Organized 10 Series of College Campaign on “Youth, WASH and SDG”

- Ms. Anita Bhuju, Network Coordinator

On December, 2019 Paschim Paaila in collaboration with ENPHO, completed 10 series of College Campaign on Youth, WASH and SDG which was initiated on February, 2019 to enhance their capacity and knowledge on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). The program was organized on December 18 and 20, 2019, the campaign was organized at National Academy for Medical Studies (NAMS) at Old Baneswor to students of first and third semester.

The ‘College Campaign’ program with aims to encourage youths to involve in various WASH related social issues, to motivate them to act as Youth WASH ambassador and to sensitize them on importance of WASH to create environmentally healthy community and support nationwide WASH activities to achieve SDG goal 6. This program highlighted basics and facts on WASH and its national and worldwide status including areas of WASH that has to be addressed and requires special roles of youth to achieve the goal.

Altogether, 54 students of Bachelor in Public Health actively participated in the program. The program was held in two days with 25 students of first semester on 18 December, 2019 in facilitation of Ms. Anita Bhuju, Network Coordinator of Paschim Paaila and Ms. Lasata Manadhar, Resource Center Associate and with 29 students of 3^rd semester on 20 December, 2019 in facilitation of Ms. Anita Bhuju and Ms. Ritu Sharma, Senior Resource Center Associate.

"Being student of public health, I have interest on Research and Campaigns. I gained knowledge on WASH, SDG and Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) and gave me an idea on campaign. Also, I am motivated to volunteer/work in the sector of WASH, SDG and specially FSM" - Ms. Pushpa Giri, NAMS College, BPH 1st Semester.

First College Campaign Program on Youth, WASH and SDG

From this year 2019, Paschim Paaila has newly initiated ‘College Campaign’ program with the aim to aware and empower young college going students to enhance their capacity and knowledge on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). This ‘College Campaign on Youth, WASH and SDG’ will be organized in various colleges of Kathmandu valley.

The main objective of the program is to encourage youths to involve in various WASH related social issues, to motivate them to act as Youth WASH ambassador and to sensitize them on importance of WASH to create environmentally healthy community and support nationwide WASH activities to achieve SDG goal 6. WASH as a major concern of SDG, knowledge on WASH among youths still needs to be expanded. This program highlights basics and facts on WASH and its national and worldwide status including areas of WASH that has to be addressed and need special roles of youth to achieve the goal.

In collaboration with ENPHO, Paschim Paaila organized its first College Campaign in Khwopa College located in Dekocha, Bhaktapur on January 29, 2019.  Ms. Urmila Lama, Executive member of Paschim Paaila resided as resource person for the program. Altogether, 20 students of Bachelor of Environmental Science have actively participated in the program. Ms. Anita Bhuju, Network Coordinator, facilitated the overall program.

"The program was very interactive. I learned about Sustainable Development Goals and it's linkages with WASH. This program also revived my knowledge on basic WASH" said 3rd year student, Krisha Koju.
-Ms. Anita Bhuju