The partnership will provide 750.000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique with a healthy environment and at the same time awareness on personal hygiene will be raised. Drinking water- and sanitation facilities will be installed through (local partners of) e.g. Unicef, Simavi and Vitens Evides International. The KNVB, with local partners, will educate WorldCoaches in order to establish behavioral change and will set up school football competitions. Specifically for this program, a new Life Skills Manual was developed for the subjects in the field of WASH by the University of Utrecht. The program will run from april 2012 until march 2016.
==Basic WASH Manual==
Issues of health and hygiene are crucial to every human life. Good hygiene prevents you and your players from infections and diseases, such as diarrhoea. Proper hygiene
practices enable you to maintain your dignity and to reach your goals in life.
You play an important role in the hygiene practices of your players. As a WorldCoach, you are more than just a football coach. You can deliver hygiene messages to your players. You can show your team members the importance of hand washing and drinking safe water for example. You can encourage them to develop good habits and to live a healthy life.
The earlier children and youths learn about good hygiene, the higher the chances of achieving and sustaining positive results in their generation and the community as a whole.
This manual will support you, as a role model, in teaching life skills. These are necessary for changing hygienic behaviour of your players in a positive way.
The '''Basic WASH Manual''' will guide you through these critical topics:
* Introduction to WASH
* The relation between WASH and disease
* Three crucial behaviours
* Why Life Skills?
* Why should a WorldCoach care about WASH?
* How can a WorldCoach contribute to WASH by Life Skills?
* What role can a WorldCoach play in Life Skills training?
* Roadmap (realize, analyze, act)
* Tools: fun activities and games you can play to address basic WASH issues
==Safe Sanitation==
