World Water Day 2006: Water and Culture

Organization Working on Water in Bangladesh...

BAMWSP (Bangladesh Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply Project), Mohakhali, Dhaka

The overall objective of BAMWSP is to reduce mortality and morbidity in rural and urban population caused by arsenic contamination of ground water, through sustainable safe water supply, health and management strategies. The website gives information on the project, on arsenic mitigation, and it gives an overview of who is doing what on arsenic in Bangladesh. It also provides access to a newsletter in Bengali language.

Bangladesh Water Partnership, Dhaka

Overall objectives is Integrated Water Resources Management which can be obtained through coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in Bangladesh by maximising economic and social welfare without compromising the sustainablility of vital economic systems. Is practised under the auspices of the Global Water Partnership.

BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), Dhaka

BRAC affords relief and assistance to resettle refugees returning to Bangladesh from India after Bangladesh's Liberation War. The immediate task of relief and rehabilitation are over so BRAC turned its focus on the long-term issue of poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor, especially women, in the rural areas of Bangladesh.

DSK (Dushtha Shasthya Kendra), Dhaka

Provides non-formal primary education, pond agriculture, water supply and sanitation, skill development training and credit programs to some of the most distressed slums throughout, and just outside Dhaka city.

EPRC (Environment and Population Research Centre), Dhaka

Member of the Asian Alliance of Resource Centres of the Streams of Knowledge's Network

ICDDR,B (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh), Dhaka

The fundamental mission of the Centre (commonly known as the Centre for Health and Population Research) is to develop and disseminate solutions to major health and population problems facing the world, with emphasis on simple and cost-effective methods of prevention and management. Especially address diarrhoeal diseases and related problems.

ITN Bangladesh (International Training Network Center for Water Supply and Waste Management), Dhaka

Member of the Asian Alliance of Resource Centres of the Streams of Knowledge's Network

NGO Forum For Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation, Dhaka

NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation has dedicated itself to ensure the basic needs of safe potable water, sound sanitation practice and maintenance of personal hygiene for the distressed humanity. Their motto is to initiate a radical change in the depressing water supply and sanitation situation. Member of the Asian Alliance of Resource Centres of the Streams of Knowledge's Network.

SWMC (Surface Water Modelling Centre), Dhaka

The applications of SWMC modelling tools cover a wide range of water related aspects such as: flood control, flood forecasting, irrigation and drainage, water resources management, river morphology, salinity and sediment transport, coastal hydraulics, environmental impact assessment, bridge hydraulics and related infrastructure development.

WARPO (Water Resources Planning Organization), Dhaka

WARPO is responsible for (1) prepare and update a National Water Management Plan (2) update and maintain a National Water Resources Database (3) act as a clearing house for all water sector projects undertaken by any agency involved in the water sector.

WasteNet Bangladesh, Dhaka

Network launched by WSP-South Asia. Address waste management issues through collection and dissemination of information; formation of a think tank and pressure group; and linkage with national and international bodies.

WSP - South Asia & Pacific - Bangladesh, Dhaka

The agenda for WSP-Bangladesh is to bring about procedural and institutional changes to ensure access of urban and rural population to sustainable water and sanitation services, recognizing that water is an economic good and finite in quantity.