WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE Gender segregated toilets will be built. Photos EDUCATION & TRAINING is provided by our School Locations: The WinS program is show the BEFORE and AFTER toilets (WASH) In SCHOOLS (WinS) partners, CAWST and PWW (more later). being implemented in Improve the quality of education and access, the Sacatepéquez Sacatepéquez, Guatemala especially for girls, training of teachers and Department (State) parents of Guatemala within In February 2018, The Rotary Foundation Effective health and hygiene training program the following eleven (TRF) awarded $562,000 WASH in Schools to encourage formation of cleaning habits and out of 16 Target Challenge Competitive Grant promote cultural behavioral change. municipalities: (#PG1790001) to our team of Club Rotario Menstrual hygiene management program “Alotenango, Antigua Guatemala Sur, Rotary Club OF Antigua, focused on the biology of menstruation cycle Guatemala, Magdalena Milpas District 4250 and Barrington Breakfast and safe practices. The goal is to prevent girls Restroom with toilet and sink for girls to from dropping out of school Rotary Club, District 6440. meet their needs during menstrual cycle to Incorporate lessons in school curriculum guarantee washing, changing and menstrual Sacatepéquez Department This program will be implemented in the Improved capacities Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala at waste disposal with privacy Eleven Municipalities 48 schools located within 11 municipalities. 48 Schools Over 16,000 children will benefit. 644 Teachers The program goals are twofold: 8,236 Boys, 7,542 Girls Hardware: Construction of WASH facilities Altas, Pastores, San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Software: Education, training for San Lucas Sacatepéquez, Santa Lucía Milpas health, hygiene and menstrual hygiene Altas, Santa María de Jesús, Santiago management (MHM) Sacatepéquez, Santo Domingo Xenacoj and Sumpango." WASH FACILITIES: Access to clean safe water is provided with Sawyer SP 202 water filter based on 0.1 Micron Absolute Hollow Fiber Membrane technology Financing Partnerships: WinS program is Handwashing and drink stations are critical financed by 28 Rotary clubs providing cash, 9 for improved health and education. The use districts providing so‐called District Designated of bottled water for handwashing will be Funds (DDF), 3 private entities and the Rotary replaced by a station having multiple Foundation (TRF) cash. The overall project faucets with running water, 24/7 financing breakdown is: TRF Cash $425,000 75.6% DDF – 9 districts $ 61,500 10.9% Club cash – 28 clubs $ 55,163 9.8% Private Cash – 3 $ 20,595 3.7% Total Funding $562,258 100.0% Alliances with key stakeholder from Partnerships with Cooperating Rotary’s challenge grant is WATER, SANITATION & local to national authorities Organizations targeted to HYGIENE (WASH) In SCHOOLS achieve UNICEF’s three‐star recognition. The approach ensures that healthy habits are taught, (WinS) Ministerio de Rotary clubs have entered in a Memorandum of practiced and integrated into daily school Salud Publica y asistencia Social Understanding with the following organizations routines by prioritizing the most essential actions Conduct chemical‐bacteriological for support of the program. Sacatepéquez, Guatemala for achieving goals. Elements of each star level analysis of water Center for Affordable are shown below. Treatment of diseases of students at Water and Sanitation Health Centers Promote WinS program within the Technology (CAWST) is UNICEF Three Star community Canada based NGO that provides education, training and technology . National / WHO standards met consulting in WASH. Ministerio de Educación . WASH lessons integrated into Allow teachers and students to Pure Water for the classroom curriculum participate in training sessions World (PWW) is an . Transference of behavior change in Include training material in the basic CAWST affiliate based the community national WASH and MHM curriculum in Honduras. Resources & support secured from Facilitate access to schools for These two organizations will primarily conduct the government construction of WASH facilities education and training in health, hygiene and Support Rotarian activities at school menstrual hygiene management for the school level teachers in a structured program. They will also UNICEF Two Star facilitate incorporation of lessons in the school Asociación de Municipalidades de curriculum. No open defecation in school Sacatepéquez (AMSAC) . low cost water supply Fundación Juan Bautista Provide, at no cost to Rotary or . Teacher training on hygiene and Gutierrez (FJBG), a program, the skilled hand labor Guatemalan NGO, has a MHM Advocate at the COCODE level to curriculum approved by . O&M and MHM plans executed provide unskilled hand labor from the the Minister of Education called “Mi salud Mi community responsabilidad” (My health, my responsibilities), Provide through the Municipalities UNICEF One Star that includes topics regarding the sexual behavior technical and logistics support for the and MHM. Parts of this curriculum will be correct execution of the program Facilities ‐ Gender‐segregated toilets included in our training. Provide through the Technical Planning Hand Washing facilities, low‐cost water Office of the Municipalities design of Banco Industrial S. A., a private major bank will supply Narayan Murarka: [email protected] sanitary facilities Help in organizing a trust to manage all the Education ‐ Teacher training on Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club, D‐6440 Guarantee the sustainability of the funds and accounting services handwashing program and facilities through regular Advise in the design of the printed material School Management Committee built RI Director Jorge Aufranc follow‐up (banners, training materials, signs, etc.) to be Management – Operations & [email protected] Guarantee through the Municipalities distributed at the schools and in the Management plans (O&M) and MHM the maintenance of the facilities for Club Rotario Guatemala Sur, D‐4250 communities plans created the long run June 2018 .