Drinking Water Security for the Poor and Women

Division : Socio-economic issue (Action research and implementation)

Status : By June 2005, research part has been completed. On the basis of the action research (Participatory Needs Assessment, Participatory Technology Assessment), alternative safe drinking water options for the target population are going to be installed in the project areas for demonstration and it will be completed by July 2005.

Project Title: Drinking Water Security for the Poor and Women

Client: Alternative Movement for Resources and Freedom Society

Donor / Funder : Inter-church Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO), The Netherlands, and Christian Aid, UK

Project-In-Charge: Mr. Khorshed Alam/ Dwijen Mallick

Project Description: This is a participatory project to evolve and establish safe drinking water security for the poor and women in Bangladesh leading to enlarged livelihood potential and women’s access to and control over natural resources. This project aims at-

a) enhancing drinking water security for poor and women in the project areas i, e, Rajshahi, Gaibandha, Bagerhat, Gopalganj, and Rangamati;

b) forming and strengthening people’s institution and hereby gaining people’s informed and proactive participation in development process;

c) enabling conditions for women to play their vital role in environment management and development and trigger greater collective efforts to address common issues;

d) establishing the right of the poor and women to the drinking water sources.

Time Period: July 2004-June 2007

Expected Outputs:

a) People’s motivation to secure safe drinking water;

b) Increased awareness about water related health and hygiene;

c) Evolving local people’s institution (Pani Parishad);

d) Greater participation of poor and women in their development process;

e) Increased participation and empowerment of women, promotion of women’s leadership and widening women’s role in decision making;

f) Solidarity and collective efforts to address common issues;

g) Improved capacity to plan and manage local initiatives;

h) Greater access to and secured right of women to safe drinking water;

i) Increased time and opportunity for women to engage in productive activities;

j) Reduction in water borne diseases.

For Further Information : Mr.  Khorshed Alam, Coordinator of the project/ Mr. Dwijen Mallick, Research Fellow, BCAS/ ASM Juel, Research Officer, BCAS

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