WORKSHOP
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) workshop is held every year. The purpose of the workshop is to enable children to be successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors, and responsible citizens.
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
In schools, hygiene education aims to promote those practices that will help to prevent water and sanitation-related diseases as well as healthy behaviour when the children become adults. The combination of facilities, correct behavioural practices and education are meant to have a positive impact on the health and hygiene conditions of the community as a whole, both now and in the future.
The provision of safe water and sanitation and hand washing facilities is a first step towards a healthy physical learning environment for children. However, the mere provision of facilities does not make them sustainable or produce the desired impact. It is the use of the facilities – the related hygiene behaviour of people – that provides health benefits.
Schools will be even stronger when healthy environments and facilities are provided and maintained. Students and their families will experience the health benefits in their daily school and home lives.
The basic elements covered during the workshop:
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Importance of personal hygiene
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How to wash hands correctly
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How to build a hand washing station
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How to use and maintain lavatories
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How to store water safely
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How to treat water via boiling, filtering, etc.
