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Nurturing Healthy Schools Where Every Child Thrives.

CHHIP

COMPREHENSIVE | HEALTH + HYGIENE | IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Broadleaf fosters innovative learning and growth opportunities in rural primary schools through CHHIP, a multicomponent school health program.

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School Health Activists

CHHIP is delivered by SHAs, trained community members, who ensure every child’s readiness to learn and thrive. Broadleaf has been at the forefront of pioneering this innovative delivery model for school health promotion.

Three Components of CHHIP

Health Education

Comprehensive health education empowers children as agents of change to improve their personal health and the health of their community.
SHAS deliver weekly health lessons on developmentally appropriate health and hygiene topics such as oral hygiene, nutrition, and building empathy
Health lessons develop knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that improve the health and wellbeing of students while promoting the health of the broader community

Primary Health Services

SHAs deliver equitable, accessible, and, and quality healthcare in schools to safeguard every child’s wellbeing.
Students receive preventative health screenings and early interventions to improve individual health outcomes
SHAs increase access to specialized services by supporting families in in all aspects of referring children with more significant health concerns

Community Health Working - measuring height and weight

Healthy School Environments

CHHIP fosters a safe physical and social school environment in which children can learn, grow, and thrive.
CHHIP partners with schools to ensure access to clean, safe, and gender-inclusive water and sanitation facilities.
CHHIP supports school communities in implementing inclusive teaching methodologies that respect and engage all learners

Evidence-based Impact

100%

Of CHHIP Schools with clean water and sanitation facilities

33%

Reduction of Diarrhea rates in Students at CHHIP Schools

13%

Increase in health knowledge of students at CHHIP schools

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CHHIP was initiated in 2012 in 7 schools in 3 communities. With your support, Broadleaf has sustained our partnership in these communities while steadily expanding our impact. In 2024, we are reaching 1400 children in 22 rural primary schools.

Sustained Impact

Always Innovating

CHHIP continuously changes, adapts, and grows based on community needs and desires. Many of Broadleaf’s innovations begin in CHHIP communities and grow into independent programs.

School Nutrition Gardens

Students and teachers partner with members of local agricultural communities to design and grow school nutrition gardens, ultimately producing healthy and indigenous foods for school lunches.

Community Health Working - Health Education - height and weight

Himalayan Clean Up

CHHIP partners with organizations across the fragile ecosystems of the Himalayas to reduce plastic waste and promote environmental awareness.

Menstrual Health Awareness

SHAs support communities in breaking the silence and stigma associated with menstruation through community-based knowledge building opportunities.