Swedish Minister of Development Ms. Isabella Lรถvin visited slums at Dhaka, Bangladesh
25 November 2014 | Bangladesh
Swedish Minister of Development Ms. Isabella Lรถvin visited WaterAid Urban programme on 25 November 2014
Receives warm welcome Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Visiting a poor watersanitation point installed at Burjan Watching the facilities in the tea garden HWP supported project nonunder intervention area
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Walking through a community where we work
Observing collection facilities Visiting a waste water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Visiting water point installed Amidst theacommunity people at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Listening to the presentation of a community leader on their improvements regarding WASH services
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
In front of a community managed toilet
Washing hand at a safe water source
Talking to athe adolescent girls at about Visiting water point installed Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project Menstrual Hygiene Management
Happy conversation with at theBurjan community people Visiting a water point installed tea garden under HWP supported project
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea Warm welcome at agarden local school under HWP supported project
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Talking to the teachers
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Inaugurating safe drinking water & sanitation facilities
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Inaugurating safe drinking water & sanitation facilities
Visiting a water installedwith at Burjan tea garden Discussion aboutpoint the facility a teacher under HWP supported project
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
Planting a tree in the school premises
Taking selfie with the students!
Visiting a water point installed at Burjan tea garden under HWP supported project
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BRIEF Visiting Swedish minister of Development Ms. Isabella Lรถvin visited slums at Vashantek, Mirpur-14, Dhaka. There she observed the water, sanitation and hygiene situation of the slum dwellers. She also visited a slum at Vashantek to observe the transformation of lives where WaterAid Bangladesh & DSK have been working for the last 3 years. Till date 5 legal water connections have been provided for 200 households along with 14 community managed toilets and waste collection facilities. These interventions were supported by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
She also inaugurated a newly constructed safe drinking water & sanitation facility and talked to the teachers and the students of Lalashori Model Government Primary School and Hazi Sayed Ali Khan High School. During her visit to these slums Mr. Khairul Islam, country representative; Ms Hasin Jahan, Director Programmes and Policy; Mr. Shamim Ahmed, Head of Policy and Advocacy and Urban Programme Manager Zahidul Mamun of WaterAid Bangladesh were present. Engr. Uttom Kumar Roy, Commercial Manager, Dhaka WASA, Anwar Hossain Bhuiyan, Slum Development Officer, Dhaka North City Corporation; Mr. Dibalok Singha; Executive Director of DSK were also present during her visit.
Thanks For queries please contact WaterAid Bangladesh www.wateraid.org/bangladesh Photo Credit: Plaban Gongopaddhay, WaterAid 25 November 2014