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Arsenic and Lufta's
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many years, Lufta drank groundwater from her local
well, unaware that her severe skin problems were a
result of the arsenic that occurs naturally in her
well and the wells of millions of Bangladeshis.
After understanding the problem, Lufta and her
family started drinking water from a distant river
until IDE helped her install a rainwater
harvesting system. Gone now are the days of
hauling water and today Lufta carefully maintains
the system that provides convenient, clean
drinking water to her, her husband and her
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BANGLADESH AT A GLANCE |
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BANGLADESH AND POVERTY |
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International
Development Enterprises - Bangladesh (IDE-B) is a country program of
IDE International, an International NGO, based in Denver, Colorado,
USA. IDE-B began its work in 1984 by establishing a network to
produce and market a foot-powered pump that allows small farmers to
irrigate rice and vegetables and thus significantly raise their
annual income. Since then, nearly 1.3 million of these low-cost,
locally-designed devices have been sold to farmers, largely through
the private sector. | |
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On-Farm Income Generation |
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Clean Water and Sanitation Services through the Private
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Strengthening
Market Participants and the Institutions that Serve Them |
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Today IDE-B is building on its past
experience with the treadle pump to help Bangladesh meet its goals
of reducing poverty and improving human development. The
organization focuses on intensifying and diversifying smallholder
agriculture, assuring safe water and sanitation, and creating
markets that serve the rural poor. In all its activities, IDE-B
seeks to work with other organizations, markets, and individuals in
order to achieve sustainable solutions. |
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...the Shapla
Filter:
"The people in our village know this filter can save their
lives. Many people who had the first signs of arsenic poisoning
have now been cured."
Village Resident Koli, BBC News Report, 14 July 2002 |
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…the Treadle
Pump:
"This Bamboo pump has created a quiet revolution … It is already
providing thousand of farms with water."
Water: Rural
Solutions, BBC World Service, February 2003 |
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…the Treadle
Pump:
"The treadle pump has the potential to put $1 billion of new
revenue directly into the hands of some of the poorest people in
(South Asia)"
Research
Report from the International Water Management Institute, 2000 |
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