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Construction of 173 Tubewells Platform by Community

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Sovanganj Gucchagram is one of the poorest village in Dimla upazilla under Balapara union. This village in approximately 10 km distance from Dimla upazilla. In this village total 469 HHs are living where 279 HHs are PEP. More or less about 80% people directly or indirectly involved in different Agriculture activities. Rest 20% people are involved in different activities like rickshaw/van puller, day labor etc. Social awareness is a great lack in this village. Moreover, natural disasters discourage their future survival. Most of the people of this village were suffered from malnutrition and different diseases. Safe water sources are very poor in this village. As a result most of the times above 80% of the people of this village are suffer from different water born disease.

At the initial stage of SHOUHARDO II Program JSKS staffs conducts and facilitate small group discussion among community people as a part of community consultation. Then conduct a live session where facilitated the community people on their different problems through PRA tools (like problem identification, prioritization, analysis, result, entry point etc) practices. With the facilitation of cluster wise community consultation session with the villagers in a small group and large group the community people find out their problems. Accordingly analyze the root causes of the problems and finally prioritize the problem with large group discussion.  After realizing the process, the community people develop their action plan on different issues which was achievable and manageable with immediate and long-run benefits. Among the eighteen problems the Sovanganj Gucchagram villagers chose the “Unhygienic Problem” as quick win and took action plan accordingly. Out of the problems one of the most important was 173 families are using unhygienic water from their tube-well. Due the usage of unsafe water most of the children as well as women’s are suffering water contaminated diseases most of the times.

They arrange platform making as per their plan which was their prime problem for a long period. They took initiatives to get safe drinking water through platform making. Platform making is the process to get safe drinking water and protect different water born disease.

The community people spent major household earnings for treatment purpose. They estimated that the money which they spent for treatment purpose if they get relief it would contribute to strengthen their family resources. After long discussion of the issue the community people are agreed to construct tube-well platform for their own cost to solve their problem. However, considering the priority of the problem the community people chalked out to implement of the major problem with their community efforts.

About 90 family members both male and female were present in the session of community consultation. As a part of discussion they formed a committee consisting 20 members where 15 people have a management committee to implement the intervention. After long time discussion community people contribute 20 taka each for khoa, sand and 100 taka for the mason remuneration. About 173 families completed platform construction work successfully. Each platform size is 3 feet X 3 feet where khoa required 2.25 cft, sand 2 cft and cement 18 kg.

All the process completed total khoa needed 389 cft where market price of 158 cft khoa is 389 X 55=21395 taka, total sand needed 246 cft where market price of 246 cft sand is 246 X 10=2460 taka and total cement needed 3114 kg  where market price of 3114 kg cement is 3114 X 9=28026 taka. Mason remuneration of 173 platforms is 173X100= 17300 taka. A total amounting of Tk. is 69,181 expensed to accomplish the planned activity of 173 tube wells platform construction.

With this process respective Union Parishad bodies always encourages the community people and also visit the progress of the action.  In the inauguration of the activity union parishad chairman also present there.

Platform making has a great impact on sound and hygienic environment. It serves safety drinking water and protects from water born diseases among community people. After accomplishment of these initiatives, rest people of this village should take necessary step to making platform. Neighbor’s village is appreciating all the process and desire to making platform as soon as possible.

For the above consideration, it is proved that community consultation is the process to develop relationship between each other community people. It is also the process to solve the community problem, enrich solidarity, friendship, brotherhood and self-reliance among the community people.

To see the greater performance of tube-well platform construction by the poor and extreme poor people now the non PEP people of that village are requesting to construct their platform for the same program.

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