The water we want - Salinity cripples life

Safe water- being the prime essential of life has become a scarcity for the people of Sundarbans and it is worsening. While salinity is abundance in available water, the safety is not. The story of one Kalam (pseudonym) veils every home of Sundarbans. The crisis continues with only hope still being the water desalination plant proposed in our initiative.

Kalam, a day labor and his sick wife have been together for over 40 years without any heir. He works as a honey hunter which demands his day time. Without the meager income their home goes without food. But that’s just one step of the hardship. His sick wife needs medicinal attention and the doctor’s have advised him to give her safe drinking water when needed or recovery will not be possible.

Fetching safe water is not easy in the remote village where salinity devours every pond at a 4-5km radius. Kalam walks 8 km to get 4 liters of drinkable water for home. On those days, he cannot manage time for work. He alternates between both the essentials to his livelihood. Either work or let his sick wife go without drinking safe water.

This is the story of one in two homes of the village. With your donation, we will be able to install 3 plants which will filter the salinity out of the water and make it drinkable thus helping people like Kalam of the villages of Sundarbans able to live a better life.

Scarcity of water is not merely a crisis anymore rather it is a question of life and death for those people.

If you want to stand beside people like Kalam please donate to here https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/water-we-want-mrdi-bangladesh .

Donation Utilization:

Till now we have raised only $340 which is quite less for installing three small desalination plants at those villages.  We have been able to support those poor people only because of your continued love and support.

Make a donation today and help us go further in achieving our mission.