Wash-in-Schools 101

2015 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Welcome!

WASH-in-Schools 101

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• What is the water and sanitation crisis?

Goals of the Presentation

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• What is the water and sanitation crisis?

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

Goals of the Presentation

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• What is the water and sanitation crisis?

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

• Rotary and WASRAG and WASH-in-Schools

Goals of the Presentation

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• What is the water and sanitation crisis?

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

• Rotary and WASRAG and WASH-in-Schools

• Wash-in-Schools Essentials

Goals of the Presentation

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• What is the water and sanitation crisis?

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

• Rotary and WASRAG and WASH-in-Schools

• Wash-in-Schools Essentials

• Real World Project Models

– H2O for Life/P&G/Africare/Rotary Club

– Splash in Ethiopia/Rotary Club

Goals of the Presentation

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• What is the water and sanitation crisis?

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

• Rotary and WASRAG and WASH-in-Schools

• Wash-in-Schools Essentials

• Real World Project Models – Africare/P&G/H2O for Life/Rotary Club

– Splash in Ethiopia/Rotary Club

• Next Steps—Action!

Goals of the Presentation

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WASH WAter

Sanitation

Hygiene Education

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NGO Non-Governmental

Organization

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WASRAG Water And Sanitation Rotarian Action Group

Terms

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Improved Water • An improved drinking water source is one that

by the nature of its construction adequately protects the source from outside contamination, in particular from fecal matter.

• Located within a 15 minute walk-there and back.

• Sustainable

• Available all year or with an alternate plan.

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Improved Sanitation • An improved sanitation facility is one that

hygienically separates human excreta from human contact.

• Separate boys/girls/teacher facilities.

• Meets, at minimum, the government standards for quantity per student and type.

• Considers changing rooms for menstrual health management and disabled students.

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Hygiene Education • Built into the curriculum

• Train the Trainer approach

• Supervised Hand Washing

• Includes Menstrual Health Management

• Establishing Health Clubs, Parent Action Groups, Setting the Example

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Menstrual Health Management (MHM)

• Girls miss 45 days of school per year while menstruating.

• Include a separate changing room

• Supplies

• Cleansing

• Boys learning

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Where are the Headlines?

783 Million People

(11% of the world population)

are still without access to

improved water.

• The Global Water Crisis

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Where are the Headlines?

2.5 Billion People

(33% of the world population)

lack access to

improved sanitation.

• The Global Water Crisis

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Where are the Headlines?

1.1 Billion People

(15% of the global population)

practice open defecation. (OD)

• The Global Water Crisis

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Where are the Headlines?

272 million school days are

lost each year due to WASH

related issues

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Where are the Headlines?

760,000 children, most under

the age of 5, die each year

due to diarrhea.

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Why WASH-in-Schools?

46% of the schools in

developing nations

do not have access to

improved water

or improved sanitation.

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

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It’s a Gender Issue

Girls literally carry of the

burden of collecting water.

As a result, they are not in

school.

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

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It’s a Gender Issue

Without access to a proper

latrine, girls do not attend

school during their menstrual

cycle.

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

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It’s a Health Issue

Water borne diseases cause

children to be sick resulting in

high absentee rates.

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It’s a Health Issue

Water borne diseases,

especially helminth (worm)

infections impair physical

development and reduce

cognitive development.

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

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It’s a Hunger Issue

The consumption of unsafe

water causes diarrhea.

Nutrients are not absorbed by

the body causing further

issues of hunger and

malnutrition

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

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It’s an Education/Literacy

Issue

Water borne diseases cause

children to be sick resulting in

high absentee rates.

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

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It’s an Economic Issue

Girls spend up to 60% of their

day fetching water.

Every additional year of

school = 5% additional

income.

• Why WASH-in-Schools?

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• The Global Water Crisis

Michael Komape