Global Seed Grant Activity Board
[Nawa Paila] Improving sanitation and hygiene behavior at School, Nepal
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작성자
Sheila Dangol
작성일
2020-08-16 01:38
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- Project description
The poor Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) facilities in Schools that influences hygiene behavior is one of the main public health problems in Nepal. About 20% of government schools lack improved water and sanitation facilities. Moreover, about 3500 children die each year from water-borne diseases primarily due to inadequate WASH facilities.Therefore, Nawa Paila intends to improve the hand hygiene behavior and practice of children at the public schools located in Kathmandu, Nepal. The proposed activities included the installation of a portable handwashing station at the school and conducting an awareness campaign and a school event.Amid COVID-19 pandemic situation, the implementation of the project has been a challenge. As per the Government of Nepal’s notice, the schools are completely closed and there’s a limitation in mobility. To overcome the challenge, we had to change our project activities accordingly. That’s why the starting of the project was slow but we are determined to reach our project goal.
Therefore, our revised project are as follows:
a.Fabrication and installation of a portable handwashing station at Shree Balsudhar Secondary School, Gokarneswhor Municipality, Kathmandu, Nepal
b. Conduction of online digital round table with WASH professionals to discuss the improvement in water, sanitation, and hygiene needed post-COVID-19
c. Publishing education materials in the form of print (pamphlets, charts, posters) and videos to motivate better hygiene practice for children
- Project Progress
- Visit to the School to finalize the site for installation of handwashing station
- Preliminary Meeting with the School Principal
- Fabrication and installation of handwashing station
- Content creation for pamphlets and poster
3. Project Plan
Next, we plan to achieve our 3rd and 4th objective.
- We plan to conduct a digital round table on the topic “Strengthening sanitation and hygiene behavior in school post-COVID-19”. The main purpose of this online event is to discuss the possible strategies that the schools can adopt for its preparation to reopen the school post-COVID-19 especially in the area of sanitation and hygiene. This would be an opportunity for teachers and education professionals to learn from the experts/professionals in the WASH sector, realize the gap, and be motivated to implement it in their school.
- Based on the output of the discussion, we plan to produce an informative video. We have prepared a draft sketch for the video content.