (An India – U.S. Innovation Partnership for Global Development) To provide a platform to leverage Indian creativity, expertise, and resources to identify and scale innovative solutions being developed and tested in India for the benefit of Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Population.

India Innovation Growth ProgramA joint initiative of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, FICCI; Stanford Graduate School of Business and the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas , is aimed to accelerate innovative Indian technologies into the global markets

Task Force to Assist in Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Work in UttarakhandWorking in areas of Skill development, Affordable Housing Projects, Geo Spatial Technologies and Clean Water & Sanitation for Uttarakhand Rehabilitation and is working closely with the State Government and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in identifying and implementing the rehabilitation work

FICCI Water Awards

FICCI Water Risk Study

FICCI and Earthwatch Institute Urban Freshwater Programme

Corporate Water Stewardship programme

Clean Ganga Initiative

Clean Yamuna Initiative

As DRDO’s partner, FICCI is nurturing socially impactful Innovations through incubation and mentoring programs such as the Bio-Digester Eco-Friendly Sanitation and RO Drinking Water

FICCI’s contribution to development agenda