WASH in Schools: Our Corporate Commitment for Children Rotary WASH in Schools Target Challenge, June 2015 Lizette Burgers, UNICEF.

WASH in Schools: Our Corporate Commitment for ChildrenRotary WASH in Schools Target Challenge, June 2015Lizette Burgers, UNICEF

Overview1. Protection of the rights of children

2. Brief on UNICEF and WASH in Schools

3. Scaling up WinS worldwide

4. Rotary International partnership

UNICEF and Rights of Children

UNICEF’s Mission mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential

UNICEF WASH

Programme (2014)

• Annual WASH budget of USD 700+ million107 WASH and 95 WinS Countries 13.8 million people with improved drinking water 11.3 million

people with sanitation facilitiesMore than 500 WASH professionals

• Global leadership in humanitarian support and development68 Countries with WASH Emergency response 18.0 million people with emergency water 4.4 million people with

appropriate sanitation

• Achieving RESULTS at scale10.596 schools have access to WASH facilities 67.000 schools started to practice daily group hand washing

Are we protecting the rights of children when….

• Diarrhoea is a major contributor to the global burden of disease?Annually, 272 million school days are lost and 760,000 Children die due to diarrhoea alone (WHO)

• Intestinal worm infections diminish learning abilities?An estimated 400 million school children have diminished learning abilities due to intestinal worm infections: Average IQ loss per worm infection is 3.75 points

• Schools lack safe and private sanitation facilities?A girl can miss up to 10-20% of her school days due to during transition in to puberty

• Almost half of schools in least developed countries lack access to adequate water and sanitation facilities?

UNICEF and WinS

1. Provides healthy, safe and secure school environments 2. Helps ensure quality education.3. Encourages children’s pride in their schools and communities4. Investment in schoolchildren and the health of future generations.

WinSRights of Children

WinS Growing Evidence Base

Impact of school sanitation on student enrollment

• 12% increase in enrolment at primary schools • 8% in increase in enrollment at upper-primary school• Increase in the proportion of female teachers (4.4%)• Girls generally more impacted than boys

WinS Growing Evidence Base

Impact of group handwashing, tooth brushing and bi-annual deworming on students: absence and STH

infection significantly reduced.

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Call to Action for

WinS

Call to Action for

WinS

Raising Clean Hands Campaign: Action Points1. Set minimum standards for WASH in Schools: Gradual

Improvements2. Monitor WASH in Schools coverage through EMIS 3. Engage with at scale WASH in Schools programmes4. Involve multiple stakeholders (Private sector, faith based

networks, academia…)

5. Contribute to evidence base on impact of WinS

6. Raise the profile of WinS

www.unicef.org/wash/schoolswww.washinschoolsmapping.com http://www.washinschools.info/page/248http://www.schools.watsan.nethttp://www.child-to-child.org/http://www.savethechildren.org/http://www.schoolsanitation.org/

Call to Action for

WinS

Publications and websites

Setting WinS Priorities: Bottleneck

Analysis (synthesized)

“hygiene education is not consistently provided in most schools, and when programmes do exist, they are often of limited effectiveness”

Global WinS Practice:

Three Star Approach

Daily group handwashing, daily group toilet cleaning, drinking water bottle use

One star + HWWS after toilet use, improved toilets, MHM, HWT

Two star + school facilities and systems upgraded to meet national standards

Global WinS Practice:

Three Star Approach

Three Star Approach: The biggest

shift is on the decision to become a

STAR School

Global WinS Best Practices:

India

UNICEF and Rotary WinS :

the SDGsare coming

Proposed SDG#6 By 2030:• to eliminate open defecation;• to achieve universal access to basic drinking

water, sanitation and hygiene for households, schools and health facilities;

• to halve the proportion of the population without access at home to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services; and

• to progressively eliminate inequalities in access.

Rotary International and UNICEF: Partnership

in a changing world

The world of children is changing:• A multi-polar world• Institutional change• Demographic shifts• Environmental degradation, climate change

and resource scarcity• Poverty reduction• Social unrest and fragility• From inter-connectivity to hyper-connectivity• Technological innovations.

Rotary International and UNICEF:Partnerships paradigm is

shifting

Conclusion: UNICEF and

Rotary International

WinS

Millions of children will learn, build self esteem and confidence through UNICEF and RI collaboration.

• WinS is a serious concern – it is a child rights issue- and needs attention.

• WinS programmes can be implemented at scale and can lead to enhanced education and health outcomes for children

• New Partnerships, like between UNICEF and Rotary International, are needed to meet the challenging demands of the SDGs. Like in India with UNICEF and RI partnership, especially in a changing world.

Thank You