Sanitation and counseling for 3000 kids in india

Summary

This project builds new sanitation facitlities on 2 schools in rural India in combination with the neccesary health and hygiene education for their 3000 students to improve the learning environment.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

Children of the lowest classes benefit the most of quality education but generally their learning environment is dirty and incomplete. Drinking water is not always available and if sanitation is provided in their schools it is in a very poor state. Children are unwilling to go to the bathroom, and girls especially feel reluctant to go during their periods. Finally appaling sanitation could be another reason for children to drop out, although school could be their ticket out of poverty.

How will this project solve this problem?

We will provide rural and slum schools with new sanitation and drinking water, train their students on hygiene and give them reproductive health education. Proper sanitation and extra counseling could mean the difference in dropping out or not.

Potential Long Term Impact

The 2 schools that participate in this project will serve as a model for 15 more schools in this project area. Showcasing these models convinces more schools and the government that simple improvements can mean the difference in drop out rates

Project Message

Many NGOs are doing these types of work but a fully participatory process is something different that helps the students to open up. Also we face a hygiene problem and need help in this area as well.
- Mr.S.N.Dhumad, Principle, Sant Tukaram School

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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