healthy schools project
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Healthy Schools Project. Peace Corps – Ministry of Education. Interamerica Region and The Pacific Peace Corps Sergio Mack Peace Corps Guatemala. Introduction. Letter of Understanding with the MOE signed up in 1996 Western and northern highlands: High indigenous population density - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Healthy Schools Project
Peace Corps – Ministry of Education
Interamerica Region and The Pacific
Peace Corps
Sergio Mack
Peace Corps Guatemala
Introduction
• Letter of Understanding with the
MOE signed up in 1996
• Western and northern highlands:
• High indigenous population density
• Subsistence farmers
• Low health and education indicators
Project Goals
• Participating students practice
healthy habits in the school
• The school has the minimum
sanitary conditions to allow the
practice of healthy habits
Healthy Practices in the school
• Move from theory to practice
• The “heart” of the project:
• Hand washing after using the latrine
• Hand washing before the school snack
• Tooth brushing after the school snack
• Clean body and dressing
• Healthy practices everyday, every
classroom, every teacher
School Sanitation• It is needed to facilitate the practice
of healthy habits
• The school is healthy if students do
practice healthy habits
• Basic sanitary conditions:
• Water and faucets
• Pit latrines or flushable toilets
• School kitchen
School SanitationSchool rain
catching systems
School SanitationSchool wells
School Sanitation School Latrines
School Sanitation
School kitchen
School septic tanks
School Sanitation
Water tanks
School Certification
The evidence that it works
Percentage
Hand washing after using the latrine, by year. 2008
Source: EORM Chiallí, Tactic, AV. Healthy Schools Project Evaluation 2008
0
20
40
60
80
100
2006 2008
The evidence that it works
Percentage
Tooth brushing after eating the school snack, by year. 2008
Source: EORM Chiallí, Tactic, AV. Healthy Schools Project Evaluation 2008
0
20
40
60
80
100
2006 2008
Student’s cleanliness by year, 2008
0
20
40
60
80
100
2006 2008
Percentage
The evidence that it works
Source: EORM Chiallí, Tactic, AV. Healthy Schools Project Evaluation 2008
Percentage of participating schools certified as healthy
0
20
40
60
80
100
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Year
Percentage
counted up to March, 31, each year
Main Challenges
• Lack of water in the schools and other sanitation facilities
• The need to repeat constantly to students the same hygiene messages and teacher’s perseverance
• Integration with parent’s health promotion projects
Partnerships & Resources
• Local Municipal funds
• Private Sector: Local bank and/or
local NGO’s
• Local materials and unskilled labor
force provided by the student’s
parents
¡…Thanks IAP!