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Addressing School Sanitation Challenges in Afghanistan: Assessment, Findings, and Recommendations

This presentation discusses the assessment findings of school sanitation facilities in Afghanistan, including challenges faced and recommendations for improvement. It covers types of latrines, maintenance practices, and achieving sustainable sanitation facilities in Afghan schools.

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Addressing School Sanitation Challenges in Afghanistan: Assessment, Findings, and Recommendations

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  1. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan Conference on Sanitation 2016 School WASH Thematic Session Presentation on School Sanitation Assessment in School WASH Author: …MoE……………………. Presenter : Eng M.Daud Mukhlis…Sr. Construction Manger-WinS ……………….

  2. Overview • Introduction • School WASH Assessment • Findings • Challenges • Recommendations • Conclusion

  3. Introduction Providing Safe Water, Basic Sanitation facilities and Hygiene Education is every child’s right, which is a major challenge in Afghanistan. Decades of War in Afghanistan, deteriorated all infrastructures specially schools. With coming of new government in Afghanistan, donors started constructing schools without considering WASH standards. UNICEF formally started WASH in Schools program in 2008 with MRRD. After 2012, MoE took the lead and ownership of the WASH in Schools program as they have the capacity.

  4. Current situation • There are around 17200 Schools in Afghanistan, • 45% of schools have access to safe drinking water, • 47% of schools have access to sanitation. • 40% of schools which have sanitation facilities, have separate toilets for boys and girls. • 9% of schools have access to hand washing facilities • 7% of schools have soap for hand washing.

  5. School WASH Assessment - 2010 MoE conducted an assessment in 2010 in 20 schools within 4 provinces of Afghanistan jointly with UNICEF to evaluate situation of sanitation facilities Objectives : • Assess number of toilets in schools and to understand the using techniques of toilets. • To assess the number of students using toilets. • To understand perceptions of students about sanitation facilities • To understand the maintenance practices • To understand about the knowledge of using MHM facilities. • Solid Waste Management in schools.

  6. Findings • Traditional single vault latrines are recognised as unsafe at the national level. • Traditional single vault latrines are very common in rural and urban areas and is cause of disease transmission • Echo sanitation latrine is an improved version of traditional vault latrines.

  7. Findings… • If Eco Sanitation latrine is carefully operated and maintained, is sanitary and ensures safe disposal of urine and excreta by treating them separately, compared to vault latrines. • O&M of such latrines is an important factor in selecting this option for schools. This technology option works better in warm climates.

  8. Findings … Pour Flush Latrine is a water carried option for schools where - • Adequate water is available or can store adequate water inside the corridor latrine. • Water or a combination of water and toilet paper are used for anal cleaning. • Ground water table is low • Adequate space for construction of such latrine is available.

  9. Findings … Flush Latrine with Septic Tank is another option for schools where - • Enough water is available for flushing. Following requirements for effective use and maintenance of toilets is need to be met at the school level • Assured and adequate water supply (preferably system with overhead tank and piping to the latrine), • Local availability of suction trucks to empty septic tanks • Ability of the school to mobilise funds for maintenance

  10. Key Achievements • Capacity building of ISD and health staff • Standard design of 16 types latrine( ecosan, Flash and Pore Flash including MHM facilities)

  11. Schools WASH projects implemented in Helmand province in -2013 MHM

  12. Challenges • Old, abandoned and un- repairable latrines. • Lack of facilities for disposal of solid wastes. • Less awareness on hygiene education. • less awareness on menstruation. • Untidy, smelly, unventilated and without sufficient light latrines. • Insufficient sanitary latrines in schools where we have WASH program. • There is no standard sanitation facilities in all schools. • Insufficient separate toilets for boys and girls. • Gap between knowledge and practice, students are not to teach how to utilize WASH facilities, therefore they are not using facilities in proper manner.

  13. Addressing the Challenge on the Use and Sustainability of School WASH facilities in Afghanistan

  14. Recommendations • Other latrine technology options for schools need to be developed and tested before scaling up. • Promoting participatory decision-making at School level. • Applying operation and maintenance of WASH facilities in schools. • Trainings for teachers on hygiene promotion. • Doing awareness to school students. • A contract was made with GIZ to design more options.

  15. Conclusion In Conclusion the selection of the type and technology options for school latrines depends on : • availability of water, • ground water level, • tradition of anal cleaning, • types of construction material available locally, • weather condition, • facilities and equipment for cleaning and transportation of excreta and sludge • and availability skilled labour locally

  16. Thank You

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