WASH in Schools (WinS) Challenge Grant awarded jointly tO
Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club, D-6440 and Club Rotario Guatemala Sur, D-4250 (with help from D7820 and its member clubs!)
Great news!!! We won the competitive challenge grant. The Rotary Foundation has awarded $552,500 to our team of Club Rotario Guatemala Sur, Rotary Club of Antigua and Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club for a grant addressing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH* in Schools (WinS). *WASH - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
The competition was held between all Rotary clubs within five countries: Belize, Guatemala, India, Kenya and Honduras in two phases. During phase I, 46 clubs applied and 13 of them moved to the next phase. In phase Ii, 13 clubs applied, and four clubs were awarded grants. We are privileged to be one of the four winners.
The grant integrates two Areas of Focus: Water and Sanitation, Basic Education and Literacy. Rotary International has issued a global challenge to improve education quality and access – particularly for girls – by working with communities to provide improved WASH services, teacher training, and curriculum enhancement. It is important to leverage off from water and sanitation related efforts and connect them with health, hygiene and education. Further details are available at this link: https://my.rotary.org/en/wash-schools-target-challenge
The project outcome will transform and positively impact lives for children!!! Specific goals are: clean filtered water and WASH stations for 16,000 - 20,000 children in about 48 schools in Sacatepéquez Department in Guatemala
- access to gender segregated sanitary facilities with flush toilets and septic at each school
- facilities for girls designed particularly to respond to their needs during the menstrual cycle
- effective hygiene educational program to encourage habit formation and to promote behavioral changes
- a menstrual hygiene management program focused on the biology of the menstruation cycle and safe practices
- extensive training for menstrual hygiene – goal is to have girls stay in school
- Total Project Funding - $552,500Thanks to The Rotary Foundation for contributing $425,000 (77%) of project funding
These Rotary Districts contributed $58,500 in District Designated Funds (DDF): 6440, 7820, 4250, 6420, 6060, 5830, 7080, 7170 |
Cash Donations- Rotary Clubs from District 6440 contributed $33,450, 000, Clubs beyond District 6440 contributed $17,650 and other entities contributed $16,900.
Participating Clubs from District 7820: Dartmouth Rotary Club, Stephenville Rotary Club, Wolfville Mud Creek Rotary Club, North Sydney Rotary Club, Kentville Rotary Club, New Waterford Rotary Club, Sydney-Sunrise Rotary Club, Sydney Rotary Club, Yarmouth Club, Middleton Rotary Club.
The award of this grant now presents an opportunity to begin putting all our plans into action to help children, with emphasis on improving education for girls. In addition to active engagement by the host and international Rotary clubs, we have created alliances with municipal governments, school authorities and local community of the Sacatepéquez Department in Guatemala. We have a big challenge in front of us and we are up to it. Working together as a team, we will achieve our project goals.