wash-in-schools 101
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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
Terms
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NGO Non-Governmental
Organization
Terms
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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.
• Why WASH-in-Schools?
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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