INTENSIFIED DIARRHEA CONTROL DRIVE
(JUNIOR SCHOOL)
An ‘Intensified Diarrhea Control
Drive’ was conducted in the junior school during the week 08-12 July 2019. The
aim of this drive was to sensitize children about safe water, food, washing of
hands, sanitation, personal hygiene as well as clean surroundings. All teachers
& students of the Junior Wing were involved in this drive.
Various hands-on activities
as well as demonstrations were conducted as a part of this drive. All
activities were planned under the paradigm project WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) of the Government of India.
1.
Safe Hands & appropriate Hand washing
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Under this movement,
students were shown videos in the classroom about the importance of hand
washing and appropriate way of washing hands was also demonstrated.
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Certain guidelines
were given to children in order to help them understand importance of washing hands
before taking meals & after urinating & defecating.
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Children were also
observed while washing hands and were guided the appropriate way for complete
hygiene.
2.
Safe Drinking Water & Hygienic food
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The relevance of
drinking clean water was discussed in the class. They were explained about the
safe water joints at school that are enabled with a water purifying plant.
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Also students were
involved in making their personal charcoal water purifier as a project.
Children were encouraged to ensure safe water drinking habits at home as well.
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Helpful tips were
discussed with children about keeping food safe from flies and insects. Ill
effects of consuming contaminated food were shared with students.
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Hygienic eating practices were encouraged and
children were encouraged to spread table napkins before taking meals.
3.
Personal Hygiene & Clean Surroundings
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Emphasis was laid on
personal hygiene wherein a Tooth brush making activity was done by students.
Teachers explained them the relevance of oral hygiene.
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Students were
involved in ‘Shramdaan’ activities in
which they cleaned their surroundings in order to avoid
breeding of mosquitoes & flies.
4.
Posters for Promotion
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Students created
informative as well as eye-catchy posters promoting safe water, sanitation
& hygiene.
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The posters were
displayed in their classes as a gentle reminder for safety & hygiene.
The aim of this drive was to
inculcate habits of safe drinking water, personal hygiene through hand washing
& sanitation and clean surroundings. Through the above mentioned activities
an ethos of safety & prevention from Diarrhea was developed amongst
students.