Rotary Club of Kathmandu, in partnership with different Rotary Clubs, recently completed the construction of a gender-specific toilet at Shree Baalbodh Basic School in Chandrakot Rural Municipality-3, Jharkharka, Gulmi. The toilet block has two distinct spaces for sanitation.

Currently, 2.5 billion people globally don’t have access to improved sanitation facilities – meaning more people have access to mobile phones than to toilets. Along with health issues presented by lack of proper toilet facilities, many girls don’t attend school due to their periods if there is no toilet. The goal of this toilet project was to ensure that each one of the schools that we support has adequate toilets to ensure that everyone can go to school and stay healthy along the way.

The Rotary Club of Kathmandu in coordination with the school management committee successfully completed construction of Toilet block that includes two separate spaces with support from different Rotary Clubs. The toilet block also has Traditional Sanitary Pad Disposal System. One additional hand washing station also built for the facility of the school going children.This project will benefit 70 school going children, 12 teachers and the local community. The project was coordinated by Vice President Rtn. Rajendra Gautam.