Global Update and Six Points of Action The Hague, The Netherlands

24-25th May 2011, Murat Sahin, UNICEF

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Overview – C2A for WASH in Schools 2010

Result of collaboration between CARE, Dubai Cares, Emory University, IRC, SC, UNICEF, Water Advocates, Water-Aid, Water For People, WHO, GTZ, JICA, USAID .......30+ Organizations

Calls on decision-makers to increase investments and concerned stakeholders to plan and act in cooperation –

Our Vision is : Everychild goes to a schoolwhere there is safe water,good sanitation andhygiene education andwhere children can learn,play and grow with prideand dignity.

WASH in Schools•Provides healthy, safe and secure school environments that can protect children from health hazards, abuse and exclusion.

• Helps ensure quality education; healthy and well nourished children can fully participate in schooling and gain its maximum benefits. Quality education, in turn, leads to better health and nutrition outcomes, especially for girls.

•Encourages children’s pride in their schools and communities by providing dignity and privacy. Enables children to become agents of change for improving WASH practices in their families and communities.

• Investment in schoolchildren and the health of future generations. Helps children realize their full potential , prepares them for healthy living as adultswhen they become parents.

WinS boosts Attendance and Achievement

FACTS: An estimated 400 million schoolchildren have diminished learningabilities due to intestinal worminfections: average IQ loss per worminfection is 3.75 points,

• Improving WinS (andcommunities) can impact onenrolment levels, girl/boyratios, quality of education,educational achievement.

• Learning outcomes of healthychildren are much higher thanchildren infected withhelminths.

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• Lack of facilities have a stronger negative impact on girls

• Girls need to have access to safe, clean, and private sanitation facilities in schools, especially adolescent girls

• When family members fall sick, girls are more likely to be kept home to help

WASH in Schools Promotes Gender Equality

FACTS:A girl can miss up to10-20% of her school days(Cooke, 2005)

• Compared to adults children can easily change their behaviour as a result of increased knowledge and facilitated practices.

• Children are role models for their peers

• Teachers are influencial

WASH in Schools Reaches the Community

School Led Total SanitationIncrease in Hand washing Practices at households

WASH in Schools-Summary

Six Main Points for Progress in WASH in Schools

1. Increase investment in WASH in Schools

Engage to establish financial policies that are sustainable, i.e. O&M costs are covered by the education budget

2. Engage those who set policies

3. Involve multiple stakeholders

Media

Community leaders/orgs

Educational Administrators

Private Businesses

ParentsGov’t Ministries-

Ed, Water, Health

Donors/Funders

Faith-based Groups

NGOs

Teachers Training Institutions

Engaging Multiple

Stakeholders to focus on

WASH In Schools

1 Book: Guidelines

i.e. Blue Box_Laos

2 Book: Guidelines 23 Poster: Hookworms4 Poster: Roundworms5 Poster: 3 food groups6 Poster: Hygiene promotion7 Poster: Washing hands8 Game: Snakes and Ladders9 Game: Parasites boardgame10 Game: Word card game11 Comic: Malaria12 Comic: Meena deworming13 Comic: Meena 3 wishes14 Comic: Meena Reaching for help15 Kamishibai: Monkey with tooth decay16 Kamishibai: Waiting for mother17 Kamishibai: Wild spirit and dirty water18 Kamishibai: When the river become dirty

19 Kamishibai: Near adventure 20 Audio CD: Sanitary songs

4. Demonstrate Quality WinS Programs

5. Monitor WASH in Schools programmes

6. Contribute Evidence for WinS

WASH in Schools is a Rights issue. Evidence base on the impact of WASH-in-Schools exist but there is need for generating more research on, e.g. the link between girls’ school attandance, outreach to families and long-term impacts.

Main Publications and websites

http://www.unicef.org/wash/schoolshttp://www.washinschools.info/page/248http://www.schools.watsan.nethttp://www.child-to-child.org/http://www.savethechildren.org/http://www.schoolsanitation.org/http://www.unicef.org/wash/index_schools.html http://www.unicef.org/teachers/http://www.washinschools.com

1. Development of the Call to Action for WASH in Schools publications (1) ‘Raising Clean Hands - The Call to Action for WASH in Schools’, 2) the WASH in Schools Advocacy Pack, and 3) the WASH in Schools Communication Pack.

2. A strategy meeting at UNICEF in NY on the Call to Action for WASH in Schools campaign, March 2010.

3. Launching the Call to Action for WASH in Schools campaign at the Dubai Humanitarian Aid Development (DIHAD) Conference, April 2010.

4. A follow-up session on the Call to Action for WASH in Schools at Stockholm Water Week, September 2010.

5. Launch of Call to Action for WASH in Schools in Several Countries6. Launching the Call to Action for WASH in Schools in Washington DC

targeting US-based policy and decision makers7. Participating in discussions on various Task Groups on joint activities for

WASH in Schools. 8. Strategic Partnership meeting on 1st of December in 2010 in NY

WASH in Schools Advocacy Events in 2010

Task group 1 – Advocacy Group: Advocate globally at all levels for WASH in Schools, reach out to different sectors including the public and private sectors.

Task group 2 – Knowledge Group: Identify knowledge gaps and develop a common learning agenda through evidence based research for WASH in Schools.

Task group 3 – Mapping Group: Map out global WASH in Schools activities and take inventory of available resources.

Task group 4 – Information Management Group: Establish a global knowledge hub, potentially through a website to disseminate best practices around WASH in Schools including but not limited to a calendar of events and resource links.

Task group 5 – Management Group: define governance of the WASH in Schools Partnership (is it a partnership or a Community of Practice? The facilitation of future activities, etc.).

Highlights– 25th March Strategic Partnership Meeting

Highlights– Launch of C2AWiNS

C2AWINS Point of Action Highlights1. Increase investment in WASH in Schools

Dubai Cares committed to increase their WASH in Schools allocation to 35% of their overall assistance

2. Engage those who set policies

Mali, Indonesia, Sierra Leone partnerships at the National level GoV+ Int Ngos

3. Involve multiple stakeholders

ARC - Faith based institutions role on WASH in Schools

4. Demonstrate quality WASH in Schools programmes

SC on health impacts of WinS programming in Tajikistan

5. Monitor WASH in Schools coverage's

Djibouti the first country who have adopted guidelines of WHO/UNICEF min Standards for WinS to national Survey

6. Contribute evidence base Emory University and CARE work in Kenya on Randomized cluster survey

Highlights _SIWI Follow up on C2AWiNS

C2AWINS Point of Action SIWI Session 1. Increase investment in WASH in Schools

JICA: All Education sector related construction projects included WASH in Schools facilities

2. Engage those who set policies

Water Advocates and CARE: US based launch and National Plans of Actions

3. Involve multiple stakeholders

USAID-HIP, CWW: Community involvement in WASH and health sector perspective

4. Demonstrate quality WASH in Schools programmes

SC, IRC: Holistic programming and SLTS

5. Monitor WASH in Schools coverage's

ARC, Emory: The mapping exercise to make WinS coverage available

6. Contribute evidence base GTZ/Ministry of Education Philippines: Scale up WinS

Highlights _US Based Launch of C2AWINS

1. Maria Otero - Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs

2. Carol Bellamy, Education for All -Fast Track Initiative

3. Clarissa Brocklehurst, UNICEF4. Jack Downey, Academy for

Educational Development5. Jeff Seabright, The Coca-Cola

Company

Washington, DC October 13, 2010-http://www.washinschools.com/index.php?p=1_13_C2AWinS-in-DC

WASH in Schools in the Hague, 2011

C2AWINS Point of Action

1. Increase investment in WASH in Schools

2. Engage those who set policies

3. Involve multiple stakeholders

4. Demonstrate quality WASH in Schools programmes

5. Monitor WASH in Schools coverage's

6. Contribute to evidence base

Thank you for Raising Clean Hands for WinS