Rural School Sanitation
Improving sanitation in primary school in Tolon Ghana
Status
Complete
Focus area
Location
Tolon / Kunbungu District
Northern Region, Ghana
The Biaugu Primary school will get a tubewell with handpump and a sanitation system. The pupils will be educated on the usage of these facilities and hygienic behaviour. Medical check-ups and advice will also be provided.
Target benchmarks
- 1 functioning water systems
- 1 functioning sanitation systems
- 427 persons with access to improved water for 10 years
- 427 persons with access to improved sanitation for 10 years
Improving the health of school children through the improvement of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene. A link with the local medical services will be created to improve overall health.
Target benchmarks
- 1 functioning water systems
- 1 functioning sanitation systems
- 427 persons with access to improved water for 10 years
- 427 persons with access to improved sanitation for 10 years
Besides providing an appropriate water source, hand washing facilities and toilet facilities Simli AiD will make use of radio programmes to engage school authorities and professional health workers on sanitation and to discuss and advice school children on the need to use the facility to their benefit. Social drama and music sessions will be organised in the school to sensitise the school pupils about the need to put the facility to use in order to avoid diseases. Quizzes on hygiene knowledge will equally be organised jointly by Simli AiD and the Ghana health services. Periodic stake holder meetings will be convened by Simli AiD to discuss issues relating to the benefits and otherwise of the facility. Stakeholders including school pupils, teachers, the chief, PTA/SMC, the Community based organisation and the assembly member of the area will all be reflected in such meetings. A conference on sanitation will be held to inform policy makers about the existing requirements for school sanitation and to solicit their assistance. The Parent Teacher Association /School Management Committee's will in collaboration with the school authorities take ownership of the latrines to ensure sustained management. The latrines should exist and function well for not less than 10 years.
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Project updates
Important learning
2010-02-16 13:24 by Eva de Feijter, Simavi, via web
Important learnings for the beneficiaries:
• A good partnership involving communities and external partners can yield fruitful results, this was how the community chief described the benefits of the project to them.
• That sanitation and hygiene should be paramount and not overlooked by them since this is the future to their health and wealth as “health is wealth”.
Important learnings for the schools:
• Increased learning and teaching of hygiene related themes at school is crucial to the future of the teachers and schools.
• Schools need to intensify their involvement in school sanitation scheme by ensuring that they keep the facilities provided to them safe and clean.
Important learnings for Simli AID:
• An integrated approach to solving the water and sanitation challenges in rural communities is the most suitable approach rather than a stand alone approach
• Building local capacity and deepening community involvement in school sanitation projects is essential, rather than just working with school teachers
• Small and little things done at the community level are essential to any project success and must be recognised.
• Building interest within communities to sacrifice for their own development could have some price, the involvement of “big time” NGOs like UNICEF, World Vision, etc has set some amount of negative precedents in communities who now requires some compensation for local initiatives.
Important learnings for other stakeholders:
• Water and sanitation issues should not just be left to any one single entity with the mandate, but should involve a multi-stakeholder approach.
• Private-public partnership with strong community participation could be the panacea to the water and sanitation challenges.
Results
2010-02-16 13:16 by Eva de Feijter, Simavi, via web
Total number of school children that benefited from improved sanitation:
Boys: 320, Girls: 142, Teachers: 6
Total number and type of latrine holes constructed by the project:
A KVIP six seater latrine was constructed
Number and type of other facilities provided by the project:
A one Hand Dud Well was provided to the school, a hand washing facility involving a water tank, cans for school children, and pans have been provided to the school.
Hygiene education
2010-02-16 13:12 by Eva de Feijter, Simavi, via web
Four social drama and educational activities were conducted live in these communities and about 870 people (with about 55% women) participated in all these activities. The drama performances involved district Environmental health staff who lead in the discussions emanating from the social drama. Each drama session was also followed by music and carnival-like sessions where many people danced to local music as a way of promoting awareness on the hygiene situation in the community.
A stakeholder meeting was held involving the Ghana Education Service, Parent teacher Association and School management committee to discuss the hygiene and sanitation situation and to plan on concrete ideas for the community to promote regular hygiene in the school.
A durbar of chiefs and opinion leaders held to discuss the hygiene and sanitation situation was attended by about 30 chiefs and opinion leaders.
The REFLECT Circle has been the corner centre for the mobilisation of the community for education and animation and it has played key role in this efforts.
The school children have undertaken quiz and awards presented to selected sections that emerged winners in both the quizzes and the clean up of their compounds.
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Funding
Raised: € 10,327
This project is
Fully funded
2009-06-11 Request posted
Current funder
Haarlem, The Netherlands
Grant: € 10,231
Donations from individuals
Raised: € 96
