Hygiene Awareness
More than 60,000 children in India do not reach the age of five due to infections like diarrhoea and pneumonia. Independent research has shown that washing hands with soap can reduce the incidence of these infections significantly. The experience shows that children are in the best position to bring in this change among their respective families.
With this ideology in mind, Turnstone Global has started a unique hand wash program in all its remedial and non-formal educations centres. To stop the spread of diseases due to lack of proper hygiene the teachers are training the students about the advantages and the right technique to wash their hands. The students are being groomed to act as ambassadors to spread this awareness.
In west Bengal, with the help of local NGOs Turnstone Global has trained 1243 Self Help groups on the need of hygiene such as hand wash, use of latrine, etc.
