Access to safe sanitation and adequate housing is a basic
human right and is essential for the full enjoyment of life.
Access to basic sanitation and safe housing is a fundamental right that significantly impacts health, dignity, and overall social wellbeing. Still a significant percentage of Kolping Members in India was found to lack adequate sanitation and housing. Members living in huts and dilapidated houses that lack basic facilities are prone to unsafe living conditions. In response to the inhumane, poor living conditions of Kolping members, Kolping India launched Sanitation Assistance Project (SAP) and Housing Support Project (HSP) with the objective to help Kolping members to construct hygienic toilets and affordable houses. Through this project, we aim to empower communities by improving their living standards by providing the necessary support for the Kolping members to build house-hold toilet and affordable house.
Lack of proper sanitation is a grave concern in India. The project aimed at ending the practice of open defecation among Kolping members by educating and motivating them to construct household toilet. Awareness is created through several awareness and training programs, enabling families which have traditionally been practicing open defecation to get convinced of the benefits of having toilet at home.
Housing is a symbol of family identity, and it is one of the indicators of ‘quality of life’ as defined by UNDP. Kolping India introduced the housing project in 1993 as large number of Kolping members were from poor strata and were deprived of a decent place to live. Still a significant percentage of Kolping Members in India are found to lack adequate housing. Members living in huts and dilapidated houses that lack basic facilities are prone to unsafe living conditions. In response to the inhumane, poor living conditions of Kolping members, Kolping India launched Housing Support Project (HSP) with the objective to help Kolping members to construct affordable houses.
Promoting vocational skills have been one of the effective tools to prepare the younger generation to be fit into the present job market. The first-generation learners, who come out of formal school system are neither aware of various possible courses that could offer them a job nor they possess adequate resource to pursue job-oriented courses. Consequently, they end up joining with unskilled labour population in informal sector earning far below their potential. The possession of job skills places the person better employed in the formal sector or self- employed in the informal sector. Recognizing the need of youth from poor families of Kolping members, Kolping India has promoted Vocational Training courses among the children of Kolping Family Associations to prepare them suitable to the job market.
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