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## 1ST picture - Local women collecting polluted water of the river Buriganga , at Sadarghat , Dhaka , Bangladesh . The river has become the dumping ground of the locals as well as factories along its shore , affecting aquatic life and poor people who do not have access to pure drinking water . Dhaka , Bangladesh .



Cutting diarrhea diseases in the rural poor of Bangladesh
UNICEF is providing safe drinking water in schools in Bangladesh : Click to enlarge

Many Bangladeshis live in rural areas where running water and latrines are luxury items. Without pipes and drainage, obtaining running water means moving to the water source, not just simply turning on the nearest tap. Nearly one in four rural people still defecate in the open (more often in children and the very poor), and annual localized flooding ruins many latrines and water sources and hampers efforts to build new ones.

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# 2009 starts a new beginning for Africa and peoples all over the world: USA has a president who loves community sustainability including African villages - his grandmother lives in a Kenyan one - and he has made some very specific action pledges like let's unite the world to end deaths by malaria by 2015
# macroeconomics carelessness has put wall street in ruins - and so every community that wants to be productive and happy and free can learn at least somethings more sustainable to invest in by exploring microeconomics maps- and we are lucky that today's leading microeconomist is also the most collaborative person I have ever met : Dr Muhammad Yunus

so here's a plan - can we print as cheaply as possible a 30 page microeconomics handbook in an open source way; then every community can edit in its own language as long as we dont chnage a few fundamental system maps that are common to every success that DR Yunus and 25000 co-workers at Grameen and at least 100000 Bangladeshi's as the world's open practice university of micro everythin and social business transparency ? I don't know if this plan will work - it depends on you interacting if you truly love a community or village somewhere so that we understand what we already know that can replicate to your community and what missing links or conflicts are still so deeply local that they need much more work and trust you can see more of this plan at http://yunusuni.com and http://yunus10000.com - and we delight if you copy any text you agree with to webs or blogs or peer to peer learning by doing classes chris macrae info@worldcitizen.tv washington DC bureau 301 881 1655.

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Bangladesh Cyclone Relief: Fund-raising dinner
Vulnerable people have been hit hard by the cyclone ....

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At the Kashmir Curry Centre, Spital Hill, Sheffield.
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At 6pm on Sunday 16th December 2007.

The poorest of the poor communities in Bangladesh have had the misfortune of experiencing a second major natural disaster in the space of less than five months this year. Thousands have been made homeless and entire communities have been wiped out. People desperately need your help to be able to get basic medicines, shelter and clothing. The situation of children, women and the elderly is particularly desperate.

The management of the Kashmir Curry Centre has kindly agreed to host this fundraising meal. The cost of the meal (a three course Thali meal with meat and vegetarian options) is £12 per head and the curry centre will donate half of this (ie £6 per meal) to the relief fund. The money will be given to the Oxfam South Yorkshire Bangladesh Cyclone Relief Fund.
Entire communities have been devastated by the cyclone

Please come and join us in the support of vulnerable communities and the suffering people of Bangladesh. Bring friends and families along. Also, this is an opportunity to network with other like-minded persons.

Please let us know on 0114 275 6815 or 0114 281 2320 and speak to Juthsna Begum or Yasmin Ahmed or Amineh Salehi to confirm. A pre-booking by phone or e-mail will be greatly appreciated. E-mail spatc@hotmail.com

The event is sponsored by Sheffield Positive Action Training Consortium (SPATC) in partnership with the local Bangladeshi community and SHEBEEN (Sheffield Black and Ethnic Minority Environmental Network).

Bangladesh Cyclone Relief fundraising dinner
6:00pm to 9:30pm Sunday 16 December 2007

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Poor sanitation practices are more than unsightly, they have major health impacts. Diarrhoea, typhoid and other diseases are often caused by bacteria from faeces. Diarrhoea is the fourth biggest killer of children aged from 1 to 4, and across the country incidence of diarrhoea is high, with children younger than 5 experiencing three to five episodes annually. Awareness about arsenic contamination of water from tube wells is also low and presents an obstacle to prevention of poisoning.

These are some of the findings of the Health Impact Study Baseline Survey, conducted by Institute of Cholera and Diarrhoeal Diseases and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) over the last year.

UNICEF and the Bangladesh Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) organised the survey conducted under the Sanitation, Hygiene, Education and Water Supply in Bangladesh (SHEWAB) project. The Bangladesh government and UNICEF have been jointly implementing the SHEWAB project in association with DFID.

Some simple behaviour changes and resources could have profound effects on health. Less than 1 percent of people in SHEWAB study areas were found to wash hands with soap before preparing and eating food, and only 17 percent of people washed hands with soap or ash after defecation. According to Paul Edward, chair of the water, environment and sanitation division of UNICEF, The number of diarrhoea and respiratory tract infection patients would be halved if the practice of hand washing before preparing and eating food and after defecation could be ensured.

More information:

* Background on Sanitation, Hygiene Education and Water Supply in Bangladesh (SHEWAB)
* Daily Star, Bangladesh: Washing hands before eating food can halve diarrhoea
* See details of DFID’s core funding of this initiative in the project record on R4D for the ICDDR,B Grant 2006-11

Source: UNICEF, Bangladesh Daily Star, CIMRC
Web Link: http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/RURAL_Water_Sanitation_and_Hygiene.pdf
Categories: Health, Infrastructure
Date Added: 29 May 2008