More handwashing with soap means lower rates of infectious disease: Clean Hands Save Lives!
This year's event revolves and today, playgrounds, classrooms, community centres, and the public spaces of towns and cities will be awash with activity to drive handwashing behaviour change on a scale never seen before, bringing the critical issue to center stage.
Why Focus on Children?
Of the approximately 120 million children born in the developing world each year, half will live in households without access to improved sanitation, at grave risk to their survival and development. Poor hygiene and lack of access to sanitation together contribute to about 88% of deaths from diarrheal diseases, accounting for 1.5 million diarrhea-related under-five deaths each year. Children suffer disproportionately from diarrheal and respiratory diseases and deaths. But research shows that children – the segment of society so often the most energetic, enthusiastic, and open to new ideas – can also be powerful agents of behavioral change.
We have 'Clean' from Tropical Wholefoods - a fragrance free soap, good for those with sensitive noses. Made with Aloe Vera, Coconut and Baobab Oils. Each soap blends pure vegetable oils with natural plant extracts. Made in Tanzania.
We also stock a limited range of Caurnie Soap the original 'wholesoap' from a Scottish organic herb garden in cucumber and lavender varieties.
For a gift, how about Traidcraft's gorgeous raffia-tied packs made from fair trade olive oil and shea butter and scented with essential oils (lavender/lemongrass and rose geranium/spicy orange cinnamon). They are made in South Africa by Township Trades, a social enterprise addressing the needs of young adults who have lost their parents to HIV.
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