El jardín de infancia en el pintoresco pueblo de Nueva Granada, Honduras, cuenta con servicios confiables de agua y saneamiento.
It wasn’t always this way at the school, shares Dora Ramos, the school’s director. For most of her 16 years of teaching at the school, the doors to the bathroom were broken, the roof dripped, and the toilets didn’t work properly. When she started working at the school, Dora was the only teacher, and the dilapidated water and sanitation infrastructure only made her already challenging job even more difficult.
Water For People’s Everyone Forever model commits to reaching every single school with improved water and sanitation services, including Dora’s school. The school worked with Water For People to construct a custom handwashing station and soap for students to utilize for better hygiene. The bathrooms have new toilets and ceilings.
“Ahora los niños ven todo mucho más bonito y se sienten mejor al utilizar las instalaciones”, comparte Dora.
Para instituir el uso adecuado de las nuevas estaciones de lavado de manos y baños, Dora aprovecha cualquier oportunidad para inculcar buenos hábitos de higiene en sus estudiantes.
"Todas las mañanas hablamos de higiene", dice Dora. "Cuando hablamos del medio ambiente, tratamos de mencionar la higiene. Cuando hablamos de la familia, tratamos de mencionar la higiene. Como son los estudiantes más jóvenes, tratamos de saturarlos con este conocimiento".
Thanks to Dora’s commitment and a partnership with the district government and Water For People, her students are healthy, clean, and happy. Her work is expanding through Nueva Granada, as children go home with better hygiene habits and create change in their families. In this town, it’s the smallest students who are making the greatest changes.
