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Students drinking clean water at St Theresa Primary School in Ndanai, Bomet county, Kenya on July 6, 2017. St Theresa is one of the rural schools the non-governmental organisation Dig Deep has partnered with to provide children clean and safe environments to learn and communities the basic resources they need through training and infrastructures like taps, boreholes, rainwater harvesting and latrines. Many children and communities in rural Kenya lack clean drinking water, proper toilets, and good hygiene walking long distances to collect water, getting sick from unclean water and poor hygiene, and girls dropping out of school not having private toilets. Using locally available materials to ensure that the equipment can be managed and maintained in the long term, schools and communities get reliable, clean water, improving health, saving time previously used for collecting water and positively impacting school attendance and attainment. Safe and clean latrines have a huge impact on children’s health and school attendance, particularly for teenage girls. Communities learn how diseases spread and what they need to do to keep themselves and their families healthy through training teachers and community health workers in health and hygiene, including menstrual hygiene to break down stigma and correct misinformation, giving girls the tools and insight they need to continue their education and role in the community when menstruating. Through regular visits and additional supports over a 5year partnership the community are able to maintain Dig Deep’s infrastructure and learning long term.

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