Project241 is one of
several water supply, sanitation and hygiene projects run by Water for Survival.
Project241is administered in partnership with ATprojects,
a non-governmental
organisation based in Papua New Guinea.
Within Project241there is a
'twinning scheme'. The
aim of this scheme is to increase the understanding between New Zealand and
Papua New Guinea school communities by twinning a New Zealand school with a
school in the Eastern Highlands.
This
is an opportunity for teachers and students in both countries to broaden their
understanding of each other with the exchange of ideas and information through
the use of email and the Internet. New Zealand teachers and students also have access relevant science, social studies, health
and physical education and technology curriculum
resources on this site.
The New Zealand based charity, Water for Survival, is promoting the twinning scheme as part of
their programme to improve children’s health, by funding the building of
toilets in conjunction with a health and hygiene education programme in Eastern
Highlands schools. New Zealand school children by studying the health and
hygiene problems in Papua New Guinea will also lean about keeping themselves
healthy.
As part of
this exchange it is hoped New Zealand schools will help raise money to assist
children in their twinned school to fund the building of toilets and the
production of a health and hygiene education package.
- Project241
is a long term project which started in 2000. The aim is to help
local teachers and students upgrade sanitation facilities in the 216 Community
and Primary Schools of
the Eastern Highlands. The project also provides health education to improve both
staff and students' understanding of the need for clean drinking water, good sanitation
and personal hygiene.
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The first step in
Project241’s
programme
is the construction of a sample toilet at each of the schools.
These will be built by the school's teachers and students. Also
as part of the programme, health messages have been printed
in student's exercise books to provide a basis for daily
instruction.
