Photo stories from Bangladesh
Photo stories on the BRAC WASH Programme in Bangladesh.
Working Towards Arsenic Mitigation: an Initiative of BRAC WASH
02 Apr 13
Rabeya Akhter is 18 years old and lives with her parents in Shahapur village in Saharasti Upazila of Chandpur. On 3 February 2009 a local health worker detected that she had spots on her body that indicate arsenic poisoning and her treatment started. BRAC installed a deep tube well on 27 October 2010 and a hand pump so that people of Shahapur village in Saharasti Upazila of Chandpur can drink arsenic-free water again.
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Piped Water Supply System: A tale of a community living up hill
02 Apr 13
Mr Meham Mussa, Chairman of the Piped Water Committee and Rehana Sultana, Village WASH Committee Secretary in Barisal Koloni, Bangladesh, share how life has qualitatively improved since BRAC implemented the Safe Water Project.
This photo story was originally published on the BRAC website.
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BRAC photo story about a single mother receiving subsidy for constructing a latrine
16 Oct 12
This is a photo story about Bilkis Begum a single mother of five who has installed a toilet in her house. She was able to do this with the help of the BRAC WASH programme which gives out subsidies to the hardcore poor for installing a twin pit latrine.
Menstrual hygiene discussed openly in cluster meetings for adolescent girls in Bangladesh (photostory)
02 Feb 12
BRAC in Bangladesh, the largest NGO in the world, has a substantial WASH progamme which aims to bring sustainable water and sanitation services to over 37 million people. It is based upon a census of the existing situation and a hygiene promotion based approach to encourage lasting behaviour change. As women are traditionally managing all water, sanitation and hygiene related activities in Bangladesh, they are one of the important target groups in this programme. Other focus groups include school children, as home change agents and future parents, and men, for whom a special hygiene programme will be developed. Special cluster meetings for adolescent girls are organised to create awareness around hygiene promotion and discuss issues such as menstrual hygiene.
The paper Menstrual hygiene and management in developing countries: Taking stock gives more information.
