1. Name of the organization: Board for Integrated Rural Development BIRD 2. Country: Bangladesh

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1 Summary 1. Name of the organization: Board for Integrated Rural Development BIRD 2. Country: Bangladesh 3. Name of the project: An Initiative for Arsenic free water supply, ensure sanitation and hygiene promotion LIFE ( 生活 ). 4. Project time-period: December 2012 to February Description of the water issues/ objectives of your activities (within 250 words): The main objective of the project is to ensure the arsenic free pure drinking water for 40 families (200 people) and also ensure sanitation facility for 40 families (200 people). Besides this the project will disseminate water, sanitation and hygiene related information to rural people which will aware them. Finally, develop a model of solving the problem arises from climate change regarding water, sanitation and hygiene promotion; turn the model effective and replication of this at community level. To contribute to achieve the goals of MDGs. 6. Description of your activities with the JWF Fund (within 500 words): BIRD will procure 10 ART (Arsenic Removal Technology); locally known as SONO Filter (world famous brand) for 40 families each family consisting of 5 members. Then 10 water user groups will be formed for maintenance and use of 10 ART. 4 family will use one 1 ART by turn; the schedule will be prepared by community people. The technical side will be monitored by project personnel. BIRD will install 10 sanitary latrines for 40 families of canal side (bank) of Talbaria village. 10 groups will be formed for the maintenance of it. Land will be provided by community people as in kind support. To this context the user group will also provide fencing of latrine (bamboo). BIRD will arrange 20 court yard sessions for 400 community people. The topic of the session will be water, sanitation and hygiene. Project personnel will facilitate the session there they will discuss about necessity of sanitary latrine, management of baby stool, Arsenic problem, menstrual hygiene, pure drinking water, maintenance of ART and latrine and many more. 5 sing board bearing the information regarding water, sanitation and hygiene will be placed at 5 populated place of village (market, school.). The monogram/logo of Japan Water forum will be printed on sign board and all others installation. 7. The number of direct beneficiaries of your project: 400 people will be benefited by this project directly. Among them 150 are women and children. 200 will be benefited from water facility and 200 from sanitation facility. Another 400 people will be benefited awareness raising program and the learning and success will be disseminate and replicated among 700 people.

2 Project Description 1. Name of the organization: Board for Integrated Rural Development-BIRD 2. Country: Bangladesh 3. Area: Talbaria Village of Narail district. 4. Details of the Project-site: Location: Talbaria village of Lohagara upazila of NARAIL district. ** Please enlarge the image to see the location details. 5. Project time-period: December 2012 to February Project manager Name: Md. Mustafizur Rahman Title: Project Coordinator Phone: Name of the project or activity: An Initiative for Arsenic free water supply, ensure sanitation and hygiene promotion LIFE ( 生活 ). 8. Description of the water issues/ objectives of your projects or activities: The main objective of the project is to ensure the arsenic free pure drinking water for 40 families (200 people) and also ensure sanitation facility for 40 families (200 people). Besides this the project will disseminate water, sanitation and hygiene related information to rural people which will aware them. Finally, develop a model of solving the problem arises from climate change regarding water, sanitation and hygiene promotion; turn the model effective and replication of this at community level. To contribute to achieve the goals of MDGs.

3 9. Description of your activities with the JWF Fund: BIRD has procured 10 ART (Arsenic Removal Technology); locally known as SONO Filter (world famous brand) for 40 families each family consisting of 5 members. Then 10 water user groups are formed for maintenance and use of 10 ART. 4 family will use one 1 ART by turn; the schedule is prepared by community people. The technical side has monitored by project personnel. BIRD installed 10 sanitary latrines for 40 families of canal side (bank) of Talbaria village. 10 groups is formed for the maintenance of it. Land provided by community people as in kind support. To this context the user group also provides fencing of latrine (bamboo). BIRD l arranged 20 court yard sessions for 400 community people. The topic of the session was water, sanitation and hygiene. Project personnel facilitated the session there they discussed about necessity of sanitary latrine, management of baby stool, Arsenic problem, menstrual hygiene, pure drinking water, maintenance of ART and latrine and many more. 5 sing board bearing the information regarding water, sanitation and hygiene has been placed at 5 populated place of village (market, school.). The monogram/logo of Japan Water forum is printed on sign board and all others installation. In addition to this sanitary napkin is given to women folk. 10. Involved stakeholders: Stakeholder Planning Design Implementation Community People *** *** BIRD *** *** *** Government members) (UP WatSan Expert *** *** *** 11. Methodology of your projects or activities: Activities Number of activities / No. Remarks Project launching one opening session All project staff and beneficiaries attend the opening session. Survey Survey on water and sanitation of Talbaria. Sample was 50 and used structured questionnaire to collect data. Community meeting 5 community meeting For selecting water filter and latrine installation location. ART Installation 10 ART distributed As per community decision. Latrine materials procurement material procure community people and project staff Latrine installation 10 latrine installed As per community decision. Court yard session 20 session arranged As per community decision. Sign board 5 sign board installed As per community decision.

4 12. The number of direct beneficiaries of your projects or activities: 400 people will be benefited by this project directly. Among them 150 are women and children. 200 will be benefited from water facility and 200 from sanitation facility. Another 400 people will be benefited awareness raising program and the learning and success will be disseminate and replicated among 700 people. 13. Achieved outcomes of your projects or activities: 200 people are getting the arsenic free water facility from 10 distributed ART which is reducing their risk of poisoning; pure drinking water and cooking water is reducing risk of diarrhea, cholera, scabies and dysentery. 200 people are using sanitary latrine (10 latrine installed) which are reducing their risk related to hanging latrine; canal water is not getting polluted. Be sides this 1000 people of Talbaria village are aware about water, sanitation, arsenic contamination and hygiene such as hand washing, menstrual hygiene and others from 20 court yard session and 5 sign board. Finally the project has reduced the illness of babies and mothers thus a way their money and working hour is saved. The project model is already replicated and local municipality is using the model. The project success and learning is disseminated through community meeting of BIRD other program and through community radio. Finally the mentality of villager changed they would like to do same work in group and with participation for other project. They project teach them to work together because of which they have already raised fund for re-constructing a prayer yard. Women are using sanitary napkin during menstruation and BIRD community worker found soap case in latrine of some villagers during their visit of community people. Every day many villagers visit us and comments about ART; ART is working excellent and already they have noticed the benediction of it. 14. Pictures and questionnaires

5 15. Conclusion, such as lessons learned, remaining issues for future activities. People of Talbaria are known about group formation and team work. Now they can take initiative and accomplish it for their own benediction. They know how community people can change their plight of their own. Some women are practicing using hygienic pad but they are not regular because of financial crises. It will be very effective if we can aware them for the use of hygiene pad and make them accustom about it. For these efforts we need financial support from other. Besides huge demand of ART (Arsenic Removal Technology) we have to do something more for them. To this regard we need the assistance of JWF for long time, if it is possible please consider it. 16. Table of actual expenditures of your project/ activity with the JWF Fund. Unit Item Content cost(us$) Quantity Amount(US$) Water ART (Arsenic Removal Technology) $ $480 Sanitation Latrine (material set) $ $ 340 Sanitation Hygiene, Water and sanitation Hygiene, Water and sanitation Hygiene and sanitation Latrine (installation) Court yard session Sign board Sanitary Pad $ $250 $ $ 250 $ 50 5 $250 $1 50 $50 Total Amount $1620 NOTES: 1. Sanitary pad was not the item of approved project budget but when we discussed about menstrual hygiene and necessity of hygienic pad some women request us to provide some pad because of which we have provided it. Some of them are using it in some time and other is not because they are destitute. 2. There have some discrepancy with approved project budget and actual cost; this is because of change of rate of item cost and local availability of item.