A school from Berlin convinced the jury with their “Adopt a toilet” idea, where students take direct responsibility for a specific toilet during their time at school. This idea helps increase personal commitment to the upkeep of the school’s sanitation facilities. The project concept was developed in cooperation with Dr. Tom Keating of Project CLEAN (Cleaners, Learners and Educators Against Neglect), who has been working to improve school restrooms in the United States for more than 20 years.
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[[File:G3.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Inauguration ceremony of the new school facilities]]
It is generally useful to organize such kind of competition, where "only" the main aim is given, thus the students are enough free to imagine great and successful ideas to solve the given problem. In this competition it was a perfect solution, as well, that the schools had to give its own resources (e.g. time, money) into the implementation, so the participants were more committed to the project.
=== Project details ===
'''Project begin: ''' 2012
'''Project location: ''' whole Germany
'''Executing institution and funder: ''' German Toilet Organization
'''Project partners: ''' WECF, CLEAN
'''''The German Toilet Organization''' is an NGO situated in berlin. Since 2005, they have worked internationally in the field of sustainable sanitation. as part of its work gto offers workshops in schools to improve their sanitation situation and to raise awareness about the global crisis.''
'''''WECF '''(Women in Europe for a Common Future) is a non-governmental organization established in 1994 following the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, to give women a stronger voice in the field of sustainable development and environment. WECF strives for balancing the environment, health and economy, taking the different needs and perspectives of women and men into account and implements solutions locally and influences policy internationally.''
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