News articles about the BRAC WASH programme
News articles from IRC's news services and other sources on the BRAC WASH programme.
BRAC WASH offers to help half a million Indian imams promote hygiene
On WaterCouch.tv, Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp shares a practical example of international cooperation between BRAC in Bangladesh and the All India Organization of Imams of Mosques, which emerged during the 2013 World Water Day celebrations in The Hague, The Netherlands.
IRC team trains senior BRAC field staff in managing a five-year WASH programme
BRAC, the largest NGO in the world requested IRC to organise a training programme for its senior field staff in Bangladesh; mostly district managers who manage a project staff of around 1,500 people and an area with around 2.5 million people.
BRAC to contribute to Sanitation Updates with sanitation initiatives
16 Feb 12
BRAC has an extensive WASH progamme which aims to bring sustainable water and sanitation services to over 37 million people in Bangladesh. The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre has been supporting BRAC’s WASH programmes with technical assistance since 2007. …Continue reading →
Message dissemination to women through cluster meetings of BRAC WASH Programme
A large-scale survey carried out by BRAC’s Research Evaluation Division (RED) amongst 30,000 households found that knowledge of hygiene is very strong among more than 90% of the people, but actual hygiene practices develop far more slowly.
Village WASH Committees
Village WASH committees that represent all community members are at the core of the BRAC WASH programme. The committees note progress on water and sanitation coverage by drawing social maps. Each committee member has a role to play in ensuring that the village achieves - and maintains - 100% sanitation coverage.
Articles on BRAC in IRC's news blog
15 May 12
News articles on the BRAC WASH Programme can be found in IRC's WASH news Asia & Pacific news blog.
BRAC is financing the start-up of more sanitation entrepeneurs
15 May 12
News article about BRAC's initiative to give millions of rural poor a fresh start with latrines at prices fair to buyers and sellers alike.
WASH keeps communities clean
14 May 12
Sufia Aktar has covered 33,000 cluster meetings for housewives, 600 adolescents and 300 for children on water, sanitation and hygiene in Bangladesh. These gatherings are opportunties for discussing the use of safe water, a hygienic environment and personal cleanliness and are part of BRAC's WASH programme to get people to adopt good hygiene practices.
BRAC uses lessons from the WASH programme and IRC's support in Bangladesh
The organisation Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) uses lessons from the WASH programme and IRC's support in their core micro financing and social development programme in Bangladesh.
