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DSK’s WatSan Experience : Reaching to the Poor

Dushtha Shasthya Kendra- DSK

Bangladesh Context

 160 million people live in Bangladesh  40% live below poverty  25% extreme poor  40 million live in urban  urban population rising 6% annually  6 million pop live in urban slum  Density of slum pop. 200 time higher than the

normal city area ( 531,000/ sqm)

 Slum pop. Become double from 1996 to 2005  Number of slum increase 70% ( 3007 to 4966)  Average daily income Tk 150- 200 ( USD 2-2.5)

Water scenario

 Access to drinking water : 74%  Potential risk to As. : 40-60 m.

people [mostly rural area]

 Access to water in Urban areas

: 30-80%

 10-15% urban slum people

have access to legal water supply

Sanitation scenario

 54 % cover by improve latrine

(JMP 2010) mostly in rural areas

 94% fix place defecation , only

6% open defecation

 Urban sanitation coverage : 76%  Sanitation coverage in Urban

slum 14% ( 2003, No up date data)

 National target 100% sanitation

by 2013

DSK activity

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DSK established in 1989

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Start with health activity in urban slums

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Major programme and project

• Health Care
• Water and Sanitation
• Non formal education
• Micro credit
• Disaster management
• Economic empowerment of urban

extreme poor

DSK WatSan Components

 Water supply  Environmental Sanitation  Hygiene promotion ( including menstrual

hygiene)

 Community empowerment ( CBO + Training)  School WASH  Public toilets and Mobile toilets  Solid waste management ( collection, treat,

convert in to compost , sale in market )

 LGI engagement  Research and Innovation  Advocacy

DSK’s approaches

Community based

• CBO formation and empowerment
• Community participation in problem identification

planning , implementation, supervision and monitoring

• Promote Women leadership
• Participation of Poor and extreme
• O & M by community
• 100% coverage
• 100% cost recovery

LIG engagement

• Activate sanitation taskforce ( Ward and Zone)
• Participation local Ward Councilor

DSK’s approaches

Advocacy

• community voice ( rotted advocacy)
• Dialogue with service provider ( local and

Central)

• Meeting / workshop / Seminar
• Cross visit- project intervention and community
• Civil society network
• Community organization : federation

Research and innovation

• Action research
• Piloting

Water Supply in urban slums

 DSK stated it WatSan project in 1992  First install 2 community based

water point for slum dwellers in 1992

 Now popularly known as ‘DSK WP

Model’

 Replication the model by GOB &

NGOs

Water options

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Water point

 Stand post  DTW  Submergible pump  Mini pipe water supply  Mobile water Van  Water safety ( awareness +

Treatment)

Environmental Sanitation Options

 Household latrine  Community Latrine  Sanitation Block  Biogas Plant  EcoSan Toilet  Public toilet  Mobile toilet

Environmental Sanitation Options

Drainage Footpath Vacutug Solid waste management

Vacutug

 Vacutug is a suction

machine that has the capacity to suck out pit contents or septic tank contents within the short period of time, with low cost and in a hygienic manner.

• Environmentally safe
• Low cost
• Easy to clean
• Less time required

Participatory Hygiene Promotion

 Courtyard session for Hygiene

Group (Adult, child, Adolescents

 School HP  Menstrual Hygiene

Management

 Follow-up at HH level  Participatory monitoring of HP

Community Empowerment

 CBO formation : Women headed

committee

 Community participation in

project cycle

 Training to CBO  Exposure visit  Learning sharing  Engagement with LGI  Linkage with service provider

Slum dwellers obtained permission in the name of CBO Slum dwellers are entitled as DWASA legal customer (DWASA incorporated the issue in the by-laws) DWASA transferred ownership

• f water point from DSK to community

MoU between DWASA & NGOs Dhaka WASA reduced the security money from Tk. 10,000 to Tk. 1000 Initial permission for 2 water points for slum dwellers in the name of DSK

A Successful Advocacy Outcome

WP ownership

DSK experiences

 Community participation in project

cycle is important

 Women are very active in water and

sanitation activities

 Hygiene promotion is important to create

demand and maintain the infrastructure

 COB take lead role in the project  Community empowerment is must to

sustain the project

DSK experiences

 O & M done by users  Strong community mobilization prevent

mastan

 Integrate water , sanitation and HP  Community voice raise for service  Evident based advocacy gives more result

to motivate the policy group

 Action research is needed for innovation

• f Technology, community particpation,

hygiene promotion etc.

Challenges

 Slum eviction  Very poor housing  No pro poor urban development policy  Slum power structure  Internal migration  Seasonal variation of income  No land tenure ship  Very limited space for living  Unhealthy environment  Negative mind set towards slum dwellers

Hands together for their better future