SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, which was initiated by the World Health Organization in 2005 to call on the world to raise awareness of hygiene and prevent disease through the simple but important act of "handwashing". Around October 15, 2024, One Foundation's "Healthy Spread of China - Handwashing Project" will join hands with local social organization partners to carry out handwashing day themed activities in more than 70 schools, learning health and hygiene knowledge with teachers, parents and students, and advocating the development of healthy living habits.
In Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province, the One Foundation Handwashing Program partner, Lianhu District of Xi'an City, Win in Survival Public Service Center, carried out a variety of global handwashing day themed activities such as "self-drawn hand-copied newspaper", "happy reading" and "handwashing song chorus" at Louguantai Nine-year School. The students invited parents to come to the school to participate, and under the guidance of teachers and volunteers, they used paintbrushes and words to create wonderful hand-copied newspapers, memorized handwashing tips with cheerful hand-washing songs, and learned health knowledge by reading and sharing books. Teachers and parents reported that these activities not only enriched the students' extracurricular life, but also greatly improved their awareness of hygiene and health.
The self-drawn hand-copied newspaper of the children of the nine-year school in Louguantai
In Lankao County, Henan Province, the One Foundation Handwashing Project partner, Lankao County Zhengxin Social Work Development Center, launched a global handwashing day health extracurricular activity at Zhuzhuang Primary School in Dongbatou Town. Teachers and volunteers led the students to carry out the games of healthy flying chess and handwashing health relay race, integrating the games with handwashing health knowledge, and the students enthusiastically participated in the game while firmly remembering the seven-step handwashing method.
The One Foundation Handwashing Program is expected to carry out nearly 100 events in more than 70 schools in conjunction with local social organization partners.
During the 10.15-10.16 Global Handwashing Day, One Foundation and Skincare launched the "Walking Donation" activity, netizens searched for Alipay public welfare in the Alipay app, clicked "Walking Donation", and the number of steps reached 1,000 to donate steps for the handwashing program to exchange for the Community Chest. Let loving hands hold the hands of rural children, provide them with handwashing facilities and hygiene activity classes, and help children develop good hygiene habits and wash their hands cleanly!
According to UNICEF and the World Health Organization's Progress on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2000-2017: A Special Focus on Inequality, "Two-fifths of the world's population does not have basic handwashing facilities with soap and water at home, and an estimated 3 billion people worldwide still do not have access to proper handwashing at home." "
The China's Children's Development Programme (2021-2030) promulgated in 2021 proposes to prioritize children's health, improve the children's health service system, and increase the dissemination of children's health knowledge to improve the equity and accessibility of children's health services.
In 2016, One Foundation and Skincare launched the "Health to China - Handwashing Project", which provides handwashing facilities for schools in rural areas, improves the handwashing environment of rural children, and carries out water and hygiene education for children, so as to help children acquire health knowledge and form good hygiene habits, so as to help children grow and develop healthily. As of the end of June 2024, the One Foundation Handwashing Program has benefited 1,659 rural schools (communities) in 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) across the country, installing 9,774 handwashing equipment, directly benefiting more than 850,000 children.