Nepal School Girls Toilet Project

#KathmanduRotary #WASH_Project

Currently, 2.5 billion people globally don’t have access to improved sanitation facilities – meaning more people have access to mobile phones than to toilets. Along with health issues presented by lack of proper toilet facilities, many girls don’t attend school due to their periods if there is no toilet. The goal of this toilet project was to ensure that each one of the schools that we support has adequate toilets to ensure that everyone can go to school and stay healthy along the way. Lack of access to sanitation creates a host of health problems, making it easier for diseases to spread, infecting drinking water and contributing to undernourishment and poverty. A child dies every 20 seconds because of poor sanitation, according to the U.N. It can also impact future economic opportunities because lack of sanitation can negatively affect school attendance, especially for girls. In 2013, 1,000 children died every day due to diarrheal disease because of poor sanitation

In order to protect school-going children from poor sanitation, the concept of a toilet project was developed in a Nepalese School at Shree Kalika Secondary School, Kamalamai Municipality-7, Sindhuli, Nepal almost 90 km far from capital Kathmandu. The Rotary Club of Kathmandu in coordination with the school management committee successfully completed construction of a toilet block with two separate rooms. The project is completed with financial support from the Rotary Club of Balwyn, Australia and in local coordination of the Rotary Club of Kathmandu and under the supervision of Rotary International District 3292, and the local government. The toilet block also has Traditional Sanitary Pad Disposal System. One additional hand washing station also built for the facility of the school going children. This project will benefit 252 school-going children, 17 teachers and the local community. 
 
RAJENDRA GAUTAM
Project Coordinator,
Girls Toilet Project
President Elect, 2024-25
Rotary Club of Kathmandu