TRF Trustee & Chair WinsPRID Sushil Gupta

RI Director (2015-17) Manoj Desai

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Editorial Team :PDG Ramesh AggarwalPP Daljit BhatiaPP Namrata Suri ISSUE 3 - July-Aug. 2016

Bulletin of Rotary India WASH In Schools Program

"My Dear Friends,

We have entered the second year of our Flagship Project - WinS. Having toured many Districts this year, I can certainly say that many of the Districts are doing excellent job while some are still getting ready. I can quote excellent examples of 3211, 3131 & 3262 and many other Districts. Even we have got excellent Brand Ambassadors in different regions like Malayalam Cine Star Dileep in 3211. I have cited example of these three Districts because they have revised their goal and they are doing more & reporting well. This is true Rotary spirit.

We should not forget that we had committed to do 10,000 WinS Projects each year during 2015-17, preferably in girls schools. Chairman Sushilji has been advocating on all the components of WinS and not just only on toilet block. Wash, Sanitation & Hygiene Awareness are integral part of this project and we should address all three together.

I request you to tighten the belt and start working. You may be working hard but not reporting in time. How can one claim for the success if reports are not received? So please don't forget to report.

Sharmishtha joins me in wishing you all the very best,

Manoj DesaiRotary International Director

It is my pleasure to share my views for the 3rd News Letter is being published by Rotary India WinS Committee.Recently I had an opportunity to

meet 25 district collectors specially selected out of 100 top performing districts under Swachh Bharat Campaign. They were invited to interact with Sachin Tendulkar brand ambassador of Team "Swachh" an initi-ative by ICC, UNICEF and Govt. of India.In relation to the above event I would like to share some excerpt from a recent report by Mr. Adil Zalnulbhal, Chairman, Quality Council of India (QCI), which has claimed that over 90% of new toilets in the 100 best districts ranked by it are being used. In the best districts that we looked at, all schools have toilets and the community has come together to make it work.Starting with children is a great idea...and it works well not because the government is involved, but because the community is involved. Also, six-nine months after these toilets were built in schools, the attendance has gone up. That's the huge difference toilets are making. As regards maintenance, when the entire village, the district collector & block officers get together, things work. If it's not a peoples movement, it will not work , And if it can be done in 100 good districts, it proves that it is possible to scale up. Now, the challenge is to expand to all 547 districts in the country.This report amply demonstrates that we are on the right track by bringing a behavioural change through the school children. Swachh Vidyalaya is Precursor to Swachh Bharat.

PRID Sushil GuptaThe Rotary Foundation TrusteeChair WASH in Schools Target Challenge

My Dear Partners in Service,India is the 2nd most populous country in the world with over 1.21 billion people (2011 census) more than a sixth of the world's population.

India is projected to be world's most populous country in 2025, surpassing China. India also has the dubious distinction of having a 60% share of world's open defecation! India has more than 800 million cell phones but only 80 million toilets !!The good news is that more than 50% of India's population are below the age of 25 and a large part of them school going children. This is where our WinS program with emphasis on behavioral modification is going to change the future of our country. I request each and every one of you to take up the WinS program with vigor and enthusiasm . This will be your best gift to TRF in its hundredth year of service.

PRID P.T. PrabhakarVice Chair, Rotary India WinS It is an exciting time for Rotary in India. The WASH in Schools Target Challenge is now our

flagship program. Rotary in India has been actively engaged in implementing WASH in the Government schools across India for last one year in fulfilment of our commitment to provide basic but sustainable water and gender specific sanitation facilities & promote healthy hygiene practices through life skill based activities in 20,000 government schools

in India over two years. In the past one year, considerable progress has been made in over 9000 schools. With the intervention of Rotary, a large number of schools now have improved gender segregated sanitation, group handwashing and safe drinking water facilities. A large number of Rotarians and their partners in service have been trained and sensitized on Swachh Vidyalaya and on the use of behavior change methodologies. They are now engaged in training teachers, school management committees, child cabinets, parents and students on handwashing, operation and maintenance, MHM and good hygiene practices to make the program sustainable. To celebrate the achievements of our past year and to showcase the some of the excellent works being done by Rotary clubs across India, Rotary India and UNICEF are jointly organizing a national level advocacy workshop on Sept 30 and Oct.1 2016 at New Delhi. We look forward to the presence of Governor, Governor Elect & WinS Coordinator from every District in India to this important event. As I conclude, let me remind you that Rotary led the Polio eradication movement and created a global image. But there is yet another opportunity to maintain that leadership, through WASH in Schools Target Challenge, and accept the challenge to change the lives of millions of children by improving the quality of education through this unique program of Rotary. Are we ready for the challenge?

PDG Ramesh AggarwalMember Secretary, Rotary India WinS

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Rotary - UNICEF Collaborative Consultation on

Sept. 30 – Oct. 1, 2016 at New DelhiUNICEF and Rotary are jointly organizing a national advocacy workshop, “Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya : Partnering for Results”, at Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, bringing together large number of senior Rotary leaders from across the country, and other partners, to collectively reflect on this journey, to consolidate the gains made in the past one year and also plan ahead for a greater engagement in Swachh Vidyalaya, in the coming years. More specifically, this consultation is aimed at sharing good practices from the States, provide examples of systems and mechanisms that has worked at the school and community level, and share good examples of sustenance of interventions, leverage and scale. This consultation will also provide an excellent opportunity to inspire and motivate more number of Rotarians and other stakeholders to contribute and engage in Swachh Vidyalaya to deliver collective results.This meet, being hosted by UNICEF, willl commence on 30th Sept., 2016 over dinner, followed by a full day of deliberations on 1st Oct., 2016. This event shall be addressed by senior officials from the HRD Ministry, Govt. of India and Senior Union Ministers, as well as senior UNICEF and Rotary leaders. The program shall also include detailed deliberations on the “Framework” for WASH in Schools Target Challenge and how clubs can qualify for the multi-level achievements. The program shall also include the release of a Compendium of good practices/lessons from the field, by the Secretary, MHRD, Mr. Subhash Khuntia.

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District 3020 organises Seminar on WinSA very useful and productive Seminar on WASH in Schools Target Challenge was

organized by Rotary District 3020, on 31st July 2016 at Vijayawada. The seminar was hosted by R C Vijayawada. More than 400 Rotarians including District & Club leaders participated in the seminar. The District Governor Dr. SVS Rao, welcomed the gathering and gave his

views on WinS to the audience. PDG Ramesh Aggarwal, Member Secretary of Rotary India WinS Committee, was the key note speaker for the seminar. He provided an over-view of Rotary India Wins program & shared the key features of WASH in Schools Target Cha-llenge. Mr. Salathiel Nalli, WASH specialist from UNICEF for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka was one of the key resource persons for the Seminar. He spoke on

wins policies and good pract ices in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, N a t i o n a l S w a c h h Vidyalaya Puraskar and support from UNICEF.

PDG. Dr. GV Mohan Prasad, District WinS Chair and District WinS coordinator for Rotary

District 3020 was the seminar leader and enlisted the district WinS goals, formation of revenue district wise committees, the plan of implementation of WinS in the District and the support required for the program from various entities.The Panel Discussion in the seminar was very interesting and was moderated by PDG. Dr. GV Mohan Prasad. The district 3020 WinS leaders and Revenue District WinS Committee members participated in the panel discussion and gave commitments to implement WinS in each of their revenue districts. Putting all together, there was a cumulative commitment to undertake 333 schools across the district 3020 for WinS. This was declared as “THE VIJAYAWADA DECLARATION” for the implementation of “MISSION 333” in Rotary District 3020.The seminar also discussed various fund raising options available for the program.

Zone-5 Meet on WASH in Schools Target ChallengeThe Zonal meeting of Zone Five comprising of 15 Districts was held in Chennai on 26th July, 2016. The meeting was attended by 13 District Governors, 5 District Governors Elect,15 District WinSCoordinators & 15District WinS Chairsbesides the presence of Vice Chair WinS PRID P.T. Prabhakar, RIDE C. Basker & Zonal Coordinator (South) PDG I.S.A.K.

Nazar. Host District Governor Natarajan Nagoji welcomed the gathering and Zonal WinS Coordinator PDG. I.S.A.K. Nazar addressed the delegates on the purpose of the meeting.Rotary India WinS Vice-Chair PRID P.T. Prabhakar provided the overview of

WASH in Schools Target Challenge trough a PPT and moderated the entire program in a comprehensive way giving the participants the complete details of WinS.RI Director Elect C. Basker addressed the gathering and emphasized on standardizing the costs

and designs of sanitation & handwashing facilities and said that many clubs are now applying for the global grants in WASH in Schools and it is imperative that TRF gets similar estimates from clubs in different parts of India.Every District presented the objectives and its target for the current Rotary Year 2016-17. There was a cumulative commitment to under take over 6000 schools for WASH in Schools during this year. Presentation from each District was followed by an Open House.

District 3262

Group handwashing facilities constructed by Rotary Club of Berhampur Tajeswani at Khodasingh Upper

Primary School in Berhampur District in Odisha.

District 3250

WASH in Schools project by Rotary Club of Dhanbad with gender separated toilet block and

handwashing facilities together with training to children on handwashing and O&M at Utkramit Ucch Vidyalaya, Lowadih, Dhanbad, Jharkhand

District 3202

Toilet Block constructed by Rotary Club of Boyampalayam at Panchayat Union Middle School,

Nehru Nagar, Tirupur in Tamil NAdu

District 3202

Group handwashing facilities constructed by Rotary Club of Udumalpet Thejas in a middle school in

Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu

District 3020

Inauguration of handwashing facilities by Rotary Club of Vishakapatnam Port City at GVMC Primary

School in Appughar, Visakhapatnam

District 3240

Training to students on healthy hygiene practices and handwashing with soap by Rotary Club of

Green Land Silchar at Nazirpatty Model School in Silchar in Assam

District 3190

WinS project by Rotary Bangalore West and Rotary Palm Ville with gender specific toilet block group handwashing & drinking water facilities together with hygiene awareness activities at Gunjurtalya Govt. Higher Primary School, Gunjurtalya Road, Bangalore, Karnataka

District 3131

Training to students on handwashing with soap by the District WinS Team at Zila Parishad School in

Yavat, Near Pune, Maharashtra

District 3012

Group handwashing station installed at a Government School in Hariyahera Village in Aravalli, Distt. Badshahpur, Haryana by Rotary Club of Delhi

Imperial

District 3110

Group handwashing facilities by Rotary Club of Aligarh Lock City at Chirangi Lal Girls Inter College

in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

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District 3212

Group handwashing facilities constructed by Rotary Club of Thuckalay at Government School in a village

in Tamil Nadu.

District 3240

WASH in Schools project by Rotary Club of Gangtok by renovating toilets, providing handwashing and

drinking water facilities and training to students on 7 steps of handwashing at Govt Jr. High School at

Adampool, near Gangtok, Sikkim

Edited and Published by the Editorial Team - PDG Ramesh Aggarwal, PP Daljit Bhatia & PP Namrata Suri, for and on behalf of the Rotary India WinS Committee . The matter to be published in the Newsletter should reach PDG Ramesh Aggarwal at raggarwal3010@gmail.com along with action photographs from the Rotary Districts in India, by 7th of every month. Editorial Team reserves the right to select, edit or omit any matter. | Designed & Printed at : NEERA PRINT-TECH, New Delhi-110 066, M: - 9899113474 | E: neeraprint@gmail.com

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District District Governor District Coordinator Schools

3240 Dr. Rintu Guha Niyogi PDG Arijit Endow 100

3250 Dr. R. Bharat PDG Bindu Singh 250

3261 Maj. Deepak Mehta PDG Dr. Ashok Singh 300

3262 Brig. Narayan Nayak PDG Ashok Mohapatra 300

3291 Shyamashree Sen PDG Ravindra P. Seghal 300

3030 Mahesh Harish Mokalkar PDG Kishor Kedia 300

3040 Darshan Gandhi PDG Ramesh Tiwari 150

3051 Dinesh Kumar Thacker PDG Dr. Gyaneshwar Rao 250

3060 Hitesh M Jariwala PDG Ashish Ajmera 250

3131 Prashant Y Deshmukh DGE Abhay Gadgil 1000

3132 Pramod S Parikh PDG Kishor Pawde 300

3141 Gopalrai Nathmal Mandhania PDG Shrirang Prabhu 300

3142 Chandrashekhar Krishna Kolvekar PP Ashok Sarnaik 300

3170 Vinay P. Raikar PDG Dr. Jorson Fernandes 500

3011 Narasimhan Subramanian PDG Ramesh Chander 400

3012 Sharat Jain PDG J.K. Gaur 500

3052 Ramesh Choudhary PDG Ratnesh Kashyap 300

3053 Bhupendra Jain PDG Kranti Mehta 200

3070 Dr. Sarbjeet Singh PDG Upkar Singh Sethi 300

3080 Raman Aneja PDG Manmohan Singh 500

3090 Sanjay Gupta PDG Dr. Arun Gupta 200

3100 RIPSR PDG Sanjay Khanna PP Hari Gupta 100

3110 Dr. Ravi Mehra PDG Pushp Pal Singh 300

3120 Pramod Kumar PDG Ved Prakash 150

2981 Mani A. PDG N. Govindraj 100

2982 T. Shanmugasundaram PDG C. Sivagnanaselvam 263

3000 Muruganandam Maruthaiyan PDG Y. Kumanan 100

3020 Dr. S.V.S. Rao PDG Dr. Mohan Prasad 333

3150 Ratna Prabhakar Anne PDG Jashti Ranga Rao 315

3160 Kandukuri Sreeramamurthy PDG B. Surendra 150

3181 Nagarjuna S Ramasamudra PDG Dr. K. Ravi Appaji 100

3182 Ravi Subbe Gowda Devarunda PDG S.K. Nagendran 200

3190 H.R. Ananth PDG K S Nagendra 250

3201 Dr. Prakash Chandran Arackal PDG Dr. Ajay Kumar Nayar 250

3202 Dr. Jayaprakash Upadhya PDG Prakash Mundangat 750

3211 John Daniel PDG R. Reghunath 2222

3212 Dr. K. Vijayakumar PDG H. Shahjahan 300

3230 Natarajan Nagoji PP G. Balasubramanyan 1400

Pan India Total 14283

District District Governor District Coordinator Schools

Empowering children through Child CabinetsSchools as an entry point for learning, present an opportunity to engage parents and community in general, either through knowledge dissemination via

children or through direct engagement and demonstration at the school. Children are fast learners and adapt their behaviors more easily than adults. Children are also effective role models. They may question existing practices in their households and choose to

demonstrate good hygiene. What they learn at school is likely to be passed on to their peers and siblings and to their own children if they become parents.Curricular also should not be limited to just formal course instruction. Student groups such as Child cabinets or 'Bal Sansads' are often in need of fun and exciting activities for spreading health and hygiene messages to other students and the broader community. They are often established, where members play leadership roles in ensuring cleanliness and hygiene in schools. Assisted by the entire student body, the Bal Sansad generally takes on the responsibility to maintain the school facilities as well as track and sustain healthy behaviors and sanitation practices. This includes ensuring cleanliness of the school environment, checking on students' personal hygiene practices, following up on absentees etc. , that reinforce healthy behavior and habits. The Bal Sansad consists of several Ministers including Pradhan Mantri, Swasthya evam Swatchhata Mantri, Jal evam Krishi Mantri, Pustakalay evam Vigyan Mantri and Sanskrit evam Krida Mantri.

PDG Ramesh Aggarwal explaining the concept ofChild Cabinet to RIP John Germ at Gejha School, Noida

Students as WASH Ambassadors

A typical Child Cabinet Structure

Celebrate Global Handwashing Dayto increase awareness about handwashing with Soap

WASH in Schools Target Challenge Goals 2016-17

Additional conditions for procuring Tata Swach Water PurifierThe districts are required to adhere to the additional conditions as listed below to qualify for availing Tata Swach Silver Boost water purifier at the subsidised rate of Rs. 1050/-. 1. The scheme shall be implemented in two phases, with a cap of maximum 100

purifiers in each phase.2. For each phase, each district will need prior approval from the Rotary

Education Foundation before remitting payment in favor of M/s Tata Chemicals Ltd. Districts need to furnish the following information:a. Name, location and U-DISE code of government schools where water

purifiers are to be installedb. Wherever possible, duly completed base line survey of every school where

water purifiers will be installed c. A declaration stating that water purifiers availed under the scheme will

only be installed in government schools under the WASH in Schools Target Challenge, and said schools shall qualify for atleast star one level under the Target Challenge during Rotary Year 2016-17.

3. To avail water purifiers in the second phase of the scheme, districts will have to submit a report, duly supported by photographs, certifying that purifiers availed under the first phase have been installed in government schools.

For any further clarifications, please contact PDG Ramesh Aggarwal, Member Secretary, Rotary India WinS Committee.