Department of Water and Sanitation to raise awareness on Sanitation, Health and Hygiene during Annual Global Hand Washing Day
In recognition of the Global Handwashing Day that is observed yearly on 15 October, the Department of Water Sanitation (DWS) will embark on various activities around the country to raise awareness on Sanitation, Health and Hygiene during the month of October 2016.
Global Handwashing Day is a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases. The campaign is dedicated to raise awareness of hand washing with soap as a key approach to disease prevention. It is also meant to raise awareness among and mobilise communities, households, hospitals, schools and workplaces towards washing hands with soap to curb life threatening diseases.
This year’s International Global Handwashing Day will be observed under the theme “Make handwashing a habit".
The DWS KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office has scheduled various awareness activities to commence on 11 October 2016 with a school educational drive at Wetland Primary school in Kokstad, Harry Gwala District Municipality.
Other awareness activities are also scheduled for different district municipalities during the month of October.
Enquiries:
Departmental Spokesperson: Media Liaison
Sputnik Ratau
Cell: 082 874 2942 / 072 024 6794
For more information contact:
Mbali Mahaye
Cell: 082 601 5674
