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Global
Handwashing Day Celebrated Worldwide
The second annual
Global Handwashing Day was
celebrated in more than 80 countries on October 15, 2009.
If you had the chance to celebrate Global Handwashing Day
celebrations, thank you for your support! If you didn't, you are
welcome to join Global Handwashing Day event next year, on
October 15, 2010.
Everyone can get involved in Global Handwashing Day
celebrations. In this website you will find useful tools and
resources to make Global Handwashing Day a success in your
country, city, town, community and school.
The driving
theme for Global Handwashing Day is children and schools, and
the main objectives of this global celebration are:
• 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.
Although
people around the world wash their hands with water, very few
wash their hands with soap at the critical occasions. More
handwashing with soap means lower rates of infectious disease:
Clean Hands Save Lives!
Initiated in 2008 by the Global Public-Private Partnership for
Handwashing with Soap, Global Handwashing Day is endorsed by a
wide array of governments,
international institutions, civil society organizations, NGOs,
private companies and individuals around the globe.
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