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Table 2 Activities and sources of evidence

From: Participatory science and innovation for improved sanitation and hygiene: process and outcome evaluation of project SHINE, a school-based intervention in Rural Tanzania

Activity

Description

Date

Delivered by

Target Audience

Evidence of implementation

Source of data

Teacher training workshops

Participatory workshops to share knowledge and enhance teacher capacity in: 1) parasitism; 2) sanitation and hygiene in local context; 3) basic water quality testing and treatment; 4) advanced water testing and organizing a science fair

May & Sept. 2014

SHINE core teama

Biology and civics teachers at both schools

20 teachers trained

individual interviews, participatory evaluation techniques at workshops

SHINE School lessons

Series of lessons on sanitation, hygiene, water testing and treatment adapted from workshops and teacher manuals provided to teachers

May to Oct. 2014

Biology & civics teachers

Form 3 students

At least 40 individual lessons delivered

log books, individual interviews, focus group discussions

Extra-curricular SHINE activities

Classroom lessons on sanitation, hygiene, water testing and treatment replicated by students to community members. School debates, additional cleaning schedule for toilets, and school grounds.

May to Oct. 2014

SHINE club members

Community members

At least 4 separate visits to deliver lessons in villages Two debates performed in front of the entire school. Additional cleaning schedule of latrines by SHINE club members.

log books, individual interviews, focus group discussions

Community WASH events

Three school-wide events with community members to mark World Water Monitoring Day, Global Hand Washing Day and World Toilet Day

Sept & Oct, 2014

SHINE club members

All school students and community members

Participation of 500–1000 students and community members per event

individual interviews, field notes

Sanitation Science Fair

Students designed and implemented experiments to address water, sanitation and hygiene issues

Nov, 2014

Form 3 students

All school students and community members

Participation of between 500–1000 including members of the Pastoralist Council (local government), traditional leaders, women’s group members and out-of-school youth.

individual interviews, field notes

Scale up of Science Fair projects

Additional training in youth-based social entrepreneurship and soap-making

Jan-May 2015

SHINE core team, WET Centre Zambia & Rocky Mountain Soap Company

Teachers, students and women’s group members

Not implemented until after end of formal project

Not applicable

  1. aSHINE core team consisted of Tanzanian and Canadian graduate and undergraduate students and local translators and facilitators