Growing up in a clean and safe environment is every child’s right. Access to clean water, basic toilets, and good hygiene practices not only keeps children thriving but also gives them a healthier start in life. Despite COVID-19 putting the spotlight on the importance of hand hygiene to prevent the spread of disease, millions of school-going children do not have access to handwashing facilities with soap. People living in rural areas, urban slums, and low-income families are the most vulnerable and the most affected.

When we discuss solutions to ensure more children can go to school, not many people think about toilets. But the availability of toilets can encourage children, especially girls, to go to school and remain in the school system. The lack of proper toilets in schools threatens the education of millions of children in the developing world, who are at risk of getting sick due to poor hygiene, and subsequently missing school. The risks are even higher for girls

In developing countries, the lack of separate toilets for girls and boys is among the top barriers to girls’ education. When a girl reaches puberty, access to a separate toilet can be the decisive factor in whether she continues with her education. When girls are menstruating, they need access to a water point and to have a place where they can dispose of their pads. Without this, girls may miss up to 5 days of school every month or worse, drop out of school completely.

Following Interventions are made by MVS to School Infrastructure:

Renovation of school Building, Construction of toilets (Girls & Boys), mid-day meal shed, staff rooms, office rooms rainwater harvesting structures, boundary wall in Government schools. School WASH Facilities include the Installation of an overhead tank, incinerator, bore well & Pump, drinking water taps, Soak pit, Water purifier Installation, and Drinking water platform provision.