WASH for School Program to be Scaled Up across 400 schools in Assam

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Guwahati,

A high level team consisting of the Axom Sarba Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) Mission, Govt. of Assam and UNICEF  visited   rural primary schools in Kamrup district, Assam, today  to review the strategic  intervention of Group Handwashing with Soap before  mid-day meals.
As part of the  DHaAL  (Daily Handwashing for an Ailment-free Life ) – Fit for School  project, team members had an opportunity to see the low-cost and high impact innovations demonstrating group handwashing with soap before mid-day meals. These are being implemented  as a part of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Schools initiative.
“We visited Sajjanpara Lower Primary School under Rani Block and Dahali Lower Primary School under Rampur block in Kamrup district to review the progress of the WASH programme initiated two years ago. So far we have covered 100 schools and plan to scale it up to 320 more government  schools,” said Dr.Tushar Rane, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Assam.
The corporate partnership has helped reach out to over 20,000 children across the country over the past three years and sets the way forward for similar corporate engagement initiatives supporting access to safe drinking water and sanitation for children in schools.

The delegation interacted with teachers, School Management Committees, students, mothers’ group during the field visit and were accompanied by  Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Assam team working under the WASH in Schools component of Child Friendly Schools and Systems Programme.

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