Nameerah Khan

November 18, 2016

World Toilet Day: Celebrating achievements and preparing for the journey ahead

Last year WHO and UNICEF’s Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation reported that Bangladesh had made significant progress in reducing the proportion of people practising open defecation –to just 1 per cent, down from 34 per cent in 1990.
May 30, 2013

Change from the very, very bottom-up

In 2006, Rasheda Sahab’s husband passed away from kidney failure, leaving her with four children and no money. Today's she's a thriving sanitation entrepreneur. Here's her story.
February 27, 2013

Waste is a resource in the wrong place

Across the world, millions of pit latrines are filling up. In many instances, these pits are emptied and the fecal sludge is dumped indiscriminately. This second generation sanitation challenge of postponed open defecation has been largely neglected in the sector. Bangladesh is not an exception and it is an issue that we have to face and deal with.