DFID, Unicef to help improve sanitation, hygiene for 3cr people
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Unicef signed an agreement in the city yesterday to support Bangladesh government in implementing improved sanitation and hygiene programmes to reach 30 million people in 34 districts across the country, says a press release. For the five-year project from 2007 to 2011, DFID will contribute up to £35 million (Tk 483 crore), Unicef's own contribution will be approximately £4.8 million while the government investment will be around £8.9 million. Up to 5.1 million people, particularly the poorest, will benefit from year round access to adequate supplies of safe drinking water. Acting Country Representative of DFID Elizabeth Carriere and Unicef Representative Louis-Georges Arsenault signed the agreement. This agreement was signed to support the joint implementation of the Sanitation, Hygiene Education and Water Supply in Bangladesh (SHEWA-B) project by Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and Unicef. Through SHEWA-B, around 1.5 million schoolchildren will benefit from safe water delivery and improved sanitation services to 7,500 primary schools, whilst 4.5 million additional children are to gain from hygiene education in their schools.
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