School Environment Improvement Program - Nepal

The Covid-19 outbreak has left many people more alone than they’ve been in a long time, or ever. Some are responding by involving in cozy domesticity; steaming momos, reading books, sketching, writing and what not? Besides all the coziness, the satisfaction provided by social media is an extravaganza! And why not? Influence goes both ways - isolation drives social media use and vice versa. And I couldn't be any further!

While doing some official works, I steal enough time to scroll the screen of my phone flooded with information related to preventing the pandemic spreading even more. Among all the information, hand washing and sanitation related things grab my attention with WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) being one of my working sectors. Just to mention a few, famous national-international portals, FM radios, celebrities and their kids, tiktok dance challenge, they all are doing their part for teaching a proper hand washing technique. To level up, we can also go through the videos of animals washing their paws!

I feel so connected with all of these that eventually I start looking back to my working sites – the villages very far away from Kathmandu - and the people over there. Those would be hard places to get rid of the coronavirus once it hits there. I wish I could work with them to assess their exposure more during this emergency. But somewhere in my heart, I feel that like always, they are doing their best in their individual level for personal hygiene as they have come a long way till date.

Being a part of numerous Children Camps, WASH Trainings/Orientations and Interaction Programs organized by ECCA from early days, the child club and women group members committed themselves wholeheartedly in their personal improvement since then. As a result, these days they themselves are a good practitioner of all seven steps of hand washing. It's so admirable to go back on how they helped others practice good handwashing habits in their school, home and community. I believe those big hoarding boards with WASH messages placed by ECCA in the communities are alarming the community people to wash their hands more frequently. I hope the chlorine solution (branded as WATASOL) made by the child clubs are working out as a good disinfectant in their home and community. 

While counting on every lockdown day, I look forward to seeing the students return back to normal school days soon and continuing dancing on hand washing song in their assembly! May the challenges posed by this time of fear and uncertainty in our lives and futures of our families, communities, countries, and the wider world go away soon.

Bal Vinod Secondary School, located in Natole, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Nepal lacked drinking water station for its students, as the previous one was damaged by Nepal earthquake. At the request of the school management, ECCA supported the construction of Safe drinking water station in this school. The construction work was recently completed.

In this School, the Nature Club students are regularly producing chlorine solution from the Mini WATA device provided by ECCA. This chlorine solution is then poured in the overhead water tank to disinfect drinking water.

Now, both the staffs and the students can easily drink disinfected water.

The Principal of the school thanked all for the support.

We also thank you for your support.

Bal Vinod Secondary School, located in Natole, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Nepal has 22 staffs and 220 students. This school lacked drinking water station for its students, as the previous one was damaged by Nepal earthquake. At the request of the school management, ECCA is supporting the construction of Safe drinking water station in this school.

The water to be supplied in this water station will be chlorinated water. Water will be chlorinated by the Nature Club students who are producing chlorine solution in the school from the Mini WATA device provided by ECCA.

Mr. Madhav Prasad Khatiwada, Principal of the school thanked all for the support.

We also thank you for your support.

Completion of Safe drinking water station in Phulchoki English School

In Phulchoki English School, located in Badikhel, Godawari Municipality of Lalitpur district, the Nature Club students are producing chlorine solution in the school from the Mini WATA device provided by ECCA. This chlorine solution is then poured in the overhead water tank kept in the roof of the school building.

Previously, disinfected drinking water was filled in the bottles for drinking by the students, since the school lacked drinking water station (as the previous one was damaged by Nepal earthquake 2015). From ECCA support, the construction of safe drinking water station was recently completed. Now, students can easily drink disinfected water in groups.

Mr. Diwakar, Principal of the school has thanked all for the support.

We thank you for your support.

Safe drinking water program was launched in April 2018 in Phulchoki English School, located in Badikhel, Godawari Municipality of Lalitpur district. The Nature Club students are producing chlorine solution in the school from the Mini WATA device provided by ECCA. This chlorine solution is then used to disinfect drinking water.

The school lacked drinking water station. At the request of the school management, ECCA is supporting the construction of Safe drinking water station in this school, which will benefit the entire school (24 staffs and 250 students).

Mr. Diwakar Acharya, Principal of the school thanked all for the support and remarked that the construction of the drinking water station will help the students as well as the school staffs.

We thank you for your support.