$type=grid$count=4$meta=0$snip=0$rm=0$show=home

A Life-Saving Habit

For most of us in Canada, washing our hands is almost an instinctual habit.


We wash our hands when coming in from a day out and about in the city; we wash our hands before preparing food; we wash our hands if they feel sticky, look dirty, or if we’ve just sneezed. And, perhaps most significantly, we wash our hands after using the toilet. 

All this washing prevents the spread of germs and bacteria, and helps keep us healthy. But what if we didn’t have indoor plumbing? How could we wash our hands without running water? 

In Sasiga, Ethiopia, they used to have this exact dilemma. But they’ve since improvised a clever replacement for the average bathroom sink. They've rigged a jerrycan with a faucet connection to provide easy access to water for hand-washing outside various latrine locations. Clean water goes in the top - clean water comes out of the spout.

Combined with health education, this tool is proving effective in helping Ethiopians develop the hand-washing habit that can spare them from many unwanted illnesses.


GET POSTS LIKE THIS IN YOUR INBOX!

Name

Africa,10,agriculture,9,Annual Report,4,Artex Barn,1,Artist,11,AWANA,1,Bangladesh,40,Bootcamp,1,Burundi,51,Business,3,Cambodia,60,Canada,69,ChildSponsorship,62,Christmas,3,Coffee,2,COVID19,9,CreationCare,1,development,2,diary cow,1,disability,1,divorce,1,Easter,3,Education,62,Emergency Relief,46,Environment,8,Ethiopia,71,Events,2,Expand Hope,1,Family,4,Feed Kids,22,FeedingFamilies,4,Food Security,20,FoodFarming,89,garden pack,1,Gift Guide,35,graduation,1,Guatemala,70,Haiti,32,HealthNutrition,78,HopeNotes,120,hospitality,2,Hunger,12,husband,1,Impact,1,ImpactPartner,5,International Day of Happiness,1,Iraq,1,laughter,2,Leadership,27,Legacy,1,Livelihood,65,Love,1,Malaria,1,marriage,2,Medical,21,menstrual hygiene day,1,microcredit,2,microloans,2,Moms,6,Mother's Day,1,Opinion,57,Over 1000 views,28,Over 800 views,12,Partnership,63,period,1,Peru,7,Philippines,20,pig,1,podcast,2,Poverty,22,Recipe,4,Recipes,12,refugees,5,Resources,3,Rohingya,2,run for water,3,Rwanda,31,sanitation,1,Savings,9,Soup Campaign,8,Soup Campaign 2015,2,South Africa,1,South Sudan,1,Syria,3,thanksgiving,4,Tigray,1,toilet,1,tools,1,tourism,1,Uganda,47,Valentine's Day,1,veggies,2,Videos,27,Water,33,wife,1,WomenGirls,67,world toilet day,1,Yemen,1,
ltr
item
Food for the Hungry: A Life-Saving Habit
A Life-Saving Habit
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwobGpmcPtC7CAIWpXbRKrcs5BgA0Wcqlfim0LP0eTfVjj1AR8MzlWWyp_Ldl8bu4rQdsXPxL7FlQ0izZfttTVrituvBVF6zQOO-gXOLvafOQ44pocxZmhWUGHSYItKSc4ymvB4ucGBIei/s640/hand+wasing+after+tolet+use.JPG
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwobGpmcPtC7CAIWpXbRKrcs5BgA0Wcqlfim0LP0eTfVjj1AR8MzlWWyp_Ldl8bu4rQdsXPxL7FlQ0izZfttTVrituvBVF6zQOO-gXOLvafOQ44pocxZmhWUGHSYItKSc4ymvB4ucGBIei/s72-c/hand+wasing+after+tolet+use.JPG
Food for the Hungry
https://blog.fhcanada.org/2015/06/a-life-saving-habit.html
https://blog.fhcanada.org/
https://blog.fhcanada.org/
https://blog.fhcanada.org/2015/06/a-life-saving-habit.html
true
6831483658384501334
UTF-8
Loaded All Posts Not found any posts VIEW ALL Read More Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS PREMIUM CONTENT IS LOCKED STEP 1: Share. STEP 2: Click the link you shared to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy