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Global Handwashing Day 2011
1May 2011 Photos courtesy Save the Children and AED
What is Global Handwashing Day?
Created by the Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW) in 2008, the driving theme for Global Handwashing Day is children and schools, and the main objectives of this global celebration are to:
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• Foster and support a global and local culture of handwashing with soap.
• Shine a spotlight on the state of handwashing in each country.
• Raise awareness about the benefits of handwashing with soap.
3Source: PPPHW Partner Organizations, PPPHW survey, GHD website. Photos courtesy of Lifebuoy, Save the Children, and Fit For School
Global Handwashing Day 2010 Results
Over 200,000,000 people!
Over 700,000 schools!
Over 100 countries!
2010 Trends
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63% of respondents said their celebration included the national or local government. The most common government partners mentioned were health and education ministries.
Organizations expanded Global Handwashing Day to a week or even month-long celebration of handwashing; providing more opportunities for handwashing activities and promotion.
GHD has traditionally targeted school children, but this year we saw new GHD audiences including healthcare facilities, churches and mosques, refugee camps, and prisons.
In 2010, some GHD celebrations led to the integration of handwashing into initiatives like immunization programs and maternal and child health activities.
Global Handwashing Day Tools
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Start Here! Global Handwashing Day
Planner’s Guide
Available in: • English• Spanish• French• Arabic• Chinese
Poster(Editable version for translation available upon request)
HandwashingGame
Assessing Global Handwashing Day
More Than Just a Day
100 Schools Survey
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•Mobile phone SMS messaging
•Advocacy work using theater groups and school health clubs
•Mass media campaigns
•Mass handwashing pledge
• Inter-school handwashing competition
• Partnership with religious leaders to promote handwashing
• Securing national champions
•Orientation workshops for schools
• Partnership with NGOs to reach high-risk populations
•Open forum for food vendors, butchers, etc.
• Fun run at national and districts level
• Training of peer demonstrators
•Activities will focus in flood-affected areas
Survey respondents’ plans for GHD 2011
Upcoming PPPHW Webinars
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Wednesday, May 25th: Government and Handwashing Behavior Change(Yolande Coombes, Senior Hygiene and Sanitation Specialist , WSP/ Kenya,)
• Role of national and local governments in handwashing behavior change• Different ways governments are getting involved • How can we evaluate their efforts?
Wednesday, June 8th: Handwashing Monitoring Systems• Monitoring handwashing behavior change is a common challenge• Seydou Koita, WSP/Senegal, and his team will share their successful handwashing monitoring system.
Coming in July - September• Indicators for handwashing behavior change• Handwashing indicators in the global MICS and DHS surveys
For times and registration, email: [email protected]
