By Kapil Biswas | Project Contributor
The project area is located at Banishanta union of Dacope Sub district in Khulna district adjacent to the Sundarbans mangrove forest. Water is a fundamental resource for life and livelihood. But safe water is scarce in the coastal area of Bangladesh. The coastal people have to depend on rain water. In the summer season there is no rain and they are bound to drink nearby ponds and canals water. As a result, most of the people suffer from various kinds of water contaminated diseases.
Initiative:Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS)has been trying to provide safe drinking water to the climate vulnerable underprivileged Sundarbans coastal community since 2015. We have re-excavated 3 ponds and by using the local technology we have established Solar Pond Sand and filter system for water purification. The quality of water doesn't fulfill the drinking standard. So BEDS has installed 2 Reverse Osmosis water purification systems with Water ATM in Paschim Dhangmari and Uttor Banishanta village. 7 water wells have also been installed. Now BEDS has been providing door to door safe drinking water with minimum charge in Banishanta and Laudove union and we are planning to install 8 more water wells in different coastal villages.
Impact: Most of the coastal people used pond water for drinking and cooking purpose and they could not think about the reverse osmosis purified water. But the situation became change after installing the Reverse Osmosis System, more than 9000 coastal villagers are now getting safe drinking water at a cheap rate which is only 0.5 TK per liter. The rate of water contaminated diseases is going to disappear. This little charge is taken for the maintenance cost of water production so that this activity will sustain in the long run process.
Feedbacks from the beneficiaries: A housewife Mrs. Roy expressed her feelings about the reverse osmosis water. My family consists of 4 members. I have 2 little children. Before, I used pond’s water for drinking and household purposes. As a result, they suffered from various kinds of water born diseases and their sufferings knew no bounds. Every month, we used to spend a lot of money for visiting doctors and also for medicine purpose for the children. After using RO water from BEDS, now my children are well and they are free from all kinds of water contaminated diseases. Now they can concentrate on their education.
We would like to thank all our donors for their amazing and continuous support for the coastal deprived people. We are requesting all our donors to start monthly recurring donation by clicking the following link;
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