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Uma Mondal wants a better life for her daughter Ayonti who she hopes will study further and contribute to create change in Bangladesh
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Women collect water using smart devices installed to prevent wastage and enable quick water collection in villages in eastern coastal Bangladesh. All photos: Ledars
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The card that helps families access safe drinking water
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Ledars provides information and training on alternative income-generating activity for the landless and small farmers in Bangladesh
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A female farmer uses techniques taught by Ledars to improve soil health and crop yield in coastal areas impacted by flood water
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Access to clean drinking water has reduced the spread of diseases and improved the health of families in coastal regions of Bangladesh
Women no longer require to walk for miles and queue up for hours to collect water after low-cost filters are installed in their homes
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The biosand filter installed by Ledars is the main source of water purification in eastern coastal regions of Bangladesh
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Women wait their turn to fill water at a collection point near their homes in Bangladesh
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A woman shows the quality of water after a biosand filter has removed contaminants from the water
Water filters and rain water harvesting systems could stop families from leaving their farms and ancestral homes in coastal Bangladesh
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Mohon Mondol is the founder of Ledars
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Mohon Mondol addresses a gathering in Bangladesh to provide solutions to crippling issues of water scarcity and migration
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Uma Mondal wants a better life for her daughter Ayonti who she hopes will study further and contribute to create change in Bangladesh
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Women collect water using smart devices installed to prevent wastage and enable quick water collection in villages in eastern coastal Bangladesh. All photos: Ledars
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The card that helps families access safe drinking water
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Ledars provides information and training on alternative income-generating activity for the landless and small farmers in Bangladesh
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/AM27V7BHPVHBJPGNCMMRO7ARTQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=56360bcd0f7bcbc16fa44451f5e8a811142cab9e1dbd1fdddc8677858f28036b&width=400&height=225)
A female farmer uses techniques taught by Ledars to improve soil health and crop yield in coastal areas impacted by flood water
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/34XXAPQXIZGLFNWF6AVAJC26KM.jpg?smart=true&auth=d2b952c08fde4c3c4b97d4ab830952f1c8c591fe0e18930ca4ecc89c95abdcbb&width=400&height=225)
Access to clean drinking water has reduced the spread of diseases and improved the health of families in coastal regions of Bangladesh
Women no longer require to walk for miles and queue up for hours to collect water after low-cost filters are installed in their homes
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GWRPXX2N3ZC7FLC7WOGSARNIDQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=05558547cf4167b0387cfaa9aa67f6fb5815f7bd1ea76deccc47d5231980c8fa&width=400&height=225)
The biosand filter installed by Ledars is the main source of water purification in eastern coastal regions of Bangladesh
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YZZMXF3MMJAMXEEVQ244EEBQ4Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=211c4fa99c033ed6224d0321452345ed4325e6f1529534ae4067636f1e9884fb&width=400&height=225)
Women wait their turn to fill water at a collection point near their homes in Bangladesh
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A woman shows the quality of water after a biosand filter has removed contaminants from the water
Water filters and rain water harvesting systems could stop families from leaving their farms and ancestral homes in coastal Bangladesh
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/2NPYAHVDAJAXXE3SJWT5XUUTKY.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9d644df255e1c17a61504bda30982e5f5b74418bedf25c0a88e6bd6e0238718&width=400&height=225)
Mohon Mondol is the founder of Ledars
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Mohon Mondol addresses a gathering in Bangladesh to provide solutions to crippling issues of water scarcity and migration
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Uma Mondal wants a better life for her daughter Ayonti who she hopes will study further and contribute to create change in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi NGO wants world leaders at Cop28 to hear plight of water-deprived people
Ledars founder urges policymakers to keep their promises to developing nations hit by climate migration
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Ramola Talwar Badam
23 October, 2023
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