Veronica Mutiso
School janitors, maintenance staff, and food handlers also received training on hygiene and operation and maintenance of infrastructure. Splash staff also supported focal teachers in training the hygiene club members to influence their peers through monitoring handwashing during breaks, ensuring soap ...
As previously mentioned, combined measures addressing both infrastructure and education are most effective in building healthy WASH habits. Kenya's National School Health Policy states that: The reality in Kenyan schools however, looks different: In 2014, only 43% of public primary schools had access...
In India, there has been a major thrust in the last two decades on improving elementary education. However, the poor quality of the schools and their basic physical infrastructure often leads to children dropping out of the school system without learning. Besides, there are large educational inequ...
Reaching the school-aged population is most effectively achieved via the school infrastructure, and SBD programmes have been shown to be a simple and cost-effective strategy to reduce the disease burden of STH [2]. In 2001, the World Health Assembly endorsed the WHA 54.19 resolution that urged...
students and work outward, starting with the classroom (what is taught, how it is taught), then the school (what supports exist for students and teachers), and finally aligning the system supports (performance management, infrastructure, funding) to what is needed in the classroom (Exh...
With a GDP of 5.9%, Kenya is one of the most industrialized countries in East and Central Africa providing opportunities in five major sectors: Agribusiness, Information and Communication Technology, Energy, Infrastructure and Construction and Medical equipment amongst others. A free market economy, fa...
Priorities for primary education policy in India's 12th five-year plan India has demonstrated considerable progress in the past decade onimproving primary school access, infrastructure, pupil鈥搕eacher ratios (PTRs),teacher salaries, and student enrollment. Nevertheless, student learning levels andtrajecto...
African Impact also believes that volunteering abroad should be enjoyable. The organization offers a range of activities for volunteers, including teaching children inSouth Africa, assisting with wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe, working in hospitals or clinics in Kenya, and carrying out dolphin ...
At DHS, she led the development and implementation of national policies for strengthening the security and resilience of critical infrastructure against cyber and physical risks, including the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and key Presidential Directives and Executive Orders. She worked with ...