UK Volunteers

•Pirpradangga: Dom, Elana & Louis•Kirttankhali: Adam, Julia & Zoe•Santoshpur: Diana, Kieran, Lottie

IDMVS Volunteers

•Pirpradangga: Tamanna & Hemel•Kirttankhali: Shamim & Bipasha•Santoshpur: Hasnian & Ashif

Youth Club Members

•Santoshpur: Amitav•Kirttankhali: Titab & Akash•Pirpradangga: Mithun

Team Leaders

•Amanda & Timir

South West Team & Placement Villages

WATER

Community Issues

• Access to safe, clean drinking water is a basic human right• Health issues from heat & dehydration• Environmental impact • TSF – Arsenic problems• PSF – Stagnant water causes waterborne diseases • Poor rural community – only 10% can afford bottled water• Majority of households to not have running water – travel

long distances to collect PSF water

Cycle Implementation

• Medium PSF construction 43,350 BDT – (5,000BDT contribution)

• Repairing PSF (2,000 BDT contribution)

• Cleaned and secured pond area & PSF minimal cost due to community volunteering

• Pond deepening – 40,000 BDT (10,000 BDT contribution)

• CAD – Safe water awareness

Project outcome, challenges &

sustainability • New PSF gives access to safe water to

50 families• Pond Deepening improves access,

quality and quantity of water to over 100 families

• Increased pond sized will also increase fish cultivation – aquaculture – a key objective of Renaissance (partner charity)

• CAD created awareness of safe drinking water, arsenic and waterborne diseases

• Community raised a percentage of the funds to create a sense of ownership.

• Youth Club heavily involved in collecting money and will initiate a management community post construction

SANITATION AND HYGIENE

Sanitation and Hygiene

• CAD’s• Latrines• Handwashing

sessions in pre-schools

• Toothbrushing sessions in pre-school

Sanitation and Hygiene Problems in

South West

• Very poor area – many families unable to afford or upkeep a sanitary latrine

• Climate – large amount of flooding means water can become unsanitary

• Lack of awareness about the importance of hygiene

• Lack of education about sanitation

Latrine installations

• In total 35 latrines were installed during cycle two. In Santoshpur 14 latrines (including one disabled), Kirttankhali 9 latrines and in Pipradanga 12 latrines.

• The families were selected through a combination of using the wealth survey (completed by cycle one) and youth club knowledge. All potential families were visited and extra information was collected before a final decision was made.

• The latrine cost was 7000taka, and each family was requested to contribute around 500taka towards their new latrine. This was to ensure ownership and sustainability.

Challenges

• Choosing families – many disagreements amongst youth club members about which families were selected

• Local disputes about who needed a new latrine

• Contribution money – families and youth club members were not happy about the contribution

• Demand for latrine engineer – need to install latrines in all three villages with only one available technician

Outcome

• Many deserving families now has access to a sanitary latrine. It also promotes good sanitary conditions within the village.

• Having household rather than communal latrines promote sustainability through ownership