Safely managed sanitation practices through SanMarkS approach Project
Donor: UNICEF Bangladesh
1) Project Budget: BDT: 3364128/
2) Area/Location: Bastohara Slum of Ward # 9 and Rupshachar Slum of Ward # 22, Khulna City Corporation.
3) Beneficiaries: 6,444 population living in 1,432 households as primary target group
4) Project Title: Safely managed sanitation practices through Sanitation Marketing (SanMarkS) approach
5) Project Goal: To trigger the community population of Bastuhara and Rupshar Char slum under KCC to transform their sanitation practices and WASH infrastructures.
6) Project Objective: Strengthening sanitation market system to improve household’s safely managed sanitation practices through Sanitation Marketing Approach at Low Income Communities in Khulna City Corporation at Bastuhara and Rupshar Char.
7) Activities:
- Project Inception/kick off meeting
- Sanitation survey
- Group formation
- CDC Orientation
- Consultation with group/project participants
- Demonstration on Pit latrine Emptying
- Youth Group formation and orientation
- Day Observation
- Training for Latrine Producer (LP) and linkage with service provider and participants
- Meeting with stakeholders on hygiene promotion and private sector engagement (35 person)
- Health and Hygiene Training for the sanitation workers
8) Duration: May’2025 to Oct’2025 (Six Month)
9) Recent still picture -10 Nos
10)Video
11) Publication:
12) Press release etc
Breaf of the Project:
Implementation of community engagement initiative helps to trigger at least 6,444 population living in 1,432 households as primary target group of Bastuhara and Rupshar Char slum under KCC to transform their sanitation practices and WASH infrastructures. The holdings are categorized into low-income communities. There are around 11,614 population living in two slums. The Project primarily focused households used unimproved sanitation facilities include: (i) Hanging latrine (10.4%), (ii) Pit latrine with slab with no Lid or water seal (3%), and (iii) Latrines emit bad smell and with visible feces over latrine slab and/or floor (38%). The area is high densely populated, limited space available and inadequate income, so approach, method, technique, and intervention should be demonstrated in an efficient use of all the factors.
One tested approach like “SanMarkS” approach will be promoted to bring sustainable changes through community engagement.