{"id":62406,"date":"2020-03-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62406"},"modified":"2020-03-07T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T07:43:23","slug":"punjab-govt-unicef-launch-project-to-end-open-defecation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-unicef-launch-project-to-end-open-defecation.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt, UNICEF launch project to end open defecation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday launched the Open Defecation-Free Punjab Project in ten districts of the province \u2013 a news source reported. As per the publication, six of the ten districts are located in South Punjab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cm-meets-delegations-from-aiib-unicef.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CM meets delegations from AIIB, UNICEF (opens in a new tab)\">CM meets delegations from AIIB, UNICEF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was formally launched by Chief Minister (CM)\nUsman Buzdar at the CM Secretariat. The project aims to ensure the provision of\ntoilets for over 125,000 families through self-help or community assistance.\nAnother 70,000 underprivileged families will be provided with direct assistance\nfor setting up the toilets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project also aims to reach out to more than five million people to create awareness about the need for toilets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kamyab-jawan-initiative-include-youth-from-minorities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kamyab Jawan initiative to include youth from minorities (opens in a new tab)\">Kamyab Jawan initiative to include youth from minorities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a UNICEF survey, nearly 13% of the province\u2019s\npopulation is still facing hardships and are forced to defecate outdoors; even\nin severe weather conditions. The project has been launched in various\nlocations, inlcuding Rajanpur, Chiniot, D.G. Khan, Jhang, Khushab, Lodhran,\nBhakkar, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday launched the Open Defecation-Free Punjab Project in ten districts of the province \u2013 a news source reported. As per the publication, six of the ten districts are located in South Punjab. Read: CM meets delegations from AIIB, UNICEF The project was formally launched by Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar at the CM Secretariat. The project aims to ensure the provision of toilets for over 125,000 families through self-help or community assistance. Another 70,000 underprivileged families will be provided with direct assistance for setting up the toilets. The project also aims to reach out to more than five million people to create awareness about the need for toilets. Read: Kamyab Jawan initiative to include youth from minorities According to a UNICEF survey, nearly 13% of the province\u2019s population is still facing hardships and are forced to defecate outdoors; even in severe weather conditions. The project has been launched in various locations, inlcuding Rajanpur, Chiniot, D.G. Khan, Jhang, Khushab, Lodhran, Bhakkar, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[15133,22225],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-punjab-govt","9":"tag-unicef-launch-project-to-end-open-defecation","10":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt, UNICEF launch project to end open defecation - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children&#039;s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday launched the Open Defecation-Free Punjab\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-unicef-launch-project-to-end-open-defecation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt, UNICEF launch project to end open defecation - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children&#039;s Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday launched the Open Defecation-Free Punjab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-unicef-launch-project-to-end-open-defecation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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