By Kristen Steele | Project Leader and Director, Education PW
This year, parents and children in the communities where we work are learning together about the importance of water-health & hygiene through a series of hands-on workshops that include multi-media content provided by Sesame Workshop in support of our new community-based education program! Parents in the community, along with their children beginning at pre-school age, join our fun-filled workshops to learn about the spreading of germs, bathing, tooth-brushing, clean water collection & storage, and water conservation. In the past, support of our community-based program has provided hygiene education to communities in the Philippines and Colombia, providing education to hundreds of caregivers and children to learn and create new, healthy habits together! Here is what some of our participants have said:
"This workshop is unforgettable for my daughter and I because we gained knowledge about proper hygiene. This is something that I would share to my co-parents because we all want our children to grow healthy and germ-free." - Mother of 1st and 6th grade students
"I thought that I should wash my hands only before eating. I learned from the workshop that I should also do it after playing, handling garbage, sneezing, and using the bathroom" - 6th grade student
We would like to continue making an impact through hygiene education in our communities by extending the reach to India - with your help this is possible!
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