Summary

The primary hand-washing station and the pre-primary bathroom will be repaired. Additionally a hand-washing station with three taps in height adequate for the pre-primary children will be installed.

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Background

The school “Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Kanaquil” is located in KANAQUIL a community in the Municipality of Nebaj. Nebaj belongs to the so-called Ixil-Triangle in the Department of El Quiché in Guatemala, Central America. The community Kanaquil is located approximately 17 km north-west of Nebaj. The village is accessible via a dust road from Nebaj throughout the year. Set amid a mountainous landscape, the climate is cold, humid and rainy.

The primary school has a sink for hand-washing, which is in bad shape. The pre-primary school 100m up the hill has flush toilets in need to be repaired and no hand-washing facilities whatsoever.

The school has two three cabin bathrooms for the primary school and one three cabin bathroom for the pre-primary school. The primary school’s bathrooms are in good conditions, but the hand-washing station lacks maintenance.

The pre-primary school’s bathroom has been badly installed and therefore leaks. A low height hand-washing station close to the pre-primary bathroom would improve the hand-washing quote after usage of bathroom.

With regards to other NGOs working in the region, the Guatemalan organization FIS has built a number of water systems, and completed several latrine projects. Additionally, UNIPAR and SOLIDARIDAD INTERNACIONAL have also completed projects in the area. Unfortunately, many projects were stand-alone, and little follow up work has been undertaken, especially in terms of water system maintenance and repair.

Location

Kanaquil, Municipality of Nebaj, El Quiche Department, Guatemala

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