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HYSAWA HYSAWA Supports promotion of hygiene practices, increasing access to sanitation and safe water supply in the rural and peri-urban areas of Bangladesh through capacity building and empowering local Government institutions and communities. |
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Testimonials “We have learnt about the Public Procurement Rules and followed these, managed contractors, continue to manage staff and always engage with HYSAWA on problems and successes… if we can do this, we can do anything.” Chairman Mr Swapan Das, Betaga Union Parishad.
“We salute HYSAWA” Chairman Sheikh Bazlur Rahman, Rampal Union Parishad
“No other organisation is doing work like HYSAWA. Because we work together we have achieved rapid progress…. It will take time but I am not hopeless” Chairman Gazi Tafsir Ahmed, Roghanathpur Union Parishad.
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HYSAWA was established in 2007 as an autonomous financial institution licensed under section 28 of the Companies Act, 1994. The company provides grants and support to eligible and qualified Local Government Institutions (LGIs), in particular Union Parishads (UPs), to implement locally developed, community-based, hygiene, sanitation and water supply services and programmes. HYSAWA is supported by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and other donors, currently Danida and AusAID.
HYSAWA has been facilitating the establishment of necessary institutional arrangements within LGIs, and engaging private sector management firms, engineering firms and NGOs to provide capacity support to UPs. Communities plan projects for hygiene, sanitation and water supply schemes through a bottom-up planning process and according to local demand and affordability. These bottom-up schemes are submitted to the respective UPs for implementation with financial and technical support from HYSAWA. Cross-cutting issues of human rights, good governance, gender, culture and development are built in to the community scheme preparation process and mainstreamed throughout all stages of implementation.
HYSAWA in numbers
Over 7,200 Union Parishad functionaries from 571 Union Parishads have received training on project management, water and sanitation and cross cutting issues.
More than 3,900,000 people have participated in hygiene promotion activities on hand-washing, latrine hygiene, food hygiene and household waste management and safe water use.
Over 850 Institutional/public latrines constructed in schools, market places, mosques, madrasa and mandirs.
34,116 water supply sources installed benefiting more than 2.4 million people of which 44% are hardcore poor.
236 rural piped water supply systems with over 13,000 connections in 16 districts of Rajshahi and Khulna Divisions benefiting over 230,000 people.
More than 60,000 caretakers trained for simple operation and maintenance of water points, of which 50% are female.
About 850 staff under UP and more than 15,000 community volunteers delivered hygiene promotion messages.
Total 672,801 hygienic latrines were either newly installed or upgraded to make them hygienic, primarily with water seal - against the target of 350,000 |
