CHAPTER NATIONAL SUMMIT 3: Recommendations ? Schools should have clean water sources and boreholes should be sunk. Every house must have a clean water source and a toilet so that there is no spread of diseases such as cholera and diarrhea. ? Medication for children must be free and immunisation should be compulsory. ? ARVs should be available for free and there should be health education programmes in communities. ? Proper toilets in all schools must be constructed. SHELTER AND THE ENVIRONMENT Challenges ? There are accommodation shortages especially in the urban high density areas. ? Environmental degradation is high resulting in unsafe and hazardous environments for children. ? Many children are living in unclean and unsafe environments, polluted and posing risks of diseases. Recommendations ? Right to shelter and decent housing must be prioritised in the new constitution. ? Children's homes must be built for children with nowhere to live. ? There should be a policy on prevention of pollution to safeguard the cleanliness of the environments children live in. ? Land should be redistributed equally so that all families may have a place to stay. EDUCATION Challenges ? Children are not accessing quality education. Recommendations ? Computers must be available in schools so that children learn Information and Communication Technology and every school must have afully equipped library. ? Life skills education in all schools should be an important component of the curriculum. ? Primary education should be free and school fees and levies should be affordable and no child should be sent home from school because they have not paid school fees. ? Affordable examination fees and due dates that can be met should be set. ? Schools should be built for disabled people with all the facilities they need. ? Rural areas need more schools especially secondary schools so that children will not walk long distances to school. ? Teachers' salaries must be increased so that children do not become victims of frequent strikes. ? Children should be taught about their rights in schools. ? The education system must develop the talents of children in various fields as their right. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Challenges ? Teachers are now physically abusing children in schools in the name of corporal punishment. Laws governing corporal punishment in the country are not being adhered to. ? Many children suffer physical harm and emotional stress with serious consequences after being beaten. Recommendations ? No child should be beaten at school and the constitution should make beating children a criminal offence. ? Parents should find other ways of disciplining their children not through beating and inflicting pain on them. CHILD PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESS Children's consultations CONSOLIDATED REPORT 59