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Parul and an associate of Water.org’s lending partner, TMSS, discuss how life â¨ğʇÀâ¨ûÝÊÆʇÜāěʇâÊěʇܨúåõŅʇğåûÀÊʇœû¨ûÀåûÝʇĦâÊåěʇğ¨ÜÊʇĿ¨ĦÊěʇ¨ûÆʇğ¨ûåĦ¨Ħåāûʇ solutions. Photo credit to Water.org.
Parul, her husband, and their three daughters smile from their property in Bangladesh. Photo credit to Water.org.
Parul explained, “When she was about one and a half years old, she had diarrhoea. I think, back then, since ĿÊʇܨÀÊÆʇ¨ʇğâāěĦ¨ÝÊʇāÜʇĿ¨ĦÊěɊʇğâÊʇú¨Ņʇ⨾ÊʇʨĦÊûʇ ÜāāÆʇĿåĦâāīĦʇĿ¨ğâåûÝʇâÊěʇâ¨ûÆğɍʇ¨ûÆʇĦâ¨ĦʇݨľÊʇâÊěʇ diarrhoea.” ʇ:ÊěʇÀāûÆåĦåāûʇĿ¨ğʇÆåőåÀīõĦʇĦāʇāľÊěÀāúÊʇ because Parul’s home lacked a proper toilet and water Ŀ¨ğʇâ¨ěÆʇĦāʇğÊÀīěÊɉʇ}âåğʇÆåőåÀīõĦʇĦåúÊʇĿ¨ğʇÜāõõāĿÊÆʇ¿Ņʇ more health and safety challenges. “If the children needed to use the toilet at night, then ÊåĦâÊěʇúÊʇāěʇĦâÊåěʇܨĦâÊěʇĿāīõÆʇ⨾ÊʇĦāʇÝāʇĿåĦâʇĦâÊúʇ and stand there because it was outside and dark. ûÆɊʇĦâÊʇğåĦī¨ĦåāûʇĿ¨ğʇĿāěğÊʇĿâÊûʇåĦʇě¨åûÊÆɉʇRāʇāûÊʇ ÀāīõÆʇÊľÊûʇÝāʇåûğåÆÊʇĦâÊʇ¿¨Ħâěāāúʇ¿ÊÀ¨īğÊʇĿ¨ĦÊěʇ ĘāīěÊÆʇåûɊʇŔāāÆåûÝʇĦâÊʇÝěāīûÆɉɴʇ
o¨ěīõʇĿ¨ğʇܨúåõå¨ěʇĿåĦâʇœû¨ûÀåûÝʇ¨ğʇğâÊʇ¨ûÆʇâÊěʇâīğ¿¨ûÆʇ œû¨ûÀÊÆʇĦâÊåěʇÝā¨Ħğʇ¨ûÆʇõ¨ú¿ğɉʇåĦâʇ¨ʇõā¨ûʇÜěāúʇ Water.org’s local partner in Bangladesh, the couple built an improved toilet and bathroom. Their loan amount was Üāěʇ¨¿āīĦʇʏȠȢȝɊʇ¨ûÆʇœû¨ûÀåûÝʇåĦʇâ¨ğʇ¿ÊÊûʇ¨őāěƨ¿õÊʇÜāěʇ ĦâÊʇÀāīĘõÊɉʇo¨ěīõʇÊńĘõ¨åûÊÆʇĦâ¨ĦʇĿåĦâʇĦâÊʇ¨őāěƨ¿õÊʇõā¨ûʇ and improved sanitation solution they no longer face so many problems. Now her daughters can bathe, safely use the restroom and go to school on time. Parul is thankful for organisations like Water.org who paved a way for those who, like her, know the solutions they need but they just ûÊÊÆʇ¨ʇõåŕõÊʇâÊõĘʇā¿Ħ¨åûåûÝʇĦâÊúɉ
million people lack access to safe water
Bangladesh
Capital: Dhaka
Population of 165 million
ȠȣʇúåõõåāûʇĘÊāĘõÊʇõ¨Àóʇ¨ÀÀÊğğʇĦāʇåúĘěāľÊÆʇ sanitation
ȟȦʶʇāÜʇĦâÊʇĦāĦ¨õʇĘāĘīõ¨ĦåāûʇõåľÊğʇāûʇõÊğğʇĦâ¨ûʇv ʇ 3.20 per day
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