1. Scaling Up Strategy for WASH in Schools in Zambia MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EARLY EDUCATION

2. Pop: Approx 15 mio Pop. dens 21/sq km Approx 9000 schools, of which 1/3 community schools

3. Background – Studies Carried Out The Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP) in 2009 The bottleneck analysis by MESVTEE and UNICEF in 2012 Mid Term Review of the National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (NRWSSP) by Ministry of Local Government and Housing EMIS data interpretation All identified constraints to delivery of WinS

4. KEY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED In 2012 > 80% of Schools did not have adequate sanitation facilities (Bottleneck analysis/ proposal for interim package) 58.5% Government school coverage with permanent toilets (MESVTEE 2013) - BUT most often high pupil:toilet ratios community schools not counted 35% of facilities non-functional (Sustainability checks, UNICEF, 2012) Generally: lack of Handwashing facilities at schools & Handwashing as practice poorly adopted Lack of comprehensive WASH in Schools Standards & Guidelines (including hardware AND software) Limited consultation & coordination with MESVTEE Poor monitoring & reporting on key WASH indicators

5. Impact of Sanitation on Girls’ enrollment, repetition, dropout KEY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED enrollment

6. Impact of Sanitation on Girls’ enrollment, repetition, dropout KEY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED repetition

7. Impact of Sanitation on Girls’ enrollment, repetition, dropout Resources for coverage linked to high cost/school KEY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED dropout

8. UNICEF/DFID – CLTS-SLTS in 35+ districts in all provinces UNICEF/Netherlands – School WASH & Water supply in 20+ districts SPLASH/USAID – school WASH (has come to end) in Eastern Province 5 districts African Development Bank – CLTS-SLTS in Western Province (kicking off now) Wins4Girls/Government of Canada – MHM guidelines/toolkit Number of other partners / NGOs MAIN WASH IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMMES - RURAL

9. National Technical Committee (NTC) on WASH in Schools hosted by MESVTEE – June 2014 Important role in harmonization of interventions & Coordination SLTS guidelines/manual development Advocacy Improvement of WASH monitoring (e.g. inclusion of key WASH indicators in EMIS) Key WASH indicators in EMIS; Hardware: including functionality - Handwashing - Waste disposal - Menstrual Hygiene Management (privacy, sanitary education and pads…) - Operation and Maintenance and WASH committee KEY ACHIEVEMENTS - UPSTREAM

10. National WASH standards / SLTS guidelines & Training Manual (2014) Including 3 star certification Current distribution ongoing (2000 copies; incl flash cards, handwashing catalogue) Used for training of 40 districts. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS - UPSTREAM

11. Menstrual Hygiene Management MHM Thematic Working Group under National Technical Committee created in 2012 MHM pilot study with WaterAid/UNICEF concluded in 2013. Under Splash, MHM toolkit developed Since Oct 2014: Wins4Girls MHM Formative Qualitative Research in 2 districts. Collaboration with GRZ/Emory University/UNZA/CIDRZ Outputs expected end 2015 > produce National Guidelines > produce toolkit/minimum package for scaling up KEY ACHIEVEMENTS - UPSTREAM

12. Adoption of Interim Comprehensive WASH Package in 2013 - as response to provide solution for scaling up sanitation status in rural Government schools Cost of design approx. USD1000/drophole = divided by approx. 2.5 toilet:pupils ratio brought down to 1:50 -> For same cost, possible to target 4x more schools + HARDWARE-SOFTWARE integration In line with SLTS Guidelines (hygiene practices / outreach) Mass hand washing station MHM + Girls privacy + washing facility KEY ACHIEVEMENTS – UPSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM

13. Interim Design KEY ACHIEVEMENTS – UPSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM

14. Low cost design for community schools since 2015 provide sanitation solution for needy schools: < USD 500 affordable on proper funding Integrated with sanitation marketing –> local masons + MHM + mass handwashing station … KEY ACHIEVEMENTS – UPSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM Original latrine design USD2500/ drophole pupil:toilet 30:1 2013 Interim design USD1000/drophole pupil:toilet 50:1 INCL of practices (software) 2014 Low cost design < USD500/drophole pupil:toilet ratio 50:1 Community Schools X4X2 Schools reached with same budget

15. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS – UPSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM

17. Further scaling up needed!!- sanitation and Grouped Handwashing (Planned implementation in school feeding prgrm) Long term adoption of WASH package - discussion ongoing Mobile 2 Web monitoring of WASH in Schools indicators (will start in 17 districts) MHM: additional qualitative research needed specifically on reusable sanitary pads MHM toolkit / guidelines rollout in Zambian schools following the development of MHM toolkit/guidelines Quantitative Impact study of WASH package on Girls learning (attendance-enrolment-…) – PUT research in action WAY FORWARD

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