Bangladesh

In 2024, 1001fontaines launched a collaboration with the Bangladeshi NGO Uttaran to improve access to safe drinking water in the country.

Local partner & Local water brand

Uttaran Paani

A WORD FROM
THE LOCAL ORANIZATION

With 40 years’ experience in development projects serving local communities, Uttaran has become a benchmark NGO in south-west Bangladesh. In 2023, we were given the opportunity to embark on a new safe drinking water project, and through discussions with the communities, we identified the 20-liter jar as the best way to provide them with quality water. That is how we opened our first production facility.

A few months later, when we met 1001fontaines, the partnership seemed obvious: combining our knowledge of the local context and our first year of operations with 1001fontaines’ 20 years of experience and know-how. We are convinced that, together, we can prove that it is possible to provide safe, sustainable drinking water services to vulnerable communities in Bangladesh!

Zahid Shashoto – Project Lead, Uttaran Paani

Our impact today

2
production facilities

17,631
beneficiaries

190,000

jars sold in the first half of 2024

3,800,000

liters of safe drinking water produced in the first half of 2024

Our ambition

– 1 –

Set up 3 production facilities supplying safe drinking water to 8,000 households

– 2 –

Optimize the production and distribution model to reach vulnerable populations in a financially sustainable way

– 3 –

Define a large-scale deployment plan in the south-west of the country