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In Bangladesh, Eau et Vie provides safe water directly to the home of over 2,442 families. 

The organisation’s hygiene awareness activities also reach approximately 12,244 inhabitants in 2022.

The installation of sanitary blocks and latrines, service benefits 660 users.

This legal and individual water access alleviates stress on them and eases tensions between dwellers. Women can also save precious time to dedicate to other activities, whether than water-fetching. In-home water access and the change in hygiene habits improved the inhabitants’ health conditions. In Bhashantek, the beneficiary households have reduced by 3 their monthly health expenses, work absences were divided by 6 and a general decrease in diseases (e.g. division by 3 of stomach-aches cases) was noted according to an intermediate impact study (2016). The families’ water consumption rate almost doubled reaching 53.2L/pers/day (against 27.8L), which is superior to the minimum 50L to have a decent life (WHO), and 95% of the households confirmed enjoying good health.

On the other hand, the water operators, CWASA and DWASA, have also benefited from the extension and securing of their networks, while the local authorities have witnessed a decrease in pollution in the neighbourhood, which is cleaner and where social cohesion is improved. 

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At a Glance

10,956

Beneficiaries having access to water at home

6,225

People have improved hygiene awareness in 2022

6,019

People have improved menstrual hygiene awareness in 2022

150

Active Firefighters

116

Latrines built

101

Community consultations en 2022
LIVES CHANGED

Talking with my mom and E&V’s field workers reassured me a lot about my body. Esha

Esha and her family had some apprehension about women’s periods. Her mother would not let her out of the house during menstruation, forbidding her to engage in any activity and communicate with others. After participating in an awareness session together, Esha’s mother confessed that she had a better understanding of the phenomenon and no longer wanted to impose these restrictions on her daughter.

Esha and her mom | Inhabitants of Bhashantek, Dhaka

I used to have to hurry to line up at the well to collect water, carrying my Kolshi (jars of water). To have enough water for my family, I had to fill two of them, but this could lead to tensions or quarrels with neighbours who were also waiting to collect water.

Now I don’t have to worry about fetching water anymore. There are fewer diseases like diarrhoea in my family.

Nurbanu | Inhabitant of Bhashantek, Dhaka

It’s much more comfortable for me to have a toilet at home. The other alternative would have been to go to an unhygienic communal latrine 200 metres from my house. I feel very lucky.

We just had a baby. Having a toilet and running water inside the house allows us to keep our baby healthy as well as us. Fatema

Before getting married last year, Nuruz, a teacher and part-time contractor, decided to have a Biofil ecological toilet built in his home to provide the best living conditions for his wife. This was very important to him, especially since Fatema comes from a wealthier background, and he did not want to impose on her the constraints faced by other slum dwellers.

Nuruz and Fatema | Newlyweds living in Bhashantek, Dhaka