journalINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SCISVolume 3 Issue 3MultidisciplinaryEnglish2021NNY2022042ArticleAWARENESS GENERATION AMONG THEMASSES THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: CASE STUDY OF NIZAMPUR VILLAGE, MEWAT AREAEnglishY15Monika Jain and SushmithaBaskarEnglishN10.47062/1190.0303.01Environmental awareness generation is the most effective tool to bring about a change in society with respect to cleanliness, environmental health, hygiene, social stigmas stigmas, taboos and so on. For bringing about environment awareness in the society, programs can be executed through “folk songs, nukkad-natak, folk dance, and pamphlet distribution, advertisement vehicles, creating and distributing appropriate information, education and communication (IEC) material to targeted beneficiaries. Awareness generation can be of various types. It depends primarily on the theme which it focuses on. They include the following: Behavioral Change programs, social stigmas redressal, personality development programs, environmental awareness, and financial literacy programs. Behavioral change programmes primarily aim to change the beneficiaries' attitudes or behaviours. Maintaining a clean environment, for example, and changing the practise of defecating in the open. We have dealt with such groundlevel awareness efforts in our research. The study presents its findings in the form of case studies. Social stigma redressing programmes are frequently linked to discrimination and exclusion, as well as a lack of education and awareness among the general public. Stigma can be a danger and a roadblock to a country's growth. Health emergencies, such as the Covid-19 outbreak, have resulted in social stigma and discrimination against persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Similarly, awareness programs focusing on environmental issues, financial literacy, and personality development (Skill development) basically involve active participation of community as well as the trainers or facilitators to get the best results.EnglishEnvironmental health, hygiene, sanitation.https://journal.stenvironment.org/abstract?id=191References1619