Early on in the arsenic crisis there used to be more organizations committed to assisting people with arsenic.  Much of that now has disappeared.  

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An April 1, 2021 editorial in the Bangladesh English language daily  "The Financial Express"  makes that clear.  

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The uproar over arsenic menace more than two decades ago has, for strange reasons, died down. A silent but sure killer, arsenic was first detected in the country's ground waters in the mid nineties, and soon its pervasive presence did strike alarm from all conscious quarters and calling for urgent government actions....[now nearly 20 years years later] nearly 20 million people are still drinking arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh although millions of wells were tested and thousands of safe ones having been bored to avert a major health crisis...It is indeed surprising that whatever alertness and mitigation efforts were in place some twenty years ago seem to have dissipated for the most part.

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​Although there were numerous organizations assisting with arsenic concerns in the earlier years of the crisis, including MCC, there are currently relatively few working on arsenic mitigation, other than the Bangladesh government.

Extensive research has been done and is continuing, but extension and mitigation work is lacking in many areas.  So it is hoped that this website, in some small way, will help others assist those who need it in Bangladesh.

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However, there still are some organizations working hard to make a difference regarding assistance to people suffering from the effects of arsenic poisoning.