Kids to learn hygiene through fun and play kits

​Warangal: In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Telangana, ‘Fun and Play’, the way of inculcating hygiene behaviour among children, is here to be implemented in primary schools spread across Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) area.

Thanks to the Team Swachh Bharat which developed an Action Kit that drives the children to pick up hygiene behaviour right from the tender age through fun and play.

The initiative is aimed at bringing down the child mortality rate against the backdrop that almost 400 children die every day in the country from preventable diarrhoea linked to poor sanitation and hygiene.

The initiative is considered as a shot in the arm for the GWMC which is already making huge strides towards the ‘Open Defecation Free’ (ODF) and garbage-free city.

To start with, 50 primary schools in the ambit of GWMC have been selected to impart hygienic practices among the children. As part of the programme, a teacher each from these schools will be trained how to use the Action Kits.

The programme will kick off with one-day training to teachers being organised at Bala Vikasa Training Centre in Fathima Nagar of Kazipet on Saturday (January 7).

Speaking to The Hans India, Municipal Health Officer Dr B Raja Reddy said: “Action kit is bundled with ready-to-use and play-based items. It uses games and other activities to promote healthy behaviours among the children.

ASCI coordinator Raja Mohan Reddy said that after the training each school will be provided with an action kit that costs around Rs 5,000.

The kit is designed to engage children through daily and weekly activities throughout the academic year. It provides fun while creating awareness about the importance of using toilets, keeping them clean, drinking clean water and hand washing.