Strategies in School Water supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (Six Tsunami

Affected Provinces)

WASH• Water , Sanitation and

Hygiene for All

FRESH• Focusing Resources for Effective School Health

WASH in Schools Working to change hygienic behaviours in

families Active participation of children Synergy of clean water, sanitation and

hygiene promotion Halving the proportion of people living

without safe water and sanitation

Vision 21: A Shared Vision for Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Supply and A

Framework for Action• Experience has shown that clean water alone

leads only to minor health improvements. The essential factor is sound hygiene behaviour i.e. personal hygiene recognized as a core issue in its own right, with adequate sanitation and clean water as supporting components. While each of the three components alone has some health benefits, it is their combined effect which is far greater. Hygiene behaviour is virtually impossible without a source of water and safe means of disposal human and other wastes.

NINE OUTPUT INDICATORS

The successful WASH in schools program has:

FACILITIES: • 1. In each school: Safe drinking water,

toilets, hand washing, drainage, clean class and compound,

USE and MAINTENANCE: • 2. Girls and boys use the toilets/urinals. • 3. Hands washed at right times (with

soap/ash). • 4. Boys and girls (all students) share tasks of

collecting water and cleaning toilets equally.

NINE OUTPUT INDICATORS The successful WASH in schools program has:

EDUCATION + promotion: • 5. There hygiene education in the school and class. It is

participatory and focuses on life skills. • 6. Teacher, school or children have organized an activity

to community to parents/community. TRAINED:

• 7. Teachers and an adult management group are trained before or during construction.

• 8. District/regional education and supervisory staff are oriented.

• 9. Training and orientation is repeated.

Strategies for School WASH

Construction of Schools / ECCDs WES Facilities

Rehabilitation of schools / ECCDs WES Facilities

Strategies for School WASH

Partnership in School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Projects with Counterpart Departments (DoH, DOLA)

Strategies for School WASHProvincial level workshops for WASH /

FRESH, O & M, Child to Child

TOT workshops for WASH / FRESH, O & M, Child to Child at ESAO level

WASH / FRESH, O & M, Child to Child activities at schools / ECCDs level

Thank You

Mebendazole DonationRequest for Letters of Interest

• Johnson & Johnson has committed to donate 50 million doses of mebendazole (500mg) in 2007 for STH control in children.

• Approximately one half of these doses have already been allocated for mass deworming of school-aged children in four Start-Up countries in 2007

Mebendazole DonationRequest for Letters of Interest

• In order to reach additional children at high risk of infection, the initiative is inviting Letters of Interest from national programs that are planning mass deworming for STH control in school-aged children in 2008 which may benefit from a donation of mebendazole.

Mebendazole DonationRequest for Letters of Interest

• Eligible institutions are the Ministry of Health and/or the Ministry of Education.

• The application forms are also posted on the following website: http://www.taskforce.org/mebendazole/.

• The deadline for applications is May 31st.