Dettol Banega Swasth India Celebrates Global Handwashing Day 2022

Reckitt, the world’s main client well being and hygiene firm, underneath its flagship marketing campaign Dettol Banega Swasth India celebrated Global Handwashing Day on October 15^th, 2022 throughout faculties in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. In line with this 12 months’s theme for Global Handwashing Day, ‘Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene’ BSI centered on sensitizing college students and lecturers on the significance of wholesome handwashing habits that may unite communities within the battle in opposition to ailments by way of School Hygiene Education Program. The intervention additionally recognized handwashing brokers – kids from every district who will champion the message on handwashing amongst their friends.

 

In Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh greater than two lakhs faculty kids washed palms collectively on the ring of the Swachhata bell, earlier than beginning their mid-day meal on October 15, setting one among a singular file within the nation. Global Handwashing Day was celebrated within the presence of Mr. Yugal Kishor Pant, District Magistrate, Uddham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, Mr. RC Arya, Chief Education Officer, Uddham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand and Mr. Vishal Mishra, Chief Development Officer, Uddham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand, Dr. Dinesh Chandra, District Magistrate, Bahraich, Mr. Rakesh Rathore, Minister of State, Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Shiv Pratap Shukla, MLA, Gorakhpur, Dr Umesh Shukla, Additional Education Director, Varanasi graced the occasions in districts of Uttar Pradesh, and Mr. Tarkeshwar Prasad Bhagat, Ex-Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar attended the occasion in Bihar.

 

Shri Tarkeshwar Prasad, Ex-Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar stated, “Hand hygiene is an essential aspect of a healthy life, especially in today’s challenging times where we are still battling COVID-19. This is also important for children, senior citizens and people ailing with comorbidities. Proper hand hygiene is the most effective way to protect yourself/oneself from the coronavirus outbreak as it reduces the risk of infection by a huge margin. WHO’s global recommendations include making hand hygiene an essential part of one’s behaviour to control and combat the COVID-19 pandemic. To spread the importance of hand hygiene amongst the masses, Global Handwash Day is celebrated globally on October 15.”

 

Mr Yugal Kishor Pant, District Magistrate, Uddham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand stated, “Any small, good habit once implemented, can change your life. If we wash our hands well daily, then it can protect us from many different diseases which can cause us immense pain and discomfort in our day-to-day life. Dettol India is making a great initiative on this Global Handwashing Day to promote the importance of this very small but one of the important habits of our life.”

 

Mr. Rakesh Rathore “Guru”, State Minister Urban Development, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, stated “Dettol India is running a cleanliness program in schools. Cleanliness is the only way to keep all the diseases away. Children are learning total cleanliness in their school. They will also spread these good habits in their family and neighbours. I hope that this program will make the Swachh Bharat Mission meaningful. My best wishes to the officials and team of Dettol for this commendable program.”

 

Commenting on the celebration, Mr. Ravi Bhatnagar, Director, External Affairs & Partnerships SOA, Reckitt stated, “At Reckitt, we are dedicated to leaving no one behind and creating a healthier tomorrow by working towards educating and encouraging children and adults about hand hygiene. Dettol Banega Swasth India celebrated Global Handwashing Day across the states to ensure that this day is marked as one of the most important day to provide behavioral nudges in thousands of schools and millions of children and brings one step closer towards sensitizing children and teachers to inculcate healthy handwashing habits. The celebration takes us closer to creating an aware community through future leaders.”

 

Mr. Mohammed Asif, Executive Director, Plan India stated “Partnership between PLAN India and Reckitt has helped in improving the lives of millions of children and young people. With an aim to empower local communities to drive impactful behavior change, we celebrated Global Handwashing Day in schools across our interventional districts. Through our initiatives, we are consistently engaging and educating children on health and hygiene practices to build a healthy nation.”

 

In an effort to encourage folks to clean their palms with cleaning soap, a number of interactive and fascinating actions have been performed with the scholars in addition to the lecturers. The celebration witnessed drawing and poster-making competitors for varsity college students which was adopted by the Swachhata music, Nukkad Natak across the handwashing and hygiene theme ‘Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene.’ During the celebration, relay race was additionally performed for the college kids. In addition, to teach kids and adults about the advantages of handwashing, Hygiene Buddy Kits, Dettol soaps and sanitizer have been distributed. Through it’s efforts such Dettol Hygiene Olympiad which reached out to 10 million children throughout the nation and launch of Dettol comics on Global Handwashing Day 2022 , the place beloved characters like Chacha Chowdhury and Shakti man talks about significance of handwashing, Dettol Banega Swasth India has been relentlessly pursuing handwashing as one of many key practices to make kids more healthy.