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In Nepal from the Wateraid, in WASH in School for emergency,
during relief program from different partners we have provided relief mainly hygiene materials and
some water purification materials. WAN has been providing recovery program in School under the 4
different objectives. WAN has constructing and rehabilitation in school water supply system, main
focus in providing children safe water, fro providing safe water after earthquake WAN has provided Bio
Sand Filter along with school children awareness program for point of use method. After earthquake, we
have been constructing resilience toilet with providing more priority for gender,disability. During
toilet construction. installing Sanitation Pad Incineration unit, providing training to make
sanitation pad even for school children is good starting after the disaster. Development of school
children club for WASH promotion activities are good example in earthquake affected areas. Some legal
experiences on School WASH in Nepal are as follows:
Government of Nepal (GoN) has committed to
ensure access to safe drinking water and sanitation for all in Nepal by 2017.GoN in South Asian
Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) IV has committed to raise the profile of WASH in schoolsby ensuring
every new and existing school at everyeducational level has functioning, child-friendly andseparate
toilets for girls and boys, with menstrual hygienemanagement facilities.GoN in SACOSAN V has committed
to prioritize and promote child and disabled friendly services and menstrual hygiene management in
schools and monitor this in standards,design, delivery and monitoring.School Sector Reform Plan
2009-15 (SSRP) envisages minimum enabling conditions in all schools that cater for the diverse needs
(physical and learning environment) of students.
National Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan (NSHMP) of Nepal- 2011 brought the concept of total sanitation, which is a range of facilities and hygiene behaviors that lead to achieve sanitized condition of the designated areas (VDC and municipality including settlements, Toles, schools’ catchments, etc). Total Sanitation is expected to achieve a sanitized condition in two phases i) Open Defecation Free (ODF) Situation and ii) Total Sanitized Post-ODF Situation. i) ODF must be the basic minimum and first criteria of total sanitation. One of the indicators/criteria for Open Defecation Free (ODF) is that all the schools must have toilet facilities. ii) Total Sanitized Post-ODF Situation phase includes all arrangements leading to sustainable hygiene and sanitation facilities and behaviors. One of the indicators suggested to ensure a Total Sanitation situation is achieved in the given area is that all schools must have Child, Gender and Disable (CGD) friendly water, toilet and hand washing (with soap station) facilities including menstrual hygiene facilities. Schools must have garbage pit facilities within the school premise. They also should keep their premises in clean and hygienic condition.
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In
WaterAid
Nepal
from the Wateraid, in
(WAN), for
WASH in
School for emergency, during
Schools in emergencies as part of a
relief program from different partners we have provided
relief
mainly hygiene materials and some water purification materials. WAN has
been providing
a
recovery program in
School
Schools
under
the 4
our four
different objectives. WAN has
been
constructing and
providing
rehabilitation in school water supply
system,
systems,
main focus in providing children safe
water, fro providing safe
water after
earthquake
the earthquake.
WAN has provided Bio Sand
Filter
Filters
along with
a
school children awareness program for point of use
method.
methods.
After
the
earthquake, we have been constructing
resilience toilet with
resilient toilets,
providing more priority for gender,disability. During toilet
construction.
construction,
installing Sanitation Pad Incineration
unit,
units,
providing training to make sanitation pad even for school children
is good starting
after the disaster. Development of school
children
children's
club for WASH promotion activities
are
as a
good example in earthquake affected areas. Some legal experiences on School WASH in Nepal are as
follows:
Government of Nepal (GoN) has committed to ensure access to safe drinking water and
sanitation for all in Nepal by
2017.GoN
2017. GoN
in South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) IV has committed to raise the profile of WASH in
schoolsby
schools by
ensuring every new and existing school at
everyeducational
every educational
level has functioning, child-friendly
andseparate
and separate
toilets for girls and boys, with menstrual
hygienemanagement facilities.GoN
hygiene management facilities. GoN
in SACOSAN V has committed to prioritize and promote child and disabled friendly services and
menstrual
hygiene
hygiene
management in schools and monitor this in
standards,design,
standards, design,
delivery and
monitoring.School
monitoring. School
Sector Reform Plan 2009-15 (SSRP) envisages minimum enabling conditions in all schools that cater
for the diverse needs (physical and learning environment) of students.
National Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan (NSHMP) of
Nepal-
Nepal -
2011 brought the concept of total sanitation, which is a range of facilities and hygiene behaviors
that lead to achieve sanitized condition of the designated areas (VDC and municipality including
settlements, Toles, schools’ catchments, etc). Total Sanitation is expected to achieve
a
a
sanitized condition in two
phases
phases:
i) Open
Defecation
Defecation
Free (ODF) Situation and ii) Total Sanitized Post-ODF Situation. i) ODF must be the basic minimum
and first criteria of total sanitation. One of the indicators/criteria for Open Defecation Free
(ODF) is that all
the
the
schools must have toilet facilities. ii) Total Sanitized Post-ODF Situation phase includes all
arrangements leading to sustainable hygiene and sanitation facilities and behaviors. One of the
indicators suggested to ensure a Total Sanitation situation is achieved in the given area is that
all schools must have Child, Gender and Disable (CGD) friendly water, toilet and hand washing (with
soap station) facilities including menstrual hygiene facilities. Schools must have garbage pit
facilities within the school premise. They also should keep their premises in clean and hygienic
condition.