Foundations for the Future (FFTF)
Project Summary:
Access to Safe drinking water and Sanitation is known to have significant beneficial impact on the health of the children in the school and community both. Safe drinking water and adequate sanitation are the basic right of every citizen.
Chaunrideurali is one of the rural municipalities of Kavrepalanchok district, which is located 80 km east of Kathmandu in a rural setting have low access to the healthy WASH environment due to the lack of the toilets, drinking water and good hygiene. The Project ‘Sanitation Trailblazer: Resilient Children in Nepal (STRCN) was recently implemented in schools of Chaunrideurali with the prime motive to enhance DRR and WASH behaviours in schools and to support rural municipality to incorporate in planning process. However, even after the satisfactory completion of the project, schools are still lacking the capacity for sustainable management of the WASH facilities. This is seen mainly due to lack of physical WASH infrastructures in schools and due to lack of proper adaptation of WASH in school in planning and policies of Rural Municipality.
In response to the above conditions, WaterAid Nepal (WAN) planned to work in 33 schools of Chaunrideurali Rural Municipality to encourage children and schools by developing the healthy learning environment with development of healthy WASH environment including construction of Inclusive WASH facilities in schools by increasing the capacity for sustaining the WASH management facilities in schools. The project planned to train Students, school authorities and management committees to promote and enhance capacity in WASH resilience, Sustainable WASH and sensitizing the rural municipality for adopting WASH in school procedure including WASH resilience characteristics was termed ‘Foundation for the Future (FFTF)’. This project, supported by WAN, was implemented through partner organization ‘Civic forum for sustainable development (Civic Forum)’ with the planned project period of July, 2022 till June, 2024.
Objectives:
- Students and teachers of Chaunrideurali have improved learning environment through good hygiene practices and implementation of WASH related plan and policies.
- Schools of Chaunrideurali municipality adopt WASH in school procedure including WASH resilience characteristics.
- Students and teachers of Chaunrideurali have access to safe water, improved sanitation and good hygiene facilities and Capacity building of schools for the sustainable management of WASH facilities.
- School children, teachers, management committees are aware on WASH in school procedure including WASH resilience characteristics.
- Rural municipality is capacitated to ensure WASH in school procedure including WASH resilience characteristics in schools, even in the face of future disasters.
Key Activities:
- Assess the status of WASH facilities in the schools, technical survey for detail design.
- Construct inclusive drinking water points.
- Construct inclusive toilets.
- Construct inclusive hand washing stations.
- Demonstration of Rainwater Harvesting in School.
- Retaining structures for slope stabilization in school.
- Support WASH-related materials, equipment required for maintaining hygienic environment of WASH facilities in school.
- Train school students of senior classes on water quality.
- Train community operation and maintenance workers and school administration including school support staff for construction, operation and management of WASH facilities in schools.
- Sensitize school students on proper use of constructed WASH facilities in the schools.
- Train child club members on importance of WASH and their leadership roles to promote WASH related behaviours.
- Sensitize SMC/PTA members on water quality, waste management in schools.
- Train technical unit of RM on technical design aspects of inclusive WASH facilities in School.
- Continue hygiene sessions in the schools with complementary promotional activities.
- Refresher Training on past learning of WASH Resilience and DRR.
- Training to teachers and management committees on national WASH in school guideline with focus on WASH resilience.
- Training to child club members on WASH in Schools Procedure including WASH resilience characteristics.
- Training to focal teachers and school health nurse on MHM package and roll out the package in respective schools for creating MHM friendly environment in schools.
- Periodic assessment and review of WASH in SP indicators.
- Conduct periodic interaction with LGs at the leadership of Child Club (Baal kachahari).
- Mark celebration days related to WASH like WWD, MHD, WTD, etc.
- Organize WASH related events in schools (Water Quality, Hygiene Demonstration; Inclusive WASH facilities) by engaging parents, community people and local media.
- Outreach visit to the community engaging school students and teachers.
- Refresher Training on past learning of WASH Resilience and DRR.
- Training and sensitization to local municipal government representatives on WASH in School Procedure including WASH resilience characteristics in schools.
- Technical support to Rural Municipality to incorporate WASH in Schools Procedure in their planning process (includes Review existing practices).
- Workshop to review progress of WASH in Schools activities and plan forward.
- Joint monitoring with other stakeholders including Local Government (LG) representative.
Expected Results:
Project medium-term outcomes
Students and teachers of Chaunrideurali have improved learning environment through good hygiene practices and implementation of WASH related plan and policies.
Project Outcome 1:
Students and teachers of Chaunrideurali have access to safe water, improved sanitation, and good hygiene facilities
Output 1.1:
Construction of inclusive WASH facilities in schools.
Output 1.2:
Capacity building of School Management Committees (SMCs), children, communities, and local government for sustainable management of WASH facilities.
Project Outcome 2:
Schools of Chaunrideurali adopt national WASH guidelines with focus on WASH resilience.
Output 2.1:
School children, teachers, management committees are aware on WASH in school procedure including WASH resilience characteristics.
Output 2.2:
Rural municipality is capacitated to ensure WASH in school procedure including WASH resilience characteristics in schools, even in the face of future disasters.
Major Achievements:
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| Five schools of Chaunrideurali Rural Municipality declared three stars based on school WASH in School Procedure. (Shree Buddha Himalaya Secondary School, Shree Jagriti Secondary School, Shree Araniko Secondary School, Shree Prabha Secondary & Shree Shreejansil Secondary School). | |
| Rural Municipality Water Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (RM-WASHCC) has been formed in the Rural Municipality. | |
| Enrollment of WASH in the local Curriculum. | |
| Chaunrideurali Rural Municipality has localized the WASH in School Procedure. | |
| Rural Municipality allocated the budget for improvement WASH in schools. | |
| Each ward of Rural Municipality has allocated budget for school WASH. | |
| 33 schools were assessed for their status of WASH facilities in the schools, and a technical survey was conducted for detailed design with a total of 3348 beneficiaries, including 1501 male and 1847 female. | |
| 3 inclusive drinking water points were constructed with a total of 155 beneficiaries, including 74 male and 81 female. | |
| One inclusive toilet was constructed with a total of 40 beneficiaries, including 22 male and 18 female. | |
| 3 inclusive Handwashing stations were constructed with a total of 207 beneficiaries, including 96 male and 111 female. | |
| Rain Water Harvesting was demonstrated in 2 schools with a total of 435 beneficiaries, including 283 male and 152 female. | |
| Retaining structures for slope stabilization were constructed in 1 school with a total of 56 beneficiaries, including 34 male and 22 female. | |
| WASH-related materials and equipment required for maintaining a hygienic environment in 33 schools were provided, benefiting a total of 3348 people, including 1501 male and 1847 female. | |
| School students from senior classes in 33 schools were trained on water quality, benefiting a total of 3200 students, including 1300 male and 1900 female. | |
| Community operation and maintenance workers, school administration, and school support staff from 9 schools were trained for construction, operation, and management of WASH facilities, benefiting a total of 120 people, including 90 male and 30 female. | |
| School students in 33 schools were sensitized on the proper use of constructed WASH facilities, benefiting a total of 2300 students, including 1400 male and 900 female. | |
| Child club members in 33 schools were trained on the importance of WASH and their leadership roles in promoting WASH-related behaviors, benefiting a total of 1200 children, including 500 male and 700 female. | |
| SMC/PTA members in 9 schools were sensitized on water quality and waste management, benefiting a total of 500 members, including 350 male and 150 female. | |
| The technical unit of RM was trained on technical design aspects of inclusive WASH facilities in 2 schools, benefiting a total of 40 people, including 35 male and 5 female. | |
| Hygiene sessions were continued in 5 schools, accompanied by complementary promotional activities, benefiting a total of 3348 people, including 1501 male and 1847 female. | |
| Refresher training was provided to teachers and management committees in 1 school, benefiting a total of 58 people, including 38 male and 20 female. | |
| Teachers and management committees in 9 schools were trained on WASH in Schools Procedure, including WASH resilience characteristics, benefiting a total of 182 people, including 89 male and 93 female. | |
| Child club members in 28 schools were trained on WASH in Schools Procedure, including WASH resilience characteristics, benefiting a total of 700 children, including 273 male and 427 female. | |
| Focal teachers and school health nurses in 5 schools were trained on MHM package, and the package was rolled out for creating MHM-friendly environments in schools, benefiting a total of 300 people, including 10 male and 290 female. | |
| Periodic assessments and reviews of WASH in SP indicators were conducted, benefiting a total of 990 people, including 652 male and 338 female | |
| Periodic interactions with LGs at the leadership of Child Club (Baal Kachahari) were conducted in 2 schools, benefiting a total of 349 people, including 238 male and 111 female. | |
| 6 Events were conducted in celebration of marked days related to WASH (WWD, MHD, WTD, etc.), benefiting a total of 560 people, including 356 male and 204 female. | |
| 2 WASH-related events were organized, engaging parents, community people, and local media for water quality, hygiene demonstration, and inclusive WASH facilities, benefiting a total of 608 people, including 389 male and 219 female. | |
| 2 events of Outreach visits to the community, engaging school students and teachers, were conducted, benefiting a total of 200 people, including 88 male and 112 female. | |
| Refresher training was provided to Rural Municipality representatives, benefiting a total of 51 people, including 39 male and 12 female. | |
| 2 events of Training and sensitization were provided to local municipal government representatives on WASH in School Procedure, including WASH resilience characteristics, benefiting a total of 126 people, including 95 male and 31 female. | |
| 2 events were conducted for Providing Technical support to Rural Municipality to incorporate WASH in Schools Procedure into their planning process, including reviewing of their existing practices, benefiting a total of 60 people, including 47 male and 13 female. | |
| 2 workshops to review the progress of WASH in Schools activities and plan forward were conducted, benefiting a total of 153 people, including 72 male and 81 female. | |
| 4 Joint monitoring with other stakeholders, including LG representatives were conducted benefiting a total of 35 people, including 23 male and 12 female. |
Project information
- Geographic coverage 33 Schools
- Project duration 24 months (1st July, 2022 to 30th June, 2024)
- Project Location Chaunrideurali Rural Municipality of Kavrepalanchok District
- Budget 25,886,988.00
- Funding partner's WaterAid Nepal (WAN)
- Implementation Partner School Management Committees (SMCs)/PTAs/Child Clubs
- Target groups Municipal Government representatives, School Management Committees (SMCs), Teachers, Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs), Child Clubs, School Students and Communities
