Project Details

Enhancing Environmental Health by Community Organizations (EEHCO) Project in Rural Areas (EEHCO)

Funding Agency :
Donor: Water-Aid
Proejct Period :
2009 - 2012
Location :
Thakurgaon district
Project Objective & Goal :

The project aimed to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities through behavior change activities. As a result, the capacity of the community was enhanced through training and orientation programs. Behavior change was achieved through mass communication campaigns, leading to improved hygiene practices. New water points were developed and rehabilitated to ensure safe water access, while a demand-driven sanitation program was established to promote sustainable sanitation solutions. Ultimately, these interventions contributed to the overall improvement of the living standards of the project area's population.

The major activities carried out during the total project period:

During the total project period NGO Forum along with it’s partner ESDO, MKP & SKS have able to perform the followings major activities;

  • Baseline census
  • CBO assessment
  • Community situation analysis, CBO committee reform, CAP preparation
  • CBO meeting
  • CBO orientation on HP observation and facilitation, Monitoring group formation
  • CBO orientation on management & leadership
  • CBO orientation on rooted advocacy
  • Religious leader orientation
  • SMC Orientation on rights & service
  • ToT for teacher on school WatSan programme
  • Child group formation and orientation to child group
  • Adolescent group formation
  • TW mechanics training
  • Bazar committee orientation
  • Orientation to restaurants and food vendors on food hygiene
  • Mass campaign (cultural show, rally etc)
  • Open budget sharing at union parishad
  • Observance of world water day (22 March 2010)
  • Union citizen action committee (UCAC) meeting
  • Ward citizen action committee (WCAC) meeting
  • Upazila citizen action committee (UpCAC) meeting
  • Ward sanitation task force committee meeting
  • Union sanitation task force committee meeting
  • Upazila sanitation task force committee meeting
  • District civil society organizations (CSO) WatSan network meeting
  • Shallow TW installation at HH, School and Bazar level
  • TW platform construction
  • Up-gradation of TW at HH, School and Bazar level
  • Water quality test
  • HH level different types of latrine installation
  • HH level different types of latrine renovation & up gradation
  • Latrine installation and renovation at School
  • Installation of DAP latrine
  • ToT to frontline staff on leadership & management
  • ToT on frontline staffs on rooted advocacy
  • Sharing on baseline census data and planning workshop with USTF
  • Sharing on baseline census data and planning workshop at Upazila level
  • Observance of National Sanitation Month at District, Upazila and union level
  • Observance of Global Hand Washing Day at school, union and CBO level

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Focal Person

    Engr. Mahfuzur Rahman

    Project Coordinator

    NGO Forum for Public Health