Water and Sanitation

Since early nineties, BEES has been incorporating WatSan activities exclusively with the assistance form integrated software and hardware support services from the NGO Forum for DWSS under its collaboration activities. So far, it has been rendering the services through 4 Village Sanitation Centers (VSCs) along with its abundant support services for the suffering humanities.

BEES has achieved a sound experience in rehabilitation work particularly in WatSan activities. In particular, after any devastating cyclone in coastal belts, BEES successfully performed rehabilitation activities, which mainly include building shelter, ensuring safe water & environmental sanitation, installation of new tubewells, repairing & re-sinking of the damaged tubewells, dewatering ponds as well as producing water-seal ring-slab latrines with the financial assistance of the World Relief Canada.

BEES provided the beneficiaries with credit for tubewell installation and construction of hygienic latrines. A huge number of tubewells and latrines have been installed through these initiatives.

Furthermore, BEES performed arsenic tested for a good number of hand tubewells with its own efforts. The tubewells with arsenic contamination were marked red while the arsenic free tubewells were marked green. BEES created awareness among the people using communication materials on usage of safe water, personal hygiene practice, disposal of solid waste, and; dreadfulness of arsenic & arsenic mitigation options. Besides, plentiful promotional activities were accomplished to strengthen the hardware support services in WatSan.

pBEES conducted safe drinking water and small scale irrigation activities in 1979-1982 at 10 upazilas of Bogra district for installing 4600 HTWs with the assistance of Bangladesh Krishi Bank.
BEES conducted 100% Sanitation Program in 2005-2007 in 3 upazilas of Gaibandha district and installed 11672 hygienic latrines & 628 HTWs with the help of GOB-WB through Social Development Foundation (SDF).
BEES is conducting Water & Sanitation activities from 2004 in 6 upazilas of Faridpur, Madaripur & Gopalganj district for installing 384 HTWs and 1273 Pit Latrines in National Nutrition Program (NNP) intervention areas with the support of GOB-WB through NNP.
Through its WatSan activities, after the devastating cyclone in 1991in coastal belts BEES successfully performed rehabilitation activities, which mainly included building shelter and ensuring safe water and environmental sanitation with the financial assistance of the World Relief Canada.
Since early nineties, BEES has been incorporating its exclusive WatSan activities with the assistance of NGO Forum.
BEES has been conducting the Water and Sanitation services through 4 Village Sanitation Centers
BEES conducted rural sanitation activities in 1996-2007 at 83 upazilas of 28 districts and established 9400 sanitary latrines with the help of NGO Forum & DPHE
BEES provides the beneficiaries with credit for tubewell installation and setting up hygienic latrines
After receiving small support from NGO Forum for the time being, now the water and sanitation hardware program is being sustained through income generating activities under Microfinance Program in 31 districts.
BEES purchased enough arsenic test kits to identify the arsenic contaminated tube wells in the intervention areas.
BEES has tested the water of hand-tubewells in the intervention areas with its own efforts, and the tubewells that were found arsenic contaminated were marked by red color while the arsenic free tubewells were marked by green color.
Promotional activities such as development of BCC materials, courtyard meetings, rally along with miking, film show, folk song, seminar, workshop, doorstep visits are being taken place regularly to strengthen the program implementation
To aware and motivate the people, BEES has been using communication materials such as flip charts, stickers, posters, flyers etc.
It has published special issue of its Bangla Newsletter 'Mathchitra' on water and sanitation.