By Malliga | SUpervisor
Dear Friends,
The project has been continuing to support 12+ government schools in hygiene and sanitaiton programs; in the schools the projec placed staff are maintaining the hygiene facilities, clean drinking water is provided and health education of propoer handwashing and other healthy / safe behaviors is encouraged.
In the last three months, the project has also initiated working in a new higher seconday school. Cheyyur Government Girls higher secondary school has a strength of more than 590 girls studying there. For the last six months there was no running water in school as the well in the school premises had to be deepened -for water to be available for all purposes. The school had very little funds and there was no provision for getting addtional funds from Department of Education.
The school Headmaster hearing about our project activities, approached us for supportting this initiative. After our field team visited the school and understood the needs and the cost, a plan was made to provide the support. The project supported the entire cost of deepening the well and the school agreed to get local donations from the Panchayat Leader to have the motor fixed. The project also worked closely with the school to identify a suitable contractor and ensured that the work was done properly.
The school now had running water, which is a boon for all the students and teachers. During this process it was also identified that the girl students were having considerable reproductive health problems due to lack of hygiene and witholding from toileting during school. The project's team of nurses and outreach workers then conducted hjeatlh check up and counseled all the girls for their reproductive health problems. The students are extremely thankful for the discussions on reproductive health – they said ‘no one talks to us about these things and when we have doubts we are afraid to ask anyone’. We are continuing to work with these students and school to bring about greater behavior changes on personal hygeine and santiation practices.
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