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Problem: School hygiene
Solution: Funding

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Description

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming is a critical intervention that alleviates poverty and improves human health. Per U.S. law and policy, program implementers target their work to the lowest-income countries with the greatest need.

What does it buy?

Funds provide access to safe drinking water, toilets, and handwashing stations in schools, as well as healthcare facilities and education for communities about the importance of handwashing and using a toilet to protect health and safety. In addition, through improved fiscal and governance policies, WASH programs strengthen countries' capacity to maintain and deliver domestic water and sanitation services.

Why is it important?

In F.Y. 2018-2019, WASH activities in 51 countries helped 11.6 million people gain access to improved water and 10.6 million gain access to improved sanitation.

For every dollar invested in WASH, there is a $4.30 return in reduced health care costs and increased productivity.

2.2 billion people, or one in three, still lack access to a safely managed water source, forcing many to drink dirty water.

2 billion people do not have a decent toilet of their own, and nearly 10% have no choice but to defecate in the open. Open defecation is an affront to dignity, a safety issue for women and girls, and a risk to children's nutrition and community health.

Globally, 31% of schools don't have clean water, and 37% lack decent toilets, which has devastating impacts on a child's ability to learn and stay in school, particularly for menstruating girls.

Access to safe WASH can prevent 6.3% of deaths worldwide and 9.1% of the global disease burden.

WASH, including handwashing, is critical to preventing infectious disease outbreaks, such as the flu, Ebola, and coronaviruses.

Each year, improved WASH could prevent nearly 830,000 deaths-297,000 in children under five-from diarrheal diseases.

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Water, Sanitation & Hygiene - InterAction

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Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming is a critical intervention that alleviates poverty and improves human health. Per U.S. law and policy, program implementers target their work to the lowest-income countries with the greatest need.

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Funding provide more access to safe drinking water, toilets, hand washing stations. Investment, program and child health.

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Fundraising to help the school, improve on school bathrooms, each class should have a box of tissue, and more water fountains.

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In order to improve the school funding for hygiene (things that the school needs).

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This bill provides fund for the school that have low fund. Hlep with water fountains in school, tissues for classes, and school bathrooms.

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Anyone violating the terms of this bill shall be subject to fine, $50 - $100 depends on the circumstances.

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For carrying out the terms of this bill, a sum of $100 shall be authorized.

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This bill shall take effect no later than Jan, 2024