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was to develop a WASH Brigade and publish Management Committees about specific
their own magazine as a tool to promote actions on campus cleanliness, safe
peer learning, sharing and behaviour drinking water, hand washing, personal
change. hygiene, food hygiene during mid-day meal
breaks, etc. Members of WASH Brigade are
WASH Brigade is a forum of children democratically elected every year.
promoted by WaterAid in 152 intervention
During a 3-day writing workshop with
schools across Fatehpur, Chitrakoot and
30 identified WASH Brigade members
Unnao Districts in Uttar Pradesh under
from different schools in February 2023,
its ‘WASH in School’ intervention. About
children learned about the basics of writing
1,800 children are associated with WASH
and creative expressions. Children and
Brigade and office bearers with WASH-
school teachers were actively involved in
specific responsibilities. This includes developing the layout and design of the
educating other children, monitoring and magazine, selecting stories, and drafting
informing school teachers and School the content.

utcome

The first issue was released by Shri Sanjay

Kushwaha, District Basic Education Officer,
Fatehpur, in the presence of WASH Brigade

members, school teachers, and members
of School Management Committees on 6 th

April 2023.

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