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Bangladesh Bank, MRDI take joint initiative to support water deprived women in Sundarbans

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Published: 18:10, 14 August 2022  
Bangladesh Bank, MRDI take joint initiative to support water deprived women in Sundarbans

Inclement weather makes it tough for forest people to carry water tanks to store rain water that will provide safe water to children and other family members. Photo courtesy: MRDI.

Providing safe water to the homesteads will ensure healthy life and decent living for the marginalised women and their families in the Sundarbans.

The observation came at a function on Sunday organised to distribute water tanks among 425 families of three villages in the Sundarbans vicinities, said a release.

This activity is a part of an initiative of MRDI with support from the Bangladesh Bank’s disaster management and social responsibility fund.

Speaking at the event MRDI Executive Director Hasibur Rahman said, women of the community are now empowered and skilled to support their families through different CSR initiatives at the remote villages.

Now they are able to contribute a substantial portion of the cost of a water tank, which was a far cry a few years back.

“No one can stop these empowered women from coming out of the poverty cycle. This is a good example that can make a sustainable change,” he said.

General Manager, Sustainable Finance Department of Bangladesh Bank Khondker Morshed Millat in a message said, “Bangladesh Bank is financing different projects from this fund to help the marginalised communities to improve their standard of living.”

“We want to support the people of the remote Sundarbans villages with provision of safe water to save their life and improve their health. We hope this will be a good example aiming to break the vicious cycle of poverty and poor health”, he added.

Among others, MRDI officials, Presidents and Secretaries of three cooperatives along with the members, were present at the event.

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