Water For Life
Bangladeshi NGO wins UN award
Water is the most important part of our environment. Had there been no water, there wouldn't have been any life on the planet. But judicious use of such precious element as prudence demands has not been maintained. To the extent that experts expressed apprehension that the next war might be on possession of water sources. For it is no more as available as it was at the beginning. With population increase the resource has attained a disturbing level of scarcity.
In such a situation governments and NGOs are working for water management and distribution to the needy as much possible. In Bangladesh also government agencies as well as NGOs are helping implement water related programmes. One such NGO, Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP) has of late also received 'Water for Life' Best Practices Award 2013 from UN World Water Assessment Programme. There has been a competition among 46 organisations engaged in water programme implementation from Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, Caribbeans, North America and Oceania. DORP secured third place in B category.
The NGO is implementing water related 'Health Village: WASH Perspective' programme in coastal, marshland, shoal and flood prone areas of Barguna, Bagerhat, Sirajganj, Lakkhipur and Kishoreganj districts. There is further need of implementing more water related programmes in many other areas of the country.
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