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The aaco initiative invites young professionals to participate in a three-month unique ACCESS program. The fellows will actively contribute to the public discourse on WASH and healthy space challenges faced by disadvantaged urban communities in India.
The ACCESS program aims to share local communities’ urban challenges such as flooding, drought, lack of access to drinking water and sanitation, solid waste management etc. It will also focus on interventions such as nature-based solutions or infrastructural solutions through various storytelling mediums.
The program aims to equip a young talent pool to engage with local communities, community organizations and other stakeholders to narrate compelling stories that spark change.
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The ACCESS program aims for:
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2021
2021
2021
2021
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We encourage applications from all backgrounds. Women, people with disabilities, under-represented social groups and underprivileged backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Read more about WRI India’s values on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The applicant must:
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The ACCESS program aims to be an accelerator platform for out-of-the-box storytelling focused on urban impoverished or disadvantaged communities. The project outcome should be engaging, creative and powerful with the intent of creating a dialogue and informing urban development decisions.
The creative approach can be as follows:
Some references as below:
The Case of Dying Borewells by BIOME
Urban Sanitation Assembly Board Game by NIUA
Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi? By NY Times
Handbook for Enhancing Water Security in Communities: A Case of Ranchi City by MHT and INDE
Note: The stories should be produced in English and can be co-published in local languages.
The fellows are expected to develop stories that must cover one or more of the following themes –
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