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Project title: «Clean Environment».   Project news : October, 2005 .

Organization
Middle School # 40, a municipal general education institution
Profile of organization
Non-profit
Start date : September 15, 2005                                                   End date : January 1, 2006
Project summary
This project will improve the indoor environment in schools and kindergartens by installing water and air filters; provide health-improving herbal beverages to children; plant trees and shrubs outside these institutions; install house plants inside the building; classrooms in School # 40 and Kindergartens # 95 #42 will be supplied with health-protective equipment, such as air filters, UV devices, and water filters specially selected for the conditions of this city; “Health Lessons” will be conducted for the children and their parents; community members and parents will take part in improving areas around the school and kindergartens; and project experience will be disseminated among the broad public.
Location
Kamensk-Uralsky, Krasnogorsky Raion, Sverdlovskaya Oblast
Anticipated results
Strengthening child immune systems and reducing the rate of respiratory and intestinal diseases in children; promoting new integrated approaches to improving environmental health and indoor conditions at schools and kindergartens; and planting trees and shrubs around children’s institutions. A communications campaign will be conducted to disseminate the experience of protecting child health in conditions of a contaminated environment.

Total budget $27 531  Grantee contribution$7 656  Grant $19 875

Project Outcomes (September 2006)

Organization:  School # 40, a municipal general education institution

This project installed 3 water fountains with water purification devices at School # 40; and sorption filters for treating water at the kitchens of child care centers # 45 and # 92
The “I Am Healthy!” Program was developed for improving the health of children attending elementary school

Green areas consisting of anti-bacterial plants were arranged in 4 elementary school class rooms of School # 40 and two nursery groups of child care centers # 45 and # 92
Special recommendations on the use of integrated techniques of improving the environment and schools and child care centers were handed over to all schools of the city