Aarashi Bathroom

According to the UN, still 1 in 3 people ido not have to access to clean drinking water, and 1 in 6 people do not have access to safely managed sanitation facilities in the world. Aarashi bathroom app aims to collaborate with entities who can provide clean water and safe sanitation facilities to people who need these services, through an app. 

We first plan to launch the Aarashi bathroom app in Dhaka, Bangladesh to help mitigate the bathroom crisis. In Dhaka, there is a lack of usable public bathrooms. 

Aarashi Bathroom aims to collaborate with restaurants, hotels, cafes, hospitals, universities, colleges, schools, shopping malls, gym, hair salons, non profits, private homes, anyone who wants to share their bathroom to provide safe sanitation facilities and clean water to people who requires immediate access to it.

In Dhaka, Bangladesh there is only 1 bathroom for every 215,000 people. According to a study by ActionAid Bangladesh, in association with UK Aid, on a “Gender Responsive City Structure” more than 90% of public toilets run by the city corporations are unusable. Most of these facilities are 96% insecure, 54% of them lack sanitation facilities and 91.5% of them are unhygienic and dirty. Mostly women suffer from getting access to safe sanitation facilities.    

Aarashi Bathroom will serve everyone who needs immediate access to bathrooms wherever they are in Dhaka city.

We are talking to people everyday to find out about the necessity of proper bathrooms in Bangladesh.Through this app we want to change the mindset of people openly defecating in Bangladesh. At first, the app will mostly appeal to women in Bangladesh as they cannot find proper bathrooms in Dhaka. For men, it will also work, however, due to the problem of men openly defecating in Bangladesh, it might not appeal to men in the beginning. As we expand the app, we hope to change the bathroom culture of Bangladesh by creating a culture of using proper bathrooms. 

Aarashi Bathroom is a location-based mobile app to reserve on demand bathroom services. 

Aarashi Bathroom app aims to collaborate with restaurants, hotels, cafes, hospitals, universities, colleges, schools, shopping malls, gym, hair salons, non-profits, private homes, anyone who wants to share their bathroom to provide safe sanitation facilities and clean water for everyone.
For Bathroom Users- Aarashi Bathroom is a convenient, inexpensive way to access clean, safe bathroom services wherever you are. The app aims to provide access to bathrooms near you within minutes. It will show directions to the nearest bathroom.

For Bathroom providers- Aarashi  Bathroom app will provide reasonable pay for providing access to your bathroom for their users. It will enable bathroom service providers to take on customers whenever they wish also creating a platform to meet new people in your city from all walks of life.

Aarashi Bathroom app is the next Airbnb for bathrooms. It will connect bathroom providers and bathroom seekers through an app. 

There are many other apps, which lets you find public bathrooms around. 

However, Aarashi bathroom is different because it aims to tap into private bathrooms. Tapping into private bathrooms of restaurants, cafes, hospitals, universities, private home will overall increase the supply of bathrooms in the market and help people access bathrooms anywhere they want easily.

Aarashi bathroom is trusted shared-service mobile app aiming to give every citizen access to water, sanitation and hygiene services through collaboration. Aarashi Bathroom is a location-based mobile app to reserve on demand bathroom services.

Aarashi bathroom is using a mobile based platform to connect bathroom providers to bathroom seekers.

 
Aarashi Bathroom app aims to collaborate with restaurants, hotels, cafes, hospitals, universities, colleges, schools, shopping malls, gym, hair salons, non-profits, private homes, anyone who wants to share their bathroom to provide safe sanitation facilities and clean water for everyone.
For Bathroom Users- Aarashi Bathroom is a convenient, inexpensive way to access clean, safe bathroom services wherever you are. The app aims to provide access to bathrooms near you within minutes. It will show directions to the nearest bathroom.

For Bathroom providers- Aarashi  Bathroom app will provide reasonable pay for providing access to your bathroom for their users. It will enable bathroom service providers to take on customers whenever they wish also creating a platform to meet new people in your city from all walks of life.

Aarashi bathroom will connect bathroom providers to bathroom seekers.Currently there is only 1 bathroom for 215000 people in Dhaka. This circumstance is highly affecting women's health. Women tend to drink less water due to the fear of not finding accessible bathrooms in Dhaka city. 

Aarashi bathroom app aims to increase the supply of bathrooms by connecting with private bathrooms in Dhaka city. Overall, this will reduce the ratio of 1:215000 bathroom in Dhaka city and enable everyone to get on demand bathroom service wherever they are. As a result, this app will also help improve women's health by providing clean, safe bathrooms for them.

We are still experimenting with the app. We need funding to scale our project and serve people.

We first plan to launch the Aarashi bathroom app in Dhaka, Bangladesh to help mitigate the bathroom crisis. In Dhaka, there is a lack of usable public bathrooms. According to a study conducted by Water Aid, there is only one bathroom for every 215,000 people. Mostly women suffer more than men due to lack of usable bathrooms. A case study has also shown that women tend to hold their bladders and drink less water due to fear of not having accessible toilets around.

In the next 5 years, if the app is successful in Dhaka city, we plan to replicate the app in major cities for example in New Delhi, Kathmandu, New York, Washington DC, Karachi, etc.

Our biggest barrier is funding at this moment. We need funding to scale our app.

Furthermore, in a country like Bangladesh it is difficult to ensure security of customers while they are using private bathrooms at private homes. We need to develop strict policies and take help from local police to ensure our customer's safety.

We are applying for seed funding at other places, too!

To ensure security of customers, we are trying to replicate security policies of Uber and Airbnb.

Furthermore, we are also seeking help from MIT solve team to help us create policies, which can ensure customer's safety.

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We have five people working on our team.

CEO: Full time staff.

CTO: Part-time staff.

Two Shareholders: Part-time staff.

One legal and compliance staff: Part-time

Fabia, CEO has 5 years work experience working with international development organizations and government agencies. She is from Bangladesh. She has strong knowledge of the Bangladesh population especially people from middle income and lower income population demography. 

Arif, the CTO has 3 years experience working in the IT sector. He has developed apps such as Nirvor to find doctors in Bangladesh through an online platform.

Firoze, the Chairman of the organization has over 25 years of work experience in the education sector of Bangladesh.

Fawzia, one of the Directors of the organization has experience over 25 years in the legal sector of Bangladesh. She also heads the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association in Bangladesh. She is former member of the National Human Rights Commission, Bangladesh.

Together we have strong grasp of the Bangladesh market and the population we are serving through the Aarashi Bathroom app.

We have partnered with some gyms such as Amor and restaurants in Bangladesh.

We are seeking partnership with BRAC to help us provide Bathrooms all over Bangladesh.

Aarashi Bathroom app will provide immediate access to bathroom services who are in dire need to access bathrooms. 

Aarashi Bathroom is a location-based mobile app to reserve on demand bathroom services. 

Aarashi Bathroom app aims to collaborate with restaurants, hotels, cafes, hospitals, universities, colleges, schools, shopping malls, gym, hair salons, non-profits, private homes, anyone who wants to share their bathroom to provide safe sanitation facilities and clean water for everyone.

For Bathroom Users- Aarashi Bathroom is a convenient, inexpensive way to access clean, safe bathroom services wherever you are. The app aims to provide access to bathrooms near you within minutes. It will show directions to the nearest bathroom.

For Bathroom providers- Aarashi  Bathroom app will provide reasonable pay for providing access to your bathroom for their users. It will enable bathroom service providers to take on customers whenever they wish also creating a platform to meet new people in your city from all walks of life.

Just like Airbnb and Uber People will be charged be via aarashi bathroom app to get access to bathroom services. 

For Bathroom Users- Aarashi Bathroom is a convenient, inexpensive way to access clean, safe bathroom services wherever you are. 

For Bathroom providers- Aarashi  Bathroom app will provide reasonable pay for providing access to your bathroom for their users.

Providers will be responsible to clean the bathrooms. The cost to clean the bathrooms will be included in the fees they charge the customers to use the bathrooms.

We want meet with like-minded people who can help us mitigate water, sanitation and hygiene problem all over the world.

We would like to partner with people who are in the trusted- shared services industry.

We would like to partner with for profit and non profit organizations, who can help us provide bathroom services to customers.

With the AI Innovation Prize we would be able to launch our bathroom app both on Android and IOS platform. This funding will help expand our project as well recruit more people who can help us make the solution more tangible. 

There is a dire need of bathrooms in Bangladesh. There is one public bathroom for every 215000 people. Our solution can help mitigate this crisis by giving access to each other's bathroom in the community.

With the GM Prize we would be able to launch our bathroom app both on Android and IOS platform. This funding will help expand our project as well recruit more people who can help us make the solution more tangible. 

There is a dire need of bathrooms in Bangladesh. There is one public bathroom for every 215000 people. Our solution can help mitigate this crisis by giving access to each other's bathroom in the community.

With the Innovation for Women Prize we would be able to launch our bathroom app both on Android and IOS platform. This funding will help expand our project as well recruit more people who can help us make the solution more tangible. 

There is a dire need of bathrooms in Bangladesh. There is one public bathroom for every 215000 people. Our solution can help mitigate this crisis by giving access to each other's bathroom in the community.

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With the Morgridge Family Foundation Community Driven Prize we would be able to launch our bathroom app both on Android and IOS platform. This funding will help expand our project as well recruit more people who can help us make the solution more tangible. 

There is a dire need of bathrooms in Bangladesh. There is one public bathroom for every 215000 people. Our solution can help mitigate this crisis by giving access to each other's bathroom in the community.

Not at this time.