Recommendations for sanitary hygiene and infection prevention in German school toilets during the COVID-19 pandemic: How can German schools ensure infection prevention at school toilets and washrooms?
Obwohl führende Hygieneforscher dem Händewaschen mit Seife im Kampf gegen Pandemien wie COVID-19 eine ähnliche hohe Bedeutung wie dem Impfen beimessen, haben 36 % der Schulen weltweit keine Handwaschvorrichtungen.
Hand washing with soap is an effective and cheap measure to prevent virus infections. But washing your hands properly - how does it work?
New teaching materials expand the spectrum of the education project "Toiletized World" and offer a variety of ideas for global education in the classroom.
Together with the German WASH network, the GTO has convened a learning event on building resilient WASH systems in fragile contexts.
With a pilot project in the second half of 2019, the German Toilet Organization e. V. (GTO) has successfully expanded the impact of its development education work for the first time by using multipliers. Teachers at schools and employees of supply and disposal companies are called upon to apply the knowledge they have learned in their work.
In collaboration with GIZ Uganda team of the global project “Sanitation for Millions” (S4M), the GTO celebrated the official launch of the second edition of the school competition “Toilets Making the Grade”. Until March 2020, Kampala’s schools are called upon to develop and implement their own concepts for keeping school toilets clean.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 4.2 billion people worldwide have no access to safe sanitation. Berlin school students publicly demonstrated on the occasion of World Toilet Day 2019.
In their position paper, German WASH network and VENRO demand: WASH should be seen as an essential foundation for any sustainable development.
The Sustainable Services Initiative developed a discussion paper on strengthening sanitation and hygiene in the WASH systems conceptual framework.
Pressemitteilung zur Preisverleihung des „Toiletten machen Schule”-Wettbewerbs 2018/19
The German school competition “Toiletten machen Schule” is reaching the final round. On the 8th of May, the jury of experts finally chose the three winning schools.
2.1 billion people worldwide have no access to safe drinking water. Berlin school children demonstrated against the global water crisis on the occasion of World Water Day 2019.
Parliamentary Breakfast at the German Bundestag: How can politics contribute to improving the sanitary situation at schools – nationally and internationally?
