SCHOOL WASH TEMEKE
The intervention in All 24 schools involving construction of new WASH facilities and rehabilitation of existing ones focusing mainly on capacity development for management and sustaining services and behavior change to teachers, school committees, LGA leaders and pupils.
Project implementation approach
SAWA implemented school WASH project in collaboration with Temeke Municipal Council team. SAWA uses capacities developed by UNICEF like using the trained artisans and municipal mobilization team WAHECO (Multi-sectorial team from Water, Health, Education and Community Development) for the capacity building activities at school and community levels. School committees were facilitated to be able to monitor the implementation and be able to comment for improvement. Also, SAWA shared lessons with Temeke WASH partners and other likeminded organizations on the low cost technologies agenda as part of looking at possibility of reducing costs of sanitation facilities in schools.
SWASH situation before intervention
The status of existing facilities was bad, some had broken pans, urinals were not functioning, wall cracks, broken doors and roof, no privacy walls and they needed rehabilitation, some of toilets blocks required full replacement by new blocks because it was impossible to rehabilitate existing facilities as they were small in size and the pits were broken. Majority of the boys’ blocks had no urinals and those with were in bad condition either blocked so they were not functioning there was no special room for MHM in all 24 schools as well no hand washing, also only two school had toilets for children with disability around the school. additionally, some of schools had no water supply, other schools had reliable water supply, although some of them did not fulfill the demand, therefore, rehabilitation, installation of pump and addition of storage facilities where done.
Achievements
- Improved access to Sanitation in all 24schools through Rehabilitation existing toilet blocks with a total of : 232DHs for Pupils; 113for boys and 119 for girls
30DHs for Teachers Both female and male
8DHs for Pupils with mental Disabilities and 1DH fixed with supports
and construction of new toilets block with consideration of stances for pupils with disabilities and adolescent girls; a total of 318DHs for pupils; 137for Boys and 181Girls, 23DHs for Pupils with physical
42DHs Teachers (both female and male)

- Access to Hand washing facilities: None of the school had hand washing facilities. SAWA has managed to construct total of 46 units with 138 outlets in pupil’s blocks and installed 31 ceramic hand washing facilities for single user for teachers and pupils with disabilities inside the toilets


- Mural drawings with hygiene messages: In all schools Murals were drawn on toilets walls. An average of 10 drawings (with five steps of hand washing, soap, water drop, indication of pupils with disability, and waste bins) were printed in each school. members of CTC clubs (SWASH Clubs) with talents and interest were engaged to develop their own ideas and messages relating to SWASH behaviours especially with reflection of practices in their surrounding communities. Key messages were pasted on the walls by artist to encourage behaviour change with emphasis on handwashing with soap at critical times. Also the language used was simple to attract children to read and practice ( making it FUN).
- Improved hygiene behaviors among pupils in all schools through strengthening capacities to teachers in delivering effective hygiene education– A number of trainings were conducted to pupils, health and environment teachers
O&M plans for SWASH developed and functional through strengthening of school management Committees.