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Equator Initiative Case StudiesLocal sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities
Bangladesh
SHIDHULAISWANIRVAR SANGSTHA
Empowered live
Resilient nation
Empowered live
Resilient nation
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UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIES
Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that wo
or people and or nature. Few publications or case studies tell the ull story o how such initiatives evolve, the breadth
their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practition
themselves guiding the narrative.
To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to ll this gap. The ollowing case study is one in a growing ser
that details the work o Equator Prize winners vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmenconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local succ
to scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models
replication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reerence to The Power o Local Action: Lessons rom 10 Years
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Editor-in-Chie: Joseph CorcoranManaging Editor: Oliver Hughes
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Acknowledgements
The Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, and in particular the guidance and inputs
Mohammed Rezwan, Executive Director. All photo credits courtesy o Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha. Maps courtesy o CIA World Factbo
and Wikipedia.
Suggested Citation
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PROJECT SUMMARYIn the low-lying northwestern region o Bangladesh, amosaic o wetland ponds and waterways make travelextremely dicult, particularly during the monsoon seasonwhen extensive ooding occurs. To address this challenge,Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha operates a eet o 54 solar-powered boats to deliver services that range rom schoolsto agricultural extension centers. The vessels are able tonavigate waterways and pull up alongside villages thatwould otherwise be too isolated to receive such support.
O Shidhulais eet, 20 boats are outtted as oating
schools that move along the wetland canals rom villageto village holding three classes per day or children inriverbank communities. Ten library boats are tted withbooks, computers, printers, and mobile phones. Five healthclinic boats bring ree healthcare to more than 300 peopleper day, while ve agricultural extension boats train armersin sustainable arming methods.
KEY FACTS
EQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2006
FOUNDED: 1998
LOCATION: Chalan Beel region, Bangladesh
BENEFICIARIES: 90,000 families
BIODIVERSITY: extensive wetlands
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SHIDHULAI SWANIRVAR SANGSTHABangladesh
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Background and Context 4
Key Activities and Innovations 6
Biodiversity Impacts 8
Socioeconomic Impacts 8
Policy Impacts 9
Sustainability 10
Replication 11
Partners 11
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During its annual monsoon season, one-third o Bangladesh is
ubmerged beneath oodwaters. A warming climate has increased
he extent o this ooding in recent years. A low-lying coastal
ation, the country constitutes the lower riparian o the Ganges,
rahmaputra and Meghna river system, orming the largest delta in
he world. Over 92 percent o the annual runof generated in this
atchment area ows through the country. In extreme oods, such
s in 2007, up to two-thirds o the country can be covered, causing
estruction o villages and displacement o their populations.
angladeshs demographic problems it has the highest population
ensity in the world, at 948 people per square kilometre orce many
o live in remote rural areas, where the efects o ooding are worst.
With the aim o mitigating the impacts o oods on rural communities,
hidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha has pioneered innovations to bring
ervices and electricity to the inhabitants o the Natore, Pabna and
irajganj districts in the Chalan Beel region, north-west Bangladesh.
hidhulai operates a 54-vessel eet o oating schools, libraries,
ealth clinics and training centres, equipped with wireless internet
ccess, serving close to 90,000 amilies. The boats are outtted with
olar panels that power computers, lights and medical equipment.
The challenges acing ood-prone rural communities
he Chalan Beel region is an extensive lowland area in the lower
Atrai basin, consisting o a number o static wetland ponds, orbeels, connected by a series o waterways. In the monsoon months
ate June-September) the beel area expands to orm a vast body
water; this ooding poses a challenge to economic and human
evelopment within the region. Local communities live along
he canals, relying primarily on agriculture or their income and
ood supply. This is supplemented by shing, as armers typically
nly produce one crop a year and harvests are threatened by
npredictable water level rises. Boats are the only means o
ransport, while the villages have no mains electricity or telephone
nes. Sanitation is very basic, and water is taken rom wells or the
rivers. Although children are entitled to ree education, it has b
dicult or teachers to remain in the region and or children to r
school buildings regularly. This has resulted in a high school dro
rate and widespread illiteracy. Cultural norms restrict the movem
o girls, meaning many o them do not attend school at all
primary school completion rate or girls is less than 40 percent (
the Children, 2010), while the average age o marriage or ema
14.76 years (Bangladesh Household Survey, 2004).
Some socioeconomic challenges are linked to unsustainable ar
methods. Agricultural runof has taken its toll on the health o
rivers, while the rivers in turn make it dicult to reach armers
inormation about environmentally sustainable arming methFish numbers have declined due to cropland runof contamin
resulting rom the use o pesticides beyond the nece
application rates. This has a negative efect on the livelih
and ood security o thousands o households. In a country w
one-third o the population is under 15 years o age, this imp
heavily on child health, compounded by a lack o access to he
care acilities or health workers. Some 50 percent o children u
ve are malnourished, and the inant mortality rate is 41 death
1,000 live births. Finally, while many in Bangladesh have bene
rom micro-credit schemes, the local populations o the Ch
Beel region are too poor and geographically remote to access t
schemes.
From obstacles to opportunity
While still a student architect, Mohammed Rezwan ounded Shid
Swanirvar Sangstha in 1998 as a means o transorming the reg
waterways rom obstacles to human development into pathway
education, inormation and technology. Shidhulais objectives a
provide education in ood-prone areas through oating schools
libraries; to increase agricultural productivity through sustain
arming practices that protect the rivers and the environment
to bring health services and environmentally sound technologi
Background and Context
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marginalised communities. Signicantly, Shidhulai has also allowed
ocal communities to adapt to increased climate change-induced
ooding and unpredictable rainall patterns. Its successul model
as been nationally and internationally recognised, winning the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa Prize, the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Equator Prize, and
n Ashden Award or Sustainable Energy in recent years.
The management structure consists o a General Council, w
meets annually and approves audits, budgets, and project plan
and an Executive Committee, comprised o nine members,
meets regularly to approve specic projects. The initiativ
otherwise driven by a small central staf and volunteer labour
the rural communities it serves.
The question is Where will 20 to 30 million climate refuges go?Already 948 people are livin
per square kilometer in Bangladesh, and northern parts will be flooded in future Therefore, th
floating community concept is an appropriate solution for Bangladesh.
Mohammed Rezwan, Founder and CEO of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha
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Key Activities and Innovations
hidhulais work has been ounded on its innovatory use o boats.
he rst school boat was designed in 2002, and the current eet
54 vessels house schools, libraries, training centres, and health
linics. All o these boats are solar-powered and equipped with
ommunications technology. The boats have been designed to
djust to any equipment conguration as well as to protect the
lectronics rom inclement weather, even during the height o the
monsoon. Flat plank oors allow the boats to manoeuvre through
he ooded areas. Electrical equipment such as laptops, computers
nd multimedia projectors are used or educational purposes on
he school and training boats, and are powered by onboard solar
hotovoltaic (PV) modules. When the boats are docked, these solar
modules ace south, towards sunlight. Typically, boats have enough
nergy capacity or 2-3 additional days without recharging. With
e-chargeable batteries to store electricity, the boats provide an
ndependent AC electricity supply system which can be used during
ay and night. Boats have PV-powered lighting, as well as mobile
hone service rom two national networks. High-speed USB data
ards provide connection to the internet.
The SuryaHurricane lantern
he onboard PV energy supply can also be used to re-charge solar
anterns, produced and sold to community members by Shidhulai.
he SuryaHurricane lantern is an innovative low-cost solar lanternmade rom recycled parts o conventional kerosene hurricane
anterns. Women can bring used kerosene lanterns to Shidhulai,
where the wick and burner is replaced with a bulb, and two six-
olt sealed lead batteries are placed inside the oil reservoir. The
pening o the reservoir is used as a re-charging socket. Shidhulai
as also developed a portable solar home system, consisting o re-
hargeable batteries, wall and table LED lamps, wiring and xtures.
he installation and maintenance o these solar systems on house
oats is carried out by Shidhulai engineers.
Floating schools
Twenty school boats constitute the greatest part o Shidh
work, bringing primary school education to marginalized
communities. Moving rom village to village, the boats co
students directly rom the riverbanks at various locations. At
nal stop the class is given, beore the students are returned to
villages. Three classes are taught each day, six days a week. Each
has a classroom to accommodate 30 students, an internet-lin
laptop or computer, a library, and other electronic resources. S
power enables schools to provide late evening classes to chil
who work during the day. Ater classes, many students take h
their recharged SuryaHurricane lanterns to provide light in
homes at night; students achieving high exam results are eligib
receive SuryaHurricane lanterns as scholarship prizes. The sch
provide basic primary education up to Grade IV. Shidhulai has
introduced the rst river-based environmental curriculum in
country that encourages children to protect the environment
conserve water sources. The boats also host meetings or a
each month on child and womens rights, health education,
micro-enterprise development.
Improving child and adult literacy
Library boats provide the acilities o a standing library: around 1books, 2-4 computers with internet access, printers, and m
phones. Children, youths, senior citizens, and particularly wo
are encouraged to learn computer skills, and gain inormatio
job opportunities, exam results, and government processes
services. Late-evening literacy classes are arranged on these b
or schoolchildrens parents. O the ten library boats, two are
tiered boats with on-board classrooms, libraries, training sp
and solar lamp re-charging acilities. This allows children to at
lessons on the lower deck while their parents receive sustain
arming training on the upper deck.
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Mobile health clinics
With doctors and paramedics on board, ve health clinic boats
rovide ree medication and basic healthcare to more than 300
eople each day. Shidhulai also provides emergency relie services,
with two boats bringing solar power to communities who have
ufered rom ooding, while ten urther boats are used or travelling
etween the project sites.
nnovative communication strategies
ive training boats provide on-board training sessions and evening
resentations to inorm armers about sustainable arming
echniques. These sessions also provide inormation on afordable
enewable energy technologies developed by Shidhulai, such
s the paddle pump and solar lantern. Each village receives two
isits a month or three months, with thirty armers trained during
ach session. Shidhulai staf use laptops, multimedia equipment,
ducational presentations and databases to raise awareness o
trategies or agricultural sustainability. Presentations use locally-
eveloped content, including web tutorials, animations and
ocumentaries. During the day, the boats host onboard training
rograms or armers, while in the evenings educational programs
re arranged on large screens on the riverbanks, allowing villagers to
ee rom their houses. On average, 300 people attend each evening
how. Farmers also receive inormation on commodity and arm
nput prices, and are able to use the boats email and mobile phone
ervices.
Training boat presentations also provide an opportunity or
ormation o Water User Associations (WUAs). Around ty arm
are grouped into these associations, which help armers ide
their agrarian needs and understand related environmental iss
Members attend monthly meetings where Shidhulai agricul
ocers and technicians discuss ideas and identiy the
techniques and strategies or specic problems.
Floating organic gardens
Shidhulai has also developed oating gardens, or FloodC
which are used to promote the adoption o sustainable agricul
practices. Although oating gardens are common to ood-p
areas o Bangladesh, Shidhulais model is more durable and rob
and is able to support layers o soil as well as people and ca
FloodChars also allow or rigorous testing and analysis o soil
in on-board laboratories. The labs conduct soil analysis and pro
armers with recommendations or soil improvements and
conservation. Samples received rom armers are routinely anal
to determine their texture. Soil laboratories also provide testin
plant tissue, water quality, pesticides, and hazardous waste.
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Impacts
BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS
hidhulai has been able to conduct annual surveys to measure
ts impacts on communities environmental practices, as well
s socioeconomic improvements. Consultants, academics, and
cientists rom research institutes and universities are engaged in
hese impact assessments. Among the trends monitored are school
enrollment and dropout rates, pesticide sale records, numbers o
people receiving SuryaHurricane lanterns, kerosene sales, additional
ncome generated by using SuryaHurricane lanterns, numbers o
participants at training sessions and using the libraries, numbers o
books borrowed, numbers o youth learning how to use a computer,
nd numbers o patients treated on the health clinic boats. Thisongoing monitoring has helped to build the evidence base or
hidhulais work, including the benets or local biological diversity
nd resilience to environmental threats.
mproved river health
Pesticide use has increased considerably in Bangladesh in the past
hree decades. In the Chalan Beel region, overuse o pesticide has
had harmul efects on river biodiversity. Shidhulais training boats
have trained armers on mechanical means o controlling the spread
o harmul insects. As a result, they have reduced pesticide usage by
65%. Improvements in water quality have also ollowed training on
establishing tree and grass lter strips at the riverbanks, which haslowed soil erosion and ltered polluted agricultural runof.
Reduced uel use
Promotion o renewable energy sources has had wide environmental
benets. The introduction o afordable solar lanterns has reduced
ommunities reliance on kerosene. Assuming typical use o three
tres o kerosene per week, it is estimated that each SuryaHurricane
amp saves about 156 litres o kerosene per year. The total annual
aving rom the 5,000 solar lamps produced so ar is thereore
around 780,000 litres o kerosene. This translates to an estim
CO2
emission reduction o 2,028 tonnes per year.
Community-based adaptation to climate change
Shidhulais work in environmental sustainability has prov
test case or community-based adaptation to climate chang
Bangladesh. With rising sea levels expected to result in 20 t
million internally displaced climate reugees, strategies or l
alongside and benetting rom waterways play a crucial ro
supporting local livelihoods. In particular, Shidhulais mode
delivering mobile public services to marginalised communities
maintaining oating crop beds or agricultural production provided case studies or adaptation in Bangladesh.
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
Shidhulais work has had substantial economic and social imp
on the impoverished communities o the Chalan Beel region. T
have been principally through delivery o services educa
health and communication inrastructure and empowering
armers to increase agricultural productivity.
Education
To date, Shidhulai has reached 90,000 amilies in the Chalanregion. Its twenty school boats currently serve around 1
students, with the library boats accessed by 15,000 people a
The boat school model also allows children who work during
day, and otherwise would be unable to attend school, to stud
evening classes. Students can borrow school books rom the b
on-board libraries, which has helped to improve exam results
enable some to apply or higher education. Literacy rates
improved, as children are now able to attend school consiste
Childrens enrollment in education has increased by 40%, while
dropout ratio has been reduced by 45%.
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Health, sanitation, and gender equality
n Bangladesh, religion and culture typically restricts the mobility
o girls and women. The unique approach o Shidhulais project
addresses these barriers. Boats provide exibility and reach villagers
hat, or logistical, social, or cultural reasons, could not otherwise
access a permanent institution. Girls and women take ull advantage
o the education and inormation acilities delivered to their
doorsteps. Female educational enrollment has increased, as theproximity o the acilities allays the concerns o girls parents and
guardians. The health clinic boats provide sessions to raise health
awareness on issues such as sanitation, HIV/AIDS, unintended
pregnancies, reproductive rights and early marriage issues. On
average, 300 patients per day are served by the ve oating health
clinics. Sanitary latrine usage has increased by 80%, while early
marriage rates have allen by 75%.
Agricultural productivity
Due to adoption o new techniques, agricultural productivity
has increased by 70%. On-board training sessions and evening
presentations, assisted by Shidhulais staf and technologies, haveencouraged armers to cultivate a variety o crops outside the normal
growing season. Up to 300 villagers can view evening inormation
essions. The annual income o participating armers has increased
by an average o 55% since the introduction o Shidhulais training
essions. In addition, FloodChars ensure the availability o vegetables
during the monsoon. Shidhulai helps armers to develop these
oating gardens, which can be docked alongside riverbank villages.
Farmers can cultivate vegetables by adding straw and rice stubble
o the oating beds, and once the oodwater recedes, armers carry
he oating beds to higher grounds or use as organic ertilizer.
Improved social resilience
Finally, while Shidhulais work has not led to inrastruc
investment on the part o the government in the Chalan Beel re
they have helped to mitigate the impact o weather condit
Thousands o landless armers no longer have to leave their vil
in search o work during the monsoon season: innovations
training have resulted in a more diversied agricultural output
is sustained year-round, while savings rom increased incomes an alternative to emigration or employment. Households
better diets, access to renewable energy, and their children
access to schools.
POLICY IMPACTS
Shidhulai began discussions with the Bangladesh governme
2007 over the replication o the initiatives work, when representa
met with government ocials in Dhaka at a celebration o
award o the UNEP Sasakawa Prize. These government g
included the heads o various departments, including the Min
or Education. Productive discussions have been put on hold sthat time, however, as changes in the government disrupted
communication. During a recent parliament, MPs discussed brin
government support to the boat schools, as well as the need
more boat schools in the ood-prone areas across the countr
the local level, Shidhulai works closely with district governm
departments, including the Department o Agricultural Exten
This typically has involved scientists and outreach ocers prov
agricultural training or armers.
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Sustainability and Replication
SUSTAINABILITYMuch o Shidhulais work is unded by various international
rganizations through multi-year grant agreements, but the initiative
as also explored ways to generate income rom its technological
nnovations that would cover the operational costs o their schools,
braries, training boats and health clinics.
Securing the initiatives fnancial uture
One source o unding has been the SuryaHurricane lanterns, which
re sold at a concessional price below that o comparable schemes.
Women bring their used kerosene lanterns to the boats and pay USD.75 or conversion to solar power; alternatively, they are able to
urchase new lanterns or USD 4.20. These lanterns can be recharged
wice a week on the boats at USD 0.073 each time. Fity percent o
his income is directed towards Shidhulai operational costs and
xpansion, while the rest is reinvested in the boat schools, libraries,
nd healthcare support. It is hoped that with increased revenue rom
he SuryaHurricane lantern sales, the boat schools and libraries will
e ully unded within the next three years.
here are also opportunities or uture expansion within Bangladesh
or both solar home systems and solar lanterns. Roughly ten million
eople in Bangladesh live without access to electricity, with relatively
ttle chance o gaining access to grid power in the near uture.According to a World Bank market survey, there is an existing market
ize o 0.5 million households or installing solar home systems on a
ee-or-service basis, at a minimum cost o USD 200. These market
pportunities lie in remote rural areas, river or ofshore islands, in
ouseholds that currently use kerosene lamps, and areas that are
eparated rom the national grid by natural barriers.
he potential market or the SuryaHurricane lantern is estimated at
6 percent o the countrys population: more than 90 million people.
hidhulais marketing strategy has ocussed on raising awareness
o the project through news reports in the national press. At
community level, Shidhulai advertises SuryaHurricane lantern
organising demonstration meetings in marketplaces, schools,
courtyards in villages. It distributes posters, leaets, and broch
and uses specic village marketing plans. A more ambit
marketing strategy or the solar lantern is being developed w
partner agency, using a website, visits by journalists to project
and promotional materials. The aim is to encourage oundation
banks to commit to supporting the SuryaHurricane program.
enterprise was a winner o the 2009 SEED Awards, in recogn
o its potential or delivering triple-win economic, social,
environmental benets in rural Bangladesh.
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REPLICATION
here is great potential or scaling up Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangsthas
work within Bangladesh. To date, Shidhulai has been the only
evelopment program to have shown the potential to reach the
housands o ood-prone villages that are only accessible by boats.
s the boats, educational materials, technology and strategies have
lready been developed by Shidhulai, only unding is needed to
cale up or replicate the project. The model can be replicated notnly in any river-based community, but aspects o it solar lamps,
olar Home Systems, locally developed educational content, and
loodChars are applicable anywhere.
hidhulais oating education model has been replicated by local
rganizations in Bangladesh. These have included Care Bangladesh/
rameenphone, Peoples Oriented Program Implementation,
ubarno Foundation, and Grambangla Unneyon Committee.
hidhulai has held meetings with these partners to aid with replication
forts. Replication o the project has also been encouraged in India
n collaboration with UNICEF.
n 2009, Shidhulai hosted site visits or the Open University UK.
esearchers conducted studies on Shidhulais oating education
ystem or their English in Action (EiA) project in Bangladesh, a
project o the Bangladesh Government, Open University UK,
Trust and UKs Department or International Development.
long-term aims o the project are to launch solar-powered b
in Bangladesh that target developing riverside residents En
language skills.
PARTNERS
Upazila Krishi Oces (sub-district oces) have provided tech
support to the project since 2003, although currently there i
agreement between Shidhulai and these oces.
Daridra Bimochon Sangstha is a community-based organiza
bringing together large networks o volunteers. DBS has ass
Shidhulai with its volunteer groups to conduct water qu
monitoring since 2003, although this partnership agreem
also lapsed in 2010. Finally, since 2002 Shidhulai has encoura
the development o Water User Associations, Farmers Stee
Committees, Grassroots Extension Delivery Teams, and a Farm
Association in Flood-Prone Areas as community networks
knowledge-exchange and peer-to-peer learning in north-Bangladesh, helping to extend the lessons o Shidhulais sustain
agricultural training to as wide a rural audience as possible.
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FURTHER REFERENCE
Mahmud, A. 2006. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangsth: Bringing Inormation Technology to Rural Bangaldesh by Boat. Council on Library an
ormation Resources http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub136/pub136.pd
Rezwan, A. H. M. and Alam, M. S. Reaching Wider Audiences Through Mobile Units on Boats: Educating Rural Farmers on Water Qualityht
www.col.org/pc3/Papers/PDFs/Rezwan_AHM.pd
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangsth website http://www.shidhulai.org/
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