"Recognizing the unfriendly environment the girl has to face during her menstrual period, development agencies in Bangladesh have been gradually addressing the situation in diverse ways." Paper presented at the Second South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SAOCSAN-2). Written by Qumrun Nahar (UNICEF/WES-Bangladesh) and Rokeya Ahmed (WaterAid-Bangladesh).

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Bangladesh final sustainability SSHE case study_WEB.pdf  (123 kB)

This paper describes a water, sanitation (WatSan) and hygiene project in one remote Bangladeshi village together with a school sanitation and hygiene education (SSHE) component in the secondary school there. The village is located in the south-western part of Bangladesh. Because such programmes are about people.

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Bolivia final solar shower SSHE case study_WEB.pdf  (194 kB)

This case study presents a School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE) experience in the Ganzourgou province in Burkina Faso. Initiated by the Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy, this pilot project was implemented in 26 schools. It received financial aid from UNICEF and the Dutch Government, and technical support from CREPA (Regional Centre for Low Cost Safe Water and Sanitation). Schools were equipped with water and sanitation facilities, while capacity building and training of teachers, children and communities resulted in change of behaviour and improved living environments.

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This paper describes a UNICEF School Sanitation project in eleven schools in the South-Eastern Department of Cauca in Colombia. A participatory diagnosis methodology was used at the beginning of the project to look at school sanitation and hygiene behaviour, to provide the information needed to improve direct interventions in School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE).

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The East African countries have incorporated school hygiene and sanitation in schools in their environmental health interventions, and policies have been developed to support this initiative. Read more... Written by Gerald Rukunga and David Mutethia, AMREF, 2006.

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Ghana final girl friendly toilets SSHE case study_WEB.pdf  (165 kB)

In Ghana, a national Community Water and Sanitation Programme has been put in place to improve health through the provision of water and sanitation facilities with hygiene promotion. Read more... Written by Vincent Tay, TREND, 2006.

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School sanitation and hygiene education in Mysore District (Karnataka, India)

Focuses on a holistic integrated approach which involves both the ‘hard’ ware as well as ‘soft’ ware issues in school sanitation and hygiene education. By Manoj Kumar and Mariëlle Snel, Waterlines, Volume 19, No. 2, October 2000

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