Can students themselves fight the water crisis in rural schools?
A few months ago, Thaingkhali High School in south-eastern Bangladesh had neither safe water supply nor adequate facilities for handwashing. Without safe water in the school premises during the dry...
View ArticleYes, hygiene and school enrolment are directly proportional
“A study undertaken in Bangladesh revealed an 11 per cent increase in girls’ enrolment mainly due to the provision of sanitary toilets.” -Technical paper series/IRC In Bangladesh the standard number of...
View ArticleVoices of success in BRAC WASH communities
Originally posted on the IRC website. “People are developing a taste for healthy living. They want improvement‑ compared to us and what we are doing, they want better,” says Md Amin Uddin, one of the...
View ArticleThe Bangladesh Paradox: exceptional health and sanitation advances despite...
This article was originally posted on IRC WASH blog on 1 August 2014 by Cor Dietvorst and Vera van der Grift Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury from BRAC on the Bangladesh public health miracle, aid or trade,...
View ArticleWhen nature gives you resources, store it
Abdus Salam Sheikh is one of 4.3 million people in Bangladesh without access to safe drinking water. The 58-year-old man lives alone with his wife in a remote village in Mongla of Bagherhat in...
View ArticleThat time of month: Why is menstruation still a problem?
According to national statistics, a girl will miss three days of school each month. Many have said to have poor performance at school because of menstrual problems. Most girls use unhygienic old...
View ArticleFrom health to wealth: Sanitation standards shifting in rural Bangladesh
There is more to the story of “sanitation” in a country like Bangladesh than meets the eye. Often viewed by most as merely a basic component of social development, the provision of proper sanitation...
View ArticleWalking three kilometres for a bathroom break
This presents various challenges in terms of hygiene, privacy and security. More than 40% of girls end up missing school during menstruation. Tahia Toushin, a secondary school student, shares the...
View ArticleClean hands to save lives: Innovations from South Asia
In the 90s, UNICEF revolutionised how sanitation was perceived in the rural south with the very famous Meena cartoons, where an adorable parrot Mithu changed our lives with one line. While that...
View Article4 ways to change the world of water, sanitation and hygiene
Do you ever think twice about the water you drink from the glass neatly set on your table? How about your bathroom which you run to in the middle of the night? And the soap that sits beside the sink...
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