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Children educates community on sanitation - Governance in India Children educates community on sanitation - Governance in India

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The experience shared by Gyanendra Mishra on interventions with children is indeed interesting. InTotal Sanitation Campaign, school sanitation and hygiene education (SSHE) is one of the acknowledgedcomponents.In Jharkhand, the state is synergizing the convergence of the Dept. of Drinking Water and the Dept. ofEducation to reach children with hygiene promoting behaviour. It has been experienced that childrenare very enthusiastic stakeholders of the program and are also great influencers of the behaviour oftheir parents, teachers etc. Therefore, to sustain and promote hygiene behaviour it is important thatalong with children, some mobilization activities and orientation of teachers and ong>communityong> members ofthe village education committee be planned. There is also a need to integrate the syllabus of theschools with hygiene lessons, which should be taught in such a way that it relates to day to daysituations. For example, the chapter on fruits and vegetables could also emphasize the need to washand handle these hygienically.Similarly, some simple illustrations were used. In class, a student was shown a glass full of water andthen was asked to wash his hand with soap/ fresh ash. This [wash] water was collected in anotherglass. He was made to compare dirt in the two glasses. This kind of methodology was interesting andleft a mark on children.S. Vishwanath, Rainwater Club & Arghyam Trust, BangaloreOn the very important question you have raised, here is an experience from Dodballapur Town, 30 kmfrom Bangalore.A partnership lead by an NGO Mythri Sarva Seva Samithi, SJCE college Mysore and Parisara PrajnaKendra and supported by WASTE (Netherlands) implemented an eco sanitation toilet in the SwamiVivekananda Kannada Higher Primary school.This is a source separating toilet where both urine and faeces are collected separately. The toilet wasset up since the town of Dodballapur faces an acute water shortage almost throughout the year andwater is not easily available for toilet use.ong>Childrenong> were explained the concept of eco toilet and its correct use. There was no talking down andthe conversation happened with batches of 50 students. Questions were encouraged from the childrenand they came out with quite a remarkable understanding of the situation and the need for eco toiletsas well as hygiene requirements after use. Teachers were more reluctant to understand the concept andit was then left to the children to set up a maintenance committee to look after the cleanliness of thetoilet.Its usage has been remarkably successful and toilet is used very effectively. A Ph. D student now runs atest protocol for the use of urine in crop production as a fertiliser. The children are the sole providers ofthe raw material for the experiment. ong>Childrenong> have carried home the message of safe sanitation and theparents of the children have been among the first to queue up to collect urine as fertiliser use.One key lesson was to engage children on an equal footing and not be shy in raising what are normallyconsidered taboo issues. Adding a responsibility was seen as a positive step to the understanding of thesituation and girl children were more forthcoming on issues and solutions.Adaptation to a new and different system was not seen as a problem and psychological barriers ofdiscussing human wastes in children was much less as compared to adults.

Jyotsna Bapat, Independent Consultant, New Delhi (response 1)I want to share this interesting experience I had while reviewing UNICEF initiatives in rural water andsanitation program. Two things work in getting a toilet in the house. The first one is a grandchildbrought up in urban areas coming to visit the grand parents house and refusing to 'go out' for his'needs'. So the grand parents have created a toilet just for his use.The second and similar example is that when the child was told in school about the use of sanitationpractices like hand washing and toilet use, he insisted that his parents build one for him. During theperiod that it was constructed, he chose to go his aunt's house in the neighbourhood, who already hada toilet.So space and affordability are two important necessary conditions but love for your child /grand childalways works. Therefore raising awareness through children invariably works.Rukmini Banerji, Pratham India, New DelhiAt Pratham, we have recently done a pictorial survey of water and sanitation. Data was collected by alocal group in each district from a random sample of households from 30 villages in each district in 11districts around the country.The pictorial survey enabled all participants to get engaged.We are hoping that somebody in the Water Community will want to use this tool with children in schoolsand tell us how it went ?If interested, please do let us know.The survey is called PAHELI (Peoples Audit of Health, Education and Livelihoods) - one of the partners isArghyam. PAHELI was designed along the principles of ASER (Annual Status of Education Report) - thatis facilitated annually across the country by Pratham and is executed by over 600 district partners.Looking forward to mails from people interested in trying this out.D.K. Mohanty, Jyotirmayee Mahila Samiti, Kendrapara, OrissaGreetings from Kendrapara !The World Water Users’ Forum has asked us to involve children in using water testing kits. This is a verygood programme for children and is essential for long-term sustainability. We are interested in doingthis in our district Kendrapara in Orissa. Looking for member’ inputs on how to involve children in suchprogrammes.Nandini Roy, National Institute of Medical Statistics, ICMR, New DelhiThis is with reference to Rukmini’s mail, where she has mentioned using pictorial surveys among schoolstudies for promoting water and sanitation issues among ong>communityong>.

Jyotsna Bapat, Independent C<strong>on</strong>sultant, New Delhi (resp<strong>on</strong>se 1)I want to share this <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g experience I had while review<strong>in</strong>g UNICEF <strong>in</strong>itiatives <strong>in</strong> rural water andsanitati<strong>on</strong> program. Two th<strong>in</strong>gs work <strong>in</strong> gett<strong>in</strong>g a toilet <strong>in</strong> the house. The first <strong>on</strong>e is a grandchildbrought up <strong>in</strong> urban areas com<strong>in</strong>g to visit the grand parents house and refus<strong>in</strong>g to 'go out' for his'needs'. So the grand parents have created a toilet just for his use.The sec<strong>on</strong>d and similar example is that when the child was told <strong>in</strong> school about the use of sanitati<strong>on</strong>practices like hand wash<strong>in</strong>g and toilet use, he <strong>in</strong>sisted that his parents build <strong>on</strong>e for him. Dur<strong>in</strong>g theperiod that it was c<strong>on</strong>structed, he chose to go his aunt's house <strong>in</strong> the neighbourhood, who already hada toilet.So space and affordability are two important necessary c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s but love for your child /grand childalways works. Therefore rais<strong>in</strong>g awareness through children <strong>in</strong>variably works.Rukm<strong>in</strong>i Banerji, Pratham <strong>India</strong>, New DelhiAt Pratham, we have recently d<strong>on</strong>e a pictorial survey of water and sanitati<strong>on</strong>. Data was collected by alocal group <strong>in</strong> each district from a random sample of households from 30 villages <strong>in</strong> each district <strong>in</strong> 11districts around the country.The pictorial survey enabled all participants to get engaged.We are hop<strong>in</strong>g that somebody <strong>in</strong> the Water Community will want to use this tool with children <strong>in</strong> schoolsand tell us how it went ?If <strong>in</strong>terested, please do let us know.The survey is called PAHELI (Peoples Audit of Health, Educati<strong>on</strong> and Livelihoods) - <strong>on</strong>e of the partners isArghyam. PAHELI was designed al<strong>on</strong>g the pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of ASER (Annual Status of Educati<strong>on</strong> Report) - thatis facilitated annually across the country by Pratham and is executed by over 600 district partners.Look<strong>in</strong>g forward to mails from people <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> try<strong>in</strong>g this out.D.K. Mohanty, Jyotirmayee Mahila Samiti, Kendrapara, OrissaGreet<strong>in</strong>gs from Kendrapara !The World Water Users’ Forum has asked us to <strong>in</strong>volve children <strong>in</strong> us<strong>in</strong>g water test<strong>in</strong>g kits. This is a verygood programme for children and is essential for l<strong>on</strong>g-term susta<strong>in</strong>ability. We are <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> do<strong>in</strong>gthis <strong>in</strong> our district Kendrapara <strong>in</strong> Orissa. Look<strong>in</strong>g for member’ <strong>in</strong>puts <strong>on</strong> how to <strong>in</strong>volve children <strong>in</strong> suchprogrammes.Nand<strong>in</strong>i Roy, Nati<strong>on</strong>al Institute of Medical Statistics, ICMR, New DelhiThis is with reference to Rukm<strong>in</strong>i’s mail, where she has menti<strong>on</strong>ed us<strong>in</strong>g pictorial surveys am<strong>on</strong>g schoolstudies for promot<strong>in</strong>g water and sanitati<strong>on</strong> issues am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>community</str<strong>on</strong>g>.

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