HYSAWA supported Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) to complete installation of 200 piped water schemes in the rural areas of 13 northern districts. These schemes have been installed with 9362 faucets/connections/stand posts from which about 162,000 people are getting safe drinking water. Among the beneficiaries 30% and 16% people are reported to be poor and […]

Sanitation is an indispensable part of WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene cycle). The PNGO/UP staffs engaged at the Union level are the key promoters of sanitation. They are formally trained to provide education to the communities with the help of local volunteers. The staff and volunteers organized regular sessions with people, organized in groups (called […]

HYSAWA financed training of UP functionaries, PNGOs, Community Facilitators and SOs on different modules including project planning, management and monitoring; procurement and finance management; cross-cutting issues such as governance, gender, poverty etc. Training was also provided in technical areas such as CLTS, hygiene promotion and caretakers training including water safety plan at user level. Hygiene […]

Improve hygiene behaviour /practices Hygienic behavior and a hygienic way of life is one of prime ways of preventing water-borne diseases. Research has shown that hand washing alone can prevent about 40% of the diarrheal diseases. With this aim in target, HYSAWA have designed their hygiene promotion programme in such a way that it is […]

Increase coverage of safe water supply services Creation of new access to safe water was the main agenda of this output. HYSAWA focused its attention on hard-core and poor people in the process of approval and ensuring participation by the community in the planning and implementation. About 44% beneficiaries are from hard-core poor population. The […]

Improving overall sanitation situation of the project areas is a major challenge. While the other benefits from HYSAWA come to beneficiaries almost free of cost, this is one sector that actually requires people to invest their own money for change. And when it comes to spending money for something seemingly trivial as a latrine, people […]