Pakistan: Children and women lead the way to ‘total sanitation’ in earthquake zone

The School-Led Total Sanitation project was piloted by UNICEF in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in mid-2007. Drawing from experience gathered by UNICEF and its partners, the programme initiates change by developing useful health and hygiene skills in school to encourage life-long positive habits.

“With this approach, we use teachers and children as entry points into the communities,” explains UNICEF Water and Sanitation Officer Victor Kinyanjui. “The idea is that children replicate sanitation and hygiene practices learnt at school into their families, and also advocate for the use of latrines. Teachers are also real opinion leaders, as they are educated and respected. People listen to them.

Read more: UNICEF, 28 Feb 2008