On Global Hand Washing Day, we joined partners around the world to celebrate the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. This years’ celebration themed“Our Hands Our Future” was celebrated in six schools we have been working with, from Monday 16th- Friday 20th October 15, 2017.

Our WASH team visited partner schools, sensitizing their students’ WASH clubs on

• Why It is Important for us to wash our hands with soap.

• When to wash our hands, especially the critical moments

• How to wash our hands

• How proper hand washing habit reduces ones’ chances of contacting monkey pox

Hope and Dreams Initiative celebrated the Global Hand washing day with six schools with the participation of 782 students. Drama and poetry were performed by students, as they demonstrated the importance of hand washing with soap.

This celebration was enjoined and participated by 6 schools in Delta State Nigeria, Namely:

• Dore-Numa College, Warri

• Yonwuren College, Warri;

• Ogiame Primary School, Warri;

• Otsoron Primary School, Egbokodo Warri;

• Egbokodo Secondary School, Warri

• Tobrise basic Secondary School, Oghara, Delta State.