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UN HABITAT - Facilitators and Trainers Guidebook: Human Values-based
Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene Classrooms
Abstract
Human Values-based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education has various dimensions-environmental,
social and economic. Being an innovative approach, the human values-based education not only seeks
to impart information on water, sanitation and hygiene but also inspires and motivates learners to
change their behaviour with a view to promoting wise and sustainable use thereof. It will have its impact
on conservation of water and saving it from pollution, issues of prime importance. This apart, access to
clean water has a direct impact on health of the people, particularly children, due to water-borne
diseases.
Provision of water and toilet facilities also help reduce absenteeism and dropout rate in schools,
particularly among girls. It also helps promote income generation programmes for the poor. In essence,
water, sanitation and hygiene is central to socio-economic development and poverty alleviation.
Through the approach of Human Values-based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education, we can
promote a better understanding and practice of these concepts as a key social, economic and
environmental resource as well as facilitating the emergence of a new water management ethic.
Experience has shown that human values-based education can be used as a strategic entry point for
supporting positive attitudinal changes amongst students, teachers and all those involved in the
educational process. The implementation of Human Values-based Water Sanitation and Hygiene
Education will help achieve an all-round development of nations. Thus, education has direct relationship
with sustainable development.
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