News articles about the BRAC WASH programme
News articles from IRC's news services and other sources on the BRAC WASH programme.
Masjid Council's contribution to BRAC's WASH programme
15 May 12
Article about the Masjid Council for Community Advancement and their monitoring activities in the religious-institution based component of BRAC's water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme.
BRAC school debate in The Daily Star
15 May 12
BRAC will organise a countrywide school debate competition as part of its awareness campaign on safe water, sanitation coverage and hygiene practices among the underprivileged population, says a press release.
Filthy toilets a blight on Asian prosperity
24 Jul 12
Fast-growing Asian economies may be flush with money but filthy toilets remain a blight across the region despite rising standards of living, with dire effects on poverty reduction and public health. Social activists say dismal sanitation facilities are causing preventable diseases in poor communities where people would readily spend money on a mobile phone - but not on a latrine. "I think it's very prevalent," said Jack Sim, a Singaporean businessman who founded the sanitation advocacy group World Toilet Organisation. "The handphone is the competitor of the toilet."
Why do girls drop out of school? It's all about what happens in the girls' room
24 Jul 12
When it comes to teenage girls, providing access to sanitation isn't just a matter of reducing rates of disease and infection. That by itself is important enough, but as it turns out, clean toilets keep girls in school, and keeping girls in school is vital not just for the girls themselves but for poor countries' economic development.
