Proposed Budget for Pond Preservation Movement
(For one village, Estimates are in Taka)
Project duration: September 2002 – August 2003
| 1. Adopt the village with the pond.
Establish Gono Gobeshona Dal (GGD) and Arsenic Rogi Shangho (ARS) |
5,000 |
| 2. Select the pond, clean, dredge and disinfect it |
25,000 |
| 3. Pond Protection |
9,000 |
| 4. Pond water quality monitoring for 1 year |
22,000 |
| 5. Train villagers in the hygienic use of the pond |
9000 |
| 6. Filter pond water (through pond sand filtration method) |
27,000 |
| 7. Install tubewell in edge of pond to siphon clean water for drinking |
5000 |
| 8. Monitor arsenic patients' health and provide them with basic antioxidant vitamins with support from local doctors |
30,000 |
| 9. Provide urgently ill patients with some treatment and logistics (sending them to hospital at minimum treatment cost) |
25,000 |
| 10. Documentation of the process of Pond Preservation Movement and people's search for water and patient management: print, photo and video documentation of the major phases for our NRB partners and Brotee |
30,000 |
| 11. Submission of project completion report |
10,000 |
| Total cost |
Tk. 197,000/= |
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