Health Education in 20 Primary Schools in Cameroon

At the beginning of the 2013/2014 academic year we started by visiting 40 schools to discuss the execution of the

''healthy hands'' project. During these visits we met with all club coordinator and health scouts to discuss their role in the execution of this project. We also discussed the dangers of germs as a result of dirty hands and then linked up with the importance of hand washing. We explained to children that they will be healthier if they can maintain healthy hands by always washing with soap and water and then air drying.

Before the team left the school we had come to an agreement for each school on the role of the health clubs in maintaining the hand washing systems (tanks) that will be donated to their schools by Knowledge for Children. As a result of the outbreak of cholera in some Cameroonian communities many parents are really impressed with this project.

Installation of hand washing systems:

Since the month of April 2014, our health team has been visiting some of our schools to install the hand washing systems. Each school received three water tanks and a donation of soap with the agreement that the Parent Teacher Associations will provide more soap in the future. For schools that do not have water facilities within the school campus they got two barrels of 60 litres each for storage of water. Hand washing systems will be installed in 23 out of 40 schools and then the rest of them will benefit in the next academic year provided we get additional funding.

We intend to add 20 new schools to the program to make a total of 60 schools benefiting from our health education project, and inculcate hand washing as a life style !

Thank you all for making this possible through your donations!