By Joanna Bega | Chief Executive
A lack of decent toilets is one of the main reasons that children in rural areas of Nepal stay away from school – especially girls. And we know that children out of school are much more vulnerable to being trafficked.
For older girls in secondary school, a lack of privacy and separate toilets can lead to them dropping out of school altogether. Our recent survey of three rural secondary schools in Nepal showed that, shockingly, only 50% of students were able to afford sanitary items and in one school, nearly 30% of girls said they didn’t attend when they were menstruating. We don’t think that this is good enough and that’s why we are supporting sanitation projects in schools that increase levels of hygiene and education, allowing girls to attend school even when they are menstruating.
We are currently constructing toilets in four different schools in the district of Makwanpur – which will benefit a total of 1,330 children – and many more in years to come.
If you can help us construct more toilets in rural Nepal, please make a donation today. Thank you.
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