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Over 200 million children in 60 countries celebrated the World Day for Handwashing. This act sought to raise awareness about the importance of washing hands with soap and water, which the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is one of the most effective health interventions and economic gaps.

Fund United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it is especially important to wash hands with soap and water "At key moments and after using the toilet and before preparing food." UNICEF

recalled Thursday that the simple act of washing hands, helping to reduce by more than 40% of cases of diarrhea and almost a 25% cases of respiratory infections. These conditions annually cause the death of more than 3.5 million children under five years.

In the case of Honduras, Water For People planned various activities as part of the Water , School Sanitation and Hygiene most impact in the Community (SWASH + for its acronym in English) in the Departments of Cortés, Santa Bárbara and Yoro. Hundreds of children with local authorities, teachers and parents, scheduled drawing competitions, poetry and declamation on the topic of hand washing in general. This activity

joined Colgate-Palmolive Corporation, which made a significant donation of soaps, which were distributed to all participating schools.

The Engineer Diana Betancourt, Regional Manager for Central Water For People, was very pleased with the attitude and commitment demonstrated by the municipal and school authorities in each community: "Stunning the enthusiasm and joy of children, teachers and parents participating in this activity, happy with their new stations, sinks and toilets. I am convinced that efforts such as these will generate positive cultural changes in improving hygiene and health, with huge benefits to the community at large. "

shirts, stickers, posters and advertisements with the official campaign Washing Day Hand of UNICEF, was reproduced and distributed in participating communities, with the aim to promote and encourage this practice among the population, under the slogan "Clean hands save lives." On October 15, 2009, was marked in history and in the minds of all participants.

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with much joy and fun, started the day of celebration of World Day for Handwashing held on October 15, Peru school in the capital of the Dominican Republic. The event began with the Dominican National Anthem which was sung by hundreds of children accompanied by their teachers. Subsequently, the Clean Hands team, led by the characters "drop", "soap" and "hand", taught the children and girls the proper way to wash your hands, through a children's song that said: "From now on I do not become ill, the bacteria that scares me not to play again."

The Clean Hands team was composed of members of the UNICEF office in the country, the characters in the campaign and supporters. The team arrived early hours in a number of freight vehicles to condition the schools with sound, video, and mobile washing. Water and energy were supplied by a water truck and a mobile power plant.

The school principal welcomed them to the children who began to worry about touching the giant puppets. The soap was a favorite of children. Is it because it is almost imperceptible in the bathrooms of the Dominican public schools?. Guadalupe Valdez, Secretary of Community Involvement Ministry of Education, reminded the commitment that teachers have with their students to encourage them to wash their hands always and everywhere to prevent the spread of disease. Mrs. Françoise

Gruloos-Ackermans, UNICEF Representative in the Dominican Republic, also took the floor to interact with the protagonists in the morning. We said that similar activities were taking place that day and time in the world, what impressed some whose faces reflected this.

When asked when they should wash their hands, they responded with great energy: "Forever!". Sign that the message was coming. Thus began the instant practice of handwashing with soap and water for children.

In rows of two approached the wash to lather up, throw enough water and dried with paper towels. After having his hands sanitized, received a present containing a bar of antibacterial soap, a sticker and a button with caricatures Water, Soap and Hand, and a flyer with key information the importance of hand washing for health.

washing hands with soap and water reduces the transmission of diseases such as diarrhea, respiratory infections, intestinal parasites and infections of the skin and eyes. Leonardo Alexander, six years old and a student of First Grade Students of the school in Peru said: "Before eating, wash your hands because these are microbes."

After the ceremony at the school, the Team Clean Hands continued to tour schools Haiti, Honduras and Benito Juarez, which developed the same program throughout the day.

Altagracia Rosario, second grade teacher Haiti Basic School, highlighted the importance of the activity by saying: "Hand washing is very important for children to grow up big and strong, so we have to motivate them in school and at home, with the daily example."
The day ended "successfully" clean "over a thousand children capitaleños instructed on how to stay healthy.
This global initiative of World Handwashing strengthens the reactivation of contingency operational plan, monitoring and rapid response to H1N1 influenza. He had the support of people from the secretariats of Public Health and Education, NGOs, members of the television media, and international cooperation agencies such as PAHO / WHO and UNICEF.

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The October 15, 2009 was successfully held on World Handwashing in Nicaragua. UNICEF accompanied with the Swiss Cooperation, the Water and Sanitation Program World Bank (WSP-WB), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Education (MOE), who led these activities in the country, also participated in the preparations for this conference, the Nicaraguan Institute Water and Sewerage (INAA), the Network for Water and Sanitation in Nicaragua (Rasnic), the Social Investment Fund Emergency (FISE) and the Fundación SODIS.

Activities included:

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The event presented the first survey of initiatives and projects on hand washing in the last ten years in Nicaragua, while the submission of the Strategy for implementation the handwashing initiative. Based on these presentations opened the discussion with the 30 representatives from government institutions, NGOs and agencies who attended.

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Acahualinca In Elementary School, was a central event to celebrate this day. The event was chaired by the heads of the Ministry of Education, Health, the Nicaraguan Institute of Aqueducts and Sewage Systems (INAA) and Coordinator of the Network for Water and Sanitation in Nicaragua (Rasnic), the representative of the Fund's Emergency Social Investment (FISE) , UNICEF, Water and Sanitation Program World Bank (PAS-BM), Swiss Cooperation, and SODIS Foundation.

The activity highlighted the importance of promoting the habit of washing hands with soap and water in the general population, but particularly in children, as well as the caregivers of these, noting that this simple practice can be considered the cheapest and most practical vaccine to reduce diseases such as diarrhea, parasitic infections and conditions in the airways which cause serious damage in children.


October 15. LAVATON

The MOE promoted the realization of a LAVATON in which school children, taking into account the guidance given by teachers put into practice the knowledge process of washing hands with soap and water later to sign a document in which they committed individually to adopt this practice to make it a daily habit and also help to promote it in their school, home and community.

The Lavaton recorded the participation of some 9,000 children participating, this figure surpassed the record set last year of participating school 4.733

UNICEF, Swiss Cooperation, CARE, INPRHU Somoto supported the activity with the donation of promotional materials allusive World Day Handwashing, such as soaps, towels, pens, notepads, stickers, t-shirts, posters, reading separators between others.

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Celebrating World Handwashing: "Clean hands save lives"

The Central American and Dominican Republic on Water Supply and Sanitation (FOCARD-APS), with the support of the Committee of Ministers of Health (COMISCA) System for Central American Integration (SICA), develops and Hygiene Program Handwashing, known by the acronym of PROMAS. Under

of World Hand Washing Program FOCARD PROM-APS, in coordination with the Intersectoral Committee Hand washing, integrated for a variety of stakeholders, held last October 15 World Day Handwashing, with the aim of increasing awareness and understanding of the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable to prevent disease.

The successful opening of World Handwashing in 2008, which brought more than 120 million children around the world to wash their hands with soap in over 70 countries, it is anticipated that this year will also be held by million children from the five continents.

Throughout Central America and Dominican Republic, children, teachers, parents of familiay government officials mobilized and motivated thousands of people to wash their hands with soap and water, with the goal of reducing fatal diseases such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infections.

With the slogan "Clean hands save lives", the children acting as agents of change, leading to their homes and communities on good hygiene practices they have learned in school. Their active participation and culturally sensitive interventions based on community focus on ensuring a sustained behavior change. Handwashing with soap is important, especially at critical moments, ie after using the toilet and before eating, its efficient use helps save lives.

Children under five years suffer disproportionately from diarrheal diseases and more than 3.5 million of them die from diseases related to diarrhea and pneumonia. The simple act of washing hands with soap can reduce the incidence rates of diarrhea among children under five years to nearly 50 per cent and respiratory infections to about 25 percent.

The World Day Handwashing began in 2008 as the Global Partnership initiative between the Public and Private Sectors to Promote Handwashing and is supported by several governmental and international institutions and civil society organizations, NGOs, private companies and individuals around the world. Everyone can participate in the celebration of World Handwashing.

participated in the celebration, the First Lady of the Republic of El Salvador, Dr. Vanda Pignato, Secretary General of the Central American Integration System, SICA, Doctor Juan Daniel German Gurdián, the Deputy Minister of Health and Social Care, Doctor Eduardo Espinoza, the President of ANDA, Engineer Francisco Gomez, Mayoress of Antiguo Cuscatlan, License Milagro Navas, representative of UNICEF, Dr. Miriam de Figueroa; the representative of PAHO, Dr. Priscilla Rivas Loria, the Director of Colgate El Salvador, Mr. Eduardo Guerrero, Director General of Megavision; Engineer Fredy Ungo, students, and other guests.

FOCARD-APS, SICA, is carrying on work forming partnerships, resource mobilization, technical support, training and development of tools for over a year to promote hand washing and safe water management in the home .

The event took place on October 15 at the Antiguo Cuscatlan Park, from 9:00 in the morning.