Healthy School-Healthy City Participatory Planning and Project Management for Health Promotion in the context of International Development 5 May 08.

Healthy School-Healthy City Participatory Planning and Project

Management for Health Promotion in the context of International Development

5 May 08

IMPORTANT

2008 is

• INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SANITATIN

TITLE , GOAL and PURPOSE

• Title : Healthy School – Healthy City• Goal : to promote healthy schools in cities by

integration of Healthy School Project in Urban Sector Reforms in Cities of Punjab for poverty reduction and improving the well being of community

• Purpose : to improve knowledge and skills about water & sanitation , health and community action of 10 primary school children and transforming government school as a healthy school

RATIONALE

• Concern for the future, future generation and future cities – There is just one place where yesterday and today

meet, recognize each other and embrace, and that place is tomorrow ( Galean 1991:103)

Health Promotion…..

• Will be used to develop LIFE SKILLS• DECESION MAKING• PROBLEM SOLVING • CRITICAL THINKING • CREATIVE THINKING • COMMUNICATION • INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS• EMPHATHY• COPING WITH STRESS AND EMOTION

RATIONALE ( continued)

• Schools are located in peri urban poor locality in Lahore, Pakistan

• Community and Children are impacted by poor water and sanitation conditions ( see baseline data in Next Slide).

• Government schools are teaching without bringing in health , water and sanitation issues – reality is disconnect from teaching and learning & community action

• Need for a healthy school model so the government can integrate healthy school into its healthy cities reforms in Punjab

Participation • I will involve policy makers,

community, school children and school in the design and implementation of the program through – Presentation at Urban Unit- has

leadership role in reforms in cities

– Discussion with local politicians and City District Government ( CDG) ( as school is under CDG)

– Need assessment in schools with children, class teacher and head teacher

– Collect Baseline data on health and water and sanitation issues

Sources & Practices about Drinking Water

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Well-being Indicator (Health-Diseases Profile)

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No Disease Due to Water &Sanitation

Other Diseases Unknown

Health Base Line in Community

Well Being Health Indicator

• As the data demonstrate that community health is in poor state

• Water and sanitation related illness has a significant portion i.e 35% in the community health profile

• Investment in the water and sanitation sector and health promotion will have direct impact on community well being

Specific Project Objectives

1. To establish ten primary healthy school in Lahore with focus on water and sanitation issues and community action

2. To develop, test and adopt curriculum and resources focusing on water and sanitation issue for healthy school

3. To develop guidelines and framework for water and sanitation - healthy school in Punjab for adaptation by the City District Government and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA)

List of Activities : Objective 1

1. Conduct participatory need assessment and baseline regarding water and sanitation related issues in schools and community

2. Select 10 primary school based on willingness, potential for learning , leadership and community support in Ittihad Colony

3. Presentation to Urban Unit, P&D , Mayor, Schools & community about purpose and participation mechanism

4. Notification from Education Department / CDG/Local Nazim for participating Schools

5. Develop School Heath Policy with stakeholder participation for adaptation

Objective 2: Activities

1. Curriculum selection for primary school 2. Selection of themes for integration for the

program3. Training of 50 teachers on child to child

approach for teaching 4. Development of curriculum for teaching 5. Curriculum testing in schools 6. Development of teaching and learning

resources7. Child to Child approach implementation in

community

Objectives 3: Activities

1. Workshop with education officials

2. Development of guidelines for healthy school policy

3. Sharing of guidelines

4. Adaptation of guidelines by CGD and Provincial Government

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Monitoring and evaluation will be responsibility of – Project staff– School administration– Teachers – Children– Indicators of M&E is given in next slide

Monitoring and Evaluation

• MONITORING INDICATORS • % of School health policy

adopted • Number of Curriculum

developed • Number of Teaching and

learning resources used and developed

• % of school using Child to child approach adaptation

• Number of Community and children interaction activities

• Notification of Guidelines for CGD and GoPunjab

• EVALAUTION• Healthy school established

with healthy policy developed by children in UC-60

• 50 Teacher and primary calss children are using curriculum for behavior change in school and community

• 80% of children have water and sanitation knowledge and skills

• CDG & GoPunjab adopted healthy school guidelines and promoting it for schools in Lahore/Punjab

Scaling up

• Government adaptation of the healthy scale guidelines will support the Scaling up. The guidelines will be approved and formalized by competent authority

• Training and resources material will be disseminated through education department

• Teacher training and material distribution will be continues through CDG and GoPunjab reforms program

• Integrated it will the government of Punjab Sanitation strategy and International Year of Sanitation 2008 of UN.

Project Budget for 2 yearsCategogry Item Rate Unit Quntity Cost Staff Cost Project officer 25000 1 24 600000

Health Educator 30000 1 18 540000Water and Sanitation Specialist 150000 1 6 900000Accountant 100000 1 24 2400000

Direct CostTraining Workshops for teacher policy makers 100000 1 20 2000000

Publication Material for Schools 50000 1 8 400000Books for Schools 50000 1 8 400000Guidelines for CGG and Schools 20000 1 5 100000Publication of Calender for Changa Pani 350000 1 5 1750000

Equipment Laptop 100000 1 2 200000Motor Cycle for Project Officer 75000 1 1 75000

Consultancy Consultant Fees 500000 1 2 1000000Rent Office Rent and phone, email 12000 1 24 288000

Fuel 2000 1 24 48000Travel Expenses 5000 1 24 120000

Total in Pakistan Rs 10821000in Great Britan Pound exchange rate 1 = 125 dated 9 March 08 86568

Sustainability

• School will continue with project activities once project is finished as teacher and children will be rewarded through annual support from CDG and GoPunjab

• Become part of school curriculum

• Local mayor will and educational officer will support the initiative