Coordination Meeting of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project held in Mirsharai.

Mirsharai, Correspondent, Chattogram. A Upazila coordination meeting under the 'BD Rural WASH for HCD' project was held in Mirsharai of Chattogram. The meeting emphasized ensuring safe and pure water and hygienic sanitation for all families in the upazila. The meeting was held at 10 am on Tuesday (6 October) in the Mirsharai Upazila conference room at the Organization for the Poor Community Advancement (OPCA) Mirsharai office. The meeting was organized by OPCA and supported by Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The meeting was presided over and conducted by OPCA's Program Coordinator M A Majid, with Senior Officer of PKSF Md. Azhar Ali Pramanik as the chief guest. Special guests who spoke at the meeting were Assistant Director of Ghashful Nasir Uddin, President of Mirsharai Upazila Press Club Rajib Majumder, Area Manager of IPSA Sanjoy Pal, Human Resource Officer of OPCA Sumi Rani Devi, Head of Accounts Department Mohammad Delwar Hossain, Area Manager Mojahidul Islam and Branch Manager of Mirsharai Branch Saidul Haque. Representatives of various private development organizations including TMSS, DSK, Ghashful, IPSA, BIJ, OPCA, SIDIP, IDF, PMK, Uddipan, Mamata, VARK, DAM Foundation, Prottyashi, PAGE and Sakorika participated in the meeting. The meeting discussed various aspects of the activities, implementation progress and strengthening coordination among the concerned organizations of the 'BD Rural WASH for HCD' project. Emphasis was given to advancing the project's activities with the aim of ensuring 100% hygienic sanitation and safe and pure water supply for all families in Mirsharai Upazila. The speakers said that ensuring safe water, hygienic sanitation and hygiene is one of the most important issues for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In this regard, coordinated initiatives of government and private development organizations need to be further strengthened. At the meeting, OPCA's ongoing initiatives to ensure safe water and hygienic sanitation by prioritizing Mirsharai were highlighted. Under the leadership of OPCA's founder and executive director Md. Alamgir, the determination to continue activities for improving the living standards of poverty-stricken people with the cooperation of various private development organizations was expressed. About 50 representatives of various organizations participated in the meeting.