The Mayor of Anta, Mr. Wilbert Rozas, is signing the Municipal Ordinance that formalizes the creation of a local and multisectoral HW Committee to lead and monitor the activities.
June 10, 2008
Ordenanza Municipal
The Mayor of Anta, Mr. Wilbert Rozas, is signing the Municipal Ordinance that formalizes the creation of a local and multisectoral HW Committee to lead and monitor the activities.
Visita a escuelas Cusco
Miembros del equipo global de LM visitaron una escuela en Anta (Cusco) para conocer de cerca el trabajo con los niños. Alexandra Orsola de HQ participó junto con los niños en algunas actividades de LM.Members of the HW global team visited a school in Anta (Cusco) to get close to the field work with children. Alexandra Orsola from HQ participated with the kids in some of the HW activities.
Validación de metodología para padres
Parents of Anta (Cusco) participated in the pre-testing of the methodology for Parents School developed by the Initiative and led by Miguel Benites (left).
Anta, 19 de mayo
La validación incluyó dinámicas de grupo, juegos e intercambio de conocimientos sobre higiene y LM.
The pre-testing included group dynamics, playing and knowlegde sharing about hygiene and HW.
Reunión Global Anual
Teams from Senegal, Tanzania, Vietnam, Peru and HQ (Washington DC) participated in working sessions to assess and discuss the HW activities in the different countries.
May 26, 2008
Se inició línea basal
One of the surveyed mothers puts her hands in a bag with soapy water that will be analyzed in the laboratory as part of the baseline study.
The study includes anthropometric tests as measuring the circumference of the head.
Asia, 9 de mayo
The surveys include observations inside the household. Poor conditions of the kitchen is one of the main problems to promote handwashing.
Asia, 9 de mayo
April 28, 2008
Taller con docentes
Teachers had to experience the importance of having clean hands with a very fun dynamic. One of the participants was Cristina Lourdes (left) from N.50122 School in Zurita.
The participants developed practical exercises on the methodology to promote handwashing with their students.
80 teachers from pilot primary schools of Anta district in Cusco, participated in the first training workshop for teachers as part of the School and Community Program.
March 31, 2008
Elección de supervisores
During this week the candidates for supervisors of the baseline participated in the process of standardization and took a theoretical and practical examination.
The Director of IMASEN, Giovanna Peñaflor, led the standarization and training process of the candidates for supervisors of the baseline.
March 15, 2008
Capacitación en ASQ
March 2, 2008
Taller en Arequipa

Arequipa, Cusco and Moquegua school principals participating in the workshop implemented in Arequipa, February 21, 2008.
Shirley Siclla Cáceres, IE 40525 San Santiago. Puyca, Provincia La Unión.
“As teachers we can promote parents participation in the handwashing program and investment in their children health”.
Shirley Siclla Cáceres, 40525 School Principal, San Santiago. Puyca, La Unión Province.
Arequipa, 21 de febrero
El Director de la IE 56175 Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, en el distrito de Espinar (Cusco), está muy interesado en que se lleve a cabo el programa. “La formación de un hábito como el lavado de manos puede ayudar a evitar muchas enfermedades”, señaló Alipio Sulla.
The Principal of 56175 School in Espinar district (Cusco), is very interested in the implementation of the program. “To achieve a behavior as handwashing can help to avoid a lot of children’s sickness”, said Alipio Sulla.
“Lavado de manos podría aplicarse a todas las áreas que se trabaja con el niño de primaria. Por ejemplo en matemáticas, cuántos jabones debieran haber en una batería de servicios higiénicos para 5 niños”.
Norma Burgos, Directora Encargada IE Modelo San Antonio, Distrito Moquegua, Provincia Mariscal Nieto, Departamento Moquegua.
“Handwashing could be used in all the areas related to elementary school. For example in math, we can say: How many bars or pieces of soap are needed for five children bathroom with lavatories?”
Norma Burgos, Modelo San Antonio School, Moquegua District, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua.
February 20, 2008
Diagnóstico en Cajamarca
A child from Chota returning from the field after collecting plants to feed the animals owned by her family.
Nilda Lozada of Ramirez, Principal of 10558 School, shows the facilities to promote handwashing in her institution. They have availability of water but not always of soap…
February 19, 2008
Taller con directores
"As pilot schools we are going to implement this program and I am sure that we will move forward with students, parents and the community". Director Julio Uceda, IE. 80604 José Antonio Encinas Franco, Huaso, La Libertad.
Eleven Directors of the pilot schools from Julcan (La Libertad) and Pallasca (Ancash) provinces participated in a one-day workshop to start the HW School and Comunity Program en their institutions. They made a commitment to include the program in their Annual Plan for 2008 and were very excited about the project scope in their communities.
February 8, 2008
Piloto de línea basal
The survey pilot included blood tests in children under 2 years to detect anemia. Some children had fun during the test, but others made it a real challenge...
Yelitza La Torre, 38 años, madre de dos niñas. Ama de casa.
"I prepare food for my family and try to keep the house and kitchen clean. I wash my hands before cooking but only outside the house". Yelitza is one of the mothers surveyed in the baseline pilot. The dirt in the kitchens of rural households is an obstacle to be overcome...
Yelitza La Torre, 38 years, mother of two girls. Housewife.
The fieldworkers had to travel long hours by bus and on foot to reach out to households. 60 surveys were conducted in two regions of the country, in addition to the biometric tests, microbiology and parasitology.
His name is Samuel and is two years old. His town was selected for the pilot of the questionnaire and the biometric tests for the baseline. Samuel was measured, weighed and blood tested for anemia. He is only 69 cm tall and chronically malnourished.
Abogacía en Cusco
Cirilo Quispe, Alcalde de Cachimayo, Cusco.
The interest of the Municipality of Cachimayo in hygiene and basic sanitation is confirmed with the creation of the Rural Basic Sanitation Office (OMSABAR). “We have trained women leaders from Vaso de Leche and we will make some experience exchanges”.
Cirilo Quispe La Torre, Mayor of Cachimayo, Cusco.
IE 50122. Distrito de Zurite, Cusco.
50122 School. Zurite district, Cusco.
"We will be accredited in recognition for the activities we conduct as part of the Healthy Schools program", comments Juana Valdivia, Principal of primary school #50123. Hygiene, environmental culture and garbage recycling, are among healthy practices currently promoted in this school, explains Ernesto Aymachoque, its Sub Principal. This year 4 food kiosks with HW facilities will be inaugurated.
Pucyura, 22 de eneroEl Director de IE 50120, Felipe Cana, es un ejemplo de gestión y trabajo concertado. En dos años logró movilizar fondos de diferentes instituciones para la construcción de pabellones de aulas y servicios higiénicos de su institución. “Esta propuesta orientada a promover lavado de manos reforzará la vinculación de los actores que deben participar en favor de los niños”, afirma.
January 30, 2008
Visita a escuelas en Ica
El agua es escasa. Las escuelas en Ica reciben dos horas de agua cada dos días, en promedio. La situación era mala antes del terremoto, pero ahora es peor. El sector privado va a tener una participación importante en el proceso de reconstruccion de infraestructura para agua y saneamiento que hará posible la promoción de lavado de manos con jabón.
I.E. Francisco Perez Anampa, No.22360. Tate, Ica.
Water is scarce. Schools receive water two hours every other day, on the average. It was bad before the earthquake, but it has gotten worse. In Ica, the role of the private sector will be a major one in the process of reconstruction of water and sanitation facilities that will enable handwashing promotion.
School Francisco Perez Anampa, No.22360. Tate, Ica.
Santiago, 23 de enero
La vida continúa. Niños en clases de verano. Su escuela es una de las tantas abatidas por el terremoto de 7.9 grados, del 15 de Agosto del 2007. La mayoría de estos niños vive ahora en chozas de esteras o carpas, en las comunidades rurales del distrito de Santiago en Ica. El estado de la infraestructura va a representar un reto a tomar en cuenta a la hora de promocionar la práctica de lavado de manos. Pasados seis meses de la catástofre, la población de Ica empieza a pensar en el futuro.
I.E. María Darquea de Cabrera, No.22355. Santiago, Ica.
Life goes on. Children in summer school. Their school is one of many hit by August 15th, 7.9 points´ earthquake. Most of these children now live in stray huts or tents, in rural communities in Santiago, Ica. Destroyed infrastructure will represent a major challenge when promoting handwashing with soap in Ica. Six months after the catastrophe, Ica´s population begins to think about the future.
School María Darquea de Cabrera, No.22355. Santiago, Ica.

