NGO Forum is the apex networking and service delivery agency of NGOs, CBOs (community based organization) and private sector and civil society actors who implement water and sanitation (WatSan) programmes at the unserved and underserved rural and urban communities.

NGO Forum works as development partner with all relevant national and international agencies and stakeholders ranging from the government and civil society to donor organizations.    

Stakeholder Consultation on ‘Ensuring Safe WatSan Facilities for Aila Victims’ Observed
Call for Building Coalition among Ministries to Overcome the Challenge

Mentioning that the damage caused by Aila was beyond the government’s capacity, Monzur Hossain, Secretary, LGD, Ministry of LGRD & Cooperatives called to build coalition among all concerned ministries to overcome the crisis in Aila-affected areas. Monzur Hossain spoke as the Chief Guest at the Stakeholder Consultation held at the DPHE Conference Room in Kakrail, Dhaka.
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Being Beside the Hard-to-Reach
WatSan Fair in Tea Garden: A state within the state

With a deeper look one can see the huge contribution of WatSan fair in promoting WatSan and proper hygiene behaviour. This is not only because a lot of WatSan promotional materials are displayed and documentary films are shown in this fair, but also to hold a WatSan fair huge advocacy activities and initiatives are done which helps the organization along with the partner organizations to promote WatSan information and build relationship with other stakeholders including Local Government Institution.
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World Water Day 2010
Water Quality Threat Requires Acknowledgement & Immediate Actions

Various water quality parameters in Bangladesh has deteriorated 16 to 20 times in recent times than it was in 1976, at the time when DPHE developed its institutionary framework in 1976”, said Professor Dr. M. Feroze Ahmed, Civil Engineering Dept., BUET at the Consultation in observance of the World Water Day. Dr. Feroze Ahmed spoke in the Consultation at the National Press Club, Dhaka as the Chief Guest in observance of the World Water Day 2010.
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District Consultation

As part of the advocacy initiative “Be Beside the Hard-to-Reach” NGO Forum arranged the District Consultations ...


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.
 
Current News

>> Safe Drinking Water Scarce in Aila-hit Areas

>> Consultation on Water Quality Challenges and Opportunities

>> An Initiative to Sensitize on Water & Sanitation Promotion

>> WWD 2010: Communicating water quality challenges and opportunities

>> 8th National Scout Jamboree: An eye-opener for the youngsters to WatSan

>> Horizontal Learning
A Sustainable Way of Socio- economic Development

>> 2nd International WASH Practitioners' Marketplace and Fair Successfully Held

>> Topography, Climate Change Main Barrier to Sanitation

>> Workshop on Implication of Climate Change and its Adaption Strategy on Water & Sanitation Sector of Bangladesh Held

>> 88pc Sanitation Coverage Achieved in Rural Areas

>> Bangladesh: Market Place Misses out Sanitation for All Campaign

>> Administrative Barrier Should Go to Promote Total Sanitation in Tea Gardens

>> United Nations Secretary-General calls for unity against climate change

>> 25 April: Africa Malaria Day

>> New WHO Report Flouride in Drinking Water

>> 2 October: World Habitat Day 'Cities, Magnets of Hope'

>> NGO Forum's Workshop on Sustainable Sanitation Held ================


National Policy & Strategy - Bangladesh
National Policy for Safe Water Supply and Sanitation 1998

National Policy for Arsenic Mitigation 2004

National Sanitation Strategy

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Update: June 2010
 
 
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