sanitary dugwell in Ruppur
and the
associated storage tank.
On the left of the tank is a sign showing the names of the village committee (on L) which oversee the use of the well and its maintenacce. On the right, the owners of the houses to which the pipes bring water. Over 1/3 of the villagers in this village had some arsenic related lesions and that made the villagers particularly garteful as evidenced by the
welcome given to RW and Liah (also from Harvard).
In another village of Durgapur we show a
girl drinking the water
from the tap in her (outdoor) kitchen In Kashinathpur we saw a
new sanitary duwell being dug.
The laborer here is paid and comes from another village. In Monakasaha we saw a
pond sand filter,
which is operated by a single person
shown here with his two children.
I strongly urge any Bangladeshi living in properous circumstances in a western country to contribute $350 for a new dugwell in his village or $500 for a dugwell with piped water. Send funds to Dhaka Community Hospital or to Richard Wilson at Harvard University