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Importance of sanitation & protection of children in scholarly…
Importance of sanitation & protection of children in scholarly environments
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Issue 1: Financial position of the country (bigger picture)
Based on the point of looking at the bigger picture, the lack of adequate services in schools could create a cycle of poverty/ unemployment
Issue 2: Sanitation
Source: The right to basic sanitation: A human right in need of constitutional guarantee in Africa 2013 SAJHR 615 Serges Djoyou Kamga
Children cannot focus fully on what is being taught to them if they have to worry about other surrounding factors.
Issue 3: Children adapting to harsh environments
In Africa, rural areas have harsh environments- plus poverty, which can make school difficult for children to attend/ enjoy. Lack of proper classroom and toilets do not help either.
Source: - Naidoo, N., South Africa. Water Research Commission and Water Research Commission (2007) The effectiveness of sanitation awareness and education programmes in informal settlements. Gezina, South Africa: Water Research Commission
Issue 4: Consequences of a lack of sanitation
Boot, M. T., International Reference Centre for Community Water Supply and Sanitation and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (1984) Making the links: guidelines for hygiene education in community water supply and sanitation with particular emphasis on public stand post water supplies. The Hague, Netherlands: IRC International Reference Centre for Community Water Supply and Sanitation (Occasional paper series / IRC Water and Sanitation Centre).
Issue 5: Obligations by legislation
Water Services Act 108 of 1997
National Health act 61 of 2003
National Education Policy Act No 27 of 1996
Issue 6: Protection of children
Agreements protecting children
Charter of the United Nations 1945
The International Bill of Human Rights 1948
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1989