WASH Promotion
May 15, 2014
Children in Coyoles Aldea, Honduras work together on a WASH promotion activity.
Research proves that good hygiene and health practices have the power to dramatically reduce illness, which is why Water Missions International staff hold health and hygiene workshops. Studies show that handwashing is, in it’s own way, a vaccine; properly washing hands with soap can cut cases of diarrheal disease in half.
Water Missions International community development staff will hold a class in each community to train WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) promoters. These community members learn proper health and hygiene practices. After completing the workshop, they go out into the community, often door to door, and share what they’ve learned with their neighbors.
WASH Promoters encourage their friends and neighbors to adopt new health and hygiene behaviors.
When community members encourage each other to change their habits and adopt new behaviors, the new practices are more likely to become ingrained habits. Our hope is that, over time, these learned behaviors will be passed down through generations. As communities come together and encourage each other, lifestyle change begins.
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