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Contents
Special Thanks..................................................................................................................2
Executive Summary .......................................................................................................... 3
2014: Focus of WASH in School Programme ...................................................................... 4
Activities .......................................................................................................................... 5
Highlights of This Year’s Programme ................................................................................. 6
Celebrations ..................................................................................................................... 7
Stakeholder’s Consultation/ Annual Meet ...................................................................... 8
Global Hand Washing Day Celebration with Involvement of Commercial Organization .....
Celebration of World Toilet Day ........................................................................................
Accolades Won by WinS Schools ....................................................................................... 8
Nurturing Creativity .......................................................................................................... 8
Impacts and Achievements ............................................................................................... 9
Condition of Pre and post situation of Maintenance Management and Hygiene Adoption in
Schools of WinS‐2014 ..................................................................................................... 10
List of Participating Schools ............................................................................................ 11
Image Gallery: ................................................................................................................ 26
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SpecialThanks:
Dr. Shashi Panja MoS Dept of Women & Child Development & Social Welfare
Kasturi Das, MLA, Maheshtala
M. Ashadur Rahaman (Chief field officer, UNICEF Kolkata)
S.N. Dave (WASH Specialist) Unicef
Kartik Chandra Manna –Chairman, DPSC and SSM Kolkata
Subhra Bhattacharya – DPO, SSM Kolkata & DI Primary Kolkata
Sundar Bandopaddhaya – Kolkata SSM
Bulan Bhattacharya – DPO, SSM Howrah
Zinnia Bhattacharya – Pedagogy Coordinator SSM, Howrah
Pulak Kanti Dev ‐ Chairman, DPSC, and Vice Chairman SSM, Howrah
Tapas Kr. Biswas DI (Secondary) Howrah
Mita Basu DI (Primary) Howrah
Dibendu Mukherjee – MMIC , Education Howrah Municipal Corporation
Ajbahar Ali Middey – Councillor, HMC
Shyamal Kr. Roy ‐ Councillor, HMC
Mitali Banerjee, MMIC, Education KMC
Sreedhar Mondal, Howrah Zilla Parishad, Education
Dr. R.M.Singh, Country Director, GOAL India
Anjan Sarkar, WASH Coordinator, GOAL India
Mr. Chandi Charan Dey, WASH Specialist
Dora Choudhury, SPLASH
Neepa Saha Sharma, CESC
Mr. Sandhi Mukherjee, Rtd IPS
Ms. Priyanka Ghosh Sammaddar, Save the Children
Mr. Surajit Neyogi, Action Aid India
Kolkata Town Hall
Avani Reverside Mall, Howrah
Tata Tele Services
Anandabazar Patrika, Ei Somay, Dainik Jagaran, 24 Ghanta
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ExecutiveSummary
Water supply and sanitation facilities in schools coupled with the promotion of hygiene have a great
influence on the quality of education received by school children, especially girls. This rule is
supported by a mass of evidence from around the world. It only holds true, however, if the facilities
provided are appropriately designed, well built, and are coupled with an effective management
system. Above all, the facilities provided must be ‘user Friendly’ ‐ easy for a child to use, and
providing a clean, safe and secure environment.
The benefits of improved school WASH are multiple; investing in improved WASH in Schools
conditions creates immediate, tangible benefits – not only inside the school environment but also in
communities by improving sanitation and hygiene practices. The outcomes of WASH in Schools not
only benefit health and education but also address environmental sustainability, climate change, and
the social and economic sectors. The myriad benefits of improved WASH in Schools are at the heart
of GOAL’s WASH in Schools programme. There is evidence that water supply, sanitation and hygiene
in schools lead to:
(i).Increased cognitive function and attention—due to improved nutrition and reduced health
problems; this includes for girls, who may become dehydrated due to drinking less than needed
because of concern over where to go to the toilet, and due to poor hygiene during menstruation.
(ii). Reduced days issued from school—due to reduced WASH related diseases such as diarrhea,
worms or urinary tract infections, or lack of adequate facilities to deal with girls’ hygiene needs
including during menstruation.,
(iii). More time on the learning task—due to access to safe water and sanitation on site. Schools
which lack access to water often require children to carry water long distances to school, thereby
reducing actual class teaching time and /or exhausting the children so that their learning is impeded,
(iv). Increased dignity and safety particularly for girls and for people with disabilities—due to
appropriate design and construction, appropriately sited latrines segregated by sex, including
increased privacy and reduced risk of sexual harassment,
(v). More effective school feeding programmes— due to better hygiene, access to clean drinking
water and resultant increased nutritional benefit.
WASH in Schools (WinS) fosters social inclusion and individual self‐respect. By offering an alternative
to the stigma and marginalization associated with hygiene issues, it empowers all students – and
especially encourages girls and female teachers. In recognition of the positive impact on girls’ school
attendance and achievement, this initiative is also addressing adolescent girls’ menstrual hygiene
management (MHM) needs through WinS programming.
The Child friendly WASH programme has been adopted, including hygiene promotion at all levels,
children, teachers, PTAs and Authorities parallel to considering new approaches in the programme
to achieve its goals, ensuring that WASH facilities will be Clean and dry, Well ventilated, Easy to
maintain, Gender segregation, Handicap friendly and Child friendly.
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2014:FocusofWASHinSchoolProgrammeSince 2005 to 2013 GOAL initiated water sanitation programme. Keeping in tune with demand, this
programme has been a landmark initiative of continuous intervention since the year 2005. During
this period 2005‐2014, WASH was implemented in 654 schools. However, focusing on hardware
support (water and sanitation) alone does not contribute towards adoption of appropriate hygiene
and sanitation behaviour. This realization motivated the redesigning of this year’s programme to
address these issues related to promotion of behaviour change in respect of adoption of improved
behaviour and hygiene education.
Along with severe shortage of safe drinking water and toilets or urinals in the school premises,
relevant literature also revealed the severe shortage of hygiene education and awareness. The
provision of water and sanitation services needed to be accelerated urgently together with
sustainable operation and maintenance, meaningful hygiene education, and consistent use of
facilities by all children and teachers. These facts were further reinforced by the baseline surveys
conducted within the scope of this programme. These considerations were underlined as
programme goals for the initial intervention by CLPOA in their WASH initiative for the schools. Under
the programmes supported by GOAL ‐ India, adequate infrastructural facilities were constructed to
provide safe drinking water and adequate number of urinals and toilets in the schools.
The project activities undertaken during the year look to achieve the following results:
Ensuring the initiatives of various stakeholders to enriching the school environment and as
well as students health.
Setup effective monitoring system of operation and maintenance of the facilities
Promote effective hygiene education and hygiene practice in the children
Raise awareness on clean environment in school and the community
Provide each child safe and healthy environments in school which will be promote to Nirmal
Vidyalya.
Scaling up the SLTS approaches in others district.
The school authorities and mothers were sensitized on the need to form the Child Cabinets and their
active cooperation was ensured in the formation and functioning of these cabinets where children
assume responsibilities in maintaining and operating the facilities constructed thus ensuring
sustainability of the WASH programme within the structures of school education system in the
country.
The issue of inadequacy of infrastructure was attempted to be addressed through construction
activities under this programme. Now, attempt was being made to introduce a systematic method of
personal hygiene education that has a direct and positive bearing on the health conditions of the
students and thus on their education. Moreover, this motivates the students to spread their new
found awareness in their social community outside school.
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Activities
The focus on behaviour change and empowerment of project participants through dissemination of
knowledge was facilitated through the following activities under the WinS programme:
1. E‐coli test was conducted on water samples of 12 schools where purifiers were installed six months ago. The documentation helped to ascertain whether purifiers have been successful in providing continuous supply of e‐coli free water to the students.
2. Development of Training module was undertaken by CLPOA and the same was shared teachers of upper primary schools of Howrah District.
3. Training was conducted with the help of the newly developed module for the upper primary
teachers at DPSC Office, Howrah. The training had facilitated by the members of the CLPOA‐WASH
team with assistance of Resource Persons.
4. Orientation was organized for representatives of School Development Committee / School
Management Committee and Teacher of 50 schools for strengthening the sustainability of activities
related to hygiene promotion.
5. Orientation Training was organized for representatives of Mother Teachers Associations in 50
schools during this period. This activity promoted the cause of spreading the hygiene messages from
school to community – which in turn impacted sustained practice of improved behaviour.
6. Puppet show was adopted as a vehicle for promoting hygiene messages among students and
community. The active participation of children was achieved by capacity building of students by
training them in developing a script and props along with conduction of performances. Selected
student of 8 schools’ participated at the training.
7. WASH review visit was conducted in 138 schools out of 243 schools covered under the scope of
the programme with the objective of verifying maintenance management and usage of facilities
provided in earlier years through this project. Activities related to data entry, compilation, report
preparation, etc done by an external consultant.
8. Stakeholder’s Consultation was conducted in the form of Annual Function organised where
exemplary achievers were felicitated for their effort in sustaining the WinS programme through
maintenance of facilities. The schools were selected after conducting evaluation visits in 343 schools
visited by CLPOA team.
9. Case stories were compiled to document the outstanding achievements / efforts of schools in the
areas of resource mobilization, community participation, implementation of system for
maintenance, establishing linkages with government departments and bringing in services, etc.
10. With the objective of disseminating the outstanding experiences of the schools in implementing
successful experiments in respect of sustaining the project efforts an e‐newsletter was developed
and the same was distributed electronically to all participating schools – twice this year.
11. Global Hand washing day and World toilet day was celebrated with the purpose of raising
awareness of students and community members on the issue of hygiene practice and safe sanitation
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HighlightsofThisYear’sProgrammeDevelopment of Training Module
Training modules were upgraded for Howrah district with help of the Chairman of DPSC & Vice
President Sarva Shiksha Mission, Howrah, SIs, AI and SSM, Howrah. This module published for the
capacity building and orientation of various target groups under the scope of this programme to
provide them adequate and relevant trainings on sanitation and hygiene. In addition to students,
teachers, School management committee and mothers were covered under the scope of these
trainings to ensure maximum percolation of messages to the community from the students. Schools
can serve as centres for bringing in change in outlook towards WASH issues in the families and
communities through school children who bring home lessons learnt on hygienic behaviour.
Teachers’ Training
The Government departments like School Education and SSM extended help to develop a training
module for teachers on school sanitation for schools in Howrah district. With the help of logistical
support of these departments, 3 days’ training was organized for of 16 upper primary schools
teachers and 22 primary schools during 2014 Programme. The objective of this training was to
conduct a joint training for the participants along with a follow‐up training in their respective
schools. In addition to the officials of SSM, Howrah and CLPOA, Mr. Chandi Charan Dey, from
Ramkrishna Mission Lok Shishka Parishad (RKMLSP) discharged the responsibilities of enlightening
the participants on various issues like UNCRC, RTE, and concept of child friendly schools,
prerequisites of a Nirmal Vidyalaya and roles and responsibilities of duty bearers in ensuring these
entitlements to children. Zinnia Bhattacharya, Pedagogy Coordinator Sarva Shiksha Mission, Howrah
also supported the activity as resource person. CLPOA WASH team facilitated the training to the
teachers of upper primary schools, the team developed presentations covering all the components
of newly developed module which was given to the participants to facilitate further training in their
school for orientation of other teachers.
SDC / SMC, MTA, Training of Child Cabinet and Teacher’s orientation in 50 schools for sustainability
of WinS programme. This orientation would help them to extend their support to the child cabinet.
The involvement of above stakeholders like teachers, managing committees, assumes huge
importance along with the role of children. Ultimate schools sanitation depends on SMC or SDC;
specially for maintaining facilities and for sharing knowledge. The plan developed by teachers or
child cabinet would be discussed with the managing committee members along with rest of the
teachers for better realization of school sanitation & hygiene.
WASH review visit of 654 schools for verification of facilities provided in earlier year through WASH
project. A survey format was developed in collaboration with GOAL and necessary compilation was
done for further use in WASH programme as learning/observation. The visit encouraged
maintenance of facilities and would be helpful for furthering hygiene promotion. The strategies for
good maintenance were identified through this visit and shared with other schools as well. A survey
report was developed and submitted to GI for future use.
WASH review visit was done in 243 schools for comparative study to verify maintenance of facilities
provided in earlier years of this project. Data entry, compilation, report, etc was done by consultant.
20 schools were awarded in Annual Function after visiting 671 schools. 343 schools visited by CLPOA
team and rest by another partner.
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Celebrations
Stakeholder’sConsultation/AnnualMeet�The implementing partners of GOAL’s WASH in School Programme, CLPOA and HDC on organized
the Annual Function on 10th December 2014 at the Kolkata Town Hall. Each year the annual function
is organized as part of the celebration of the efforts of the project team and the contribution of the
participating schools for their efforts in implementing a sustainable maintenance management of
water sanitation facilities and introducing hygiene education in schools under the scope of this
programme. This year, the programme celebrated the achievements of 634 schools from 6 districts
of West Bengal and felicitated 20 schools for best facility maintenance of toilets. A memento of
appreciation of best maintenance of wash facilities were given to 20 schools.
The programme was graced by presence of Dr. Shashi Panja, Hon’ble Minister In Charge, Women &
Child Development and Social Welfare, Govt. of West Bengal who was kind enough to be present
and address the congregation. Several dignitaries including Chairpersons of SSM Kolkata and
Howrah, members of Mayor – in – councils of HMC, KMC and other representatives of Government
departments and funding agencies also supported the programme by their presence.
Dr. Panja addressed the gathering and highlighted the importance of WASH in ensuring proper
development of children while emphasizing the focus attached to this issue under various
governmental schemes. Other speakers also stressed on the role of schools as the platform for
inculcating improved behaviour among students including practice of safe sanitation and hygiene.
Students presented an entertaining song and dance ensemble and puppet show on the theme of
WASH which was well appreciated by the packed audience.
GlobalHandWashingDayCelebrationwithInvolvementofCommercialOrganization�As a welcome deviation from the school based programme, this year’s celebration brought the
revelry to a public platform and converted the occasion into a grand spectacle on 15th October. The
venue of Avani Riverside Mall at Foreshore Road, Howrah provided the perfect backdrop for the
special occasion. The name of Avani Riverside Mall appeared in the discussion as it was the most
conspicuous commercial establishment in the vicinity of three participating schools of Howrah –
namely Sree Shiksha Sadan, Santi Vidyalaya and Sree Shitala Hindi Vidyalaya. The authorities of the
three schools drafted a joint petition to the Mall authorities, which was forwarded and
recommended by the local municipal councillor. The resultant discussion which followed this formal
plea ultimately crystallized to the gorgeous event of 15th October 2014. The elaborate programme
schedule was decked with performances by children from three schools. This provided the children
an opportunity to exhibit their skills in front of the general public that were present in the mall.
The public venue was also chosen as the platform to acknowledge the efforts of the successful
candidates who took part in the sit and draw completion held in run up to this celebration. All the
outstanding paintings were put up on display for the public to see and appreciate. The three winners
adjudged by the panel of judges were given prizes which were sponsored by Wildcraft.
Sri Pulak Kanti Dey, Chairman DPSC – Howrah graced the occasion with his presence and encouraged
the participating students to carry on the good work.
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CelebrationofWorldToiletDay�
Authorities of 23 school celebrated the day on 19 November 2014 through various programmes like
drawing competition, quiz contest, organizing rallies to raise public awareness on safe sanitation and
ills of open defecation, etc.
AccoladesWonbyWinSSchools
Shishu Mitra Puraskar (Child Friendly School Award) given by the State Government has been won
by the following schools which are covered under the WinS programme. This can be viewed as
recognition of the efforts undertaken by GOAL and CLPOA in improving the water sanitation and
hygiene scenario in the schools by the Government. This year, 4 schools in two district covered by
the WinS programme were decorated with this prestigious award. They were:
Sl Name of the School District
1 Fathepur Seva Samitte Kolkata
2 Jagatpur Rukmini Vidyamandir for Girls Kolkata
3 Bengal Engineering High School Howrah
4 Sarada Sangha Sishu Vidyalaya Howrah
In addition, 10 schools covered by the WinS programme of Howrah Municipal Corporation area
received the Light of Nirmal Vidyalaya Award for maintaining school hygiene. The prize has been
given on the occasion of Kanayshree Day 2014 by the Department of Social Welfare and District
Magistrate.
Out of the 50 schools covered under this programme this year, 48 schools participated in Nirmal
Vidyalaya Purashkar Competition and all 50 schools participated in the Nirmal Vidyalaya Abhiyan.
NurturingCreativity
Puppet show was adopted as a vehicle for promoting hygiene messages among students and
community. Towards this objective, children were trained through workshops in 8 schools. The
puppet shows conducted in 22 schools. The trained team of student puppeteers performed during
celebration of Global Hand washing Day and Annual Function at Mall and Town Hall.
61 girl students and 26 boy student were trained in the art of conduction a puppet show – including
puppet making, script writing and delivering a coordinated performance.
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ImpactsandAchievements
Progress in formation and Operationalization of Child Cabinets: Presently all the 50 schools covered by the programme in 2014 have vibrant child cabinet while in 43 of these schools did not have any concept of this kind before the intervention of the WinS programme. In addition to the formation of the cabinets, the working of the children’s body has been given a definite structure with maintenance of records and minutes of meetings. This is a marked improvement from the situation revealed in the baseline – where not any signal school kept any meeting documents of child cabinets meetings. After implementation of the WinS activities, presently 38 schools are maintaining records of monthly meetings of child cabinet.
Water Testing This year, 44 out of 50 schools undertook the activity of getting their water sources tested through their initiative. In 48 of these schools, this was not done in the previous year. This exercise while demonstrating increased awareness of the responsibility of authorities, it also helped to increase the general awareness of students on water quality related issues and importance of regular water quality monitoring exercise.
Hygienic Practice in Schools Presently 78% schools students were habituated in hand washing with soap at before taking mid day meal. This is a huge change in behaviour which has been supported by the initiative of the school in either supplying soap – or implementing a system to ensure that the children bring in their own supplies. This positive behaviour change is bound to influence positive health outcomes in future. Almost all students of all schools covered under this year’s programme have adopted improved usage of water and sanitation facilities installed under this programme. 46 out of 50 schools were found to be maintaining their facilities very well. This has been supported by availability of facilities like in latrine and hand washing stations.
Other impacts In addition, several other impacts were noted on the functioning of the WASH maintenance management and operation in schools. These may be enumerated as follows:
32% schools were developed mechanisms for development of message dissemination media for making other students aware of WASH related issues. This approach while grooming the inherent talents of the students also provided a scope for participation of students. This also enabled development of communications which can best communicate with other students.
24% schools were included health hygiene related question in examination paper. This attempt may be seen as a step in regularizing WASH in school curriculum – thereby increasing the importance of the issue.
20% schools were provided dustbins through requisition forwarded by child cabinets.
Presently 45 schools were checked personal hygiene in daily basis. This is also an attempt to mainstream WASH in school activity which in turn would ensure the sustainability of the WinS programme.
Through deliberate attempt of linking the duty bearers in related line departments, the programme was successful in achieving the cooperation of Howrah DPSC, SSM and local municipal councillors. This further helped the cause improving the general improvement of the school environment.
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Condition of Pre and post situation of Maintenance Management and Hygiene Adoption in Schools of WinS‐2014
Base line Survey Sheet
Present Situation after hygiene promotion
Total 50 School
(Present situation and maintenance strategy) Hygiene situation and maintanance strategy Others relevant observation
Is the existing toilet
clean?
What kind of fund
used for cleaning of
existing facilities?
Is there any
drinking water
facilities?
Is the drinking
water in the school
tested
?
Habit of hand
washing before
eating food
Maintained
Personal health
hygiene beh
aviour
of studen
ts (spl.
Nail, dress, hair,
etc)
Is there any Child
Cabinet or any
committee of
students?
They have keep
any
minutes of
meeting?
Did responsible
teachers actively
involved
in hygiene
or matter of child
cabinet?
Are the School
Participated
in
Nirmal V
idyalaya
Avijan, w
hich has
been initiated
SSM
Hh
Yes
No
SDF
Maintenance fund
Teachers fund
Mothers
contribution
Purified
water
Non purified
water
Yes
No
Nob
ody
som
e st
uden
ts
Mos
t stu
dent
s
Nob
ody
som
e st
uden
ts
Mos
t stu
dent
s
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
17 31 20 17 7 6 33 17 2 48 16 34 0 16 33 1 7 43 0 50 4 46 11 39
Total 50
School
Condition of infrastructures
Hand washing Child cabinet' initiatiatives
Clean
(Yes / No) If
unclean report the
reason in
the school
page
Functional (Yes / No), If
no, report the cau
se in
the school page along
with the school's
initiative
Soap
available in
the
toilet block (yes / no)
Queuing up for han
d
washing with soap
before m
id‐day m
eal has
become regu
larised (Yes
/ No)
Child
cab
itet form
ation
done
Child
cab
inets keep
recrds of their m
onthly
meetings (Yes / no)
Has the school
undertaken clean
inig of
water tank in the last
one year?
Water testing conducted
once in
a the current
year. (yes / no)
Frequency of toilet
clean
ing increased (yes /
no)
Contested for Nirmal
Vidalaya Abhiyan
in
2014 (yes / no)
46 46 28 39 50 38 37 44 38 49
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List of Participating Schools
Sl No Name of Schools
Enrolled
Students
Boys
Girls
Type
Category
1 Pallimangal Prathamik
Vidyalaya 123 66 57 Co‐ed Primary
2 Fatehpur Seva Samity Primary
School 296 171 125 Co‐ed Primary
3 Mahmoodia Primary School 180 80 100 Co‐ed Primary
4 Sir Syed Ahmad Free Primary
School (Urdu) 254 150 104 Co‐ed Primary
5 Briji Free Primary School 190 90 100 Co‐ed Primary
6 Sodepur G. S.F.P. School 160 88 72 Co‐ed Primary
7 Rashtria Hindi G.S.F.P. School 182 98 84 Co‐ed Primary
8 Netaji Vidyamandir G.S.F.P.
School 233 122 111 Co‐ed Primary
9 Barisha Purba Para High
School 750 380 370 Co‐ed U.P.
10 Preshnath Balika Bidyalaya 663 0 663 Girls U.P.
11 Adarsha Vidyamandir High
School 542 307 235 Co‐ed U.P.
12 Adarsha Vidyamandir Primary
School 174 100 74 Co‐ed Primary
13 Swaraswati Harijan Hindi
Primary School 192 87 105 Co‐ed Primary
14
Eastern Railway Hindi
Vidyalaya 160 90 70 Co‐ed Primary
15 Rastriya Vidyalaya 175 71 104 Co‐ed Primary
16 Shibpur Dinobandhu
Institution Branch 700 700 0 Boys U.P.
17 National Place Primary School 128 57 71 Co‐ed Primary
18 Bator Sikshayatan For Girls 150 0 150 Girls U.P.
19 Santragachi Bhanumati Girls’
High School 720 0 720 Girls U.P.
20 Saradamani Balika Vidyalaya 182 80 102 Girls U.P.
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Sl No Name of Schools
Enrolled
Students
Boys
Girls
Type
Catego
ry
20 Saradamani Balika Vidyalaya 182 80 102 Girls U.P.
21 Sri Shitala Hindi Vidyalaya 264 119 145 Co-ed Primary
22 Sri Siksha Sadan 317 159 158 Co-ed Primary
23
Chandi Vidyapith Primary School 260 163 97 Co-ed Primary
24 Dharsha Converted Jr. Basic
School 256 130 126 Co-ed Primary
25 Bantra Rajlakshmi Balika
Bidyalaya (Primary Section) 136 20 116 Co-ed Primary
26 Matilal Nehru Smrity Vidyalaya 190 94 96 Co-ed Primary
27 Netaji Subhas Vidyalaya 130 60 70 Co-ed Primary
28 Belgachia Surendra Nath Ghosh
Boys' High School 300 300 0 Boys U.P.
29 Garpa Primary School 120 65 55 Co-ed Primary
30 Botanic Garden Chittaranjan
Adarsha Vidyamandir 521 479 42 Co-ed U.P.
31 Shibpur Jasodamoyee Vidyalaya 286 261 25 Co-ed U.P.
32 Shibpur Bhabani Balika Vidyalaya 1225 0 1225 Girls U.P.
33 Shibpur Prasanna Kumari Balika
Sikshalaya 425 0 425 Girls U.P.
34 Arya Banimandir Girls' High
School 473 0 473 Girls U.P.
35 Hemnagar Hem Chandra Smriti
Vidyamandir (High School) 790 460 330 Co-ed U.P.
36 Kona Girls' Primary School 206 108 98 Co-ed Primary
37 Soudamani G.S.F.P. School 225 124 101 Co-ed Primary
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Sl No Name of Schools
Enrolled
Students
Boys
Girls
Type
Catego
ry
38 Bharadwaj Sikshasram 255 255 0 Girls Primary
39 Moukhali 2 No Prathamik
Vidyalaya 230 119 111 Co-ed Primary
40 Bengal Engineering College
Model School 821 534 287 Co-ed U.P.
41 Sri Bapu Vidyamandir 125 61 64 Co-ed Primary
42 Ichapur Girls’ High School 101 0 101 Girls U.P.
43 Howrah Sangha Adarsha Balika
Vidyalaya 350 0 350 Girls U.P.
44 Jogesh Chandra Girls’ Primary &
Junior Basic School 305 0 305 Girls Primary
45 Bantra Public Library
Sikshaniketan Prathamik Section 92 35 57 Co-ed Primary
46 Bantra Public Library Shikshs
Nikatan Girls H.S. 300 0 300 Girls U.P.
47 Garpar Primary School 152 81 71 Co-ed Primary
48 Sundarpara Primary School 293 192 101 Co-ed Primary
49 Garfa F.P.School 76 45 31 Co-ed Primary
50 Sarbodaya hindi Vidyalaya 296 139 157 Co-ed Primary
Total 15674 6740 8934
Gir
ls-
12
Pri
mar
y- 3
2
Total
Bo
ys –
2
Up
per
P
rim
ary
-
18
Co
-Ed
–
36
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Success Stories
New thinking and innovation has often spelled success for many schools in ensuring sustained
management and maintenance of water‐ sanitation facilities. At the same time, such individual
brilliance could be relegated as an exception which may not be replicated in other sites and
situations. Adarsha Vidyamandir Primary School scores vital points through their effort in developing
a standard strategy from alternative thinking – thereby making replication possible in other schools.
Just like the numerous primary schools in the country – plagued by lack of water – sanitation
infrastructure, the environmental sanitation scenario of Adarsha Vidyamandir was unhealthy.
Inadequate, unclean toilet block along with nauseating stench was what the school offered its
students. Safe drinking water was not available. The open space in front of the school, which was
meant for use as playground, was always filled with garbage and debris.
The WinS intervention organized by CLPOA with support from GOAL helped to alleviate these
infrastructural shortcomings of the school. Modern toilet block and facilities of purified drinking
water was made available through this programme.
Despite the construction of facilities, maintenance management continued to be a pressing problem.
This resulted in little improvement of the environment of the school. Toilets continued to be dirty
and unfit for usage.
In order to resolve this stalemate, the software initiates were taken up which focused on building
sustainable management strategies. Sensitization of students on their responsibilities and guiding
them to discharge such responsibilities through the structure of child cabinet became a corner stone
SmallBeginningtoBigLeadership:SmallBeginningtoBigLeadership:
ChildCabinetMembers lead theway for implantationofsustainablehandwashingpracticeinAdarshaVidyamandirPrimarySchool
h ll d d li f d ib d d i h i i i
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of this strategy. This method soon began to bear fruit as the child
cabinet members not only ensured proper maintenance of the
facilities, they went a step ahead in proposing to contribute the
soap required to implement the practice of hand washing for all
students before eating mid day meal.
“The offer by the child cabinet members to contribute the soap
and implement hand washing in the school catapulted us to
devise a strategy which could provide a scope to all students to
contribute their part and feel proud of their contribution for
improving the condition of their school” says Sri Ajit Kumar Rajak,
the Head master.
“We took up the matter for discussion with School Management
Committee and the member of the MTA” he informs. “The
solution that emerged from these discussions paved the way for
implementing a structured strategy which can sustain the supply
of consumables for effectively implementing hand washing in
school.”
“We conduct examinations thrice a year” says the Head master.
“We decided that each child will contribute a soap bar each during
each session of examination. This will help us to develop a stock of
100 to 110 soap bars – which would be enough to run the
programme for three months. As we would near exhausting the
stock of soap, we would also have another exam session coming
up to help us replenish the supplies. Through this strategy, our
supplies would be replenished thrice a year” explains the teacher.
“In order to keep the financial implication to minimum, we decided that uniform contribution would
be made for soap bars costing Rs.5/‐ each” he adds.
During the first session, 75 soaps were collected which has helped to kick start the hand washing
campaign in the school.
“We are going to sustain this strategy permanently” says “Sinki Kumari, Prime Minister of the Child
Cabinet. “This will help to support the hand washing exercise sustainably in the school without
putting a huge financial burden on our families” she adds.
Adarsha Vidyamandir has mobilized the students through intensive sensitization which has led to
this renewed interest in implementation of hygiene practice and facilities management in school.
This can well serve as a model for other schools struggling to implement a structured WASH regime
in their institutions.
“We are going to sustain this
strategy permanently which will
help to support the hand washing
exercise sustainably in the school
without putting a huge financial
burden on our families”
(Sinki Kumari)
PrimeMinister
(AdarshaVidyamandirHowrah)
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As a welcome deviation from the school based programme, this year’s celebration brought the revelry to a
public platform and converted the occasion into a grand spectacle on 15th October. The venue of Avani
Riverside Mall at Foreshore Road, Howrah provided the perfect backdrop for the special occasion. The
celebration of health, wellness and joyous lives achieved through practice of improved hygiene is propagated
through the event and the special festive decor of the shopping mall just added that extra bit of glitterati to
the event.
The choice of this venue cropped up as a surprise. While discussing sustainability efforts for maintenance of
the WES facilities in the school, the staff members of CLPOA suggested approaching the commercial
establishments in the locality which are taking up philanthropic activities with renewed interest. The name of
Avani Riverside Mall appeared in the discussion as it was the most conspicuous commercial establishment in
the vicinity of three participating schools of Howrah – namely Sree Shiksha Sadan, Santi Vidyalaya and Sree
Shitala Hindi Vidyalaya.
The authorities of these three schools drafted a joint petition to the Mall officials, which was forwarded and
recommended by the local Municipal Councilor. The resultant discussion which followed this formal plea
ultimately crystallized to the gorgeous event of 15th October.
The elaborate programme schedule was decked with performances by children from three schools located in
the proximity of the venue which were integral part of the WASH in School Programme. This programme
provided the children an opportunity to exhibit their skills in front of the general public, present in the mall, –
which is known for its high footfall.
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Children demonstrated the steps involved in healthy hand washing. They
also staged a glove puppet show on the theme of importance of hand
washing to combat ailments – which was scripted and prepared as part of
the activities aimed at ensuring children’s participation under the scope of
the WinS programme.
The public venue was also chosen as the platform to acknowledge the
efforts of the successful students who took part in the sit and draw
competition held in run up to this celebration. All the outstanding
paintings were put up on display for the public to see and appreciate. The
three winners adjudged by the panel of judges were given prizes which
were sponsored by Wildcraft.
Keeping up with the nature of public programme, the programme was
spiced up with questions quizzing the awareness of members of the public
on the issue of hand washing and hygiene. Some questions were also
asked on the performances staged by the children. Successful
respondents were given small gifts as token of appreciation of their
participation, it also helped to entertain and retain their interest to the
programme.
The programme was high in attendance and was generously covered by
the press fraternity. The Honorable Chairman, District Primary School
Council – Howrah, Sri Pulak Kanti Dev added to the success quotient of
the programme by generously agreeing to attend the occasion along with
a number of School Inspectors from the district. Sri Dev interacted with
the children and encouraged their efforts. The media briefing on role of
district council in expanding the practice of improved hygiene in schools
was also conducted.
The entire team of WASH and management of CLPOA devoted time and energy to ensure success of the
programme.
A report on the celebration must gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the management of Avani
Riverside Mall and its CEO – Sri Subir Das, who kindly consented to provide the venue – free of charge. Avani
Mall arranged all the sponsors for prizes and gifts which were distributed during the event. Sri Das, an
entrepreneur with difference has been keen in perusing the social responsibilities of business beyond the call
of statutory regulations. In his personal capacity, he is involved with a number of philanthropic activities which
is his way of returning to the society – which given sustenance to all. Sri Das and his team committed their
future cooperation to the cause, which was another great take away from the event.
As a gesture of their support to the cause of promoting hygiene education among children, Avani Mall also
arranged to provide all the three participating schools with a gift hamper each of which included supplies of
cleaning and maintaining consumables for the toilet blocks of the school which has been constructed under
the scope of the WinS programme.
“… Our organization has always
taken social commitment
seriously. This involvement in the
Global Hand Washing Day
programme is reaffirmation of this
pledge to give back with thanks a
part of what this society gives us
for sustenance”
SubirDas
ChiefExecutiveOfficer
(AvaniRiversideMall,Howrah)
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“The positive effects of intervention by the Howrah Municipal Corporation in improving the general
environment of the city through provision of improved civic amenities are being manifested throughout the
city. The special consideration for ensuring cleaner and healthier schools forms an integral part of this mission”
says Sri Shyamal Roy – the Councilor of Ward No. 44 of HMC who has earned the fame of being an innovator
through his novel approach of providing services to this constituency within the short span of 9 months in
office.
“Financial stringency has often forced many schools to accord low priority to maintenance of sanitation
facilities – leading to increase of disease burden among children. Our situation was not different. This necessity
promulgated action on part of the School’s Managing Committee to approach the local Councilor for help”
recalls Sri Sachin Guchait, the Secretary of the SMC. “The lack of proper system of disposal of solid and liquid
waste in the area severely polluted the environment.”
“On being approached by the school authorities, for assistance to improve the environment of the school and
its adjoining areas, we first identified the specific problems of infrastructure and addressed it methodically
within the scope of our jurisdiction as civic service providers” explains Sri Roy. “We conducted detailed
discussion with the school authorities and also involved the people from the local community to understand
their roles in keeping the locality clean.” he adds.
“We started our intervention with provision of a permanent garbage collection vat just outside the school
where the school can empty its daily waste. Similarly, the neighbouring plots can also use the vat which
eliminated the practice of dumping garbage in the drain – causing its congestion and flooding during rains. We
solicited the cooperation of the community and as of date, the people have responded well, making our task
easier. We have installed a system where by garbage is cleared everyday from the vat thereby ensuring a
pollution free environment. In addition, we have mobilized the conservancy workers to ensure that the sewer
and drains are kept free of all congestions. This also contributed to the improvement of the environment.
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In addition to these services, on our request and facilitation by the honorable Councilor, we are getting
supplies of bleaching powder. The Corporation is also regularly spraying
insecticide inside the school premises as part of its environment
improvement programme.” says Sri Guchait.
“We have initiated measures to mobilize the staffs employed by HMC
under 100 days’ employment scheme to periodically maintain the school
premises like clearing of undergrowth from the field. We have encouraged
the schools to participate in the social forestry scheme of the Corporation
and plant trees to beautify the school premises” says the Councilor.
“On request, the HMC staffs also undertake the work of cleaning up the
school premises after conduction of any special celebration here” informs
the Head of the institution Smt. Mithu Datta Karar.
“The members of the Child Cabinet formed in the school under the “WASH
in School” intervention have been an important catalyst in ensuring
compliance by all students to comply with this system. They have set an
example of disciplined regimentation” acknowledges Sri Roy lauding the
role of the students.
The successful experience at the Betor Shikshayatan has encouraged the
HMC Councilor to extend this service to all 5 schools within his Ward, thus
benefitting schools outside the purview of WinS programme with
innovations promulgated by this project.
During course of this discussion, Sri Roy elucidated his plans to further his
initiative aimed at improving maintenance and management of WES
facilities. “Allocation of funds for maintenance is a huge problem for all
schools. The problem assumes the stature of a crisis especially when
amounts are to be allotted for remunerating maintenance staffs to clean
the toilets. In most cases, well meaning organizations like CLPOA and GOAL
have provided the infrastructure, but due to lack of maintenance the entire
investment often arrives at the brink of collapse” says the Councilor,
putting things in perspective.
“This is a common problem for all schools. However, Betor Shikshayatan
has been the first to request us for a sustainable solution to this problem.
Accordingly, we are mulling the option of mobilizing the staffs from the
sanitation wing in providing this service to all schools under this Ward” he
informs.
The School Management Committee was optimistic that this service could save the school around Rs. 1000/‐
per month which can be used for enhancing the supply of hand washing consumables and strengthening other
hygiene promotion activities.
“As a Councilor of HMC, I have committed all support to the schools to improve
their environment – including civic amenities, as we
consider it to be a crucial link in achieving overall
development of Howrah.
ShyamalRoy
Councilor
HowrahMunicipalCorporation
WardNo.44
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Parents send their children to school with the hope that they will receive quality education – including
improved behaviour and conduct which will help them to negotiate the difficult terrains of life in future.
However, parents of Moukhali No.2 Primary School were in for a surprise – when students took up the onus of
spreading hygiene education within the community and disseminating messages of improved practice of
health and hygiene.
“My students come from background of minority community – burdened with severe financial disadvantage”
informs Ms. Mina Saha, the Headmistress of the school. “Most being first generation learners, have very little
backup support from family members – either by way of help in academics or in the form of role models to
emulate and practice improved personal attitude and behaviour” she continues.
“When the WinS programme was introduced in our school in 2011, the infrastructure constructed under the
scope of the project first exposed the children to improved facilities and practice. However, educating them to
use and maintain these facilities proved to be a challenge since then as minimum support was absent in their
home to guide them in adopting safe sanitation and hygiene practice. The dismal water – sanitation – hygiene
situation in their home, in turn, resulted in high incidences of illness among children – despite having proper
WES infrastructure in the school” says the teacher, explaining the past scenario in the school. “This situation
problem promulgated us to consider reaching out to the communities to propagate messages of safe
sanitation and hygiene” she summed up.
Most mothers possess very poor knowledge of hygiene. Thus, it cannot be expected that they will take up the
responsibility of inculcating good practice among their children. This situation deteriorates further with lack of
proper understanding of the sanitation – hygiene and disease control cycle.
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The school regularly disseminates hygiene education among children through the activities of the Child Cabinet
which functions in the school. These children regularly visit the
community and conduct ‘awareness camps’ on specific issues like hand
washing, benefits of constructing household toilets, importance of
consuming safe water etc. The teachers participate actively in these
camps to assist the children. Through use of rhymes and aids like
posters, hygiene messages are delivered in the camps.
Children also organize rallies displaying health and hygiene related
messages on placards and cover localities in vicinity of the school –
disseminating messages. Although the efforts received lukewarm
response in the beginning, with passage of time support and enthusiasm
among the community have increased considerably – which is being
manifested in the ever growing number of students participating in the
event at the behest of their parents. “Now people stop by the rally and
take active interest in learning about the messages disseminated
through the posters” says the Head of the institution.
The women members of the self help groups entrusted with the
responsibility of cooking the mid day meals have also been another
major target area of hygiene education.
“Most of the members of the SHGs are mothers whose children attend
this school. Thus, inculcating positive behaviour change in them also
helps in disseminating the message to other community members”
asserts the Head of the institution.
The system of washing hands with soap and water before eating mid day
meal have been implemented religiously in this school. Soap has been
provided in all the toilets for sustaining the practice. At home too,
parents have started practicing hand washing at critical times. Water
hygiene and food hygiene training have also been imparted to the group.
“We have adopted a nuanced approach of handling this issue to
accommodate religious considerations. In the beginning, many members
of the community said that it was a religious compulsion to wash hands
with soil after defecation. We asked them to touch soil and then wash
hand with soap, thoroughly – thereby safeguarding the religious norm
while preserving hygiene.”
The school has created an enviable kitchen garden in the roof top. The small garden has started to fetch
vegetables recently – adding to the nutritive component of the mid day meal. Parents of children with
knowledge of agriculture have contributed to this effort through provision of technical guidance – thus making
it another collaborative effort of the school authorities and the guardians.
The multidimensional activities of Moukhali No.2 Primary School, conducted through the Child Cabinet, have
thus been successful in achieving exemplary relation with adjacent communities and have taken notable steps
to usher in behaviour change to improve health and hygiene scenario in the area.
“Efforts of the school to
improve hygiene practice by
children have to be backed up
by efforts of parents at home.
The poor level of knowledge
and practice of hygiene among
mothers promulgated us to
consider this community
sensitization programme”
MinaSaha
HeadMistress
MoukhaliPrimarySchool
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“I had been a student of this school.” says Mithu Ghosh, a member of the MTA at National Place Primary
School. “During our time it was just a shack, devoid of any infrastructure. However, the situation has improved
with the concentrated effort of the teachers. Students can now avail all infrastructural facilities in proper
toilets and safe drinking water supplies. Thus it becomes our moral responsibility to chip in our support in
whatever small way we can help the school in sustaining their good work” says Smt. Ghosh.
“It is a matter of mutual appreciation”, explains Smt. Sonali Mukherjee, one of the three teachers of the
school. “The students come from a background of severe financial deprivation. Despite this disadvantage, the
remarkable enthusiasm of the parents to ensure proper education for their children is to be seen to be
believed. Even within their meager means, they garner all support to the school to help maintain and improve
the quality of education provided here” says Smt. Mukherjee.
“In many school, parents contribute for maintenance of the facilities. What puts the parents of our school in
different league altogether is their personal involvement in the development of the school. It is not merely
financial or material contribution” she says. “Let us consider an example. This broom you see has been
personally made by Mithu Ghosh from coconut leaves fetched from trees in her home. Every alternate month,
she provides us her labour of love” she clarifies.
Her face lights up at the sense of appreciation. “We also love to present something created in our hands – it
exhibits our appreciation for the efforts the teachers are putting to make the future of our children better
while helping them in sustaining their effort” she says.
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“The mothers contribute the monthly supplies of soaps required for
hand washing. In addition, they also provide us with other consumables
like phenol, bleaching powder and toilet cleaner. The school gratefully
acknowledges their contribution” says the grateful Head Mistress.
The school under its statutory obligation has formed the Child Cabinet
and the Mother‐Teacher Association. Under these structures, the
responsibilities have been allocated which through proper guidance of
the WinS programme have taken the form of a robust system.
Parents of almost all of the students have been cooperating with the
initiative. The MTA maintains a register of materials with a roster of
names to keep track of the responsibility to provide the consumables
each month, which the parents have equitably distributed among
themselves. Members of the MTA shoulder additional responsibility of
collecting the supplies and delivering them to the school within 10th of
every month.
“The social atmosphere of the slums where we live, provide very little
scope to enlighten our children on improved behaviour – including
practice of hygiene. The exemplary effort of the school in inculcating
these good habits will help them to walk the journey of their lives.” says
Priyanka Dutta, another mother. “In turn, we are learning from our
children about practice of improved hygiene and then trying to
disseminate the same among neighbours. For example – I was never
aware of the various steps of healthy hand washing. Now, I have learnt it
from my child and in turn have taught it to some of my neighbors who
are willing to learn” she says with a sense of pride.
“The ever increasing overhead cost of operation is severely effecting our
capability to spend for maintenance of infrastructure, especially WASH
facilities which were constructed in our school in 2012” says Smt.
Mukherjee, the Teacher In Charge. “The enthusiastic participation of the
parents have ensured maintenance of the toilets constructed through the WASH in School Project and
sustenance of the hygiene practice among children. Hand washing before taking mid day meal is a total
success with 100% participation in our school which had been made possible through the contribution of the
parents.”
“The members of the SHGs who are entrusted with the job of operating the mid day meal facility, also have
their children attending this school. They take additional responsibility to ensure cleanliness and hygiene
maintenance in the process of cooking and distributing. They have made their own protective masks at home
which they wear during providing the services.” informs the head of the institution.
The overwhelming impact of empowering parents through information dissemination and following it up by
ensuring their participation and involvement in school activities were demonstrated in the small primary
school tucked in a corner of the suburb of Howrah, where these mothers coming from disadvantaged
backgrounds have almost started a revolution for the improvement of the future of their children.
WinS Project is proud to have facilitated this effort!
“The efforts to inculcate improved
behavior in our children deserves
our support. Ultimately, it is all for
our future.
MithuGhosh
MTAMember
NationalPlacePrimarySchool
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“Ushering in a change in behaviour among students was not easy. However, the teachers devoted a
concentrated effort – involving discussion, counselling, demonstration which was supported by the
administrative will of the school management committee. And ultimately you see the result.” Smt. Tanu Ray,
Head Mistress of Shibpur Bhabani Balika Vidyalaya was explaining the road map through which her school
achieved a marvellous feat which deserves generous applause.
As a result of the efforts of the school administration, 100% students of the school are bringing their own
supplies of soap strips to wash their hands before eating the mid day meals.
“Hand washing is a vital step for ensuring healthy life. Through various sensitization campaigns we have made
the children aware of the appropriate times and appropriate method of washing hand. The WinS programme
has been a crucial catalyst in generating this awareness.” she says. “However, the school could not shoulder
the responsibility of supplying hand washing consumables – primarily due to financial constraints. Later we
realized that school supplies will be limited within the premises of the school. This warranted us to think of a
solution which will be available with the girls even when outside school. This was the genesis of instituting the
practice of bringing soap strips for hand washing” she explains.
The implementation of the scheme started with the sensitization and training of children on hand washing.
Simultaneously, the school discussed the issue with members of the guardian’s forum and took them aboard
before issuing a formal notice whereby all the students were instructed to bring their supplies of soap strip.
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“The concurrence of the guardians was vital in ensuring success of the scheme” says Smt. Ray. After discussing
the importance of hand washing with them, the parents has taken an important part in ensuring that their
wards follow the practice.” she informs. “We ensured that the financial burden on the parents is restricted to
minimum. Each set of soap strip costs around Rs.4 and for the entire
month, a child would ideally require 3 sets. This restricts the financial
cost to Rs. 12 per month. We pitched our plea to the guardians,
requesting them to consider this cost against the positive impact of
health outcomes. This won their confidence”.
Compliance of instruction was also streamlined through the involvement
of the child cabinet which has been instituted through the active support
of the WinS programme. The health minister and members of the
standing committee conducts regular checks before distribution of the
mid day meals to ensure that each child washes her hand with her own
supplies of soap strip.
Universal participation of all students is a tall claim to make. The
monitoring team conducted three surprise visits during the month of
September 2014 and conducted sample survey on 170 children to see
whether each were carrying their soap strips. On 04.09.14 the team
checked with 63 students, 11.09.14 examined 42 students and on
18.09.14, the monitoring team surveyed 65 girls. On all occasions, 100%
students were found to be carrying their own soap strips.
The surveys were documented and the results jointly vetted by the
monitoring team on behalf of the WinS programme and the school
authorities.
“The soap strips in their school bag is like a health insurance policy –
wherever they go. Hand washing is now not only limited to the lunch
time. However, the regime of monitoring and sensitization has to be
continued sustainably until the practice becomes a culture in the school
which is handed down from generation to generation of students” says
Smt. Ray. “Till such time we cannot afford to be complacent” says the
head mistress.
“The soap strips in their school
bag is like a health insurance
policy – wherever they go. Hand
washing is now not only limited to
the lunch time”
TanuRay
HeadMistress
ShibpurBhabaniBalikaVidyalaya
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Dr. Raj Mohan Singh, Country
Director, GOAL INDIA
M. Ashadur Rahaman (Chief Field Officer, UNICEF, West Bengal)
Shri Kartik Manna–Chairman, Sarva Shiksha Mission‐ Kolkata
Dr. Shashi Panja, Hon’ble Minister In Charge, Women & Child Development and Social Welfare, Govt. of West Bengal
Shri Pulak Kanti Deb ‐ Chairman, District Primary School Council,
Howrah
Shri Dibendu Mukherjee – MMIC , Education, Howrah Municipal
Corporation
Smt. Kasturi Das, MLA,
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Global Hand Washing Day
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