Project Name : Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for health and nutrition of Kaligonj (IWASH)

Doner : DAM-UK, Human Appeal International (HAI)

Sector : WASH

Area : Kaligonj

Time Line : 1 August 2016 to 30 June 2018

Brief of activities :

Project Introduction:

Kaligonj a rural area of South West areas of Bangladesh where over 48.36% of the population has no access to sanitary latrines, and where only 84.49%, tap 2%, pond 8.80% and others 4.71% of the population has access to safe water. Hygiene practices are very poor due to lack of awareness, poor facilities and poverty. Defecation in open areas is common and contamination of surface water leads to high risk of contracting waterborne diseases, often fatal. The area also has mid-levels of naturally occurring arsenic and iron contamination of water supplies. This project aims to address the above problems by working with the community and its Union Parishad (equivalent to parishad council) to develop a community-managed programme for achieving 100% sanitation by the end of the project period and provision of a safe water supply for the targeted hard core poor people within 1 kilometer of every home in the area including improved hygiene practice.

• To promote Community Managed Program (CMP) implementation process along with the involvement of local government.
• To improve communities’ health status by providing safe water, improved/hygienic latrines.
• To Promote improved  hygiene practice in Community and Schools
• To improve health and nutrition among the <5 child and their mothers.

• 09 water supply facilities (DHTWs/ PSFs) installed in un-served and under-served areas.
• New 200 of latrine constructed and 500 latrines renovated.
• 09 women bathing place (separate bathing corner with shade and facility of the menstrual disposal system for women as to change in habits for easy cleanliness). Especially concentrated in the rural areas where women have less facilities for taking bath/shower maintaining their privacy. At the same time it helps to maintain their reproductive health situation, especially in Menstruation period.)   Constructed for safe motherhood.
• At least 50% of total household members of selected Unions will have improved hygiene practices. Especially hand washing in critical times.
• 09 school toilets will be renovated at Primary School.
• About 09 TWs platforms raised and renovated for ensuring the safe water in existing sources, considering DRR (damaged platform of existing TWs due to disaster or other default situation).
• 09 homesteaded garden demonstration for nutrition support. (In a different courtyard session community people are discussed on nutritious food. At the same time there encourage to make gardening for taking nutritious food at low cost which will be demo in the session by cooking process and serving the foods, preservation).
• Construction of 01 new WASH technology (water treatment plant for operating through entrepreneurship)

Project Comonents:

Community Managed WASH, Health and Nutrition, WASH in School, SRHR, Safe motherhood and Stunted Growth.

Major Activities: 

• A baseline study will be conducted in unions for communities identify; (We are implementing a project in this areas (CMWSH-H) funding by DAM-UK and we have all primary data of Kaligonj Upazila. Furthermore, we have collected primary data from Union Parishad, BBS, and Upazila Education Office).
• 36 clusters and 09 CBOs of WASH CBO/community groups will be formed/activated for smoothly running the project activities.
• Prepared joint planning by the Union Parishad with the involvement of Ward Sanitation Taskforce and CBO.
• A hygiene education program with the community and in schools to raise awareness of the connection between hygiene, ill-health and waterborne diseases, implemented via household and school visits, workshops and events such as rallies, advertising campaigns, cultural programs and videos.
• New 50 of latrine constructed and 500 latrines renovated by 10-15% subsidy
• A number of people trained including Natural leaders, Adolescent,  local resources, local entrepreneur, care taker, School teacher/SMC/Students brigade/Resource Teachers are trained on WASH and primary health care (MCH).
• Raise/Renovation of approximately 09 tube well platforms to ensure safe water from existing sources and considering DRR.
• Renovation of 09 primary school toilets.
• 09 women bathing place constructed by 10% subsidy for safe motherhood;
• At least 50% of total household members of selected Unions will have improved hygiene practices. Especially Hand washing in critical times.
• Anti Natal Care (ANC) health service which is provided to the pregnant mother before delivery /Post Natal Care (PNC) health support which provides for the lactating mother by the counselors/ Midwives, (a recent study shows that one Midwife can conduct 50% of the child birth deliveries of a union, UNFPA-The Daily Star, Dhaka Feb 18, 2016)
• 126 SMC and teachers and 63 student brigade leaders capacitated;
• 09 homesteaded garden demonstration for nutrition support.
• Value based Hygiene campaign in the primary schools.
• Construction of 01 innovative WASH technology (water treatment plant for operating through entrepreneurship). (it depends on the rapport building during the project period and who is found most suitable)
• Skills and capacity-building program with the community and local officials to ensure that new behaviors will be sustained and new equipment and services will be maintained after the project ends.
• Promoting Water Business through Entrepreneurships.

Project Duration : 1 August 2016 to 30 June 2018

Financial partner (Donor): DAM-UK, Human Appeal International (HAI)

Implementing partner (if any): N/A

Project Location/s and number of Field Offices: Daskin Shreepur, Kaligonj Upazila at Satkhira District.

Project Budget: 67,37,530 BDT

Contact Person: Mohammad Akter Hossain, Project Coordinator, IWASH project

Email: akter2079@gmail.com

Cell : 01745-868965

Project Name : Health & Nutrition Voucher Scheme for Poor, Extreme Poor & Socially Excluded People (PEPSEP)

Doner : Europe Union

Sector : Health Sector

Area : Savar & Satkhira Municipalities.

Time Line : 1st February 2018 to 31 March 2021

Brief of activities :

Overall objective: Health and Nutrition status of urban poor is improved.

Specific objectives: 1) System established for sustainable primary health care and nutrition voucher scheme approach for the urban poor at Savar and Satkhira Municipality; 2) Increased access and utilization of comprehensive primary health and nutrition care services of 32087 urban poor of Savar and Satkhira Municipality.

Target Group: RMG (Ready Made Garments) workers, factory workers, van-rickshaw puller, daily labourer; Local Poor and Extreme Poor: fishermen, small & marginalized farmers; and Socially Excluded and Marginalized People: Dalit (Bede, Shantal, Sweeper and Potters etc.) from urban community. Total 32087 poor and extreme poor from 6417 HHs will be directly reached (35% of total poor population in 2 Municipalities).

Beneficiaries: BPL (below poverty line) populations in 2 Municipality is 91677, who will benefit from the action in the long term

Activities: Following activities are implementing through this project:

} Mapping, identification, selection, and capacity assessment of private health care facilities, Develop ToR and signing agreement

}Development of service package and standard protocols and Training Modules for voucher service management, Training of staff of scheme operator and scheme implementers

}Development of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Quality Assurance Tools and Training Module;

}Training of Service Providers on SOP and QA Tools, Formation of Quality Assurance Team (QAT) and ensure service quality assessment

}Develop advocacy strategy to enhance collaboration, coordination and sustainability of the Action and continue strategic advocacy for sustainability of Voucher Scheme

}Develop criteria for BPL identification, conduct data collection and social mapping;

}Training of field staff and community volunteers on identification of poor through social mapping, distribution of vouchers

}Development of BCC strategy and BCC materials (print and audio-visual), Training of field staff for BCC, conduct community education: court-yard meeting, distribution of BCC materials, community drama/ popular theatre, video show

}Conduct baseline and end-line survey, Develop M&E Framework and Plan, Develop Brand guideline, prepare exit plan for Sustainability.

Project Name : Amader Kalaroa

Doner : Water Aid Bangladesh

Sector : WASH

Area : Kalaroa Purosova, Kalaroa, Satkhira.

Time Line : 01st June 2012 to 31st March 2018

Brief of activities :

Project Introduction: Kalaroa is a small coastal town designated as a B category Pourashava which a home of 28645 people, among whom most of them endure intense poverty along with the water and sanitation problems. This is one of the highest Arsenic contaminated urban areas in the country. Dhaka Ahsania Mission, in regard to its experience in WASH in Urban areas and long term engagement in Satkhira district, intents to implement a project named Amader Kalaroa (WASH in small towns). The main objective of the project is to establish a sustainable service delivery model developed to increase access to WASH facilities of the people living in Kalaroa Paurashava in focus of its coastal nature and possible climate change impact, through building capacity of the Paurashava, educational and local institutions and other service providers influencing toward pro-poor policy; and increase investments for Community Managed Sustainable WASH.

Project Agreement Number: WAB/CT/11-12/P-06/DAM (Kalaroa)

Overall Objective: By end of the project a Pourasava led community managed sustainable service delivery model for small coastal town developed to increase access to WaSH of the people living in Kalaroa Paurashava through building capacity of the Paurashavas and other service providers influencing rights based approach toward pro-poor policy; and increase investments for Community Managed sustainable WaSH in focus of coastal nature and possible climate change impact.

Specific Objectives:

• Devising a model of Community Managed sustainable WaSH for service delivery by the Paurashava Council involving the community to increase access to WaSH of the coastal citizen
• Enhancing capacity of the Paurashava Council to respond the demands of the citizen especially poor, slum duelers and the disadvantaged
• Empowerment of community people to place rights based demand for sustainable water supply and environmental sanitation services to the Paurashava and other service providers
• Community behavior change in promoting hygiene, water safety, sanitation and gender responsiveness
• Improvement of water, sanitation and hygiene situation in schools (WINs) and educational institutions within the Pourashava
• Influencing policy/strategy and institutional reforms to ease access to water and sanitation services for the coastal urban people

Outputs:

• Poor and disadvantaged people including children in small towns can enforce their rights to improve their WaSH service.
• Participants of communities in local level planning and collaboration enhanced.
• Pro-poor planning and implementation capacity of the Paurashavas to extend WaSh service / coverage increased.
• Environmental sanitation in targeted Paurashavas improved.

Project Components: Hard ware installation, Community mobilization, Capacity building, Awareness raising program, MHM piloting, WASH rights ensuring.

Major Activities: School, community & public latrine installation, Water option installation, Para committee & WLCC training, Para committee meeting, WLCC meeting, Hygiene session, CSA review, Campaign, School hygiene session, MHM session, Food hygiene monitoring.

Project Participants (Direct):

Project Name : SDC-Shomoshti Project

Doner : CARE Bangladesh

Sector : Economic Development

Area : Khulna & Satkhira

Time Line : 1 October 2016 to November 2019

Brief of activities :

Project Introduction: SHOMOSHTI–Prosperity for the poor and disadvantages is a SDC mandated project implemented by CARE Bangladesh. Shomoshti projects social and economic impact will benefit the wellbeing of rural households. Particularly the poor and disadvantaged by ensuring higher incomes, better nutrition and more education. Shomoshti will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 7th Five year plan of Government of Bangladesh (GoB) by addressing issues related poverty, food security, nutrition water and sanitation, inclusive economic growth, women empowerment, climate change and inclusive and responsive institutions. Overall Goal: Rural households, particularly the poor and disadvantaged, benefit from a better wellbeing due to higher incomes, better nutrition, improved health and more education. This improved wellbeing includes increased capacities to sustain and further improve the gains in income and social aspects. Overall Objective: 180,000 rural household will use improved technical services, which will result in higher yields, better prices and increased income. This will be achieved through the organizational capacity building of producer groups and the facilitative support to private and public service providers for developing pro-poor service in agriculture, agribusiness and home and cottage based activities which are relevant and affordable to the poor and disadvantaged. Two distinct pillars of services and systems will guide the interventions in achieving three outcomes respectively at community, market and enabling governance spheres in realizing the envisioned impact. Specific Objectives: 180,000 Households by 2020, in which 70% Poor, 40% disadvantaged, 30% impact group will constitute the impact group. Outputs:

1. Poor, disadvantaged and marginalized producers have the capacities to access business development services,
2. Poor, disadvantaged and marginalized producers gain the capacity to access social services and savings mechanisms.
3. Improved capacity of public and private service providers related to agriculture and cottage industries.
4. Enhanced capacity to both public and private service providers for offering pro-poor, inclusive and affordable social service options.
5. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) responsive services developed and promoted by public and private service producers.
6. Policy issues identified that hinder access to market, resources and social services by the poor, disadvantaged and marginalized households,
7. Enhanced awareness of Local Government Institutions (LGIs) about their roles for promoting inclusive market development and delivery of social services.
8. Women’s role to main streamed in the market system.

Outcome 1: 180,000 rural households (70% poor, 40% disadvantaged and 30% women) use improved technical and available social services. Outcome 2: Private and public providers offer improved services to at least 100000 rural households engaged in agriculture and cottage industries which are affordable and relevant to the poor and disadvantaged. Outcome 3: Issues of equitable access to resources and markets and social services raised by rural households and private service providers have been addressed by local government institutions and in government policies, rules and regulations. Project Components: i) Beef fattening ii) Vegetable iii) Crab fattening iv) Handicraft. Major Activities: i) Agriculture ii) Marketing, iii) Social service (Health, education and nutrition) Project Participants (Direct): 19,286 Producer (for inception period-1928)

Project Duration: 1 October 2016 to November 2019 Financial partner (Donor): CARE Bangladesh Implementing partner (if any): Dhaka Ahsania Mission-DAM Project Location/s and number of Field offices: Dhaka Ahsania Mission, House no 426, Road no 6, (2nd floor), Sonadanga R/A, 2nd Phase, Khulna. Project Budget: BDT 6,54,460 (For inception period) Number of project staffs and volunteers:

Contact Person: Md. Zahangir Alam, Project Coordinator Email: zahangir.1968@gmail.com, Mobile: 01753- 878801

Project Name : Nalta Sharif RPWSS

Doner : GoB-World Bank

Sector : WASH

Area : Nalta union of Kaliganj Upazilla in Satkhira

Time Line : Jan-2007 To Dec-33

Brief of activities :

Project Introduction:Bangladesh Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply Project (BAMWASP) planned to introduce piped water supply to provide safe water to the rural population. The project concept contained a more innovative approach of engaging private sponsors in planning, implementation and initial operation of the system before handing over to the community. Participation of the community right from the onset was a vital consideration together with serving the poor and vulnerable members. Before nationwide application of the system through BAMWSP launched in June 2005, BAMWSP intended to test the system by introducing a group of pilot projects under IDA credit no. 3124-BD. The main objective of the pilots was to check the sponsor’s ability in project preparation, implementation and initial operations and rural peoples’ response to pipe water system, willingness and affordability to pay for water. Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) responded to the expression of interest (IOE) invited by BAMWSP for piloting water supply scheme in rural areas and indented to sponsor a piped water supply scheme at village Nalta Sharif under Upazila Kaligonj, District- Satkhira ensuring community participation in planning and cost sharing. According to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between BAMWSP and DAM feasibility studies were carried out in the village during Feb’05 to July’05 covering social, technical financial aspect and accordingly submitted a feasibility report with a view to prepare detailed “ Project Proposal” for grant assistance. On acceptance of Feasibility Report by BAMWSP in May’06 this project proposal has been prepared in accordance with the BAMWSP guidelines. The proposal was accepted and an agreement was signed between BAMWSP and DAM on March 18, 2007. In order to address some of the construction related problems faced by the sponsors, some changes were adopted and an amended contract was signed again between the parties on February 12, 2009. The project has been completed by November 2009. Goal and Objective: 1.To make provision of safe water for rural people of Nalta sharif at affordable cost to facilitate basic need of potable drinking water

• To serve the interest of the poor and vulnerable members of the community covered under this scheme

To build capacity of the local community organization to construct, operate and maintain the installed piped water system. Outputs-Results-Outcomes:

• This a good example of Public Private Partnership (PPP)
• A new intervention in community water supply at Non government level
• A community owned scheme runs with active management support form DAM
• An Income Generating Project of DAM for next 18 years.
• It will serve about 1200 HH to provide access for 20000 people into arsenic and saline free safe drinking water. Under this target about 675HH and 6750 Peoples are directly benefited and 2000 Peoples are indirectly benefited.