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and EnvironmentalSanitationProject. During the time frame of April 1994-December
1996 is one of the achievementof BangaJananee(BJ). BJ firmly believe that sucha
challengingjob was possibleabsolutelyfor the causeof its stackholders,beneficiariesat
grassrootslevel, BJ staff; Executive committee, local governmentofficials and NGO
Affairs Bureau, facilitating organizationVERC and project sponsoring organisation
WATER AID, London. Of coursewe would like to bring it in the knowledgeof all
concernedwith very honestconfessionthat all set backs and short comingsof project
implementationis absolutelyours.
At theend, I hopethat, this reportwill givethereadersan opportunityof knowing more
abouttheBJ andits activities
M. EnamulHaqueDirector.
LIBRARY IRCP0 Box 93190, 2509 AD ThE HAGUE
Tel.: -i-31 70 30 689 80Fax: +31 7035 89964
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AN OVERVIEW
ThepeopleofBangladeshgrow upfrom their very childhoodwith waterall around them.Riverscoverone third of the countryeven in the dry season.During the monsoon,halfof the remaining land isinundatedand mostof the rest is water loggedfromfrequentrains Ponds and rivers are the primarywatersourcesfor bathing, washing,cleaningandcooking.
The availability ofsafe and adequatedrinking water and sanitary measureshas a direct bearing onpeople‘s health. Therefore,theprovisionofsafedrinking water andproper disposalofwastesis apre-environmentalcontrolmeasureagainstthetransmissionofmostwaterbornediseases.Thisrelationshipisin evidencein manyresearchshowthat over 75 percentof all diseasesin Bangladeshare related tounsafewater supplyand inadequatesanitation. Moreover,water borne and water related diseasesareresponsiblefor high infant/child mortality and poor quality of ljfe. The casual relationship betweenunsafe inadequatewater and diseasesin illustrated in theprevalenceofgastroenteritiesand diarrhoeadiseases,typhoid andpara-lyphoidfever, cholera, infectioushepatitis a,noibiasis, intestinal parasites,malaria,Jiloriasis. Someofthe behaviouralobstaclesto cleanandsafewaterand aswell asprogrammeissuesthat affect the successof effortsto overcometheselike, unsanitaryfoodpreparation, unsanitarymethodsofwashingand drying dishesand utensils, unhygienepracticesin bathingand washingcloth,methodsofcollecting,storingandusingwater, unsanitarydisposalofhumanwaste.
Thoughthe decadeof international water and sanitation havepassed5 yearsback (1990) still forBangladeshnothing measurablehas been achievedwithin the decadeor after that BJ conductedabaselinesurvey4582 nos. ofhouseholdconsideringthe surveyreport BangaJananeeundertakentheprojectfrom 1993.
Gurudaspuris oneofthe mostdisasterpronearea in the northernpart ofBangladeshflood and othernatural disasteroccurshere in almosteveryyears. Victim ofacute povertyand ignorance.Majoritypeopleof Gw-udaspurare the worst victim. Hencethe behaviourand life style of the masspeopleareindirectly the causeoffrequentmen madedisasterlike, Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Scabies andmanyother infectionsandwater bornediseases.
The situation of Gurudaspur thana regarding safe drinking water supply and sanitation remaindisappointingevenup to the day while theproject hasbeen designed.During the last 15 years theprogressachievedwasdeplorable interiins of the needof total population ofGurudaspur.Further onething isveryimportantto mentionthat30% oftotal arrangementfor drinkingwatersupply throughNo. 6handpumptubewellswill beaffectedduringthe draughtandthe rest 70% by the year2000. The existingknowledgebaseandprivilegesofhealth care andsafesanitation in the rural area ofour countryis veryinadequate.So peoplesheredon ‘t feel useparticulars safe latrine. It hasbeenrevealedfrom a recentsurveyconductedby BangaJananeethatsuchapathyof inability to usesanitarylatrine is the causeofdestroyinghygienedisciplineof theprojectarea. It is quite alarmingfor the environmentalbalanceallover the country. SoBJconsiderit important to provideawarenessand orientation to bring a positivebehaviourofrural underprivilegedpeople.A recentsurveyat Gurudaspurarea revealsthat only 23%peopleusesanitarylatrine whereasthenationalrate ofsanitarylatrine useris 35%.
RURAL SAFE WATER SUPPLY &-- ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
Thesourceofsafeand adequatedrinkingwaterandsafesanitarymeasureshasa directbearingon soundhealthfor humanbeing. The provision of safedrinking waterandproperdisposalof wasteshasa pre-environmentalcontrolmeasuresagainstthe transmissionof most water borne diseases.This relationshipis in evidencein variousresearchstudieswhich showthat75%ofall diseasesin Bangladeshare relatedtounsafewater supply and adequatesanitaryfacilities. Moreover, most of the water relateddiseasesareresponsiblefor highinfant mortalityandpoorquality oflife.
BangaJananeehasbeenworking on the project at Gurudaspur Thana The objectives ofthe project are:
• To dissemination information among the people of the area to change their attitude fromnegativeto positiveregarding personal,domesticand community hygienepractices
• Tomaintain existinghealth facilities through community participation.
• To ensureuseof safewater for every householdand personalcleanliness.
• To develop defication facilities for the community people.
1. Hygiene Education ProgrammeIt should be stressedthat technology in itself is not enoughto ensurereduction of sanitationrelateddiseases.Sanitationis dependon the waypeoplebehaveandorganizedthemselvestowardshygiene.Anyinterventionshouldbasedon whatpeoplealreadydo. What theyknow and what theywant A wayto setthis processstartedis throughtheintegrationofhygieneeducationin the sanitationprogramme.
Consideringthe time thctors, strengthof project personneland the relationshipwith the communitypopulation, it is assumethat the hygiene educationand disseminationof information among the projectbeneficiaries, the institutional and group base activities will be very effective like, village levelorganisation, education institutions.
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1.1 School Education Programme
As a children are in their formative stagecan be easily motivated to the extent which will result inpermanent behaviour change. Moreover, they can be transmitters of information and act as catalyst forintreducing hygiene practices in their families. Another advantageof this programme is that, a largenumber of audiencecan be reachedin everyshort spanof time. To make this programme more attractivevisual showswere shownwheneverand whereverpossible.Aims of this activities were.
• To raise consciousnessby focusingon water sanitation among the schoolgoing children for chfusinghealth interventions.
• To transmit the relevant information regarding water sanitation and personal hygiene to therespectivefamily membersofschoolchildren.
• To lmkup the educationon safewater use, sanitationpractices andpersonalhygiene,the socialisationof school children Under several education sessionand follow-up activities. The particulars ofeducationinstitutions is mentioned below:
Women are the prime caretaker of the families health. Healthissuesare mainly discussedto organisewomen within 45 years age bracket The women group members canplay a vital role for upgradinghygienepracticesfor their family membersand their neighboursThe project staffhavebeenprovidedhygieneeducationamongthegroupmembersof 48 womengroups.The objectivesof this programme wasto.
Transrmtinformation amongthe group memberson personaland domestic hygiene So that groupmemberswill responsiblefor impartinghygieneeducationto the rest of the communitypeoplewith theexpectationwitness a positive scenario regarding safe drinking water and environmentalsanitationthroughout theprojectarea.
1.3 Hygieneeducationis an essentialpartof humanlife. In this relation, hygieneeducationis anessentialpart of watersupply andsanitationproject. Increasedamountof domesticwater andbetter methods of human excreta disposal do not in themselves result in more hygienicenvironment,reduction of diseases.The targetaudienceof thesenew facilities must use them
- properlyandthenoften adaptnewbehavoursthatwill maximizethe healthbenefits.The projectpersonalhas been provided health and hygiene educationto the target audience throughdomiciliaryvisits. The contentof hygieneeducationprogrammehavebeenselectedaspre-projectfindings which was collectedby baselinesurveywithin 14 village. They alsoprovidedhygieneeducation and motivation to communitypeople. Following curriculumwas followed to train thegroup membersandschooleducationprogramme.
Women Group I SchoolEducationProgramme• How diseasestransnutted • Definition of personalhygiene• The role of womenin domestichygiene • How diarrhoeatransmitted• How to avoid germs through personalhygiene • How to help other children to maintain hygiene
practice• Hygienic handling of water • Nail cutting• Water bom diseases • Handwashing• (‘are oft~.]ter#r.rage and inter cource~ • Dicc-un~h.giene~r~±:c~
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2. Development of Auxiliary Workers
In the hygieneeducationprogramme, the village volunteer played a very clear role. Thesevolunteers arenatural leader in the community, such as local leaders school teachers, religious leaders, student andTBAs and the Headof the Women Groups.
In this programme, severalpeople already in the village have asked to give a few hygiene educationmessagesto specific target group. No one person have not responsiblefor all messageor for all targetgroups. Rather the responsibility is divided among a teamof village volunteer. Each has a part to playsomehave large parts suchaslocal youth leader and other smaller part.
The role of village volunteer, specifictarget group and hygieneeducationcontent is mentionedbelow
301 sets of latrine hasbeendistributedto the beneficiarieswith a subsidy rate BJ set up two latrineproduction centrewithin the project area. To ensure accessof village population to safewater, theBJgives35 number of TARA-2 handTubewells,TARA-2 handTubewell will be able to meetdrinkingwaterfacility for longer period.
A one dayCare Taker training hasbeenprovided to Tubewell owners for imparting technicalknowledgeregarding maintenance of Tubewells. Village wise distribution of Tubewells and latrines are furnishedbelow.
Tubewell & Latrine Distribution during 1996
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No.
Nameofvillages TotalLatrine
TubewellTARA-2
..L Dharabarisha 20 2
2. Dadua - 03 3
3. Chrkadaha 42 54 Challonali 14 1
5 Shiduli 10 6
6. Talbana 03 -
‘7. Udbaria 11 02
8. Poalsura 10 01
9. Khakradaha 16 05
10 Kachikata 09 1
11. Hansmari 09 1
12 Darihasmari 02 -
13. Daribamongara 44 07
14 Bamongara 01 -
15 Moshinda 18 -
Ranigram 11 -
17. Chanchkoir 06 -
iS Khamarnachkoir 02 -
19 Gurudaspur 07 1
Total 238 35
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No.
Nameof villages Total Latrine TubewellTARA2
20 Uttar Naribari 03 -
21 Khubjipur 01 -
22. Chanadanagar 01 -
23. Binnabari 01 -
24. Kacugari 03 -
2~ Panchi~ha 18 -
2~ Shikerpur 08 -
27. Chhaikola 13 -
28 Anandanagar 01 -
2~ Bamonkola 02 -
30. Bilibiaspur 02 -
31. Dinalgram 13 -
32. Shikarpur(2) 01 -
33. Char Anayatpur 01 -
34. Nadosyedpur 03 -
35. Kanarchar 01 -
36. Billcathor 01 -
3’T Dhamias 01 -
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4. Organise and Development of Village Committee:
31 numbersof village comnutteehave been organised.Around 250 members are included in thecommittee. Eachcomnuueehas an average8 members where one is chairman and one is secretary. Theconunittee is mainly responsiblefor mobilizing exiting social structure for action in the face of definedproblem. The filed staffat sits with the organisedcommittee to discussthe programme objectives. So thatthe committeebecameconvincedabout the benefitsof this developmentprocessand interest. Functions ofvillage committeeareas:
• Human our~ed~~d~pmentthrtbugtl triiining and ednc2liotL~ ~ ,~ ~ - -
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It6. Administrative Structure of the Project
A wide range of sharing has beenmadewith village committeemembersandproject beneficianestodevelop further course of action related to personalhygiene, safe water supply and environmentalsanitation.Following recommendation hasbeenmade by all concernedto design future action to sustainthe impact of previous activitiesaswells to ensurepersonal hygiene, safewater supply andsanitation.
7.1 CommunityOwnership:
During the nextphaseof the project, emphasizeis to be givento mobilize communitypeoplefor projectimplementationas they own the project. Senseof community ownershipthey will be incorporatedbypromoting the scopeofcommunityparticipationin stagesoftheprojectimplementation.
7.2 Development of Private Producer:
Provisionhasto be incorporatedwith theprojectwith objective of developingpnvate producer of latrinesand supply of Tubewell sets.In addition to the promotive and selectiveresponseof BangaJannaneeandDPHE Such pnvateproducer will be able to responseswhenand where need might arise for latrine andtubewell Such private initiators howeverneedto be supportedby BJ technically and financially
7.3 Maintenance of Public and Private Tubewell:
Existing numbersof tubewells bothin public and private ownership hasto be maintainedrestrictly. In thisconnectiontrainedcaretaker has to be activatedby regularfollow-up and providing a nominal amount ofhonoraium in regular monthly basis.
7.4 InformationDissemination:
Cadreof auxiliary worker is recommendedto developby providing trainingorientation.So that they willbe able to disseminaterelated information to communitypeopleregarding the project activities.