Naandi Community Water Services

Naandi Community Water Services "Quenching thirst in rural areas"

Laurence Saquer

on the Thursday, 26 April, 2012 - 15:35

On Monday, one of the biggest information website in India has published an article about Naandi Community Water Services.

Why is it important? It is important because Naandi Community Water Services is one of our projects that are the most impactful. We are happy that the NCWS team is such highlighted, congratulations to their work ! Moreover, this article enters deeply into the daily life of the project, that is always much more meaningful that anything.

Read the beginning of this article just below.

"What better elixir than pure water? Thanks to Naandi, a safe drinking water programme, 390 536 households in rural areas across four Indian states are benefited.

Naandi, headquartered in Hyderabad, is a not-for-profit organization which works with governing bodies in rural areas, including Karnataka, to provide clean drinking water to the poor. So what really is their modus operandi? It is essentially a community-run programme where the local governing body or gram panchayat owns a water purifying plant, which is set up and run by Naandi's water division field officers. Funds collected from donors go towards equipping each unit, replete with purifiers. Thereafter, beneficiaries are given a monthly card, which they produce at the unit while collecting their share of water. The cards are duly punched to keep a tab on the quantity of water consumed. The value of each card is equal to the total sum of money paid for the beneficiary's monthly water consumption.

We talk about Naandi Community Water Services in Climate Conversations

Laurence Saquer

on the Monday, 16 April, 2012 - 10:36

Last month, the blog Climate Conversations, has made a focus on Naandi Community Water Services, described as one of these water projects that enrolls a whole community to work on its development.

"In addition to large government projects, communities around the world are working together to bring safe, clean water to their people. These smaller projects allow communities to address the specific needs of residents, including their unique climate, economy, methods of food cultivation, etc. Sometimes, organizations focus on helping a variety of different communities, adapting a successful model to fit the unique needs of different places.  For more information on water issues in India, check out the India Water Portal, which seeks to provide “Safe, sustainable water for all.”

One such organization is Naandi Community Water Services in India, which in 2010 was present in over 400 villages, providing safe drinking water to 2.4 million people. The program was launched in 2006 by the Naandi Foundation, and they have one clear mission: “providing access to safe drinking water by supplying inexpensive professional services.” To measure their impact and carry out this mission, they have three main social objectives"

Read the full article on Climate Conversations.

Naandi Community Water Services is one of the most innovative companies in India, says FastCompany.com

Laurence Saquer

on the Wednesday, 22 February, 2012 - 17:43

The website FastCompany has established a global ranking of the most innovative companies in the worlds. Those companies are those “that matter most, the ones whose innovations are having an impact across their industries and our culture”.

The global ranking highlights Apple, Facebook and many others companies you already know! FastCompany also proposes others TOP 10, by industries, like Brazil, Media, Retail, China and India !

Naandi Community Water Services is one of those companies who are ranked in a TOP 10, the TOP 10 INDIA.

Why ? Because Naandi Community water Services is the proof that the market can do good.

Congrats Naandi!