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This is a conference paper. ; 'Nirmal Gujarat' is a new initiative of Gujarat government for achieving total sanitation facilities in rural and urban areas of Gujarat to improve sanitation and hygiene for a clean environment while accelerating overall development in the state. In the past, expected results in terms of longterm sustainability could not be achieved because of a range of issues ranging from inappropriate technology selection to low levels of people involvement, etc. TSC and Nirmal Gujarat have tried to overcome these shortcomings by extensive community engagement. A key concept of TSC and Nirmal Gujarat is to encourage the active participation of women in all aspects of sanitation implementation. The realization of these concepts has led TSC & Nirmal Gujarat to begin working with communities to increase women's involvement in sanitation projects. The strategies have been thus designed to address these factors to achieve benefits and an equitable impact for all communities.

Indian settlements in Africa are a well-known fact. Studies have been made about their presence and problems. Similarly, there are some African settlements in India. Their presence was first noted by T.H. Esquire as far back as 1926.1 However, so far their presence was noted as a novelty or only in Census Reports. Recently some studies about their social and economic activity have been published. There are some African settlements in Gujarat as Gujarat has had a long tradition of trade with the eastern coast of Africa. The total population of these Africans in Gujarat is nearly five thousand; 3000 of them stay in Saurashtra.2 In the Junagadh District of Saurashtra a small hamlet Jambur, ensconced on the fringe of the Gir Forest between the rivers Saraswati and Karkari, is inhabited entirely (population 500) by Africans.3 Other than this the Africans are settled in mixed areas of Broach, Kutch and Ahmedabad district in Gujarat.

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