CLEAN HANDS, BETTER HEALTH Pakistan Safe Drinking Water and Hygiene Promotion Project Mobilizes Communities, for Clean Drinking Water and Better Hygiene in Pakistan TURBUT, BALUCHISTAN: On a Tuesday morning, the blazing sun is rising high when Fahmida lifts her jerry can and sets towards the nearby filtration plant to fetch some water. Fahmida Qadir, a volunteer for the project, used to spend most of her time at home caring for one of her five children because they so often used to be sick with diarrhea or some other ailment. Although she receives water directly to her home from the tube well, she transports her drinking water from the filtration plant in Singhanisar because it is clean. “Now my children rarely fall ill, allowing me enough time for my volunteer work and to sew clothes for my family and other women.” It takes Fahmida a while till she can reach to the filtration plant in Singhanisar.” The idea of getting clean drinking water for my family relieves the stress that occurs while fetching it back home.” ” The USAID funded Pakistan Safe Drinking Water and Hygiene Promotion Project is helping Pakistan to achieve a key Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to significantly reduce the incidence of diarrhea through clean drinking water and hand washing with soap.