WASH Project 2021
Goal
● Increased WASH awareness and collaboration between community groups
Objective
● To increase knowledge of water, environmental hygiene and personal hygiene
● Acquired knowledge to be able to share knowledge in their community and environment
● To minimize potential side effects on water, environmental hygiene, and personal hygiene
● To be able to set future activities and implement activities related on water, environmental hygiene and personal hygiene
● To be able to make own hand sanitizer
Summary
Due to the situation in Myanmar, Wide Horizons organizers were unable to conduct many activities at the village level in 2021. The activities were either moved online, conducted in learning centres in Mawlamyine.
WH organizers conducted WASH training in a learning centre in Mawlamyine, Participants were youth (29 Male, 30 Female, Total 59). Most are students and come from around Mawlamyine and are ethnically Mon & Burmese between the ages of 12 and 26.
Before the training, the participants didn't know about the WASH and its meaning. Moreover, they did not know how to make hand gel. Through the training, the participants learnt the meaning of WASH and personal hygiene, access to get clean water, making homemade hand gel and filtering water.
In addition, the WASH group manufactured and deliver T-Shirt and Water Bottles and posted a video on Facebook to celebrate World Handwashing Day 2021.
In addition, the organizers updated and improved the 2020 WASH need assessment report and revisited participants to understand the impact of Peer Education Knowledge Sharing at village level.
Power in Numbers
Mawlamyine
Location
59 Youth
Beneficiaries
6 Student Organizers
Organizers
