| Junior/Youth
Red Cross Drinking Water and Sanitation
Program
The
Junior / Youth Red Cross Drinking
Water Programme has emerged
as a
leading activity of the NRCS.
Construction of drinking water
schemes and sanitary facilities
has been taking place through
this program since 1984, in
rewarding partnership with the
Japanese Red Cross Society.
This program has a focus on
schools and their nearby communities.
Water supply and sanitation
facilities are often insufficient
or non-existent in schools,
and poor sanitary practices
still exist throughout Nepal,
which makes school children
particularly vulnerable to disease.
This is a compelling reason
to utilize the Junior/Youth
Red Cross school network for
both sanitation awareness and
construction of appropriate
facilities.
The capacity building focus
of Nepal Junior/Youth Red Cross,
and its existence in the school
system, also helps to sustain
the services provided long term.
With appropriate  resources
and empowerment, school children
have the ability to become agents
of change within their families
and thus mobilize the community
as a whole.
So far, the Junior/Youth Drinking
Water and Sanitation Programme
has helped 40 districts and
over 250,000 people.
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General
Objectives : |
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To contribute to the improvement
of health conditions through
the provision of safe water
for drinking and through
creation of awareness of
safe water and sanitation |
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To provide safe drinking
water |
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To create awareness of
safe handling of water and
a healthy sanitary environment |
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To develop sanitary facilities
for school use, and demonstrate
the way to use them |
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To support self-help efforts
of the communities through
the Junior Red Cross (JRC)
circles |
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To strengthen the activities
and services of Nepal Junior/Youth
Red Cross as an organization |
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To promote international
friendship and understanding
among Junior Red Cross members |
Target
Groups
Children aged 5 - 16 in junior
and high schools
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Activities
of NRCS : |
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Construction of sanitary
facilities |
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Training in schools and
community: |
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Training the trainer |
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Plumbers' training |
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Basic Health and Sanitation
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General First Aid |
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Training on health and
sanitation through Child
to Child Approach |
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Ongoing refresher training |
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Volunteer exchange programme
with Japanese Junior/Youth
Red Cross |
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Exchange of friendship
materials |
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Monitoring and evaluation
to assess effectiveness
of the programme |
For further information on
any of these activities, contact
Junior/Youth
Red Cross at jrcdwp@nrcs.org
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Junior/Youth Red Cross Organization
and Service programs have reached
all 75 districts of Nepal and
have helped innumerable people
in a variety of fields. The
aim of the Organization and
Service Program is to provide
services to youth and the community
through first aid training,
capacity for immediate response
during disasters, handicraft
centres, community centres,
as well as humanitarian awareness
generation activities throughout
the country. 
