{"id":73553,"date":"2026-06-16T19:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fawe.org\/?p=73553"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:18:34","slug":"no-child-can-learn-without-dignity-why-africa-must-act-now-on-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fawe.org\/en\/no-child-can-learn-without-dignity-why-africa-must-act-now-on-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"No Child Can Learn Without Dignity: Why Africa Must Act Now on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fawe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hon-Aicha-Bah-Diallo-Day-of-the-african-child-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fawe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hon-Aicha-Bah-Diallo-Day-of-the-african-child-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/fawe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hon-Aicha-Bah-Diallo-Day-of-the-african-child-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/fawe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hon-Aicha-Bah-Diallo-Day-of-the-african-child-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/fawe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hon-Aicha-Bah-Diallo-Day-of-the-african-child-1229x1536.png 1229w, https:\/\/fawe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hon-Aicha-Bah-Diallo-Day-of-the-african-child-10x12.png 10w, https:\/\/fawe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hon-Aicha-Bah-Diallo-Day-of-the-african-child.png 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, the Day of the African Child calls us to remember, reflect and recommit to the rights, dignity and future of Africa\u2019s children. It reminds us that education is not only about access to classrooms, textbooks or teachers. It is also about whether every child can learn in safety, health and dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2026, this call is especially urgent. The theme, <strong>\u201cEnsuring universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene for every child in Africa,\u201d<\/strong> places one of the most basic foundations of child wellbeing at the centre of continental attention. For FAWE Africa, this theme speaks directly to our mission. It is not only about infrastructure. It is about rights, gender equality, inclusion and the kind of continent we are building for the next generation.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A child cannot learn fully where dignity is absent. A girl cannot participate fully in school where sanitation is unsafe, inadequate or unavailable. A learner cannot concentrate where clean water is uncertain. A school cannot be called inclusive if it does not provide the basic conditions that allow every child, including girls, children with disabilities, displaced children and children in rural or marginalised communities, to learn safely and equally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scale of the challenge remains severe. Globally, 447 million children still lack basic drinking water services at school, 427 million lack basic sanitation services, and 646 million lack basic hygiene services.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> These are not abstract figures. They represent children attending schools that do not yet meet the minimum conditions required for health, dignity and meaningful participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Water, sanitation and hygiene are often treated as health or infrastructure concerns. They are, but they are also education concerns. They influence whether children attend school, remain in school, feel safe in school and learn without fear, shame or exclusion. When these services are missing, the burden falls most heavily on children who are already disadvantaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Girls are especially affected. Inadequate sanitation undermines privacy, menstrual dignity, safety, attendance and confidence. In sub-Saharan Africa, only 12% of schools provide menstrual materials for free or for purchase, and only 11% have bins for menstrual waste in girls\u2019 toilets.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" id=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> When girls cannot manage menstruation safely and privately at school, their right to education is weakened. This is not a minor inconvenience; it is a structural barrier to learning, participation and equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same is true for children with disabilities who cannot access safe and appropriate toilets, for children in rural schools without reliable water, and for displaced children learning in fragile environments where WASH services are often overstretched or absent. These are failures of inclusion and equity, not only failures of service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Africa cannot speak of quality education while children are learning in schools without safe toilets. We cannot speak of gender equality while girls miss learning time because schools are not prepared to support menstrual health and dignity. We cannot speak of human capital development while millions of children are denied the basic conditions that make learning possible. We cannot speak of Agenda 2063 while the foundations of dignity remain unevenly distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Day of the African Child must therefore be more than a commemoration. It must be a call to policy action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, governments must place school-based WASH at the centre of education planning and financing. Water, sanitation and hygiene should not be treated as optional facilities to be addressed after classrooms are built. They must be part of the minimum standard for every school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, Africa must invest in gender-responsive and inclusive school infrastructure. This means separate, safe, accessible and well-maintained sanitation facilities for girls and boys. It means facilities that respond to the needs of children with disabilities. It means menstrual hygiene management that is integrated into school systems, not treated as a donation, an emergency response or an afterthought Third, school WASH must be integrated into education data and accountability systems. Ministries of education, ministries responsible for water and sanitation, local governments, school leaders, communities and development partners must work together to identify which schools have access, which schools are falling behind, and which children are most affected. What is not measured is too often neglected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At FAWE Africa, we believe education is one of the most powerful tools for transforming the lives of girls and women across the continent. But education does not happen in isolation. A child\u2019s ability to learn is shaped by safety, health, dignity, protection and inclusion. That is why the WASH agenda must be seen as part of the broader struggle for gender-responsive and inclusive education systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this Day of the African Child, FAWE Africa calls on governments, African Union institutions, development partners, civil society, school leaders, communities and the private sector to act with urgency and ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us invest in schools where every child has access to safe water. Let us build sanitation systems that protect dignity. Let us make menstrual hygiene a standard part of education planning. Let us ensure that children with disabilities are not excluded by design. Let us place girls\u2019 needs and voices at the centre of school infrastructure and education reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The African child does not ask for charity. The African child has rights. Among these rights is the right to education in an environment that is safe, healthy, inclusive and dignified. For every African child to learn, we must first protect their dignity.<br><br>By Hon. 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