Project Details - Bangladesh

Funded by the great generosity of all those who donated to Just a Drop at the British Curry Awards 2006, Just a Drop will now be able to support a WaterAid project working with a large community in Bangladesh. This project, run by WaterAid, is part of a multi-year partnership programme working in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

The population of Bangladesh stands at around 150million. It is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. The 1996 Development Report places Bangladesh amongst the 3 poorest countries in the world. The high occurrence of water-related disease across the country is the greatest cause of premature child mortality and accounts for 24% of all deaths in Bangladesh.

Nearly 50% of the country's total population lives below the poverty line. Those living in slums on the outskirts of Dhaka have no right to the land on which they live and are denied personal water connections. These communities also lack often even the most basic sanitation facilities, compounding serious health problems, polluting the environment and leading to contamination of those meagre water supplies that are available.

Just a Drop and The Scientific Exploration Society will work together with WaterAid to provide:

• A large scale piping and water system
• Five tube wells
• Rainwater harvesting scheme
• Latrines and sanitary blocks