Global Hand Washing Day
On
October 5,2009,Global Hand washing day was
celebrated by all WAQIPH Implementing
Partners in EQAAs of NWFP and AJK. In this
connection in recognition of this day, Church
World Service (CWS – P/A,) Society for
Sustainable Development (SSD), Women Welfare
Organization Poonch and Children First (WWOP/CF),OXFAM,
Agency for Technical Cooperation and
Development (ACTED), Himalayan Rural Support
Program (HRSP), SarHad Rural Support Program (SRSP)
and SSD Abbottabad in collaboration with local
NGOs, DRUs, Education and Health departments
celebrated the day through different
activities with focused community of district
AJ&K.
The Global Hand-washing Day remained focus of
hygiene week from 8 – 22 October 2009. In the
events large number of
community members showed enthusiastic
participation (including men, women and
children) in the areas. Whereas school
students and teachers showed excitement in the
activities in78 different schools of NWFP and
AJ&K.
Using different materials of information
education and communication, the community and
the school students participated in different
activities to emphasize on hand-washing with
soap including walks, role plays & tableau,
hand-washing demonstration, hygiene sessions,
speeches & messages from religious scholar and
school teachers, drawing competition, quiz
competitions etc
The activity of hygiene-week was part of Water
Quality Improvement and Promotion of Hygiene
project (WAQIPH-Project) supported by ERRA in
collaboration with UNICEF.
Another
event on Hygiene promotion took place in
district Hattiyan,AJK,organized by WWOP/CF.
Among school children, occasion was attended
by people from different walk of life. During
speeches, participants emphasized on
maintaining habit of Washing hands with soap.
This event was organized in collaboration with
Government Boys Middle School, Hattian Bala
and GBPS Khun Bandway. Deputy Commissioner,
district Hattiyan was the Chief guest of the
Occasion. 13 school participated in the debate
competition subject titled; Promotion of
Hygiene, 450 participants from 13 schools,
teachers, civil society organization, and line
departments participated in the said events.
Mr. Shoukat Ali Khan, Principle, Government
Inter College, Hattian delivered speech on
Hygiene Promotion• Gifts presented to all
children participated in the debate
competition prizes were given to position
holder of debate competition by Deputy
Commissioner, Raja Shafiq Ahmed Kayani,
District Hattian
The guiding vision of Global Hand-washing Day
is to nurture a local and global culture of
hand washing with soap. We are aware that
people wash their hands with water as regular
practice but very few of them use soap. The
idea behind celebrating this day is to realize
the importance of hand washing among the
general public, especially among children. The
project further complemented its existing
hygiene promotion activities and provided
support in raising awareness on the importance
of hand washing with soap for preventable
diseases e.g. diarrhea.
Hygiene Promotion Week
Hygiene Promotion Debates and Walks were
organized by all WAQIPH Implementing partners
in NWFP and AJK. 30 schools and three colleges
participated in the walks.the chief objective
of this activity was to create sense of aware
ness and consciousness towards using safe
drinking water and Hygiene promotion. In this
connection, through joint collaboration by
SSD,WWOP/CF, a Hygiene promotion walk took
place in Muzaffarabad. This event was
participated by Department of LG&RD,TMA,PHED,
Health department, Education department in
Muzaffarabad. Speeches were delivered on
importance of Water quality and Hygiene
Promotion by the speakers.
Training Sessions on Hygiene Promotion
Training Sessions on Water quality Improvement
and House hold level Water treatment were
imparted to the communities through
implementing partners. The activity has been
carrying out in 31 Union Councils of EQAAs of
NWFP and AJK. Trainees were up dated on House
hold level water treatment options and village
level Hygiene improvement. Similarly, health
and hygiene sessions in 93 sessions in
Communities and schools have been organized by
all Implementing partners.
