Welcome!
WASH-in-Schools
101
2015 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION
Goals of the
Presentation
• What is the water and sanitation
crisis?
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Goals of the
Presentation
• What is the water and sanitation
crisis?
• Why WASH-in-Schools?
#ricon15
Goals of the
Presentation
• What is the water and sanitation crisis?
• Why WASH-in-Schools?
• Rotary and WASRAG and WASH-inSchools
#ricon15
Goals of the
Presentation
• What is the water and sanitation crisis?
• Why WASH-in-Schools?
• Rotary and WASRAG and WASH-inSchools
• Wash-in-Schools Essentials
#ricon15
Goals of the
Presentation
• What is the water and sanitation crisis?
• Why WASH-in-Schools?
• Rotary and WASRAG and WASH-inSchools
• Wash-in-Schools Essentials
• Real World Project Models
– H2O for Life/P&G/Africare/Rotary Club
– Splash in Ethiopia/Rotary Club
#ricon15
Goals of the
Presentation
• What is the water and sanitation crisis?
• Why WASH-in-Schools?
• Rotary and WASRAG and WASH-inSchools
• Wash-in-Schools Essentials
• Real World Project Models
– Africare/P&G/H2O for Life/Rotary Club
– Splash in Ethiopia/Rotary Club
• Next Steps—Action!
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Term
s
WASH
WAter and
Sanitation
Hygiene Education
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Term
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NGO
Non-Governmental
Organization
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Term
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WASRAG
Water
And
Sanitation
Rotarian
Action
Group
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Term
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Improved Water
• An improved drinking water source is one
that by the nature of its construction
adequately protects the source from
outside contamination, in particular from
fecal matter.
• Located within a 15 minute walk-there
and back.
• Sustainable
• Available all year or with an alternate plan.
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Improved Sanitation
• An improved sanitation facility is one that
hygienically separates human excreta from
human contact.
• Separate boys/girls/teacher facilities.
• Meets, at minimum, the government
standards for quantity per student and type.
• Considers changing rooms for menstrual
health management and disabled students.
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Term
s
Hygiene Education
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•
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Built into the curriculum
Train the Trainer approach
Supervised Hand Washing
Includes Menstrual Health
Management
• Establishing Health Clubs, Parent
Action Groups, Setting the Example
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Term
s
Menstrual Health
Management (MHM)
• Girls miss 45 days of school per year
while menstruating.
• Include a separate changing room
• Supplies
• Cleansing
• Boys learning
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Where are the
Headlines?
783 Million People
(11% of the world
population) are still
without access to
improved water.
• The Global Water
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Where are the Headlines?
2.5 Billion People
(33% of the world population)
lack access to
improved sanitation.
• The Global Water
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Where are the
Headlines?
1.1 Billion People
(15% of the global
population) practice
open defecation.
(O
• The Global Water
D)
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Where are the
Headlines?
272 million school
days are lost each
year due to WASH
related issues
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Where are the
Headlines?
760,000 children, most
under the age of 5,
die each year due to
diarrhea.
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Why WASH-inSchools?
46% of the schools in
developing nations do
not have access
to improved
water
orimproved
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