MEST Standard Child Friendly WASH Facilities in Schools in Sierra Leone

March 2011

Objectives

To secure rights, dignity, privacy for children

To provide healthy, safe and secure school environments

To help ensure quality education

To encourage children’s

pride in their schools and

communities

To invest in school

children and the health of

future generations

MEST Minimum Standards for Child Friendly WASH Facilities

• At least 1.5 litres of safe drinking water per pupil per day

• At least 45 students per drop hole of school latrine

• Not less than 4 drop holes of school latrine

• Visually separated for boys and girls

• At least 100ft from a well of borehole

• Dust bins should be available in strategic location

• A site for burning garbage should be chosen and

equipped with fenses

MEST Construction Standard

• Construction standards for school facilities are set and monitored by MEST

• These standards refer to the design of school building, toilets and water wells

• These school facilities are to be respected by IPs

School Latrine Design (cont’)• Toilet Seat:

Overall size 1’- 3” long x 1’ -2” wide x 2” thick with 6” diameter holes

• Rails:2”x2” box pipe weilded as per design 3’ x 3’ fix to wall and floor

School Latrine Design (cont’)

School Latrine Design (cont’)• Pit Excavation:

6’ x 12’-6” x 15’ depth

2 per site not less than 20m apart

• Block Work in Pit:Precast sandcrete solid blocks,

Bedded and jointed in cement mortar (1:6)

6” thick in pit and finish with plastering

• Concrete Work:Reinforced in-situ concrete

(1:2:4 - 3/4” aggregate)

In up stand beams suspended slab

over pit 4” thick including cutting

manholes 2’-1” x 1’-3”

• WASH Facility:

Construct to completion with concrete 2’ x 3’ x 3’

Stand for WASH drum (used pig feet drum)

School Latrine Design (cont’)

School Latrine Design (cont’)

• Containers with a tap on elevated ground

• Heights for age

• HW station made of

cement or hug fit rubber

• Well protected with cover

School Latrine Design (cont’)

• 3 seat VIP of 2 blocks of Latrine

• Separate blocks for boys and girls

• 1 drop hole for the disabled

• Handwashing facilities

attached with each block

School Latrine Design (cont’)

• Ventilation to avoid odour

Plan for a water well

• Lining

• Caissing

• Head walls

• Sinking

• Apron

• Well cover with HP & manhole

• Laundering work

• Link to soak away pit

• Soak away pit filled with stones

School Water Design

• Fensed water point

• Well-structured apron and drainage canal

Bill of Quantities (BoQ) for construction of school latrines

Substructure

• Site Clearance

• Excavation

• Filling and Disposal of Excavated Materials

• Concrete Work n Foundations

• Plain Round Mild Steel Bar Reinforcement

• Block Work in Foundation

• Finishing and Painting in Foundations

BoQ for construction of school latrines (cont’)

Concrete Work

• Reinforced In-Situ Concrete

• Plain Round Mild Steel Bar Reinforcement

• Formwork

Block Work

Roofing

Wood Work

Plumbing Installation

Floor and Walls Finishing

Painting and Decorating

BoQ for construction of a school well

Excavation

Concrete Work

Sundries

Hand Pump Installation

Operation and Management

• SMC training in O&M with clear roles and responsibilities

Thank you!