Primary Bal Vikas School Completion Report
Posted by Steve Hall on November 13, 2017
The water, health and hygiene activities have been implemented at Gagadi Primary Bal Vikas School, Block Osian, District Jodhpur with the support of H2O for Life and the Frankfurt International School.
Activities implemented at Gagadi Primary Bal Vikas School
Construction of Taanka: One rainwater harvesting tank was constructed near the school with a capacity of 20,000 liters of water. This tank has an artificial catchment to fetch rainwater inside the tank. To avoid any miss happening with small kids, the catchment is fenced with wire mesh. Only the school assistants / teachers may fetch the water. The tank is mainly used to provide safe drinking water. During times of little rain fall, the tank can easily be filled via a reservoir near the school.
Construction of School Toilets: Gender segregated toilets have been constructed at the school to promote sanitation and hygiene among children. These toilets are helping keep girls in school and the enrollment of girls is gradually increasing. Parents are feeling confident to send their female children to school now because there is a proper toilet facility.
Awareness Camps / Trainings: Two health awareness camps were organized at Gagadi Primary Bal Vikas School for the children. The objective of such camps was to generate awareness about physical, mental health, and sanitation practices among children. In the training kids were shown about proper hygiene practices and the importance of hand washing and keeping the facilities clean.
Medical Camps: Health is often a neglected part of village lives in Thar Desert. Obstacles like lack of transportation, absence of healthcare providers and low quality services create barriers between community and healthcare services. School children are often deprived of medical facilities due to a lack of resources and long distances. GRAVIS hospital now provides medical camps to schools like Gagadi Primary Bal Vikas School to give immediate relief to children in need. These camps are attended by one trained physician, one village health worker, and one social worker. In general, these medical camps can be called as open OPD camps, which adhere to several issues of seasonal diseases, water borne diseases, vitamin A deficiency, fever, cough and colds, eye diseases and other related problems.
