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Hand wash and cleaningList out the situations / problems.

Some of our school children were affected by dysentery. This was due to dirty and unclean hands. The children did not wash their hands before eating. The primary school children mostly like to eat sweets and chocolates but they do not know the diseases caused by them. The diseases caused severe cold and cough which leads to fever. Children have the habit of wiping the nose with their hands without using kerchief, after that they eat food without washing their hands.

Who was affected by the problems?

This kind of problems is mainly in primary school children. So we have prepared some instructions and motivate the children to follow. We have instructed the students to wash their hands after using toilet and before taking food and snacks. This is one of the best ways to help and stop the spread of infections.

State the problems you chase and why did you choose it?.

We face a lot of problems among the primary school children. Some children suffer from cough and severe cold. This is the primary infection and it leads to cause secondary illness that is fever. Due to these problems children take leave often.

List the solutions.

We insist the primary school children to wash their hands before eating.

The following instructions displayed in our class notice board1) WASH your hands when they are dirty and BEFORE eating. 2) DO NOT cough within your hands. 3) DO NOT sneeze within your hands. 4) DO NOT put your fingers into your eyes, nose or mouth.

5) Check whether all the children washed their hands before snacks and a meal.

Hand washing technique

We insisted the children to wash their hands after blowing their nose, coughing, sneezing, before eating food etc.,

-Children should use soap and warm running water.

- Rub your hands vigorously as you wash them

- Wash ALL surfaces including the backs of hands, wrists, between fingers

and under fingers.

- Rinse your hands well

- Dry your hands with a dry paper or towel

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This is our Story

We wanted to change our children’s habits. We found that the main cause for cough, cold and fever in children was due to these unclean habits. We taught them the ways and means of washing hands. We insisted and motivated the children the effects of hand washing. We were really happy to see our children washing hands and following our instructions. They really enjoy doing this before having their lunch. After a few weeks, we found that our children were regular to school. The diseases have been reduced to a great extent.