Integrating ECD into WASH programming July 27 2017

Integrating ECD into WASH programming : July 27 2017 Good. Thursday, Practices th Noel Tomale Tarrazona Consultant

Introduction and Background - Addressing issues of children up to 8 years is one of the most cost effective investments. • Scaling up ECD- WASH interventions • WASH interventions to address ECD risk factors • Behavior change and hygiene • Context specific infant/child friendly WASH services Photo by: Noel Tomale Tarrazona 2

Purpose - Map and document good practices from UNICEF’s and partners’, in different countries. 3

Methods Desk review © UNI 114842 Consultations 27 countries contacted 4 Findings compiled: 6 countries

Survey questions COUNTRY 5 QUESTIONS • What encompasses UNICEF’s technical support provided to ECD and pre-primary education? Banglades • Is WASH in ECD component one of them? If yes, could you give information on how is this implemented and sustained? h • What lessons learned or best practices can be shared from your experience? • What did your early intervention, early education, and health promotion programme encompass? Bulgaria • Did you consider WASH in ECD as one of the interventions? If yes, what WASH related interventions did you have in ECD? • How did UNICEF Mongolia initiate the WASH in Schools and kindergarten Programme? Mongolia • What lessons learned and best practices can be shared from the efforts to promote and sustain WASH facilities, hygiene practices, and changing hygiene behaviors?

Survey questions COUNTRY QUESTIONS • What strategies did you undertake to secure government support to WASH programme that benefit schools and day care centres? • What makes the collaborative effort work in sustaining program Philippines implementation in schools and day care centres? • What lessons learned and best practices can be shared from UNICEF’s and LGU’s partnerships? • How did you implement and sustain the WASH programme? Sao Tome • How did the partnership between WFP and the Ministry of Education benefit children in primary schools and kindergartens? and Principe • What lessons learned or best practices can be shared from the partnership to sustain a WASH programme? 6

ECD programme guidance 7

Good Practices - Bangladesh - Pre-primary schools hygiene behavior; - Handwashing exercise to pupils; - Community maintenance of WASH facilities; © UNI 126477 - Training of 2, 300 para workers in 345 para centres on hygiene promotion; and, - Providing WASH facilities: • 50 water points, 100 latrines, and 345 handwashing facilities. Photo by: Bangladesh CO 8

Good Practices - Bulgaria 9 - Home visits by public nurses to educate and counsel parents and guardians with 0 -3 years children on personal hygiene. © UN 039273 Photo Credit: UNICEF New Yo © UNI 114844

Good Practices - Mongolia - 15 innovative container WASH facilities that benefitted 1, 400 children; - WASH in Kindergarten program; - Organized hygiene promotions; © UNI 176831 - Handwashing practice; and, - Third-party monitoring. © UNI 134438 10

Good Practices - Philippines - 23 provincial/city governments supporting WASH in day care centres; - WASH programming in 1, 361 day care centres and 647 Tahderriya (day care centers in Islamic communities); and, - UNICEF’s collaboration with Local Government Units (LGUs) for advocacy, capacity building, and provision of material for assistance. © UNI 45413 11

Good Practices - Sao Tome and Principe - Training of teachers and pupils in 80 schools and kindergartens on use of toilets and hygiene promotion; and, - Use of recycled rain water. © UNI 33673 12

Good Practices - Nepal - UNICEF and Unilever partnership to launch “Help A Child Reach 5” to target 100, 000 children to wash their hands with soap, especially after using toilet. Image credit: Unilever © UNI 176713 13

Recommendations 14 - Systematic integration of ECD in WASH by means of: 1. Capacity development, especially in monitoring and reporting. 2. Identification of champions for implementation of activities. 3. Collaboration with stakeholders (including parents/caregivers); 4. Promotion of infant and child friendly WASH services. © UNI 185852 © UNI 139251 © UNI 114850 © UNI 104774 © UNI 33674

15 Questions, Comments, and Inputs © UNI 33682

16 © UN 014947 Thank you! For more information, please contact: Eduardo Garcia Rolland, ECD Specialist Telephone: +1 -917 -265 -4560; Email: erolland@unicef. org David Tsetse, WASH Specialist Telephone: +1 -917 -265 -4663; Email: dtsetse@unicef. org Noel Tomale Tarrazona, Consultant Skype: Weng Tarrazona; Email: ntarrazona@gmail. com © UNI 77810