Provide a School with Fresh, Clean Water

Daxmin Paschhim Amtoli is a small village in Bangladesh with approximately 35 households.

Before support from Global Giving, Daxin Paschhim Amtoli had very little access to clean water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene.  Women had to travel a long way to the nearest Government Primary School, which was difficult and particularly risky for pregnant women.

Most of the households didn’t use sanitary latrines or keep drinking water and food covered. As a result, most of the people suffered from diarrhea, especially the children.

With the help of GlobalGiving, the community installed a deep tubewell (DTW) and held court-yard sessions to teach the community about personal hygiene. Now, the community takes an active role in cleaning and maintaining the DTW and has installed household latrines and a soak well at their own cost.

With access to safe drinking water, sanitary latrines and information on personal hygiene, families in Daxmin Paschhim Amtoli are free from diarrheal diseases. 

Students in Baliarpur primary school in Savar are now much more able to learn, and to protect their health, thanks to the support of Global Giving contributors. With funds raised, Save the Children has repaired two latrines, built two new latrines, installed two urinals for boys, built five hand washing points (four for children and one for teachers). And for the first time, children at the school now have clean, safe drinking water! 

Fifth grader Hajera explains, “Before, I had to leave school and walk to my house to use the bathroom. This meant I would miss one class. I am very happy to get new latrines, hand washing facilities and drinking water right at my school!”

Salman, another fifth grader, says “My friends and I used to have to go to the bathroom outside. There was a very bad smell at the school because of the dirty latrines. Sometimes, we would carry bottled water from home, now we have as much as we need at school.”

Save the Children is also providing health education, vitamins, vision screening, de-worming medicines and other basic health services to children at the school. In the next month, the latrines will be painted and a signboard will be installed.