SafeZoneTM
An Initiative of InSiGHt Health Consulting in partnership with RoSPA.
Health is pivotal for the successful learning of children. The world’s attention has shifted to prioritizing children’s health. Several studies have documented that malnourished or ill children face impairments in learning. Emotional difficulties, mental health problems, and other preventable health issues can significantly interfere with children’s learning.
Schools are an invaluable component of our society. However, unfortunately, the reality is that schools can also be a place of mishap.
How safe is your school?
- Deaths as a result of injury is now a big public health issue – Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among adolescents.
- In 2016, WHO estimated that over 644,855 children under the age of 15 were killed by an injury and between 10 million and 30 million more suffered a non-fatal injury.
- According to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme report in 2016, nearly half of the schools in sub-Saharan Africa have no drinking water service.
- Water and education are also linked in school absence. About 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related illnesses.
SafeZoneTM was developed in collaboration with the Royal Society for Safety and Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), which is the foremost UK organization that has pioneered safety over the last 100 years. SafeZoneTM is a school safety accreditation system that provides a vehicle for assessing the level of compliance with health and safety standards.
The school safety audit system that InSiGHt Health- SafeZone™ offers is the first of its kind in Nigeria and West Africa. The SafeZone™ team audits and provides recommendations, training, monitoring, and evaluation of safety processes.