A child drinks from a pump tap in Kalyanpur slum, Dhaka

WaterAid Bangladesh

WaterAid is a leading independent organisation that enables the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.

WaterAid has been in Bangladesh since 1986, working with 21 local partners to improve access to water supply and sanitation services for poor communities.

Film making contest: Water for life

Film competition poster WaterAid, in collaboration with DeshTV, gladly announces a Short Film Contest for Bangladeshi film makers – both amateur and professional.

Shortlisted films will be screened in early April 2010 in a Film Festival and will be aired in DeshTV. Film makers of selected films will get crests with prize money as recognition of their work.

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Water facility restoration post Cyclone Aila

Cyclone Aila recently hit Bangladesh causing huge devastation in the coastal area where WaterAid Bangladesh works. Following the cyclone, we showed local people how to restore their water facilities including their ponds, tubewells, rain water harvesting systems and pond sand filters damaged by the tidal surge.

We have now also developed a booklet in Bangla on the procedures.

Download the booklet to find out more

Watch our brilliant films

Watch our selection of brilliant films to find out about various aspects of our work including details of our largest project as well as the adaptation strategies used to ensure facilities can be accessed by the differently-abled.

You can also watch the short TV spots we produced for Bangladeshi TV promoting safe water and sanitation.

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WaterAid's work in Bangladesh makes UK headlines

WaterAid's work in Bangladesh, through partner organisation DSK, was highlighted in a recent British newspaper article.

The article, titled Slums top water agenda, was published in the Metro newspaper, ahead of World Water Day, 22 March 2008.

Read the article here ( PDF 833Kb)

"Can pay, will pay": legal water comes to a Dhaka slum

After years of painstaking negotiations, people living in a small Dhaka slum have won the right to receive legal, safe water from the city authority, despite living in an "unofficial" community.

Through their Community Based Organisation, residents will receive an official water bill for the first time - without the need for DSK/WaterAid to act as a guarantor.

Find out more about the arrival of legal water supplies in Dhaka

Arsenic: the silent killer

Just a few years ago, 97% of people had access to safe water points.