Ecological Sanitation for Schools
Ecological sanitation for 5 schools in Gazipur Bangladesh
Status
Active
Focus area
Location
Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
This project aims to provide 15 hand washing facilities and 50 sanitation facilities for 2044 children in 3 high schools and 2 primary schools. An awareness, skills development, and training program will be provided.
Target benchmarks
- 50 functioning sanitation systems
- 15 functioning hygiene facilities
- 2044 persons with access to improved water for 10 years
- 2044 persons with access to improved sanitation for 10 years
The overal goal is better health and school attendance, by improved access to toilets, which is also linked to hygiene education
Target benchmarks
- 50 functioning sanitation systems
- 15 functioning hygiene facilities
- 2044 persons with access to improved water for 10 years
- 2044 persons with access to improved sanitation for 10 years
Ownership: Education from BASA/PA via School Sanitation Clubs to pupils/teachers, and via them to community
maintenance: maintenance costs first year paid by project, afterwards by student fees (via School Management Committees), the Public Health Engineering Department, and the Ministery of Education Underdevelopment Scheme
gender: separate toilets / washing facilities for girls (special awareness)
environment: reuse of urine and faeces (urine-diverting ecological toilets) in school gardening; no water needed for flushing, no pollution of ground and/or surface water
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Luuk Diphoorn
2009-09-27 09:58
To all the good people at BASA:
Really great to see that the toilets have been constructed. The new toilet blocks look great and are a vast improvement compared to what the school children had to use before. I hope the children are happy with this as well. Keep up the good work!
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Project updates
Construction of toilet at Pajualia Primary School
2009-10-31 10:47 by A.K.M.SHIRAJUL ISLAM, BASA, via web
Completion of Eco Toilets construction
2009-09-27 06:24 by A.K.M.SHIRAJUL ISLAM, BASA, via web
User friendly toilets for school students
The Eco San toilet construction at Hatiab Hazi Samir Uddin hasbeen completed.
Alhaz Dr. Anowar Ali Primary School
2009-07-25 06:23 by A.K.M.SHIRAJUL ISLAM, BASA, via web
Inauguration of the ecosan toilet of Alhaz Dr. Anowar Ali Primary School by A.K.M. Mozammel Huq, MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Land on 22nd July, 2009.
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Funding
Raised: € 16,000
This project is
Fully funded
2009-06-11 Request posted
Current funder
Zaltbommel, The Netherlands
Grant: € 16,000
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Field partners
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Support partner
Gouda, The Netherlands