HANDWASHING WITH SOAP(HWWS)

PROJECT IMPLEMENTED BY CACR

(AUG 2016 TO APRIL 2017)
LET’S START WITH A RIDDLE
ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE IS:
 AIM AND OBJECTIVES
Aim : Is to inculcate a BEHAVIOURAL (HABIT) change in students for life to wash hands with soap (not
just water) at CRITICAL TIMES and prevent diseases.

 RATIONALE
• Lower-socio economic background : increased susceptibility to diseases
• 3.7 Million: Number of children aged 1 months to 4 years that died in 2013
• Minimal exposure to good hygiene practices at home
• Poor attendance and health in schools
• Habit of washing hands only with water
• Non-availability of soap
 DESIGN AND USP (UNIQUE SELLING POINT) OF THE PROJECT

 HWWS is a module in the WASH project

 WASH stands for WATER SANITATION and HYGIENE.
 Change in habits monitored over 12 weeks
 Gradual transformation in students noticed by volunteers, hand wash monitors,
and school staff
 1st Pilot in URBAN Maharashtra
 Had to be scaled up from 5 buildings to 12 due to popular demand
 IMPLEMENTATION IN MCGM SCHOOLS
• LOCATONS : Andheri, Parle, Santacruz, Juhu, Khar, Bandra,
Colaba, Khetwadi, Bombay Central, Fort (12 buildings)

• MEDIUMS : English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Guj, Kannada,

Tamil (7 languages)

• SCHOOLS : 38 schools and 1 Rotary Centre

• CLASSES : Grade 1 to Grade 8
• VOLUNTEERS : 150+
• COORDINATORS : 10
• PROJECT HEAD : 1 (Dr Richa Singh)
GRADUAL INTRODUCTION OF CONCEPTS : BRINGS ABOUT CHANGE

Session 11 & 12
Session
7 to 10

Session 4 to 6

Session
1 to 3
IMPLEMENTATION AT ROTARY CENTER POWAI : PHOTOS
 IMPACT : QUANTITATIVE
• Nityanand Municipal school : Total 254 students in 4 school
• Chakala Municipal school : Total 447 students in 4 schools
• Colaba Municipal school : Total 241 students in 2 schools
• Manohar Das Fort : Total 285 students from 4 schools
• Gilder Lane : Total 279 students in 3 schools
• West Khetwadi : Marathi 54 students in 1 school
• Petit Municipal school: Total 385 students in 4 schools
• TankLane municipal school : Total 363 students in 5 schools
• Hasnabad municipal school: Total 123 students in 4 schools
• Juhu Municipal school : 174 students in 2 schools
• Dixit Road municipal School : Total 579 students in 5 schools
• Powai Rotary Centre : 50 students
• TOTAL : 3234 STUDENTS IN 12 LOCATIONS/BUILDINGS
 IMPACT QUALITATIVE
Children started washing their hands after using the toilet and before eating
mid-day meals
Children now demand soap at homes and schools
 Increase in attendance post the HWWS program by 15% in schools
Peer to peer learning on hygienic practices increased
Educating parents and siblings at home about good hygienic practice of
HWWS started
Ownership to the hygiene project and student leadership via appointment of
hand wash monitors in each class
 MONITORING & DOCUMENTATION OF EACH SESSION
ATTENDENCE SHEETS SESSION PHOTOS
 MONITORING & DOCUMENTATION FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT
GOOGLE SHEET- EACH VOLUNTEER FEEDBACK LETTERS FROM THE SCHOOL
WHAT STUDENTS HAD TO SAY?
WHAT STUDENTS HAD TO SAY?
 MOTIVATION & LEADERSHIP
LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM THE SCHOOL
Hand wash Monitoring With Time Table
GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY –OCT 15TH AT
NITYANAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL BUILDING
PROJECT COVERED IN PRINT MEDIA & BLOGS
GLOBAL HANDWASHING WEBSITE –FEATURED
SCOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT : CHANGES SUGGESTED BY SCHOOL AND
VOLUNTEERS

 Sessions to be decreased from 12 to 9/10

 During 45 mins/session
 Different modules for Class 1 to 3; Class 4 to 7 and Class 8
 Better student to volunteer ratio
 Follow up sessions with parents and students at the end of the project
 Parents and teachers to be more involved
 FEEDBACK FROM

• UNICEF INDIA TEAM

• COORDINATOR-
VOLUNTEERS
• MCGM STAFF
• DONORS- ‘Rotary Club of
Mumbai Lakers’ and
‘Noshir Mehta Lodge
No.246’
CACR AND UNICEF CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SCHOOL & VOLUNTEER
 FUTURE PLANS FOR JUNE 2017 –NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR

• In collaboration with UNICEF India, CACR plans to scale up and implement

modules on WASH
• WATER: Clean and safe drinking water, preventing prevalent water –vector
Bourne diseases (Malaria, Dengue’ fever, chikungunya )
• SANITATION: Cleanliness, Garbage segregation and waste disposal
• HYGIENE: Hand washing with soap (HWWS), Menstrual Hygiene
Management (MHM) (2016-17)
• Locations: All 1100+ MCGM (municipal) schools in Mumbai
HOW CAN YOU BE PART OF THE CHANGE?
 VOLUNTEERING ONCE a Week (1 hr/week) http://www.ngocacr.com/be-a-
volunteer/
 DONATING Soaps, Buckets, Crayons, Chart papers, Napkins, etc
 SPONSORING/FUNDING the project in a School or Ward (All donations are Tax
exempt under 80G)
 SHARING THIS MESSAGE with your colleagues, family and friends
 SUPPORTING and Sharing our project photos on social media or your
publication www.facebook.com/NGOCACR
 HELPING us with project documentation and editing videos
 PLEASE STRENGTHEN OUR HANDS TO DO GOOD
THANK YOU

NITIN WADHWANI: connect.cacr@gmail.com +91-9821112418

DR RICHA SINGH: richa.singh@ngocacr.com