{"id":1906,"date":"2015-05-19T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/project\/water-sanitation-and-hygiene-in-schools-in-guinea-bissau\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T09:59:47","slug":"water-sanitation-and-hygiene-in-schools-in-guinea-bissau","status":"publish","type":"waw_project","link":"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/en-in\/projects\/water-sanitation-and-hygiene-in-schools-in-guinea-bissau\/","title":{"rendered":"Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools in Guinea-Bissau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the ground<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lack of drinking water and sanitation facilities. Lack of education in schools about hygiene practices. High infant mortality due to diarrheal diseases related to the lack of drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Instalaciones de saneamiento en 35 escuelas de Tombali, Guinea Bissau\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/68055549?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1207\" height=\"679\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In detail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, which has a population of 1,414,000, child mortality has increased by 80% since 2000 as a result of malnutrition, respiratory infections, malaria and diarrhoea. Only 39% of children under the age of five sleeps under mosquito nets treated with insecticide, whilst 4% suffers from malnutrition and 19% from moderate malnutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information on hygiene indicators is not yet available, but cases of cholera outbreaks illustrate the inadequate access to drinking water and lack of understanding and good hygiene practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benefits: Education, sanitation facilities and supply systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At least 10,000 pupils in 35 primary schools and 9,000 people in nearby communities benefiting from water supply systems as a result of the construction of a similar number of improved water sources, including five solar water supply systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At least 10,000 pupils benefiting from appropriate sanitation facilities and safe hygiene practices as a result of the construction of 70 individual latrines with hand basins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>175 people trained to maintain the water points and in good water management at 35 schools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>35 \u201cChild to Child\u201d sanitation clubs created for 525 pupils (boys and girls).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Proyecto de Guinea Bissau\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/20593984?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3033,"template":"","class_list":["post-1906","waw_project","type-waw_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools in Guinea-Bissau - We Are Water<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/en-in\/projects\/water-sanitation-and-hygiene-in-schools-in-guinea-bissau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools in Guinea-Bissau - We Are Water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the ground Lack of drinking water and sanitation facilities. 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