March 11, 2015
Location: Humjibre, Ghana Participants: 1,700 Organizations: Ghana Health and Education Initiative These days in Ghana, handwashing with soap seems more important than ever. Three weeks ago, GHEI visited every school in our area with educational outreach programs (http://gheiblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/health-education-outreaches-great-success/) focused on Ebola, cholera, and the importance of good […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Abuja, Nigeria Participants: 250,000 Organizations: Rotary Club of Asokoro Members of the Rotary Club of Asokoro were on Vision FM 92.1 Abuja, on October 15 Global Handwashing Day to promote handwashing as a means of effectively sustaining Nigeria’s successful containment of the Ebola virus. We were […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Pune, India Participants: 100 Organizations: Sinhgad College of Nursing Programme on hand washing day started with welcome of the guest, all college teacher, and students. Then 2nd year pb bsc student Julie Kharat. explained the theme of the hand washing day, then we had the prize distribution […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Peshawar, Pakistan Participants: 637 Organizations: Asia Humanitarian Organization and WHO Global Handwashing Day was observed by Asia Humanitarian Organization (AHO) in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) on October 15, 2014, at two selected primary schools in district Peshawar. Venue: • Govt Primary School (No-4) for […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Dominican Republic Participants: 140 Organizations: OXFAM in Dominican Republica More than 140 children, teachers and community members walked the streets of Palo Verde, Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic for Global Handwashing Day to raise awareness about the importance of handwashing to prevent diseases such as diarrhea and cholera.
March 11, 2015
Location: Nairobi, Kenya Participants: 100 Organizations: Tumaini Letu Youth Community Based Organization ‘TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH’ EXPERIENTIAL EVENT IN ACTION In the very low income settlement of low income settlement of Dandora, Nairobi County, Kenya, children had an exciting experience of their life time. The Tumaini Letu […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Zambia Participants: 55 Organizations: African Impact For Global Hand-washing Day, African Impact – Livingstone Community Projects went to Libuyu Community to run a hand hygiene and tippy-tapy course. With an audience of around 50 community members, we demonstrated how to set up a tippy tap, an easily […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Kumasi, Ghana Participants: 560 Organizations: Scientists Networked for Outcomes from Water and Sanitation (SNOWS), with support from the Wellcome Trust, U.K; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana It has not been long since Africa was hit by the Deadly Ebola Virus. Although as of […]
March 11, 2015
Location: Rajanpur, Pakistan Participants: 17,370 Organizations: PartnerAid International and World Relief Germany A Global Handwashing Day Awareness session including a handwashing demonstration, soap distribution at public places, and sensitization through print media.
March 11, 2015
Location: Syria Participants: 6,000 Organizations: GOAL GOAL Syria celebrated GHD 2014 by distributing posters and brochures to adults and children around mosques, hospitals and collective centres in Northern Syria. Collective centres are abandoned schools and community spaces where internally displaced people have settled after being displaced from their […]
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