Jessica Archibold Maxwell is a Program Officer for the international nonprofit WaterAid in Nicaragua. She is the mother of three school-aged children and proudly identifies as Miskito, an indigenous group from the coastal community of Bilwi, Nicaragua. To read more about Jessica’s work with WaterAid to help schools in Nicaragua establish and maintain accessible clean water and sanitation facilities, while also promoting menstrual health and hygiene, go to wateraidnicaragua.org. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/jessica-archibold-maxwell/rss en Education Health Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:57:24 +0000 Jessica Archibold Maxwell https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2016/07/08/what-keeps-girls-in-school-toilets-and-clean-water https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2016/07/08/what-keeps-girls-in-school-toilets-and-clean-water In Nicaragua, where over 2 million people have no access to adequate sanitation, improving girls’ education means giving them somewhere to take care of their basic daily hygiene needs, says Jessica Archibold Maxwell, program officer for WaterAid.