Interventions by HYSAWA project affect various people at various levels. Apart from direct beneficiaries, the project also encourages other people to adapt a healthy & wiser way of life. Ibrahim Sheikh is one such person. Ibrahim is a sanitary toilet maker, he makes & sells latrines complete with slabs, rings and pipes. He is in this business for roughly 15 years now. For years, Ibrahim have built and sold many ready latrines, but never in his professional life has he been so delighted as seeing a SaTo pan.
SAM_1131 – Copy.JPGWhen HYSAWA introduced SaTo pan Digholia Sadar Union in Diara village, Ibrahim was there. At first, the technology seemed confusing to him, but with a little bit of help from the CO in ward no. 4, he is now such a fan of this product that he advocates it to the villagers. He didn’t stop there, he even took the dummy SaTo pan to Department of Public Health & BRAC office to inform them about the new & efficient technology of SaTo pan.
Ibrahim says, “This is a very good product. It’s quality is very good & long lasting; thousand times better than the ones from BRAC. The lock seal is very sophisticated; with the minimal weight it opens & closes instantly. I have already sold about 20 pans, and now am waiting to receive few more. When people come to me to buy pans, I advice against the traditional water seal pans & recommend these. I don’t want food or money, just supply me more SaTo pans so that I can help change my entire village!”
Case study collected by Nusrat Daud Pritha, Consultant, Documentation Officer, HYSAWA, November 2014