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The Fordnagar Water Project

Bangladesh Lack of Water

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Summary

Enable the community of Fordnagar, Bangladesh to improve their health and use their time for economic development by building and maintaining a sustainable, safe water & sanitation system project reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $5,750 was raised for this project.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Imagine thinking the water you drink is safe only to find out that it’s contaminated by arsenic. This is what has happened to the 1,500 residents of Fordnagar. Today, drinking water is collected from either contaminated unprotected sources of distant untainted wells. The water problems facing the community are further exacerbated by unhygienic practices, which contaminate their open sources. This has led to an increase in disease & illness, which has hit the children of Fordnagar the hardest.

Activities

10 new wells will be drilled for the community; each household will build a sanitary pit latrine. Local technicians, selected by the community, will be trained to operate & maintain it. A local water committee will oversee project.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,750

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $5,750 .  The original project funding goal was $32,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

1,500 people will receive access to safe, adequate water & sanitation. The community will have ownership of the project & will create systems for its maintenance & upkeep.

Project Message

WaterPartners gives mothers more than access to safe water-it allows them to dream about their daughters' futures, rather than worry about their survival.
- Marla Smith-Nilson, Director of International Programs

Who is Running This Project

Contact



WaterPartners International
PO Box 22680
Kansas City, MO 64113-0680
United States
913.312.8600 ext 4
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Project Sponsor

Water.org

Organization

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Water.org
920 Main
#1800
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
United States
913.312.8600
http://www.water.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in BangladeshBangladesh and can also be found under HealthHealth.

For more information about Bangladesh, read the Human Development Report on Bangladesh or the Wikipedia entry for Bangladesh.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 3, 2004

Latest Update from the Field

From the Field: Project Update

By Laurel Groh - Sr. Communications Manager, July 14, 2006 05:00 PM

In the rural community of Fordnagar Molla para, the people struggle to meet their daily water needs. They have several community-built shallow tubewells that are used for drinking water. However, these sources often dry up in the dry season. The villagers must wash and bathe in several extremely contaminated ponds that are also used by the cattle. They are prepared to pay some of the capital costs of and 100% of the maintenance costs for a new water system, but they lack the financial resources to get started. With financial support from WaterPartners International, our Bangladeshi partner organization will work with the people of Fordnagar Molla para to develop and implement a sustainable community water supply and sanitation system.

The new water system in rural Fordnagar Molla para is currently under construction. The new system will consist of deep tubewells with hand pumps and drainage system. The sanitation facilities will be individual household pit latrines.

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