Emerging concept to improvise the facilities in schools

Introduction
O “Every child has the right to a quality
education, which includes drinking water,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services
while at school” - UNICEF.
O The aim is to improve health and learning
performance of school-aged children and ,
by extension, that of their families – by
reducing the incidence of water and
sanitation-related diseases.
 Types of Hygiene
O Personal
- Oral hygiene
- Body hygiene
- Menstrual hygiene

O Home hygiene
- Kitchen hygiene
- Bathroom hygiene
 What is WASH?
• WASH is the collective term for Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene.
• WASH aims to provide education, awareness and funding to
supply clean drinking water, sanitation education to schools
and children in underdeveloped countries
Is this a WASH school?
O Contaminated water through hand pump
used for drinking purposes
O Queue in hand pump for washing plates in
Mid Day Meals
O Toilet is available but dirty and inaccessible
O Preservation of water and its house-keeping
is always an issue
Why wash in schools
 Improved primary school attendance, health
and cognitive development
 Greater girls participation in schools
 Personal hygiene behavior that lasts forever
 Outreach to families and communities,
through the participation of students in
hygiene promotion
 Greater equity in schools
School Sanitation Hygiene &
Education (SSHE)
O Combination of hardware and software
components to produce healthy school
environment and to develop or support safe
hygiene behaviors
O Hardware components - drinking water, hand
washing, excreta disposal and solid waste
disposal facilities in school
O Software components - conditions and practices
at school regarding prevention of water and
sanitation related diseases.
Why is water important
in schools
O Children can achieve more when both their
health and learning needs are met
O Ensuring free access to water and promoting
regular water intake is vital
O Providing healthy learning environment is
essential
Water-borne diseases -
causes
O Drinking contaminated water
O Water-borne pathogens from contaminated
food and beverages
O Contact from animals or environment
O Spread from person to person
Common behaviors related to
worm infections
O Unhygienic habits that allow worm eggs to
enter the mouth from hands include:
- Failing to wash hands before eating
- Failing to clean anus and wash hands after
defecating
- failing to wash hands after playing on the
ground
- Allowing dirt to remain under the fingernails
- Sucking on fingers
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O Behaviors that allow hookworms to
penetrate the skin or enter the body include:
- Walking or working in the field without
wearing shoes or sandals
- Working in fields with bare hands
- Ingesting unwashed raw vegetables
 Prevention
O Use good environmental
management
O Practice good personal
hygiene
O Drink properly treated
water
O Take food safety
precautions
 Girls participation in
schools
O Lack of facilities for menstrual hygiene and
management in existing sanitation facilities
(places to change and wash) can mean
absenteeism of up to 4-5 days in a month.
O Toilets need to be constructed on safe
locations to avoid threat of abuse and
violence (for girls and boys)
Benefits of wash in schools
O Healthy and protective school environment –
minimizing risk of disease, abuse and exclusion
O Bring pride and commitment among children by
enabling them to become agents of change
O Investment in health and well-being of future
generations.
O Promote gender equity leading to higher girls
school attendance and retention
O Discourage habit of defecation in open
Implementation plan steps
O Promotion of the program
O Implementation planning
O Existing conditions, knowledge and practices
O Implementation and construction
O Operation and maintenance of facilities
O Monitoring and evaluation