Sulabh International

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| type = [[Non-governmental organization]]
| founded_date = 1970
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| area_served = [[India]]
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| homepage = [http://www.sulabhinternational.org/ sulabhinternational.org]
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[[File:A delegation of sanitary workers from various parts of the country working with the Sulabh International with the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on 16, May 2006.jpg|thumb|A delegation of sanitary workers from various parts of the country working with the Sulabh International with the Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on 16, May 2006]]
'''Sulabh india ( TERI india )''' is an [[India]]-based social service organization that works to promote [[human rights]], environmental sanitation, non-conventional sources of energy, [[waste management]] and social reforms through education. The organization counts 50,000 volunteers.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080718/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2008-10-07 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Sulabh International gets U.N. recognition | date=2008-10-05}}</ref> Sulabh International is the largest nonprofit organization in India.<ref>{{cite book |last= George |first= Rose. |title= [[The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters]] |publisher= [[Metropolitan Books]] |date=September 2008 |isbn= 978-0-8050-8271-5}}</ref>

==History==
Sulabh was founded by [[Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak|Bindeshwar Pathak]] from Bihar State in 1970, and have 50,000 volunteers Innovations include a scavenging-free two-pit pourflush toilet (''Sulabh Shauchalaya''); safe and hygienic on-site human waste disposal technology; a new concept of maintenance and construction of pay-&-use [[public toilet]]s, popularly known as Sulabh Complexes with bath, laundry and urinal facilities being used by about ten million people every day and generates [[bio-gas]] and [[biofertilizer]] produced from [[excreta]]-based plants, low maintenance waste water treatment plants of medium capacity for institutions and industries. Other work includes setting up English-medium public school in [[New Delhi]] and also a network of centres all over the country to train boys and girls from poor families, specially [[scavenger]]s, so that they can compete in open job market.

==Institution==
[[File:Sulabh Urinal complex.jpg|thumb|right|A Sulabh urinal complex in Chennai]]
[[File:Sulabh ecosan toilet.jpg|thumb|right|Example of two "ecosan" toilet slabs, found in a Sulabh complex in India]]
The [[United Nations Centre for Human Settlements]] has praised Sulabh's sanitation system as a global "Urban Best Practice" at the [[Habitat-II]] conference held at [[Istanbul]], Turkey, in June 1996.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} The [[United Nations Economic and Social Council|Economic and Social Council]] of the [[United Nations]] granted [[Special Consultative Status]] to Sulabh in recognition of its work.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111154820500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105090635/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111154820500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-11-05 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Sulabh know-how to go international | date=2008-11-11}}</ref>

Sulabh claims their plan on human waste disposal and social reforms has provided jobs directly to 35,000 people, and has created 10,000,000 (1 crore) mandays, making 240 towns scavenging free.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://indiagovernance.gov.in/files/sulab.pdf | title=Sulabh International Social Service Organization}}</ref>

Sulabh has established coordination with various national and international agencies, including [[British Council]], [[USAID]], [[BORDA]], a German organisation, Commission of [[European Union]], [[Belgium]], [[GERES]], [[France]], [[CEEIC]], [[HRIEE]], [[China]] and [[Haskoning and Euroconsult]], a Dutch firm.

Sulabh found mention in page 124 of the [[Human Development Index]] report for 2006. Sulabh was commended for bringing sanitation to the poor in India.

In October 2007, Sulabh announced the design of a cheap toilet system that [[recycle]]s human waste into [[biogas]] and [[fertilizer]].

Pathak has been conferred with the 2009 [[Stockholm Water Prize]] for his contributions towards his work.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sulabh-founder-wins-Swedish-prize/articleshow/4314727.cms | title=Sulabh founder wins Swedish prize|accessdate=2009-03-25 |date=2009-03-25 |publisher=TIMES OF INDIA }}</ref> Sulabh International awarded [[Gandhi Peace Prize]] for year 2016 jointly with [[Akshaya Patra Foundation]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=President confers Gandhi Peace Prize |url=http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=President-confers-Gandhi-Peace-Prize&id=360273 |publisher=[[All India Radio]] |date=February 26, 2019}}</ref>

== Sulabh International Museum of Toilets ==
{{Main|Sulabh International Museum of Toilets}}
In Sulabh International's premises in [[Delhi]], the company runs a museum dedicated to the history of sanitation and toilets.<ref>Lonely Planet India – 10th edition</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-404343.html |title=Sulabh International Museum of Toilets |date=June 26, 2009 |website=travelblog.org |publisher= |accessdate=November 19, 2014}}</ref>

==Criticism==
The organization has come under severe criticism by scholars like Mukul Sharma (2017) in his book Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics. Sharma's criticism majorly pertains to how a Brahmin and Gandhian activist Bindeshwar Pathak employ patronising and glorifying methods while dealing with caste based occupation like manual scavenging and sanitation work in general.<ref>https://muse.jhu.edu/article/666057</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.sulabhinternational.org/downloads/sulabh_case_studies_iim.pdf |title=A Case Study of Sulabh International Social Service Organisation |last1=Rastogi |first1=Siddhartha Kumar |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812205052/http://www.sulabhinternational.org/downloads/sulabh_case_studies_iim.pdf |archivedate=2011-08-12 |format= PDF (771 KB) |website=sulabhinternational.org |publisher=FPM II Economics – [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] |accessdate=2014-11-19}}
* [http://www.sulabhinternational.org/ Sulabh International]
* [http://www.energyinternational.org Energy International - NGO which constructs sulabh shauchalaya in rural and urban areas internationally]
* [https://archive.today/20130418173057/http://blip.tv/file/1607032/ Film on Sulabh: Scavenging Freedom, includes interview with founder], Total Running Time: 43 mins
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15amMIejJ_4 Nai Disha: Film on Scavengers of Alwar], Total Running Time: 7 mins
* [http://poopthebook.com/blog/2007/10/10/sanitary-visionary/ The Sanitary Visionary and Me (a profile of Sulabh and Bindeshwar Pathak)]

{{Gandhi Peace Prize laureates}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Gandhi Peace Prize]]

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