Wash 1 Flashcards
What are the points that WASH stands for in Tearfunds work?
Water, Advocacy, Sanitation and Hygiene
Besides soap what else works to wash hands?
Ash
How has WASH changed the lives of Doreen and Jouvllet?
Safety from attack, falling off the mountain, more time for education or being able to help with crops.
How many children die daily from diseases linked to dirty water and unsafe toilets?
900 per day (Source: Toilet Twinning)
How much does it cost to twin a toilet?
£60
What is the 3rd largest killer of children under the age of 5 in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Diarrhoea
How many people don’t have somewhere safe to go to the toilet?
2.4 billion
Globally, how many school days do children miss due to dirty water and poor sanitation?
443 million
Every year, how many hours do women and girls spend looking for someone to go to the toilet?
97 billion hours
How many people lack access to clean safe drinking water?
663,000,000
In how many countries, do less than half the population have a proper toilet?
47 Countries
How many toilets has Toilet Twinning provided between 2011 & 2016?
64,167
What is CLTS?
Community-Led Total Sanitation
What are the key points of CLTS?
Introducing the idea to facilitators, prompting the community, including everyone and working with the government.
How many people still drink water from unprotected sources?
1 in 10
What are the aims of The Kigezi Diocese Water and Sanitation Programme?
- To improve the health of the community (specifically decrease incidences of water-borne diseases)
- Reduce the time taken to collect water,
- And as a result provide more time for community members to work or to attend school.
For communities surrounding Lake Malawi what are the wash related issues that they could experience?
Flooding can cause latrines to collapse.
How much of a percentage increase have the communities of Karonga and Salima seen in
access to clean and safe water from a borehole?
15% increase.
78% - 93%
Tearfund currently runs 104 children’s clubs in the Leogane area in Haiti, that has an average attendance of 5060 children twice weekly. What does Tearfund at the children’s club?
The clubs offer psycho-social support through various recreational activities, as well as useful information on disaster risk reduction, hurricanes and earthquakes, and hygiene promotion.
