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WASH PROGRAM (WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE)

Reaching Hand recognizes the need for making government schools healthy and hygienic by providing adequate sanitation facilities to the students especially girls and hence the name ‘GIRLS GLORY’. This Program is designed to provide extensive awareness on use of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for underprivileged adolescent girls in Higher Primary Government Schools in and around Bengaluru. We at Reaching Hand are focused on to spread the message of cleanliness, change the attitude towards puberty, and menstrual health, and empower girl child under Girls Glory Program. This is aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6) of the United Nations proposal put forward in the 2015 assembly to uplift the underprivileged across the globe especially with regard to access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and sound management of freshwater that are essential to human health and prosperity. This program is also aligned to SDG 5 with regard to gender equality where we provide the girl children with equal opportunities to thrive by bringing about continuity of education, especially during the menstrual period through appropriate health education and good toilet facilities.

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RATIONAL OF THE PROGRAM

In India many adolescent schoolgirls lack the adequate solutions to manage menstruation. 88%of them use extremely unhygienic practices such as:old rags, ashes and husk sand. This contributes to school dropouts, disease and childhood malnutrition. This startling revelation gave birth to “The Girls Glory “project. Our aim is to build toilets for girls and organize WASH and MHM education sessions in our adopted government schools.

 OBJECTIVES:

1. Raise awareness on water, sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for underprivilege young girls ‘studying in higher primary schools.1. Raise awareness on water, sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for underprivilege young girls ‘studying in higher primary schools.
2. Build new toilet facilities and renovate nonfunctional existing toilets in the schools, providing hand wash facility and ensure safe and filtered water facility and sanitation.
3. Adolescent girls in Government school should come to school with confidence and dignity.
4. Enhance the educational experience by improving understanding on health & hygiene.
5. Provide a fun and safe environment to the children, studying in the Government schools so that they can compete with the mainstream students thereby fulfilling their dreams and aspirations.
6. Maintenance of handed over toilets, water tanks, hand wash units, plumbing etc.

OUTCOMES:

  1. Adolescent girls who attained the Menstrual Hygiene workshop had a perceptive about puberty, menstruation, menstrual cycle, hygiene management
  2. Menstrual Hygiene Management information was shared during video clips on usage and disposal of sanitary napkin through these girls had a sound knowledge on menstrual hygiene
  3. Through Workshops it created space for the students to openly discuss their issues and problems faced during their
  4. Children are aware about the ill effects of open defecation (ODC)
  5. Practical demonstration on handwashing steps were depicted to children and few children actively took part and learnt how to wash their hands properly with soap by following simple
  6. Promoting safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services were imparted during the sensitization

IMPACT NUMBERS

Beneficiaries

Toilets Built

No of schools

MHM & Wash Session

Water filter Installed

Incinerator Installed

Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting

Impacted areas – Bengaluru, Kolar , Davangere,  Tumkur, Ballari, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir

WHAT WE DO (Outcome)

We  construct and refurbish the toilet facilities and we influence behavior of school children to adopt and maintain these facilities. In this program, we adopt schools for 3 years and make them enable & sustainable for the quality outcome.

1.Provide toilets exclusively for girls through new constructions and renovate existing non functional toilets.
2. Workshops on puberty & menstrual health & hygiene among teenage girls aged 11 to 18 in order to bring behavioral change. create awareness about cleanliness with quotes on the walls.
3.Maintenance of toilets, water tanks , hand wash units, plumbing etc Installation & maintenance of libraries, building toilets, water tanks, hand wash, plumbing & others as per requirement.
4.Find out reasons and reduce dropout rates and absenteeism amongst girls – done as per Swachh Bharat and SwachhVidyalaya campaign.
5.Parents counseling helped to spread awareness about having toilets at home and avoiding open defecation.
6.Provide O & M Kit which includes sanitary pads, bindi (for girls) tissue paper, soap, toothpaste and brush to all students. (both boys and girls).
“Reaching Hand sensitized us on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). Many of us were embarrassed during the session. I had many questions in my mind to clarify but I was hesitant to ask. Later I gained confidence and clarified my doubts. I was advised by my parents that once girls attain puberty, they cannot take part in sport activity to avoid health complications. Hence, I restricted myself in taking part in sports, although I was very much interested. MHM session was an eye opener for me to find answer for all my doubts. Now I am confident of breaking the myth and participate in sports activities whole heartedly says”
Ms.Sidamma, GHPS Thippenahalli.

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