340 schools to benefit from WASH

Cletus Mushanawani Mashonaland Central Bureau Chief

ABOUT 340 schools from 15 districts across the country are expected to benefit from one of Germany’s biggest private organisations for development and humanitarian aid, the Welthungerlife-funded Water Sanitation and Hygienic programme.

In an interview in Bindura last week, Welthungerlife head of project (WASH Projects), Mr Shadreck Kundishora, said phase two of the project which would run for a year would be rolled across 15 districts in the country.

“Our goal is to contribute equitable access to education as well as retention of pupils in disadvantaged communities,” he said. “We want to ensure that there is improved access to safely managed WASH infrastructure to learners and teachers at 340 schools in 15 target districts. These include addressing some of the challenges being faced by learners especially those with disabilities, the girl child and young learners,” he said.

“We also want to facilitate the construction of facilities that promote menstrual health for the girl child in disadvantaged communities. Schools should have facilities like toilets that are user friendly to girls especially during their monthly periods. At the end of the day, our quest is to improve water and sanitation conditions in schools,” Mr Kundishora said.

In Mashonaland Central, the projects will be rolled out in Mazowe and Muzarabani districts.

“In the two districts, we are targeting to sink 15 boreholes, while 16 more will be rehabilitated,” said Mr Kundishona. “We want to ensure that there are high water yielding boreholes in all the targeted areas.”