WASH Partners

The Faridpur Municipality has established a dedicated service desk, which manages requests and delegates the tasks to the pit-emptying service providers. The 1SERVICE will ensure quality, accountability of service providers, and reduces the possibility of illegal dumping. 1SERVICE offers citizens to place requests for pit-emptying services along with other utility services through SMS, USSD, voice calls, apps, and website.

Practical Action Bangladesh has supported establishing a comprehensive city-side Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) service for Faridpur City. An advanced and systematic approach has been undertaken by the municipal authorities for ensuring an environmentally safe and financially sustainable private sector-led replicable model for a developing country.

Bangladesh Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Network organised the 3rd FSM Convention, with the aim to find the way forward in terms of sharing experiences for policy influencing and promoting the business of faecal sludge. Focused on resource mobilisation for ensuring and scaling up sustainable FSM services in Bangladesh, this day-long convention brought together sanitation actors and the other relevant stakeholders to share the learnings from the FSM journey in Bangladesh and suggest initiatives to scale up the momentum.