AECI Eco-Schools Progress Report July 2019

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6.2 Successes / Challenges / lessons Learnt 6.2.1 Please share any significant success that the project enjoyed in the last 6 months: Significant Successes in the last 6 months : • Sustainable resources like jojo tanks, water points and tippy taps were supplied to schools to assist with the water conservation and sanitation projects. 6.2.2 Please share any challenges that the project faced in the last 6 months and how they were/will they be resolved: Challenges: • A turnover of Eco-Committee teachers is a challenge because then new teachers are introduced to the project and that sometimes slows progress down. To resolve this, we now work with a minimum of 3 teachers on the Eco-Committee to ensure continuity. • The recycling companies do not collect from the schools regularly because the schools do not produce huge volumes of material. This causes storage issues at the schools. Schools now work with local partners and with local collectors. 6.2.3 Please share any significant lessons learnt the project experience in the last 6 months: Lessons Learnt: • The schools closer to each other would like a school pairing system to allow sharing of ideas and solutions. We are going to pair them at the coming workshop and support them in maintaining their relationship. • Not all teachers are equally committed. We have thus learned to continue to involve as many educators per school as possible and to identify and support the ones who actively work on the projects. Connecting with the principal also helps to sustain the overall commitment from schools. The Whatsapp group works well to communicate with the teachers regularly and more effectively.

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