Faith in Water
The Faith in Water workshop was held from 5-7 July 2009 in Salisbury, UK. IRC was the co-organiser and the workshop was initiated by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) and the Dutch Ecological Management Foundation (EMF). The aim of the workshop was to explore the potential to strengthen WASH in Schools and environmental education through cooperation with Faiths which run faith-based schools.
Water supply, sanitation and hygiene facilities and related education in faith-based schools
This paper gives a short and very clear overview of experiences and lessons learnt in WASH in Schools. In 2002, UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Programme was cooperating with over 50 countries to achieve integrated WASHE (water, sanitation, health, hygiene and environment) programmes in schools, an increase of 43% in six years. Nine years of cooperation between UNICEF and IRC have resulted in a number of lessons on effective education programmes on water supply, sanitation and hygiene, especially in primary schools. These have been summarised in this document. Also the experiences with building and maintaining water supply and sanitation facilities in schools are listed and these include not just technical design choices, but also other factors that are extremely important for the acceptance and sustainability of facilities.
Water supply, sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools
Presentation by Annemarieke Mooijman during Faith in Water discussing the importance of good facilities in schools. Facilities in schools and healthy children go hand-in-hand.
Faith in Water conference papers
This document contains all the papers from the conference Faith, Schools and Water held in July 2009. Some 35 specialists came together, representing either faiths working on schools and water issues, or secular agencies doing the same, and entrepreneurs who were developing new methods, tools and techniques which could help schools in the south cope better with issues around water and sanitation.
Faith-in-Water-book.pdf (1.9 MB)
Hygiene and environmental education in faith-based schools
This is Christine Sijbesma’s presentation on experiences and lessons learnt from WASH in School Programmes. She discusses risks and opportunities; integration in existing education; links with broader values and skills; monitoring and evaluation and working with communities.
Faith in water Presentation Salisbury_Sijbesma.pdf (524.1 kB)
About faith in water
IRC was the co-organiser of a workshop on faith in water held in July 2009. The aim of the workshop was to explore the potential to strengthen WASH in Schools and environmental education through cooperation with Faiths which run faith-based schools. The outcome of the workshop will be a Guide on Faith in Water and Schools. The workshop was initiated by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) and the Dutch Ecological Management Foundation (EMF).
