Start Date: 2013-10-01

Completion Date: 2013-11-01

Technology Used:

PWW employs proven, effective and affordable technology to provide a complete WASH package to Trojes schools. The technology used is simple for recipients to use and necessitates minimal maintenance inputs. In these rural schools, the Sawyer filter is used for water filtration. This system is simple, and does not require maintenance during school breaks.

The added benefit of latrine access reduces the environmental contamination of open defecation and is necessary to stop the transmission of pathogens from feces to humans. In these schools, two gender specific, pour- flush latrines are being implemented in each school. Sanitation, coupled with targeted, effective hygiene education, beneficiaries have the tools, understanding and information they need to reduce the burden of waterborne disease.

PWW’s approach focuses on community engagement, participation, and extensive educational initiatives—two facets we believe significantly strengthen the success of our programming. Community members play an active role in the implementation of PWW projects even when working in schools.

Phases:

This project will be completed in one phase

Community Organization:

Teachers, students and parents will participate in the health and hygiene workshops provided by Pure Water. Teachers and parents will learn how to maintain the filter, latrine and wash station.
The parents in each community will form a Parent’s Society. They will participate in the health and hygiene workshops, and are responsible for maintaining soap supply for the wash station and maintaining the wash station and latrine. They also participate in the building of the latrine and wash station.

Government Interaction:

Ancillary activities:

Other Issues:

The goal of every Pure Water project is to improve the health of beneficiaries by providing a platform of hygiene education, safe sanitation and clean water access. While we target all community members, we have a specific focus on improving the lives of children and ensuring their capacity to realize their potential as productive members of society. When children are sick due to waterborne disease, they cannot attend school. In addition, even though the children in these communities have filters at their homes, if they attend a school without safe water or sanitation, they run the risk of contracting waterborne illnesses there, which subsequently can spread to each other and to their families.

In most Trojes schools, hand washing is not widely practiced and crowded schools offer prime opportunities for children to contract illnesses both from a lack of clean water and sanitation and from each other. By promoting safe water, hygiene and sanitation habits in children at their schools, we can also reinforce their home practices. When children learn important health habits at school, they tend to relay this newly acquired knowledge to parents and siblings at home. With these components, this project offers a broader investment in PWW program communities and helps ensure and strengthen our overall efficacy.