PEACE CORPS GUATEMALA APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TEAMING WITH HEALTHY SCHOOL
THE STATISTICS OF MORTALITY IN GUATEMALA ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, PARASITES, AND INTESTINAL ILLNESS TOP ILLNESSES
GOOD HYGIENE HABITS REDUCE ILLNESS **WASH HANDS BEFORE EATING AND AFTER LATRINE USE **USE THE LATRINE **WASH UTENCILS WELL **CLEAN FOODS PROPERLY
MAJOR CAUSE OF INFECTION IS SELF CONTAMINATION BY NOT WASHING HANDS
APPROPRIATES STRUCTURES FOR WASHING HANDS AND LATRINE USE
Most schools do not have proper facilities
Providing proper facilities and hygiene education are the solution
Many present facilities result in more contamination
Proper facilities break the cycle of infection
Good designs to rid schools of contaminated water
Septic tanks and drain fields protect school children Water in and water out. Water in and water out.
Absorption pits for waste water where land is scarce
Shortages of water inhibit good hygiene
TECNOLOGÍA APROPIADA School hand washing station and rain storage tank
Rain storage tanks under basketball courts to save space
FERRO-CEMENTO 2000 Liter tanks for homes
10-20,000 liter Ferro-Cement tanks for school health programs 10-20,000 liter Ferro-Cement tanks for school health programs
Egg shaped tanks for areas with no water systems 8,000 LITROS.
TANQUE DEL HUEVO (Egg Shaped Tank)
Rope Pumps (BOMBA DE LAZO) for shallow wells in areas with good ground water
Pumps and tanks provide water to promote good hygiene and better health
Small economic pump systems distribute water properly to school facilities
Typical school latrine in communities with few resources
Confining human waste is the number one goal of a healthy invironment
Simple, economic latrines protect families
Smoke in the kitchen is a major health hazard
Reducing smoke in the kitchen reduces upper respiratory illness Reducing wood consumption saves forests
Appropriate and economical designs
Hot water heating for showers and better hygiene
Clean school kitchens for food preparation
Instruction in safe chlorine use
Hygiene activities to support learning
Topographic studies to assist villages with proposals for water systems
Inspection of water systems to prevent contamination
Peace Corps Appropriate Technology and Healthy Schools team up with Agua Para La Salud to combat the cycle of infection