School Environment Improvement Program - Nepal

Waste segregation bins were supported in Shree Siddheshwor Secondary School located in Tamakoshi Rural Municipality-4, Dolakha district (around 150 km north of Kathmandu in central Nepal). Altogether 6 big fabric dustbins for school premise, 22 PVC dustbins for classrooms (separate dustbins for degradable and non-degradable waste for each class), 11 brooms and 11 dust pans were provided. The objective of providing these materials was to make the students aware about the importance of WASH and sanitation materials, which would help to improve WASH behavior in students. During the hand over program, the teachers and students were oriented on how to manage the waste.

Supriya, a tenth grade student, shared “A large volume of waste used to be generated in our school. The problem of waste segregation, waste burning, and littering practices was very common. But the situation is changing now after what we learned from ECCA. We are now focusing on reducing the volume of waste produced and on providing the much-needed awareness in waste management among students and teachers. We have the responsibility to help in maintaining the appearance of the school by keeping the area clean, for which we now always use indoor and outdoor dustbins for waste collection. This has also helped to keep the school environment clean and beautiful, which has made the school coming very charming for the students. We are very thankful for the support”.

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Janajyoti Basic School, located in Buddhashanti Rural Municipality-5, Jhapa, Nepal approached ECCA for the construction of false ceiling in one of the school’s three-room building. The students were facing the problem of excessive heat inside classroom during summer due to metal roofing, since long time.

Now after the construction, the false ceiling has helped reduce the effect of heat from the roof, does not produce noise during rain, and has given a good appearance to the classroom.

“The students and teachers used to endure up to 40 degree Celsius during summer under zinc sheet roof. We requested the concerned authorities for help time and again, but there was no positive response. We thank ECCA for approving our proposal’’ a teacher said. The school is providing education to around 150 children.

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