In an attempt to ensure better health & nutritional status of school going children through improved safe drinking water , sanitation & hygiene under MDM , an international child right organization named save the children & state level voluntary organization center for child and women development (CCWD) have recently organized a capacity building programme for the teacher members of School management committee on WASH in Bhubaneswar.
The programme was conducted in association with School and Mass Education Department, Govt. of Odisha. As many as 25 Teachers, CRC participated in this programme. M.S.khan, wash specialist of save the children oriented to the members on water, sanitation & hygiene for better health development of children.
The organizers also demonstrated on hand wash to remain hygienic. It is to be noted that the aim of the project is to ensure better health & nutritional status of the school going children by reducing the incidents of child hood illnesses like diarrhea and other water borne infections through improved hygiene and sanitation in 25 targeted schools of 25 slums of Bhubaneswar.