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Name of Client/Partner
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SDC, Bangladesh
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Period of Contract
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January 2013 to September 2017
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Assignment/Project:
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Empowering and Decentralization Local Government Institutions to manage Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Supply service delivery in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh – Phase-01
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Contract Amount
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BDT 823,000,000
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Location of service/Country
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Khulna, Jashore, Satkhira, Barisal, Bagerhat district
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Scope, Activities and Summary Results
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Scope:
The project was implemented in 70 unions in southern parts of Bangladesh mostly in hard-to-reach areas. The objectives were:
• Strengthen the Local government institutions’ capacity for sustainable service delivery in water supply and sanitation within the nationally agreed framework;
• Improve the hygiene behavior, access to hygienic sanitation and safe drinking water;
• Inform policy-makers the lessons learned from this project to improve policy framework and
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Activities:
- Training for local government functionaries (particularly to UPs), Training for community organizers (COs) engaged to provide WASH services to HHs level & communities;
- Identified community volunteers and oriented them on how WASH services could be expanded around the communities for achieving the 100% sanitation coverage and promotion of hygiene behavior;
- Performed situation analysis and need assessment and established baseline using PRA methods and tools;
- Facilitated series of awareness sessions using proven IEC/BCC materials, demonstration,
- Installed school latrine in consultation with school management committees (SMCs) and public latrines in consultation with concerned UPs;
- Showed popular UNICEF Meena and other educational videos at community level and schools/institutions;
- Showed live drama with functional messages related to sanitation at public places;
- Moreover, regular coordination, communication, follow up, facilitation of workshops, meeting, case and facts presentation associated to achieve the success where funding agency/donors expressed their full satisfaction.
- Development or re-printing of available Climate change and WASH focus IEC/BCC materials
- Hygiene promotion and Climate change awareness and adaptation activities in communities, schools
- Hygiene promotion activities in communities, schools
- Distribution of hygiene kits in necessary cases
- Special sessions for adolescent girls in communities on menstrual hygiene
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Summary results:
- Working in 70 Union Parishads, installed 8,000 water points and 250 Public/Institutional latrines based on community demands
- Formal training to 1,100 Local Government functionaries
- Hygiene and sanitation promotion for 1,500,000 people including school children
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