WfW Zambia hands over its first WASH in Schools project!

WfW Zambia achieves a key objective with the launch of its first WASH in Schools project, taking a significant step towards improving daily life at Kaleya West Primary and Secondary School.

Children can spend over 8 hours of their day in learning institutions. Having adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) support in schools are not just a convenience, but a necessity. 

Over the years, WfW has provided water, sanitation and health support in peri-urban areas in Lusaka and Livingstone. Now, we’re expanding our WASH efforts to schools.We understand the importance of ensuring that places of learning have adequate water access and working toilet facilities. Keeping children safe and healthy at school also keeps them coming back to school to get an education this benefits school-going children, and also the wider community.

At Kaleya West Primary and Secondary School, we’ve constructed and handed over a gender-and disability-inclusive ablution block, installed a Decentralised Wastewater Treatment (DEWAT) system, added new water tanks, and upgraded the water reticulation system. These improvements will benefit 1,800 students and 46 staff members.

To promote hygiene awareness, we collaborated with primary school students to create a beautiful educational mural on the ablution block wall, featuring reminders about safe handwashing practices. In a growth centre such as Kaleya, we hope to have played a small but significant role towards ensuring that the community has safe and fair access to water and sanitation.

WfW will continue to provide support to Kaleya School over the next few months to facilitate maintenance and capacity building to ensure long-term sustainability of the project.