Following 9 months of joint efforts with UNRWA, UNDP presents the “WASH-friendly School Toolkit” to serve as an activity guide for all service providers aiming to transfer WASH-related life skills to children (6 to 17 years), particularly health educators and teachers in UNRWA schools.

Developed by the UNDP project in consultation with the UNRWA education and health departments and tested with 17 health educators of UNRWA schools in North Lebanon, the toolkit exposes common WASH risky behaviors and promotes green and healthy practices through classroom and extra–curricular activities to be implemented on the occasion of five WASH-related UN observances. Made possible thanks to the generous support of PRM, the Swiss Embassy’s ICD and the people of Japan, this toolkit comprises 5 modules, each dedicated to one WASH-related observance, in addition to a user guide and a CD to access online resources.

User Guide:

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/library/crisis_prevention_and_recovery/User-Guide-UNDP-UNRWA-WASH-friendly-School-Kit.html

Girl Child Day (October 11)

Engaging boys and girls, this module helps children challenge gender discrimination and become aware of their specific needs and responsibilities. Using culturally-sensitive and age-appropriate tools, this module seizes this international occasion to discuss puberty changes with adolescents and support girls in taking care of their menstrual hygiene.

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/library/crisis_prevention_and_recovery/Girl-Child-Day-October-11.html

World Toilette Day (November 19)

This modules sensitizes children on everyone’s right to access safe toilet facilities and his/her responsibility to maintain such facilities. While it focuses with young children on how to safely use toilets, this module encourages adolescents to take notice of related facilities and systems at school and in their communities and to contribute to improving them.

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/library/crisis_prevention_and_recovery/World-toilette-day-November-19.html

World Water Day (March 22)

Highlighting alarming facts related to water scarcity and pollution, this module tells children why to value water and how to conserve it and avoid its contamination. Throughout the module, children are encouraged to re-assess their daily consumption of water, inspire their families to adopt positive behaviors, and contribute to initiatives aiming to protect water sources in their communities.

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/library/crisis_prevention_and_recovery/World-water-day-March-22.html

World Health Day (April 7)

Adopting a comprehensive definition of health, this module helps teachers to sensitize children on common health hazards and diseases at the school or in the community and to support them to take part in its prevention and treatment. The module provides background information and a variety of activities to address hand washing, head lice and personal hygiene, which could be tailored by teachers to address any pressing health topic or habit.

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/library/crisis_prevention_and_recovery/World-Health-Day-April-7-.html

Earth Day (April 22)

This module stimulates children to appreciate all natural resources and encourages them to reflect on the impact of their daily behaviors on the environment. Proposed activities expose the repercussions of negative human behavior on the environment and strive to substitute it with positive action. This module gives a particular focus to waste reduction and recycling. 

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/library/crisis_prevention_and_recovery/Earth-Day-April-22.html