Toilets for 3 rural schools in Southern India

Summary

Toilets for 3 rural schools comprising of 1690 girls & 2063 boys to prevent drop-outs specially among girls, to reduce indicience of diseases and to provide good learning environment

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Poor toilet facilities or absence of toilets in schools have an impact on the education and health of the children. Children defecatiing in open are prone to infectious diseases such as diarrhea, intestinal worms thus leading to absenteeism which affects their studies. Further, adolescent girls stop attending schools due to absence of toilets. Project involves renovating the poor toilet infratrucrure which lacks doors & other basic ameninties so that the children starts making use of the toilets

Activities

Project involves renovating the floor, water closets, sewage pipes, painting of walls, handwashing facilities, piped water , doors, sanitary napkin incinerators (facility highly appreciated by girls and teachers).

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $0
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $6,900
Total Funding Goal: $6,900

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project is a life long investment in the school. Annually it will serve 3753 children in the 3 schools. Morever children will inculcate the habit of using toilets and which will have a positive influence in their family and communities

Project Message

Sanitation is the number one preventive medicine.
- Jack Sim, Founder, World Toilet Organization

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Deepa Chaudhary,
Director
19 Toa Payoh West
Singapore, Singapore 318876
Singapore
-6563528921
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

World Toilet Organization
19, Toa Payoh West
Singapore, Singapore 318876
Singapore
(65) 63528921
http://www.worldtoilet.org

Learn more about World Toilet Organization and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Health.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 20, 2008.

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