Ensure Access to Responsive WASH Services for the Backward Communities (EARWSBC)

Overview:

TMSS planned to develop and strengthen an improved WASH loan program in collaboration with Water.org to improve the access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation facilities of the backward communities. It allows people in need to access small loans for improved water facilities and sanitation system, empowering them to accelerate change in their own homes and communities- enabling a life of sound health and happiness. It entails working with the borrowers of micro-finance to optimizing the use of scarce public and private resources in water, sanitation and hygiene.

At a glance:

Project Period

May 2019 to August 2022

Districts covered during period

57 Districts

Specific loan products offered during period:

Water and Sanitation loan products have been offered during the reporting period

Number of Branch covered

890

Technical Team

14 Persons

Supported by

Water.org

Goal:

Poverty elimination through reducing water and sanitation related health expenditure and increase productivity of backward community in Bangladesh.

Objective:

  • Staffs capacity building
  • Sensitizing 1.2 million people on water and sanitation
  • To provide 2,50,000 WASH loan support
  • Making sure Smart WASH services and funds are available
  • Provide Technical Support

Dimensions:

  • Staffs Capacity Building
  • Market Assessment and Product Analysis
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Awareness and demand creation
  • WASH Loan support
  • Knowledge management