Soap recycling for hotels and hygiene education for communities in need
Soap recycling for hotels and hygiene education for communities in need
The beginning of a new year is always an exciting time. This one especially so being the start of a new decade. There is always a lot of hype especially around the setting of new goals. But we know it is also important to take time to reflect on all that we have accomplished the previous year. Or in this …
EDUCATING IN THE SENIOR COMMUNITY 長者社區中的教育計劃 On December 17th 2019, our team at Clean the World Asia (CTWA) visited and gave out hygiene kits to 25 senior citizens at the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Lady MacLehose Centre and another 575 kits will be distributed to the senior community living around Tsing Yi. 2019年12月17日，潔世亞洲（CTWA）的團隊訪問了香港聖公會麥理浩夫人中心的25名長者並向他們分發了衛生包，還將另外575個衞生包分發給青衣附近的長者社羣。 During our visit, CTWA also provided …
HANDWASHING DAY INSPIRED CHILDREN TO HAVE HEATHY HANDWASHING HABITS In response to the annual “Global Handwashing Day”. Wynn partnered with Clean the World Asia to organize workshops. On October 8th & 25th at Saint John de Brito School (English Section) and Jardim de Infânica Tong Sin Tong. Bringing children’s awareness to personal hygiene and disease prevention. Almost 100 WE Volunteers …
“Hygiene related illnesses claim the lives of almost 6,000 kids under the age of five every day; that’s more than malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis combined. Interestingly, the way to prevent those deaths is not a vaccine, it’s not even clean water, but just a bar of soap.” This is the way the global hygiene revolution begins — not with a …
Repost from Billionaire Magazine: Diarrheal diseases kill approximately 1.8 million people per year, predominantly children under 5 years old in Africa and South Asia. The tragedy is that these deaths are easily preventable – through simple hand-washing with soap. In the late 2000s Shawn Seipler was working for an e-commerce technology company and traveling several days a week. He was shocked …
Repost from Clean the World: In May, Clean the World Foundation was delighted to participate in two important events in the global health community. First, we attended the WASH Futures conference in Brisbane, Australia, with some of the most innovative organizations and leaders in the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) sector. It was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about …