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Table of Contents

Subject Page
1. BASIC INFORMATION : 2
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : 2
3. PROGRESS AGAINST YEARLY TARGET : 3
3.1.1 Arsenic Test of Tube-wells : 3
3.1.2. Safe Water : 3
3.2. Sanitation : 4
3.3. Awareness and Hygiene : 5
3.3.1. Day and Month Observation : 5
3.3.2. Hand Washing Device Established : 6
3.3.3 Folk Song : 6
3.3.4 Hygiene Activity : 6
3.3.5 Solid and liquid Waste Management : 6
4. CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNITIES : 6
5. RESPONSES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION : 6
6. ADVOCACY MEETING AT UP AND UPAZILA LEVEL : 7
7. BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE : 7
8. LESSONS LEARNED : 7
9. RECOMMENDATIONS : 7




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1. BASIC INFORMATION:

Name of the Project : Promoting safe water and sanitation access and hygiene
motivation among rural poor in Arsenic Affected areas of
Munshiganj
Implementation Organization : Arsenic Mitigation and Research Foundation (AMRF)
Supported by : WaterAid in Bangladesh
Project Period : April 2013 to December 2016

Total House Hold under 2 unions : 51946

Working Area: (1
st
year)
Working area of PROWSHAR Project (1
st
year)
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Arsenic Mitigation and Research Foundation (AMRF) established in 2001 in The Netherlands
simultaneously a country office in Bangladesh. From 2006-2011, AMRF implemented the first
phase of the Arsenic Mitigation and Community Participation Programme. This was a joint effort
with Delft University of Technology and University of New South Wales and two local partners,
PRIDE and AITAM. In Bangladesh, AMCP project is being implemented in Munshiganj and
Jessore districts. During implementation of AMCP project identified huge demand of safe water




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options for poor people in respective area. Thats why AMRF is trying to mitigate this problem by
inclusive initiatives combining different GOs NGOs intervention. Subsequently AMRF got
partnership with WaterAid Bangladesh and PROWSHAR project has started in 2013 by the
financial and technical support of WaterAid Bangladesh to reduce WaSH vulnerability of arsenic
affected areas of Munshiganj. This will continue up to December 2016 and it covers 4 Unions of
2 Upazilas under Munshiganj district. Initially for 1 year it has been implemented in two unions of
Sreenagar upazila.
The report strives to represent the key achievements against targets in all over activities done in
lest year 2013-14. Major achievements of this year are stated as follows:
PROWSHAR project has been implementing on focusing three components; Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene. It aims to achieve peoples access to safe water, hygienic sanitation and hygiene
practice of the people. AMRF has implemented hardware and software activities at community,
school and public places to meet WaSH needs of the vulnerable people. The water technologies
are deep hand tube-well installation, platform construction, renovation of tube-wells, Safe Water
Dispensing Points installed at school and sanitation facilities at school etc. On the other hand
sanitation facilities at HH level have been improved by motivational work. Under the project year
2013-14, 4,395 peoples have benefited from 23 water facilities and 3,378 peoples have benefited
from 157 sanitation facilities.
AMRF has performed folk song events about water, sanitation and hygiene issue at community
level by oriented a professional drama team. It was tremendous initiatives to raise awareness
among the people on practicing hygiene issues.
AMRF has facilitated peer group training on basic WaSH at primary and secondary school level
and on core hygiene at community level. Peer group members are more efficient to perform HH
level motivational work on hygiene issues. Also refresher training for mason group at PNGO level
has been held.
Study on arsenicosis patient conducted to know the socio-economic condition of arsenicosis
patient, vulnerability of the patients and to assess the impact of arsenic in the society. This study
area was Sreenagar and Louhajang upazila under Munshiganj district.
AMRF has observed national sanitation month in October 2013 at union level to create more
awareness at community and school level. It has performed rally, cultural event and discussion
session. Also global hand washing day has been observed at one secondary school.

3. PROGRESS AGAINST YEARLY TARGET:
3.1.1 Arsenic Test of Tube-wells:
AMRF has special initiative to arsenic screening of
100% tube-wells of working area. In fiscal year 2013-
14 we have screened total 1482 tube-wells therefore
the result is 834 tube-wells are arsenic contaminated
and 648 tube-wells are arsenic safe.
3.1.2 Safe Water:
AMRF has initiated safe water supply for community
people, 8 deep hand tube-wells installed by direct
WaterAid fund and another 1 deep hand tube-well
installed by motivational work, 7 platform constructed
at HH level and 1 at public place (Bazaar) level, 3
tube-wells renovated considering up-gradation at household level and 1 at primary school level.
Also 3 Safe Water Dispensing Points installed at two secondary schools. Total 4,395 peoples
have benefited from 23 water facilities. Component wise target, achievement and beneficiaries
coverage are stated below.




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Table A: Target wise achievement of Water facilities and people:
Sl Intervention
Facilities Beneficiary
Target Achieve % Target Achieve %
01 Deep hand tube-well
Installation
8 9 112% 1,000 1,126 113%
02 Platform construction 8 8 100% 600 590 98%
03 Tube-well up-gradation 4 4 100% 200 401 200%
04 Safe water dispensing point
at secondary school
1 2 200% 1400 2,278 163%
Total 21 23 110% 3,200 4,395 147%



3.2 Sanitation:
AMRF has installed 26 latrine, upgraded 122 latrine from unhygienic to hygienic at household
level by motivational work. Also sanitation facilities installed and renovated at 2 secondary
schools. Total 3,378 peoples have benefited from 157 sanitation facilities.
To coverage sanitation status, CBOs facilitate to their community through motivational work
under casement area of each CBO. Construction of sanitary latrine and convert to unhygienic
latrine to hygienic latrine through motivation is a key and challenging task. Household level
latrine installation, household latrine up-gradation are the main component of the hardware
installation of Sanitation option. Component wise target, achievement and beneficiaries
coverage are stated below.
Table B: Target wise achievement of Sanitation facilities and people:
Sl Intervention
Latrine Beneficiary
Target Achieve % Target Achieve %
01 Latrine installation at HH level 20 29 102% 180 208 111%
02 Latrine up-gradation at HH level 160 124 98% 1440 892 109%
03 Sanitation facilities installation
and renovation at secondary
school
2 4 71% 1400 2278 86%
Total 182 157 86% 3020 3378 112%




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3.3 Awareness and Hygiene
3.3.1 Day and Month Observation
Global Hand Washing Day:
AMRF has organized some events in Shologhar A.K.S.K. high school to observe global hand
washing day 2013. Art competition, discussion session, demonstration & Practice on hand
washing. Almost 1500 participant were attended in the program. Member of SMC, school
teachers, students and AMRF PROWSHAR Project were present at the program.
National Sanitation Month Observation:
AMRF has observed national sanitation month Oct 2013 at school and community level in
collaboration with UP. Rally, discussion session quiz competition, drama show and
demonstration & practice on hand washing have organized at Mozidpur Doyhata Kofil Uddin
Institution. On the other hand drama show, baul song, meena cartoon show and quiz competition
held at Mozidpur Doyhata Bazar cum Bus stand of Birtara Union. Near about 1000 Participant
were attended the program from CBO, school, community and hat/bazar.







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3.3.2 Hand Washing Device installed at Household level:
AMRF has established 104 hand washing device at household level in this year by motivational
work.

3.3.3 Folk Song:
AMRF has performed 40 folk song events about water,
sanitation and hygiene issue at community level by oriented a
professional drama team. Near about 2396 people have
enjoyed the show and receive message on WaSH issues.

3.3.4 School Hygiene Activity:
At school level:
AMRF has facilitated peer group training on basic WaSH at primary and secondary school level.
8 batches of the trainings held and 148 students and teachers (girls 75, boys 61 and teachers
12) have received the training. They are well known about basic WaSH and they are also
practicing in respective school.
At community level:
Also AMRF has facilitated peer group training on core hygiene at community level. 10 batches of
the trainings held and 224 people (female 114 and male 110) have received the training. They
are well known about core hygiene and they are also practicing in hygiene behavior at HH level.

3.3.5 Solid and liquid waste management at Community level:
Most of the rural context, the entire household manages
their solid dust separately. So, everyone does not manage
properly their domestic solid waste. During the project year
430 Household developed their solid waste management
system by preparation 58 solid waste disposal system.
Household level waste water management facilities
installation is another task of the Rural WASH project,
During the reporting year 1376 HH managed their waste
water by preparation 79 waste water disposal system.

4. CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNITIES:
To enhancement of CBOs capacity, AMRF have facilitated of 4 batches of training on role
and responsibilities for CBO members in this year. 87 CBO members (Male 40,
Female=47) of 8 CBO have received this training. Most of the CBO members performing
smoothly in implementing the Project activities after received training.
AMRF has facilitated 1 batch refresher training for mason group at PNGO level. 5
participants have attended the training. PNGOs respective person (engineer) has
facilitated the day long training.

5. RESPONSES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION:
All peoples organizations are empowering on claiming their rights regarding water, sanitation
and hygiene issue by different advocacy initiatives. They want to achieve on the status of 100%
open defecation free for their community but its main preventing issue is poorness. So, they are
forwarding this issue to different service providers for getting service.





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ADVOCACY MEETING AT UP AND UPAZILA LEVEL:
In this Workshop AMRF has presented the situation analysis of all schools in working area
regarding Water and Sanitation as well as AMRF facilitated to take plan by respective school to
enrich the situation. That was tremendous job appreciated by UNO, UP Chairmen and Upazila
Education Officer. UNO, Upazila Education Officer and Union Chairmen have given commitment
to monitor the WaSH activities of all schools.

6. BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE
Yearly Financial Information (April 2013-March 2014)

Budget Expenditure Burning Rate Unexpended
58,27,532 58,18,980 99.85% 0.15%



7. LESSONS LEARNED
Maximum number of HH latrine of this area is unhygienic due to its linkage to pond and
cannel. It happens due to lake of proper knowledge of the people. This condition could be
changed through mobilizing the people on WaSH rights.
There is mentionable number of rich people using arsenic contaminated water because of
traditional mentality that it is not more harmful to human body. We are motivating them to
install safe water technologies.
8. RECOMMENDATIONS
This project providing facilitation support to the communities for the three types of improvement
like, build further capacity of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to sustain water and
sanitation facilities properly, mobilize local level resources and link with relevant stakeholders for
their overall development and provide support for implementation of remaining essential
demands for water and sanitation facilities towards improved environmental sanitation and better
health. AMRF had planed more widespread activities on this reporting year like model school
program, sharing workshop with different stakeholders, capacity building CBOs. On the other
hand it is very essential to incorporate some activities in next year plan and budget. As like as
follows;-
Curative and preventative measure to arsenicosis patients
DAP friendly WaSH support
Some research initiatives to identify actual scenario of arsenic contamination and arsenic
vulnerability of the poor people








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Abbreviations:
WAB WaterAid Bangladesh
WaSH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
DPHE Department of Public Health Engineering
CBO Community Based Organization
CAP Community Action Plan
CSA Community Situation Analysis
FY Fiscal Year
UP Union Parishad
UZ Upazila
HH Household
HP Hygiene Promotion
NGO Non-government Organization
TW Tube-well (Shallow hand tube-well)
DAP Differently Able People
LGI Local Government Institution
MFI Micro Finance Institution