WATER PROJECT IN TANZANIAN SCHOOLS

Inadequate water and basic sanitation in schools not only affects children’s physical development but also school attendance and academic performance, especially the schoolgirls who have reached puberty. Therefore availability of quality clean and safe water, and washing facilities in schools will increase hand-washing behavior and will help to reduce the number of infectious diseases that can be spread from one person to another through contaminated hands and hence improve the health and learning performance of school-aged children. 

   The main goal is to improve Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services in schools, which will help schoolchildren, practice proper hand washing and access to clean drinking water at school. This project in Schools focuses on the development of life skills, mobilization, and involvement of parents, communities, governments, and institutions to work together to improve Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities. 

  The completion of this hand-washing facility makes a total of 10 facilities constructed in 10 schools that will serve 6381 students (2924 boys and 3556 girls), and allow them to wash their hands frequently and reduce the chance of WASH-related infections that can be spread from one person to another through contaminated hands.

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• Afyaplus Website
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• Global_Giving_report_2023_1.pdf (PDF)
  

Poor sanitation and hygiene practices are linked to the transmission of diarrhea diseases such as cholera and dysentery, typhoid, and intestinal worm infections, polio and reduction of human well-being, and social economic development due to impacts such as anxiety, risk of sexual assault, and loss of opportunities for education and work(WHO in March 2022).

Afyaplus organization through a Water Project in Tanzanian schools is working to improve school sanitation and hygiene status through the provision of hygiene education and the construction of hand washing facilities in schools.

Improving access to sanitation and hygiene services in schools not only saves the lives of the children but also creates a better and safer learning environment for schoolchildren, increases the enrolment, retention, and academic success rate of pupils, and saves money and time to recover from illness caused by poor hygiene and sanitation services.

During this year 2023, the organization managed to construct four hand-washing facilities in four schools and provide education on good sanitation and hygiene practices to 2909 Students (1228boys, and 1681girls) from four schools namely Kalenga secondary, Kalenga primary, Mkwawa secondary, and Miyomboni secondary school.

Links:

• AFYAPLUS QUARTER TWO REPORT APRIL -JUNE 2023

• WATER_PROJECT_IN_TANZANIAN_SCHOOLS___APRIL__JUNE_2023_1.pdf (PDF)