Sanitation Trailblazers; Resilient Children in Nepal Project (STRCN)
Objectives:
- To capacities School children, teachers, management committees on Disaster Preparedness to contribute to WASH resilience in schools and home communities, even in the face of future disasters.
- To capacities Rural Municipality in Disaster Preparedness to ensure WASH resilience in schools, even in the face of future disasters.
- To support the preparation on DRR informed School WASH improvement plans and its implementation while at the same time integrating WASH in education and ensuring all children, including both girls and boys as well as children with disabilities are reached.
Key Activities:
- Training to teachers and management committees in disaster preparedness and importance of WASH resilience.
- Vulnerability Capacity Assessment of schools in participation of school children, parents and teachers. Training on disaster risk reduction, preparedness, WASH resilience in schools to child clubs.
- Hygiene sessions including menstrual hygiene management conducted in schools.
- Disaster risk reduction simulation and drills in schools.
- Promote safe water management through training sessions and water filters in schools.
- Exposure visits for disaster risk reduction learning.
- Campaigns, events, fairs, interactions, extracurricular activities by children and teachers for preparedness and disaster reduction, booth campaign.
- Training and sensitization to local municipal government representatives in disaster preparedness and importance of WASH resilience.
- Accessibility audit in schools.
Expected Results:
Strengthen children’s resilience and disaster preparedness in Chaunrideurali Rural Municipality of Kavrepalanchok District.
Increased knowledge and awareness of students, teachers, school management committees, parent teacher associations and the Chaunrideurali Rural Municipality on safe and resilient WASH practices and disaster preparedness.
Major Achievements:
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 4415 students, teachers and SMC members trained on WASH resilience. | |
| 39 School Improvement Plan (SIP) incorporated Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). | |
| Completed 20 training events on WASH resilience. | |
| In 39 schools Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (VCA) of schools in participation of school children, parents and teachers completed. | |
| In 39 schools Support to incorporate Disaster preparedness in School Improvement Plan (SIP). | |
| In 39 schools training on DRR, Preparedness, WASH Resilience in Schools to child clubs completed. | |
| In 39 schools 156 (3 sessions plus one follow up) hygiene sessions including menstrual hygiene management were completed. | |
| Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) simulation and drills in 12 schools were completed. | |
| In 39 schools Preparation of School Safety Plans. | |
| Promoted safe water management through training sessions and water filters in 39 schools. | |
| 5 times Child to Community DRR Learning and sharing were completed. | |
| One time exposure visits for DRR learning were completed. | |
| 20 campaigns, events, fairs, interactions, extracurricular activities by children and teachers for preparedness and disaster reduction, Booth Campaign were completed. | |
| 20 times monitoring visits completed. | |
| 54 visits (plus frequently as per the requirements) hygiene promoters/social mobilisers engagement in communities were completed. | |
| 40 municipal staff trained on WASH resilience. | |
| One training and sensitization to local municipal government representatives in Disaster Preparedness and importance of WASH Resilience. | |
| Support to incorporate Disaster preparedness in 9 schools in the local level planning process. | |
| 45 accessibility audits in schools were conducted. | |
| 5 events of joint monitoring with other stakeholders were completed. |
Project information
- Geographic coverage 39 Schools
- Project duration 15 months (1st November, 2020 to 31st January, 2022)
- Project Location Chaunrideurali Rural Municipality of Kavrepalanchok District
- Budget 15,996,102.00
- Funding partner's WaterAid Nepal (WAN)
- Implementation Partner School Management Committees (SMCs)/PTAs/Child Clubs
- Target groups Municipal Government representatives, School Management Committee (SMC), Teachers, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Child Clubs and School Students
