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Day Three in Bangladesh

“A queue had already begun. Women and children, probably thirty deep, marked their places in line with their silver water vessels. Here, I saw the term “water insecurity” come to life for the first time…” Water.org Communication Specialist, Erin Swanson, sees a fight break out in a water queue as the public tap is shut off for the night during her field visit to slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Day Two in Bangladesh

Water.org Communications Specialist, Erin Swanson, spends her second day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, visiting completed water and sanitation projects in Salepur slum. Here, Water.org and its local partner, DSK, have completed two community latrines, 11 slab latrines, 6 pit latrines, and 15 deep pump water points.