UNICEF School WASH and Water Supply Improvement Program
Project Name: School WASH and Water Supply Improvement Program
Implemented by: Janahit Gramin Sewa Samittee (JGSS)
Supported by: UNICEF
Project Period: September 2016 to May 2019
Covered Areas: Selected schools and Temporary Learning Centres (TLCs) in Sindhupalchok District
Total Investment/Budget: NPR 20,090,811
Major Interventions and Achievements:
- School WASH Facilities
- Provided improved WASH facilities to 52 schools/TLCs through four phases of UNICEF-supported interventions.
- Improved access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities for students and school communities.
- Conducted hygiene promotion and awareness sessions in schools to encourage safe hygiene and sanitation practices.
- School Water Supply Improvement
- Improved and extended water supply connections to schools and Temporary Learning Centres (TLCs).
- Supported the improvement of existing school water supply systems to ensure safer and more reliable access to drinking water.
- Provided technical support for the improvement, maintenance, and sustainable use of school water supply facilities.
- Plumbing Skills and Maintenance Capacity
- Trained 39 school/community personnel in basic plumbing skills across the supported schools.
- Provided plumbing tool kits to trained personnel to enable schools to carry out basic repair and maintenance of water supply systems.
- Strengthened the capacity of schools to undertake routine maintenance and address minor water supply and plumbing problems locally.
- Hygiene Promotion and Behaviour Change
- Conducted hygiene promotion sessions in schools to improve students’ knowledge and practices related to handwashing, sanitation, safe drinking water, and personal hygiene.
- Promoted regular handwashing and other healthy hygiene behaviours among students, teachers, and school communities.
- Encouraged schools to integrate hygiene practices into their regular school environment and activities.
- Community and Youth Mobilization
- Mobilized students, teachers, school management committees, parents, and community members in school WASH activities.
- Encouraged students and local youth to act as WASH champions and change agents by promoting hygiene and sanitation practices among peers, families, and communities.
- Promoted community ownership and participation in the operation, maintenance, and sustainability of school WASH facilities.
Key Achievements:
- 52 schools/TLCs: Provided with WASH facilities.
- 39 school/community personnel: Trained in basic plumbing skills.
- Plumbing tool kits: Provided to trained personnel to support basic repair and maintenance.
- Hygiene promotion: Conducted across supported schools.
- School water supply systems: Improved and connected to support safe and reliable water access.
Key Focus:
The UNICEF interventions focused on school WASH, safe drinking-water access, improvement of school water supply systems, sanitation, hygiene promotion, basic plumbing skills, local maintenance capacity, community participation, and youth/student mobilization. The projects contributed to creating safer, healthier, and more child-friendly learning environments in earthquake-affected communities of Sindhupalchok.
