World Water Day is celebrated world wide on 22^nd March to aware people on water related issues. The theme for World Water Day this year was “Sanitation Matters!” ECCA also celebrated World Water day on 22^nd March, 2008 in coordination with 14 different organizations. program started at 8:00 AM in the morning with heritage walk along Bagmati River from Teku Dovan to Thapathali. Then the mass turned into a rally towards Kathmandu Darbar square to join in Exhibition. ECCA managed photo exhibition and stall to demonstrate the condition of Bagmati River. The program was observed and participated by thousands of visitors in the Kathmandu Darbar Square area.

A cultural program to aware people on the water pollution issues was organized on 12^th January, 2008. in the premises of the Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City. The major highlight of the program was inter-schools/nature clubs speech contest on the topic “Me and my Bagmati River”. Along with the cultural program; a drama, poem delivery, singing and dancing programs were also kept to add the entertainment in the program. The main objective of the program was to flow the message on the past and present condition of Bagmati River and make a common thought to conserve it. The program was participated by local communities and many students from different schools of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.

Solid waste is one of the major problems of Kathmandu Valley. Solid waste is scattered in nook and corner of the city and piles of solid waste are seen even along the busy roads. The major reason for this is frequent strikes in the country and lack of knowledge on proper management of waste material. To mitigate the lack of knowledge and awareness, KAPRIMO-ECCA and Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office jointly organized a two day Waste management training program in participation with a local club, United Youth Club. The main objective of this training is to create pollution free, clean, green Kathmandu city. The training was conducted on 28 and 29 July 2007. About 47 women participated in the training program.

Similarly, ECCA in coordinatin with Lalitpur Sub Metropolitan city organized two days traininig program on waste management " Bin and vermi composting" on October 1 and 2, 2007 in Lalitpur. Fifty household women participated in the training program. A follow up visit was made in few participants' residences on 4th of November, 2007.

ECCA, together with ITC, The Netherlands, conducted a week training program for Authorities on GIS system in river water monitoring on 25^th of June 2007. Participants from Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology; Department of Hydrology and Meteorology; Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office; Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City Office; Local Development Ministry and Bhaktapur Municipality Office actively learned the application of GIS in environment monitoring. They were keen to apply this system in their respective organizations. This one week course was designed on the basis of need of participants after completion of a two week GIS beginner training on January 2007.