DISTRICT CONSULTATIONS REPORTS CHAPTER 2: DISCRIMINATION Challenges ? Some children do not want to associate themselves with the disabled children. ? Academically privileged children isolate themselves from slow learners. ? Children who do not have school fees are stigmatized by those who afford. Recommendations ? Guidance and counselling should be fully practiced in schools so as to eradicate discrimination. ? Everyone should contribute in helping the orphans to get food, clothes and blankets. SHORTAGE OF FOOD Challenges ? Orphans and Vulnerable Children do not have food. Recommendations ? Children need to eat especially when going to school. HEALTH Challenges ? The standards of school toilets are not comfortable for children and they are not healthy. ? There are no chemicals to clean toilets. ? There is shortage of hospitals, medical facilities and people pay for treatment in Nkayi District. ? HIV and AIDS infected children do not have access to ARV treatment. ? There are no clean sources of water. Recommendations ? The Ministry of Health should provide chemicals and detergents for cleaning purposes in rural schools. ? The government should provide more hospitals and medical facilities in Nkayi District. ? Medical facilities should be free for people under the age of 10 years and those above 60 years. ? Antiretroviral drugs should be available free of charge to children. ? Ministry of Health should improve the standards of toilets in rural areas. ? The government should ensure that each and every family has a toilet and clean sources of water. EDUCATION Challenges ? Children are being expelled for failing to pay school fees. ? Children are not writing examinations because they do not have examination fees. ? Teachers are forcing children to pay fees for extra lessons. ? There are many temporary teachers in schools. Recommendations ? Children should not be send away from school if they have not paid the fees. ? Children must have free education, trained teachers and examinations should be taken free of charge. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Challenges ? Corporal punishment is no longer used as a form of correction but an abuse since teachers are beating children to the extent of inflicting injuries on them. CHILD PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESS Children's consultations CONSOLIDATED REPORT 35