The leading causes of diarrhea is human contact with pathogen rich faeces.particular concern are Children who generally defecate openly as they are not potty trained This is a health risk, especially in where hand washing&sanitation is poorly practiced & un developed.This is the health to be solved
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Organization Name
Forum for Community Change and Development
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Organization Country
Sudan, XX, Juba
Country where this project is creating social impact
Sudan, XX, Central Equatoria Juba South Sudan
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Project Name
Children Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion
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The leading causes of diarrhea is human contact with pathogen rich faeces.particular concern are Children who generally defecate openly as they are not potty trained This is a health risk, especially in where hand washing&sanitation is poorly practiced & un developed.This is the health to be solved
Problem: What problem does your solution address?
One of the leading causes of diarrhoea is human contact with pathogen-rich faeces.Of particular concern are Children (2-6) who generally defecate openly as they are not pottytrained.Care providers mothers &older siblings are responsible for cleaning Children bottoms&cleaning up faeces of Children who openly defecate.This is a health risk,especially in areas where handwashing is poorly practiced &where where sanitation services are under-developed
Solution: What is the proposed solution?
This project proposes a multi-pronged approach to sustainable sanitation services that does not fall into traditional latrine construction traps that plague the sector.Children,who are generally not targeted for sanitation &hygiene,become catalysts of change in the household &broader community. School sanitation is combined with a children’s household toilet program that will reduce incidences of diarrhoea by eliminating open defecation by Children,increasing hand washing and facilitating household upgrades of latrines.
Founding Story: Share a story about the “Aha!” moment that led you to get started and/or to see the potential for this to succeed.
The first phase of the project will involve an improved sanitation and beautification competition between the schools in each Community. Schools will be provided with arbour-loos, which are round, cement latrine slabs (80 cm diameter) that are placed on shallow pits and then moved to another site in the school yard when the pit is full. A fruit-bearing or non-fruit bearing tree is planted in each used pit. The first challenge for the primary school students will be to develop a plan to beautify their school through improved sanitation, implement the plan with the arbour-loos, and, when finished, install permanent latrines.
Select Sector(s): To which of Unilever's categories of sustainability does your solution apply?
Sanitation and Hygiene.
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Measurable Impact
Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how your solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.
The 2nd challenge will be focused on the Latrine Buddy Voucher, Program. Each pupil will receive one LBV. They will take this home &demonstrate improved sanitation practices to the family or neighbor & encourage the family to purchase a children’s latrine and an improved sanitation facility for their home through a loan scheme. If the family presents the LBV to the local sanitation promoter and acquires a children’s latrine & an adult latrine then the school will be rewarded a point. Children’s latrines are small (60 cm diameter), circular and easy to use by children. Instead of defecating in the open environment, children will be encouraged and taught to defecate in their new toilets. They will be taught and encouraged by their mothers
Audience: Who have you identified as your customers/recipients and why? How will you get your solution to them or engage them in your initiative?
Children aged 2-6 (~,100 initial beneficiaries but this number will grow as the intervention expands).
Primary school children who are viewed as agents of change in the project and who will benefit from improved services and reduced diarrhea at school and at home
Families (particularly mothers and care givers) who benefit from improved sanitation facilities, trees, and the elimination of the chore of cleaning up after toddlers
Impact: What is the impact of the work to date and expected impact in the future?
All families in a village have children’s and family latrines that are hygienically managed and the practice of open defecation has been eliminated.
All participating schools have sanitation facilities and hand washing facilities that are hygienically managed and sustained.
All villages in the Communities are open-defecation free.
Diarrhea rates are measurably reduced (40%) at household and community level through improved sanitation and hygiene, thus improving health.
A 35% improvement in hand washing practices is demonstrated.
Sanitation services are sustained through the selling of compost in the open market, demonstrated by proof that sanitation promoters are constructing, promoting and delivering slabs to new families without continued project finance.
The County Authorities expand the initiative to other Communities in their areas of jurisdiction
Growth, Finance & Leadership
Marketplace: Who else is addressing this problem and how does the proposed solution differ from these approaches?
This is a new approach that has not been tried before as behavior change among todlers has been ignored among many sanitation and hygiene projects
The project targets children as the catalysts for change in the household.
It builds on local interest and enthusiasm for school competitions in a creative way, by linking improvements at the school with demonstrated health improvements in the broader community.
The intervention overcomes a real constraint in sanitation by shifting the focus from the slab/latrine to what is valuable/marketable – the compost.
Scaling the Solution: How do you intend to scale your activities over the next two years (e.g., reach new markets, diversify solutions, etc.)? What will make this possible?
The promoters will expand their market over time by bringing more families into the initiative which increases the amount of compost they have available to sell. The system is sustainable because families become regular customers providing the promoter with high-value compost. The promoter can always build more latrines for new families and thus increase her/his customer base, ensuring that the provision of latrines does not die when the project ends. The promoter will still be in business as long as the compost is purchased, which is predictable given the importance of compost in South Sudan
Financial Sustainability: What is your business model to ensure financial sustainability?
The project requires little initial funding which will make the project sustainable after 24 months.At the moment our budget requires a total of 75000$ to make us realise the dream.
Experience: Please provide examples of any previous entrepreneurial initiatives you have pioneered.
Youth and skill development project funded by UN HABITAT