How can I make sure that the parents and wider community are involved in WASH in schools?
Parents and community should be linked to the hygiene education activities undertaken in schools to make sure that what is learned in school is being applied at home. Therefore, it is very important to also educate all other family members on the adoption of appropriate hygiene skills as well as getting the community surrounding the school involved in projects WASH in schools. Parents should also be informed (or even involved) in the content of the hygiene education for their children (especially for the part of the content surrounded with cultural taboos). The following key principles have to be taken into consideration when linking communities with programmes on WASH in schools: ·Keep the school in the loop. Developing activities in communities has to be in close cooperation with the school. Otherwise there is the risk of blurring the project focus by developing a ‘stand-alone’ parallel activity in the community (unless this is an additional activity within the context of the project
