1. PEACE CORPS GUATEMALA APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TEAMING WITH HEALTHY SCHOOL

2. THE STATISTICS OF MORTALITY IN GUATEMALA ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, PARASITES, AND INTESTINAL ILLNESS TOP ILLNESSES

3. GOOD HYGIENE HABITS REDUCE ILLNESS **WASH HANDS BEFORE EATING AND AFTER LATRINE USE **USE THE LATRINE **WASH UTENCILS WELL **CLEAN FOODS PROPERLY

4. MAJOR CAUSE OF INFECTION IS SELF CONTAMINATION BY NOT WASHING HANDS

5. APPROPRIATES STRUCTURES FOR WASHING HANDS AND LATRINE USE

6. Most schools do not have proper facilities

7. Providing proper facilities and hygiene education are the solution

8. Many present facilities result in more contamination

9. Proper facilities break the cycle of infection

10. Good designs to rid schools of contaminated water

11. Septic tanks and drain fields protect school children Water in and water out. Water in and water out.

12. Absorption pits for waste water where land is scarce

13. Shortages of water inhibit good hygiene

14. TECNOLOGÍA APROPIADA School hand washing station and rain storage tank

15. Rain storage tanks under basketball courts to save space

16. FERRO-CEMENTO 2000 Liter tanks for homes

17. 10-20,000 liter Ferro-Cement tanks for school health programs 10-20,000 liter Ferro-Cement tanks for school health programs

18. Egg shaped tanks for areas with no water systems 8,000 LITROS.

19. TANQUE DEL HUEVO (Egg Shaped Tank)

20. Rope Pumps (BOMBA DE LAZO) for shallow wells in areas with good ground water

21. Pumps and tanks provide water to promote good hygiene and better health

22. Small economic pump systems distribute water properly to school facilities

23. Typical school latrine in communities with few resources

24. Confining human waste is the number one goal of a healthy invironment

25. Simple, economic latrines protect families

26. Smoke in the kitchen is a major health hazard

27. Reducing smoke in the kitchen reduces upper respiratory illness Reducing wood consumption saves forests

28. Appropriate and economical designs

29. Hot water heating for showers and better hygiene

30. Clean school kitchens for food preparation

31. Instruction in safe chlorine use

32. Hygiene activities to support learning

33. Topographic studies to assist villages with proposals for water systems

34. Inspection of water systems to prevent contamination

35. Peace Corps Appropriate Technology and Healthy Schools team up with Agua Para La Salud to combat the cycle of infection