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Safai Vidyalaya
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380027
safai@ice.net
Established in 1963 by the All India Harijan Sevak Sangh at the instance of Professor Malkani Committee’s Report of 1958 and under the tutelage of Padmashree Ishwarbhai Patel.
Objective: To impart training in low-cost sanitation under the Bhangi Mukti (Eradication of night soil scavenger) Programme.
Areas of work: Rural masses, slum dwellers and peri-urban economically weaker communities.
Program (Multi-layered): Training of masons, sanitary workers, sanitary inspectors, overseers, engineers, students, community social workers & policy makers with support from national and international funding agencies viz. Ministry of Rural Development, Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board, WHO, UNDP & UNICEF etc.
The institute has an ever growing and unique Toilet Park-cum-Museum amidst the Harijan Ashram Complex, aimed at rapid demonstration and dissemination of non-conventional, appropriate sanitation technologies with miniature models, pilot plants, gadgets, prototypes, posters and charts.