Project SaCH
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Project SaCH in Aceh
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The United Nations General Assembly declared 2008 to be the International Year of Sanitation
in order to put the spotlight on this global crisis and to spur efforts to fulfil one of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — to reduce by half the proportion of the 2.6 billion
people without access to basic sanitation by 2015. In line with this spirit and aim, NDI has
conceptualized Project Sanitation Campaign and Social Research (Project SaCH) in partnership
with the World Toilet Organization (WTO) in Aceh, the area worst hit by the earthquake and
Tsunami in December 2004. The project aimed to help raise awareness of the necessities of basic
sanitation and its importance to the community as a whole, as well as conducting social research
to gain better understanding of the existing water and sanitation practices of the community.
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Bringing Smiles to the village.
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In addition, Project SaCH aimed to contribute to the sustainable development of a self reliant
rural community in Aceh through education and social research, while empowering ASEAN youths by
enlightening them to the socio-cultural conditions in Indonesia. Involving youths from Indonesia,
Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, the project provided opportunities for youths from different
ASEAN countries to cooperate with one another at the tertiary level and beyond. This interaction allowed
them to reflect and critically think about the diversity of development in ASEAN countries. Project SaCH
was supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Singapore and Singapore's National Youth Council.
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