Assessment on the Availability and Utilization of Hand Washing Facilities in Primary Schools
The availability and utilization of hand washing facilities in primary schools has been implemented to all primary schools worldwide. This is in order to promote a massive drive for healthy school environment, at the same time to develop, so as to support safe hygiene habits among the primary students. This global hand washing facilities drive has been implemented through means of two components such as hardware and software. The hardware components include drinking water, hand washing and sanitary facilities inside the school premises and around the school compound. While, the software components are activities that promote conditions at school and practices of school staff that help to prevent water and sanitation-related diseases and parasites such as worms, which is introduced by UNICEF and IRC 1998. UNICEF focuses on school sanitation and hygiene education, with the help of MWSA and School Health of Male. As they noted that there are many school premises in the globe that lack of sufficient water supply, sanitation and hand washing facilities. Furthermore, it shows that only 32% of island schools have adequate rainwater storage capacity for the year and 30% do not have hand-washing facilities. In the same way, facilities were not adapted to the needs of children, instead they have broken, dirty or unsafe utilization of hand washing facilities. Therefore, hygiene education is not effective and does not relate to their environment and soap facilities as long as they do not practicing it in their own school. As regards this sanitary condition, primary schools become unsafe places where diseases are transmitted with mutually reinforcing negative impacts for the children, their families and overall development. Good health at school is essential for now and an investment for the future. This is the major reason for the serious need of safe water and sanitation facilities as a first step towards a healthy physical learning environment. However, the mere provision of facilities does not make them sustainable or ensure the desired impact. Also, the use of the hand washing facilities is associated with the behaviors of all people that provide health benefits. The combination of facilities, correct behavioral practices and education are meant to have a positive impact on the health and hygiene of the community as a whole, for the present generation as well as for the future generation.
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The objectives of the hand washing facilities program in all primary schools; first is to create a healthy and safe learning environment along with safe sanitation, water supply and hand washing facilities. In addition to that, hygienic habit must be done by every faculty staff, school employees and students in school as often as needed. And, sound management is very crucial to keep the hand washing facilities in proper working and hygienic conditions. Second, is to help children to develop life skills that are to cope with life; including hygiene and health. Better hygiene practices can not be developed just by learning about water and sanitation related diseases. In the same manner, they also cannot be imposed through discipline alone. There must be new approaches and hygienic strategies need to be used to assess and improve primary students hand washing practices in an active way. Third is to stimulate outreach and benefits to the family and to the entire community. In this connection, in order to see if the hand washing program is successful; it must have both good hand wash facilities and an effective adoption of health practices in schools. The focus of the program should therefore be on both effective education and effective facilities. Additionally, sufficient water and sanitation facilities such as toilets, hand washing facilities must be always available in the school premises. Not only that, the school should provide clean, are durable hand washing facilities for longer use; and the maintenance must be well organized.
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In view thereof, the availability and utilization of hand washing program is a global water challenge which started in 2008. In Tanzania, the project has been funded by government and other private organizations in order to materialize the health program in every school in the region. In fact, on January 30, 2010, the project had able to provide 15 new latrine blocks for 15 schools and renovated 7 rainwater catchment systems. At present, 20 schools now have one or the other, and 2 schools have both. Moreover, seven schools had received new plastic 1000 liter tanks set up near the latrines for effective hand washing activities. In addition, the WASUP project has drilled 13 community borehole wells, with sufficient amounts of water. Similarly, the AMREF had completed teacher training in first aid and in the Personal Hygiene and Sanitation Education (PHASE).
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