Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation & Health (FINISH) India To supply sanitation for all by integrating the demand and supply side of the sanitation challenge in India

WASTE advisers on urban environment and development
WASTE

FINISH works with a unique multi-stakeholder approach that involves the entire value chain. By mobilising the supply side of sanitation while integrating financial resources into the value chain, it raises awareness on and creates a demand for sanitation services amongst end-users. This includes improving quality and safety of sanitation services, reducing the price of these services and ensuring proper disposal of the waste produced.

Main activities we are involved in include:
• Sanitation awareness and demand generation process;
• Training for masons in sanitation system construction;
• Public-Private Partnerships leverage grant funding through local microfinance institutions for sanitation loans, supplier’s credit and other financing instruments;
• Local entrepreneur training for sanitation business development;
• Liaison with local governments;
• Safe recycling of human waste as agricultural or renewable energy input.

Mission

Scale without funding: Our long-term goal is to continue building value chains in waste and sanitation that reach scale without external funding.

Approach

Impact realised: • Cost of sanitation systems reduced by 15% • 2560 GPs Open Defecation Free (ODF) in Punjab, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Odisha • 1 million sanitation systems constructed (by March 2019) • DGIS grant leveraged over 20 times with local financing (€ 140 Million) • € 55 Million in microfinance used for sanitation Partners we work with • ACTIAM • FINISH Society • Cashpor • BWDC • FSMC • RDO Trust • Aqua for All • United Nations University MERIT / Institute of Fiscal Studies, UK

Further comments

QA checked by Elisabeth von Muench on 7 Nov 2019

Project website (FINISH Mondial)

Project website (FINISH India)

Video, THE FUTURE OF FINISH SOCIETY

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Answer questions about the project

Lauren Pope
lpope@waste.nl

Valentin Post
vpost@waste.nl

Filter / Tags

Market developmentOperation, maintenance and sustainable servicesPolitical processes and institutional aspectsSpecific to one or several countriesToilets or urinals (user interface)Treatment of wastewater or greywaterTreatment of faecal sludgeEnabling environment and institutional strengtheningDutch governmentInternational NGO

Related Countries

India