Bangladesh has several difficult and hard-to-reach
geo-physical locations like the char area, the haor
area, the off-shore island, the hill tracts. The tea
garden people are hard-to-reach because of the administrative
barrier. The geo-physical and livelihood pattern of
the people of these areas are the most distinct and
difficult in terms of communication and moderate civil
amenities. For the promotion of sustainable Public
Health situation in these hard-to-reach areas, NGO
Forum upholds a special commitment to ensure these
disadvantaged people’s right to safe water supply,
environmental sanitation and hygiene habits combating
the challenges of climate change.
On way to reach this goal NGO Forum has been running an advocacy campaign titled, ‘Be Beside the Hard-to-Reach’ and as part of it the Forum has organized a series of Consultations in different hard-to-reach areas like the coastal belt, char areas, haor, hill and tea garden on Searching the Ways for Safe Water and Sanitation Facilities for the Hard-to-Reach. The findings which emerged from the Consultations will help to contribute rightly to formulate further strategies to ensure water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in the hard-to-reach and pocket areas acknowledging the people’s right to these services.
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