WASH in Schools
According to UNICEF, WASH education in schools provides safe drinking water, improves sanitation facilities, and promotes lifelong health. WASH in schools enhances the wellbeing of children and their families and paves the way for new generations of healthy children. Resources available in this sub-theme include WASH education materials and case studies on WASH in schools projects, as well as other resources that support the provision of WASH education and infrastructure in schools.
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WASH in Schools Resources
Case Study: School Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Plus (SWASH+) Community Impact Program: Research for Policy Changes
Foundation Center
Since 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has supported the Sustaining and Scaling School Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Plus Community Impact program (SWASH+) in Kenya, contributing $9.5 million to CARE for the 5-year project. The initiative is an action-research and advocacy project...Read more
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KenyaSub-Saharan AfricaiDE's Perspective on Women in Development
iDE
This provides a brief overview of the role of women in iDE's work and the impact that targeting women with development activities has.Read more
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GlobalBREAKING THE TABOO ON MENSTRUATION: CHALLENGES AND IMPACTS IN MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT
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May 1, 2017Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article about the challenges of normalizing mensturation. Read more
TOP 5 WAYS COMPETENCIES CAN HELP YOU IMPROVE WASH SECTOR PERFORMANCE
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May 1, 2017Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Top 5 ways that competenvces help prmote WASH sector performance. Read more
PREPARING COMMUNITY WASH PROMOTERS FOR SUCCESS
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September 1, 2016Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article on the steps that can be taken to help community WASH promoters succeed. Read more
Increasing school attendance by improving WASH access
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July 1, 2016Desert Research Institute
July 22 2016, TAMALE, GHANA – More than 70-percent of households in Northern Ghana have no access to toilets and fewer than 15-percent of those Ghanaian households have handwashing facilities, according to the recent UNICEF statistics. Lack of access to improved water, saniation and hygiene (WASH)...Read more
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GhanaSub-Saharan AfricaDon't see what you're looking for? You can search USWP member sites, request a resource, or contact the USWP.