A Day Training on MHM and homemade sanitary pad Preparation

A Day Training on MHM and homemade sanitary pad Preparation

During the Preparation of Homemade Sanitary Pad

Day long training on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) and homemade sanitary pad Preparation was conducted at Baluwapati Secondary School, Baluwapati-4, Kavre on 13^th March, 2014. The training was executed by Paschim Paaila as a part of Japan Water Forum fund under the project “Construction of Bio-Sand Filter, Child friendly hand washing station & training on making homemade sanitary pad and menstrual hygiene management” In collaboration with ENPHO.

The main objective of the training program was to promote hygiene behavior of school students particularly among girl students and to address hygiene & sanitation problems during menstruation.

After Training with Pads

Group Photo after Training

The training was divided into three sessions. First session focused on personal sharing about menstruation and the complication related to it. Second session was of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and the last session was the technical session about the preparation of home-made sanitary pad using locally available clothes. Total of 55 girl student of class 8 and 9 attended the training with 3 female teachers.

At the end of the program Menstrual Hygiene Care Team (MHCT) with total of 8 students and 2 female teachers were formed who will be responsible to raise awareness among other girl students in the school in coordination with School administration and even provide homemade sanitary pad as per necessity.

January Series of WASH Forum on Rooftop farming

 January Series of WASH Forum on Rooftop farming

Paschim Paaila conducted 26^th series of WASH Forum on “Rooftop Farming: win-win approach to Urban Environment Management” on 31^st January, 2014 at ENPHO hall.  The main objective of the discussion program was sharing on Roof Top Farming and to understand the role that youth can play towards promotion of this concept. The key speaker for January series of WASH Forum was Ms. Luna Kansakar, Sr. Program Officer at ENPHO, who provided insights on importance of rooftop farming (RTF) and also emphasized on doing it in the right way.

The emphasis on RTF was given by addressing the emerging issues of Kathmandu city such as unmanaged solid waste, water scarcity, food insecurity and climate change. Ms. Kansakar made a very remarkable point that the increasing numbers of buildings are indeed the opportunities to create a greener environment and the key to that is RTF.

The program was followed by discussion with some thoughtful suggestions to promote RTF by formulating collaboration among the relevant stakeholders and providing support from policy level as well as technical support so that this concept could be led in more effective and successful way. The workshop culminated with summarizing thoughts, vote of thanks and a group photo. 

Training on Household Water Treatment and Safe storage

Training on Household Water Treatment and Safe storage 

Three days training on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) was conducted with the mutual effort of Paschim Paaila and ENPHO WET-C and with the support of CAWST from 27^th to 29^th January 2014 at ENPHO hall.
With total of 17 participants, the main objective of the training was to capacitate youth from Paschim Paaila to effectively deliver information on household water treatment and safe storage among household and community. Youths from Paschim Paaila, Rotaract club of Kathmandu mid-town, Rotaract club of Dillibazar and NYCA were the participants of the training.

The training included the sessions on WASH status of Nepal and world, water induced diseases, safe sanitation and hand washing, point of use option of household water treatment and their operation and maintenance along with exercise to help the community to choose the best method of household treatment and the preparation of the action plan.