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Bags & Travel / Water.org
Parul and an associate of Water.org’s lending partner, TMSS, discuss how life
â¨ğʇÀâ¨ûÝÊÆʇÜāěʇâÊěʇܨúåõŅʇğåûÀÊʇœû¨ûÀåûÝʇĦâÊåěʇğ¨ÜÊʇĿ¨ĦÊěʇ¨ûÆʇğ¨ûåĦ¨Ħåāûʇ
solutions. Photo credit to Water.org.
Parul, her husband, and their three daughters smile from their property in Bangladesh. Photo credit to Water.org.
Parul explained, “When she was about one and a half
o¨ěīõʇĿ¨ğʇܨúåõå¨ěʇĿåĦâʇœû¨ûÀåûÝʇ¨ğʇğâÊʇ¨ûÆʇâÊěʇâīğ¿¨ûÆʇ
years old, she had diarrhoea. I think, back then, since
œû¨ûÀÊÆʇĦâÊåěʇÝā¨Ħğʇ¨ûÆʇõ¨ú¿ğɉʇåĦâʇ¨ʇõā¨ûʇÜěāúʇ
ĿÊʇܨÀÊÆʇ¨ʇğâāěĦ¨ÝÊʇāÜʇĿ¨ĦÊěɊʇğâÊʇú¨Ņʇ⨾ÊʇʨĦÊûʇ
Water.org’s local partner in Bangladesh, the couple built
ÜāāÆʇĿåĦâāīĦʇĿ¨ğâåûÝʇâÊěʇâ¨ûÆğɍʇ¨ûÆʇĦâ¨ĦʇݨľÊʇâÊěʇ
an improved toilet and bathroom. Their loan amount was
diarrhoea.”ʇ:ÊěʇÀāûÆåĦåāûʇĿ¨ğʇÆåőåÀīõĦʇĦāʇāľÊěÀāúÊʇ
Üāěʇ¨¿āīĦʇʏȠȢȝɊʇ¨ûÆʇœû¨ûÀåûÝʇåĦʇâ¨ğʇ¿ÊÊûʇ¨őāěƨ¿õÊʇÜāěʇ
because Parul’s home lacked a proper toilet and water
ĦâÊʇÀāīĘõÊɉʇo¨ěīõʇÊńĘõ¨åûÊÆʇĦâ¨ĦʇĿåĦâʇĦâÊʇ¨őāěƨ¿õÊʇõā¨ûʇ
Ŀ¨ğʇâ¨ěÆʇĦāʇğÊÀīěÊɉʇ}âåğʇÆåőåÀīõĦʇĦåúÊʇĿ¨ğʇÜāõõāĿÊÆʇ¿Ņʇ
and improved sanitation solution they no longer face so
more health and safety challenges.
many problems.
“If the children needed to use the toilet at night, then
Now her daughters can bathe, safely use the restroom
ÊåĦâÊěʇúÊʇāěʇĦâÊåěʇܨĦâÊěʇĿāīõÆʇ⨾ÊʇĦāʇÝāʇĿåĦâʇĦâÊúʇ
and go to school on time. Parul is thankful for
and stand there because it was outside and dark.
organisations like Water.org who paved a way for those
ûÆɊʇĦâÊʇğåĦī¨ĦåāûʇĿ¨ğʇĿāěğÊʇĿâÊûʇåĦʇě¨åûÊÆɉʇRāʇāûÊʇ
who, like her, know the solutions they need but they just
ÀāīõÆʇÊľÊûʇÝāʇåûğåÆÊʇĦâÊʇ¿¨Ħâěāāúʇ¿ÊÀ¨īğÊʇĿ¨ĦÊěʇ
ûÊÊÆʇ¨ʇõåŕõÊʇâÊõĘʇā¿Ħ¨åûåûÝʇĦâÊúɉ
ĘāīěÊÆʇåûɊʇŔāāÆåûÝʇĦâÊʇÝěāīûÆɉɴʇ
million people lack access to safe water
Bangladesh
Capital: Dhaka
Population of 165 million
ȠȣʇúåõõåāûʇĘÊāĘõÊʇõ¨Àóʇ¨ÀÀÊğğʇĦāʇåúĘěāľÊÆʇ
sanitation
ȟȦʶʇāÜʇĦâÊʇĦāĦ¨õʇĘāĘīõ¨ĦåāûʇõåľÊğʇāûʇõÊğğʇĦâ¨ûʇvʇ
3.20 per day
