Dumalogdog ES WINS Program Narrative Report

Page 1

Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE South Sindangan I District Dumalogdog Elementary School Tel No.: 09260034686

e-mail address: albert.hisoler@deped.gov.

NARRATIVE REPORT OF WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE ( WASH) IN SCHOOLS (WINS) PROGRAM IN SCHOOL

I. INTRODUCTION The advocacy on the promotion of correct hygiene and sanitation practices among school children and a clean environment has been the government’s priority through the Department of Education to keep the learners safe and healthy, excel academically and develop to be productive citizens in the country. The world’s chaotic environment has impacts on children particularly on health and academic performance that trapped in a cycle of diseases and poverty for a long period of time.. Nearly 90% of the world’s school aged children live in low and middle income countries where living conditions often result in high prevalence of poverty-related diseases. Weather at school or home, overcrowded buildings, lack of clean water and sanitation facilities, poor awareness and poor personal hygiene practices are the root causes of many diseases; and so is the lack of healthy and balanced diet. Infectious diseases like diarrhea, respiratory infections, skin diseases, worm infections and dental cavities are very common, considered normal, socially accepted therefore neglected. (Monse, 2010). In the Philippines, the DepEd Order no. 65, s. 2009 states that the most common hygiene deficiency related infectious diseases in public schools are due to inadequate water and functional sanitary facilities, if unattended, these will lead to malnutrition, poor physical growth and other diseases like anemia, toothache among others. II. IMPLEMENTATION / ACTIVITIES Handwashing with soap is one of the key elements of DepEd’s Comprehensive Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in school (WINS) Program as stipulated in DepEd Order no. 10, s. 2016. In line with this, Global Handwashing Day is annually celebrated every 15 th day of October to advocate and raise awareness on the significance of washing hands with soap. This year, the global Handwashing Theme “Clean Hands for All” focuses on the links between handwashing and food including food hygiene and nutrition. This gives importance to handwashing in keeping food safe and preventing diseases and helping children grow. As one of the public schools of the Division of Zamboanga del Norte, Dumalogdog Elementary School supported, conducted, and observed the different activities relative to WINS Program implementation. During the information drive on WINS Program sometime on the last week of July, 2018, the principal of Dumalogdog Elementary School, Mr. Albert D. Hisoler gave his message and stated some insights on the importance of handwashing during the convergence. All the teachers discussed the importance of handwashing with soap and toothbrushing on their respective classes. They encourage the pupils to do proper handwashing as this is critical to food


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
Dumalogdog ES WINS Program Narrative Report by Albert Domaboc Hisoler - Issuu